I’ve been so focused on redoing MMeOw that actually paying attention to LotRO took a backseat. In the interests of getting myself back up to speed and making up for a week or so of no content, I thought it’d be a good idea to put together a small news/info compilation. This was a lot easier thanks to the awesome LotRO blog collective (and if you have a LotRO focused blog with a RSS feed or a MMORPG blog with a category specifally for LotRO let me know thta I can add you), so thanks guys!
- Under the Banner notes that Book 8 is bringing more anti-exploit fixes and the results are apparently good this time! Very happy about that.
- Turbine posted an official article about Destiny Points. I like the system’s concept, but I agree with Jaxom92 at The Middle-Earth Adventurer that the Freep side bonuses are lacking overall. Still, the bonus XP can be nice when you’re out of bonus rest XP.
- As a side note, I know some people complain that they level up too quickly in this game … I often wonder how much of this speed is due largely thanks to rest XP. I feel is gathered way too easily and quickly in this game, even ignoring the Destiny Points option.
- Massively continues their nice screen-shot based developer tours, this time for Book 8.
- Epic Book weighs in on Ten Ton Hammer’s interview with Jeffrey Steefel. We’re both pretty much on the same page there, so check it out.
- Jaxom92 reacts to the Book 8 Crafting Dev Diary. The fixes seem like a good first step.
- Everyone loves Moormur’s LotRO audio podcasts, but it looks like’s getting into video podcasts as well.
- LotRO Chronicles and Middle Earth Adventurer react to the Warcry dev chat that was held the other day. You can read the original transcript at Warcry.
And that about does it. I really need to play soon!
