{"id":115679,"date":"2022-11-14T16:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T21:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=115679"},"modified":"2022-11-14T16:41:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T21:41:05","slug":"exclusive-new-images-from-lotro-expansion-before-the-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/11\/14\/115679-exclusive-new-images-from-lotro-expansion-before-the-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE New Images from LOTRO Expansion Before The Shadow!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" class=\"intro\">Standing Stone Games shares a peek at the new Lord of the Rings Online expansion <em>Before The Shadow <\/em>which dives into tales from the past. After 15 years, LOTRO is bigger than ever!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115686 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled-255x143.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prepare for the latest expansion to the long-running Middle-earth MMO game Lord of the Rings Online (abbreviated LOTRO) with these early images from <em>Before The Shadow<\/em>&#8216;s in-game engine. Two new areas to venture through: the reedy fens of Swanfleet and the moors of Cardolan. Features include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Questing from levels 1 to 32 in addition to four new Books for new characters&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two new regions: Swanfleet and Cardolan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new Six-person Instance&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new Skirmish&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A new Delving difficulty system: Higher level characters can increase the difficulty of new missions to earn great rewards!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Themed Missions Wrapper: Earn rewards by completing daily and weekly rotating Missions!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The developers of the latest update will join us for TORn Tuesday tomorrow, Nov 15, at 5pm PT \/ 8pm ET. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First up have a look at Cardolan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"115680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCardolanALLEN-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115680 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCardolanALLEN-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCardolanALLEN-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCardolanALLEN-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCardolanALLEN-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCardolanALLEN-255x143.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCardolanALLEN.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"115681\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCombatMosswardLLEN-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115681 no-lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCombatMosswardLLEN-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCombatMosswardLLEN-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCombatMosswardLLEN-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCombatMosswardLLEN-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCombatMosswardLLEN-255x143.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BtSCombatMosswardLLEN.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new Swanfleet 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https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SwanfleetDLLEN.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tune in on YouTube for a chat with the development team this Tuesday 5pm PT at <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/theoneringnet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">youtube.com\/theoneringnet<\/a>. Be sure to Subscribe and turn on notifications for when we go live!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player lazyload\" width=\"1170\" height=\"659\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2-CKC3zov5o?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standing Stone Games shares a peek at the new Lord of the Rings Online expansion Before The Shadow&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":115686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[107,149,1700],"tags":[2269,2235,108,917,3819],"class_list":["post-115679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-lotr","category-video-games","tag-expansion","tag-gaming-2","tag-lord-of-the-rings-online","tag-lotro","tag-mmo"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Untitled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-u5N","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115691,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115679\/revisions\/115691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}