Casual Stroll to Mordor

The following sales are for July 1-7, 2011 and are on sale. The LOTRO Store sales run from midnight to midnight Eastern time (-4 GMT).

Released today was a bombshell of a Developer Diary by Ken “Graalx2” Burd. First up, stat caps are now gone

This week is full of Rise of Isengard information! We talk about what we know is coming with Isengard, and the pre-purchase items. Merric is pretty darn excited about that +25% experience boost. We also discuss more proposed class changes, migration issues, weekly store sales and more!

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PC Gamer’s Josh Augustine posted today about his first walkthrough of Turbine’s Rise of Isengard Expansion.

I’ve been receiving and reading a lot of questions about the new Isengard pre-order packages and thought a post trying to answer them would be helpful for some who are trying do decide which they should purchase.

Announced today is the official launch date for the Rise of Isengard expansion, details of the expansion, and a pre-order offer! The Lord of the Rings Online™: Rise of Isengard™ will launch on September 27, 2011.

In another “Monday 2fer”, Orion has posted changes to the Lore-master and Captain classes. These classes will be headed up by Raskolnikov, but as stated in an earlier blog post, Orion will be “The Mouth of Raskolnikov”.

Adam Mersky and Aaron Campbell have been pretty busy over the course of the last week giving interviews to various media outlets.

I just wanted to make sure that all our readers were aware of the big expansion discounts coming to the LOTRO Store this week. If you do not own Moria or Mirkwood, this is a chance to get both of them for 50% off. These are excellent specials and if you’re nearing any of these [...]

Rise of Isengard will be available for purchase in the LOTRO Store in the Fall of 2011 with an increased level cap, the new region of Isengard including the legendary tower of Orthanc, enhancements to monster play and much more!

The Lord of the Rings Online includes two expansions: Mines of Moria and Siege of Mirkwood. The second of these (Siege of Mirkwood) is strongly tied to skirmishes. As such, today we will look into Siege of Mirkwood to help decide if the expansion is worth purchasing.

I found this in the Codemaster’s News this morning and wanted to share it with our European friends that read the blog.

In special celebration of PAX East, Turbine is offering Siege of Mirkwood for only $9.99.

A look at the Character Panel and all the changes in stats, ratings, and all the other lovely numbers that populate it.

Brian or “Zombie Columbus” once again posted a Dev Diary concerning Skirmishes and their randomization and scaling.  Interestingly enough, if you listen to our last episode Goldenstar and myself discussed several of the topics addressed in this diary that center around the ever challenging replay value.  To sum up the diary we have the following: [...]

LOTRO is having a new “Welcome Back” week that allows cancelled subscribers to come back and play their LOTRO characters for free for a week.

Turbine’s PR Manager, Adam Merskey, confirms both Volume III and Riders of Rohan to be in the works!

OK, so I stole the title from the main post which is located here on the LOTRO forums.  Here is what I consider the relevant information: WESTWOOD, MA – September 29, 2009– Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™, the new digital expansion to the 2008 MMO of [...]

I thought it would be fitting to do this week’s From the Book about Mirkwood and Dol Guldur.