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LotRO Welcome Back Weekend now extended to April 6th
We've got good news for everyone taking advantage of the free Welcome Back Weekend for Lord of the Rings Online, which is hot on the heels of 'Leaves of Lorien' (Volume 2: Book 7). The free 'weekend' promotion just keeps growing. Although it began on March 26th it will now continue until April 6th, plus there's a 25% experience increase on mob kills to sweeten the deal. This sounds like a great time for former subscribers to come back and check out how Lord of the Rings has improved with Leaves of Lorien.%Gallery-46767%%Gallery-47129%
LotRO Book 7 arrives on the EU servers
For those Lord of the Rings Online fans in Europe who have eagerly and patiently awaited the new Book 7 content, you can now rejoice in the fact that the Book 7 patch has finally gone live on the EU servers! That's right, no longer will you press your longing face against the front window that reaches across the pond, as you can now enjoy (or at least start the download for) the Leaves of Lorien content patch.If it's been so long and you can't quite remember what this patch has to offer, check out our dev tour, our tag page and the official patch notes containing loads of information on the epic questline, new Lothlorien map, the Spring Festival and more!
LotRO Vol 2 Book 7: Lorien launches with extra bugs
Volume 2, Book 7: Leaves of Lórien, the first major content patch since the release of the Mines of Moria expansion, hit the Lord of the Rings Online live servers yesterday. The patch includes an extensive feature list including: access to the lands of Lothlórien and the new faction new epic quest line new crafting instances numerous class tweaks revamped entry level experience for new players to go hand-in-hand with LotRO's Refer-A-Friend program New items for Wardens and Rune-keepers But along with the new features comes a long list of bugs as well. The vaunted quest guide system remains "in beta." It is automatically turned off, but can be enabled by going into the Options panel. I tried it last night and found it very useful. It doesn't work for all quests yet, but it helped me track down some quest objectives that had eluded me in Evendim.On the upside, leveling is now faster and players under level 60 will see a big level jump on their next kill to put them on track with the new system. I've seen an additional 1.5 and 2.5 levels on various alts. Don't forget to hit the trainer after your level bump.%Gallery-46767%%Gallery-47129%
LotRO's Book 7 Lothlorien patch files available early
Turbine has announced (via Twitter!) that the Volume 2, Book 7: Leaves of Lórien content update for Lord of the Rings Online will go live this Tuesday, March 17, 2009. But you can get your hands on the update files now. Turbine is giving North American, Australian and New Zealand players an opportunity to download the patch files early via direct download or torrent. The downloaded files can even be grabbed from a different computer and then you can transfer those files to your LotRO machine. No early files have been posted for European players yet.What awaits you in LotRO's first major content patch since the Moria expansion went live in November? Turbine offers a quick list of the major features on Vol 2 Book 7 as well as updated Patch Notes. The LotRO Follower blog offers a list of what changed during Testing by comparing the patch notes when the PTR went live and now. Massively has its own tour of the new content as the enchanted lands of Lothlórien are opened up to players. And, of course, there are plenty of screenshots below to tide you over until the content goes live in a few days.%Gallery-46767%%Gallery-47129%
LotRO Book 7: Leaves of Lorien arrives in North America Tuesday March 17
We've been writing quite a bit about Lord of the Rings Online and its upcoming Book 7 content patch of late. Turbine was kind enough to give us a developer tour through LotRO Volume II: Book 7, explaining the new content like Lothlórien's new areas as well as crafting and battle instances. The only thing we didn't know was the exact release date... until now, through the magic of Twitter. The folks at Turbine have just twittered the final piece to the puzzle: "Aren't you glad you're following us? You're the first to know that Book 7: Leaves of Lorien arrives in NA on Tuesday, March 17!"%Gallery-46767%%Gallery-47129%
Turbine releases first screenshots of LotRO's Volume II: Book 7
The upcoming content patch for Lord of the Rings Online, named Leaves of Lorien, has finally been given a face. If you're running around on the Bullroarer server already, you may have seen the beauty of the new content, but for everyone else, we've started our Volume II: Book 7 gallery below. Take a look at the six newest screenshots provided by Turbine earlier today.Make sure to keep your eye on Massively for our upcoming coverage of the Book 7 content as we inch closer to release. In the meantime, there are also the Book 7 preliminary patch notes to peruse and a test server to explore!%Gallery-46767%
