*** Official Release Date - 1st December 2009 ***
Official Information
NEW FEATURES:
- The Epic Conclusion to Volume II: Mines of Moria™
- Under the command of Celeborn and Galadriel, players will fight through vast armies of Orcs alongside the Elves of Lórien in a battle that will take them to Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths. This update includes Book 9 and the Epilogue to the sweeping epic tale begun with the award-winning Mines of Moria expansion.
- Increased Level Cap
- Players will be able to advance their characters up to level 65, gaining access to new traits, virtues, skills and class quests.
- Join Epic Battles On Demand!
- Jump into battle with the new Skirmish system. Skirmishes offer endless action in repeatable, randomized instances for up to 12 players. Create and lead your own army of customizable soldiers into battle, training them to greater skill as you earn victories against the forces of shadow. Stand and fight wherever violence erupts with the ‘World Join’ feature, which lets you and your friends band together to fight Skirmishes from anywhere in Middle-earth.
- Take up Arms!
- Infiltrate the dark jails, deadly arenas and savage stables of Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths, and strike a blow against Sauron’s forces in new 3 and 6-player instances. Call upon your fellows to adventure into the most deadly 12-player raid yet and face the ultimate challenge – the Nazgûl Lord!
- Major Gameplay Enhancements
- Turbine continues to improve the award-winning experience of LOTRO with major improvements to the combat and Legendary Items systems. Players will experience improved responsiveness when in the heat of battle. Players will also be able to create and craft their own customized Second and Third Age Legendary Items from raw materials and grow their weapons’ power to level 60. Achieve new Legacies, new titles, and a fourth Runic slot that will make Legendary Items even more unique and powerful.
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Siege of Mirkwood Pre-order Programme Details
Pre-order one of the Siege of Mirkwood package options below today and qualify for the following exclusive pre-order bonus items, benefits and offers:
Additional offers available to order soon:
Pre-order one of the Siege of Mirkwood package options below today and qualify for the following exclusive pre-order bonus items, benefits and offers:
- Siege of Mirkwood Standard Edition £14.99 / 19.99 €
- Siege of Mirkwood expansion
- And the Harbinger’s Cloak which provides an 8% speed boost for FREE!
- Siege of Mirkwood Special Edition £19.99 / 27.99 €
- Siege of Mirkwood expansion
- LOTRO Adventurer's Pack
- And the Harbinger’s Cloak which provides an 8% speed boost and a new unique mount entirely FREE!
- LOTRO Triple Pack Standard Edition £29.99 / 39.99 €
- The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™, Mines of Moria™ expansion and the Siege of Mirkwood expansion
- And the Harbinger’s Cloak which provides an 8% speed boost for FREE!
- LOTRO Triple Pack Special Edition £34.99 / 49.99 €
- The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, Mines of Moria expansion and the Siege of Mirkwood expansion
- LOTRO Adventurer's Pack
- The Harbinger’s Cloak which provides an 8% speed boost and a new unique mount completely FREE!
Additional offers available to order soon:
- LOTRO Adventurer's Pack £4.99 / 6.99 € – Includes two character slots and one shared storage providing 20 additional slots that allows players to share items with all of their characters on the same serverThe Loot Bag £4.99 / 6.99 € – Includes ten special in-game items especially selected from all items ever released!
Other Information
* The epic story continues on in Volume 3 as a regular content update early next year. Sounds like a standard free book update, but hasnt been confirmed.
* Some of the improvements to the game coming with Mirkwood will benefit everyone, but the key features will require the Mirkwood upgrade.
* Skirmishes are PvE, and should not be directly competing with PvMP.
* Skirmishes are not session play.
* The new raid is not a one-boss raid.
* 100+ hours of new content
* Level cap increased to level 65 with access to new traits, virtues, skills and class quests
* Legendary items will now be maxed at level 60- no word on if this includes existing legendaries or only new ones.
* Legendary items will gain a 4th runic slot which are craft-able only, new legacies and new titles.
* Skirmishes reward experience-points, complimenting the level up experience, and can be accessed as low as level 30.
* You can name your horse.
* Whole new reputation faction for the Elves of Mirkwood.
* Dol Guldur, the place where Sauron was a Necromancer 'back in the day' and Gollum was tortured, as a huge vertical instance. After battling their way up this Moria-tech built behemoth of a fortress, players eventually fight a Nazgul placed there by Sauron, who's riding his felbeast.
Source: LOTRO-EU forums post by user "Overlord2" Link
* Some of the improvements to the game coming with Mirkwood will benefit everyone, but the key features will require the Mirkwood upgrade.
* Skirmishes are PvE, and should not be directly competing with PvMP.
* Skirmishes are not session play.
* The new raid is not a one-boss raid.
* 100+ hours of new content
* Level cap increased to level 65 with access to new traits, virtues, skills and class quests
* Legendary items will now be maxed at level 60- no word on if this includes existing legendaries or only new ones.
* Legendary items will gain a 4th runic slot which are craft-able only, new legacies and new titles.
* Skirmishes reward experience-points, complimenting the level up experience, and can be accessed as low as level 30.
* You can name your horse.
* Whole new reputation faction for the Elves of Mirkwood.
* Dol Guldur, the place where Sauron was a Necromancer 'back in the day' and Gollum was tortured, as a huge vertical instance. After battling their way up this Moria-tech built behemoth of a fortress, players eventually fight a Nazgul placed there by Sauron, who's riding his felbeast.
Source: LOTRO-EU forums post by user "Overlord2" Link
