Casual Stroll to Mordor

Released today was a Developer Diary that takes a different perspective and instead of coming from one source it comes from a number of Turbine employees

A Developer Diary was released by Jeff “Made of Lions” Libby who touches on the upcoming Epic Storyline that is coming with Update 5.

In a truant, but welcome Developer Diary Jeff “MadeOfLions” Libby discusses the new Epic Storyline released with The Rise of Isengard expansion as well as some of the technology used in creating it.

This week we talk a bit about Isengard’s release, changes, known issues and Merric’s feelings on crafting.

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Did you think that the Developer Diaries were over? Well, frankly so did we. However, proving us wrong yesterday saw the release of a Developer Diary containing information about Dunland itself by Jessie “Vastin” King.

We are only a few days from Rise of Isengard and we have quite a lot of Isengard information to share this week!

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Today, in a short and very cryptic Developer Diary, Fellowship Maneuvers are discussed along with their functionality within raids.

Another Developer Diary has been released; this time focused on Draigoch, the dragon who is the boss of Rise of Isengard’s new 12/24-man raid.

In today’s Dev Diary on crafting in the Rise of Isengard expansion, we get a look at the new tier of crafting called “Westfold”. So what is some of the information that is divulged to us?

In today’s release of the Warden Developer Diary by Allan “Orion” Maki we get a look at the upcoming changes with the Warden class. He states that the assignment came as a bit of surprise to him,

A new Developer Diary video and screenshots have been released by Turbine today.

Today’s release of the Rune-keeper Developer Diary by Zombie Columbus covers their upcoming changes in the Rise of Isengard expansion. His goals with the class this time around were:

This week we discuss the new screenshots, hunter dev diary, changes coming to the LOTRO Store and more!

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Hunters are the subject of today’s Developer Diary by Brian “Zombie Columbus” Alosio. And although it hasn’t been a long time since Hunters were last updated there are still some “major changes” coming for the Hunters in Rise of Isengard.

This week we discuss the newly announced Rise of Isengard LOTRO Store pricing, new pvmp dev diaries and more!

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The Developer Diary video features members of the development team speaking about the new Gap of Rohan region.

In a follow-up to Tuesday’s Dev Diary on Freeps, Kelsen is continuing the discussion on PvMP in the Rise of Isengard with a diary centering on Creep changes. And let me tell you there are a lot of changes in this diary!

Jared “Kelsen” Pruett has delivered one of the first of apparently several PvMP themed Developer Diaries concerning changes to the system in the Rise of Isengard. This post specifically focuses on the changes to the Free People’s side (Freeps) and what players can expect once the expansion is released.

In what can almost be described as a novella, Orion has released the latest Developer Diary regarding Minstrels in the upcoming expansion, Rise of Isengard. The changes are, at the very least, extensive and intricate.