Casual Stroll to Mordor

“Tell the Community Team” is where Turbine asks for the players to give them direct and specific feedback about a specific topic. This is really a fantastic opportunity for you to give your thoughts and opinions about the game directly to Turbine to think about.

Our latest project is a Runekeeper / Hunter combo that is level 27 and working through the Lone Lands area. The Lone Lands revamp is old news for Merric with all his alts but is a new experience for Goldenstar. We talk about where we think we will go next.

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Our main topic this week is discussing how we handle changes that do or do not happen in an MMO. With Orion’s recent bad news in our minds we discuss the process and promises of changes in our games today.

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A recap of today’s Dev Diary and a list of the new legacies and those that have been removed.

Turbine is having a stress test on the Bullroarer server on Tuesday November 17th. For us, it’s a chance to get a sneak peak of the skirmishes, mount system and legendary item updates we’re so eagerly awaiting!

In episode 11 we have a special guest host, Azz from Wizzard of Azz!

Azz was nice enough to come on to help explain the Legendary Item system and answer your questions! We also make sure to discuss what changes we know to be coming with the upcoming expansion. From crafting to drops in Dar Nurgerablakalasfd (as Azz would say) we discuss the various ways to obtain items and how you use them.

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The main topic of this week’s podcast is going to be about Legendary Items (LI). This is a fairly new concept to most people, even seasoned MMO players and I know that Merric and I were forced to pick our first LI we stood there stupefied.

We talk about the latest Dev Diaries concerning Legendary Items and Skirmishes. We have finally entered Moria and give our first impressions of the mines. We also have a very special interview with LOTROHerald creator, Howard from Odd Duck Computing.

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The Developer Diary on Legendary Items was updated last night. The following is a re-cap of what additional information was included.

A rundown of the Developer Diary on Legendary Items.