Meghan, Online Community Manager for The Lord of the Rings Online writes: At long last, the team is unveiling one of their game systems. It’s been wondered, asked, and endlessly discussed; how can we work an MMORPG class system into Tolkien’s world, in which magic classes are clearly limited and magic itself is quite subtle? Answer: The Morale System. Chris “Hakai” Clay explains how pondering one of the major themes in Tolkien’s work, that of Hope, led to the creation of the Morale system. [More]