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.
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