{"id":34513,"date":"2009-12-05T14:14:47","date_gmt":"2009-12-05T19:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=34513"},"modified":"2009-12-05T14:14:47","modified_gmt":"2009-12-05T19:14:47","slug":"lotr-online-siege-of-mirkwood-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2009\/12\/05\/34513-lotr-online-siege-of-mirkwood-update\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTR Online: Siege of Mirkwood Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/LOTRO_Mirkwood_Logo.jpg\" class=\"no-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/LOTRO_Mirkwood_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE\u2122: SIEGE OF MIRKWOOD\u2122 TO LAUNCH ON DECEMBER 1ST\" title=\"THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE\u2122: SIEGE OF MIRKWOOD\u2122 TO LAUNCH ON DECEMBER 1ST\" width=\"120\" height=\"64\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-33680 no-lazyload\" \/><\/a>The folks from <strong>Turbine<\/strong> write: With this week&#8217;s release of Siege of Mirkwood\u2122 we thought we&#8217;d make sure you&#8217;ve seen all the content and coverage surrounding the launch! Consider this installment the ultimate launch recap! If you missed anything, it&#8217;s probably in here! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Skirmishes<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Skirmish system is now live and player feedback is phenomenal!  If you haven&#8217;t experienced the excitement and fun of Skirmishes for yourself, read up on all the details in Brian &#8220;Zombie Columbus'&#8221; seven part dev diary series!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/484-developer-diary-som-skirmishes-overview\">Part 1: Overview<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/499-developer-diary-som-skirmishes-story-instances\">Part 2: Story Instances<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/505-developer-diary-som-skirmishes-randomization-and-scaling\">Part 3: Randomization and Scaling<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/508-developer-diary-som-skirmishes-skirmish-soldiers\">Part 4: Skirmish Soldiers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/514-developer-diary-som-skirmishes-rewards\">Part 5: Rewards <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/522-developer-diary-som-skirmishes-accessibility\">Part 6: Accessibility<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/543-developer-diary-som-skirmishes-the-end\">Part 7: The End<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course there&#8217;s a whole lot more to Siege of Mirkwood than just Skirmishes. Check out the new multi-ouput crafting recipes, the<br \/>\nrevamped Lone-lands, our exciting new combat System, or the much asked for Mounts 2.0 changes! There are developer diaries for each new system and all the biggest changes! So grab a snack and read up!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/548-developer-diary-som-crafting\">Crafting in Siege of Mirkwood<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/547-developer-diary-welcome-back-to-the-lone-lands\">Welcome Back to The Lone-lands<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/528-developer-diary-introducing-dol-guldur\">Introducing Dol Guldur<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/511-developer-diary-mirkwood-regions\">Mirkwood Region<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/495-developer-diary-legendary-item-system-updates\">Legendary Item System Update<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/541-developer-diary-legacy-pool-distribution-by-class\">Legacy Pool Updates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/539-developer-diary-som-skill-upgrades\">Siege of Mirkwood Skill Upgrades<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/532-developer-diary-combat-changes\">Combat System Changes<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/536-developer-diary-character-panel-update\">Character Panel and Stat Updates<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/487-developer-diary-mounts-20\">Mounts 2.0<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/486-developer-diary-shared-storage\">Shared Storage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Siege of Mirkwood Image Gallery<\/strong><br \/>\nIf a picture is worth a thousand words than our Siege of Mirkwood Screen Shot gallery is worth millions! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/lotro-media\/siege-of-mirkwood-images\">More..<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Turbine YouTube Channel and Siege of Mirkwood Trailers<\/strong><br \/>\nDon&#8217;t forget our incredible new trailers! You can find them all on the Turbine YouTube channel (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/turbine\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/turbine<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FKQSzw015xs&#038;feature=related\">Siege of Mirkwood Trailer #1 Galadriel&#8217;s lament <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=tsRWLtt2KuM\">Siege of Mirkwood Trailer #2 Lieutenant of Dol Guldur <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DmhyDANOF-E\">Siege of Mirkwood Launch Day Trailer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>What the Press is saying about Siege of Mirkwood<\/strong><br \/>\nObviously we think Siege of Mirkwood is pretty wonderful, but don&#8217;t just take our word for it! See what the press has to say!<\/p>\n<p>Massively.com<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.massively.com\/2009\/10\/26\/lotro-siege-of-mirkwood-developer-tour\/\">Developer Tour <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.massively.com\/category\/lord-of-the-rings-online\/\">Full Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MMORPG.com<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmorpg.com\/gamelist.cfm\/game\/45\/feature\/3693\/page\/1\">Siege of Mirkwood Interview with Jeffrey Steefel and Aaron Campbell<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmorpg.com\/gamelist.cfm\/game\/45\/feature\/3737\/Siege-of-Mirkwood-Preview.html\">Siege of Mirkwood preview<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmorpg.com\/newsroom.cfm\/game\/45\">Full Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ten Ton Hammer<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tentonhammer.com\/node\/76393\">The Heart of Mirkwood &#8211; A Siege of Mirkwood Q&#038;A with Jeffrey Steefel<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tentonhammer.com\/node\/76888\">Preview <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tentonhammer.com\/lotro\">Full Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warcry.com<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warcry.com\/articles\/view\/previews\/6737-LotRO-Siege-of-Mirkwood-Recon\">Siege of Mirkwood Recon (Preview)<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.warcry.com\/news\/tag\/siege+of+mirkwood\">All Siege of Mirkwood coverage<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/lotro.warcry.com\/news\/view\/96062-LOtRO-Dev-Chat-Transcript-11-11-2009\">Warcry US Dev Chat Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>New my.lotro.com 3.0 features!<\/strong><br \/>\nSiege of Mirkwood also brought with it a ton of new features and a completely redesigned backend and management tools for my.lotro.com. (<a href=\"http:\/\/my.lotro.com\/turbinecommunity\/2009\/11\/30\/mylotrocom-release-30-notes\/\">http:\/\/my.lotro.com\/turbinecommunity\/2009\/11\/30\/mylotrocom-release-30-notes\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>LOTRO Lotteries Update<\/strong><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve also taken a lot of player feedback on our new lottery system and improved it in many ways! There&#8217;s now a much asked for &#8220;Select All&#8221; option when entering lotteries and we&#8217;ve published a schedule of lottery start and end times. No more wondering  when the next one may come along! (<a href=\"http:\/\/forums.lotro.com\/showthread.php?t=303829\">http:\/\/forums.lotro.com\/showthread.php?t=303829<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured LOTRO Player Spotlight<\/strong><br \/>\nWe\u2019ve recently added a new feature to the Turbine Community blog on my.lotro.com (<a href=\"http:\/\/my.lotro.com\/turbinecommunity\/\">http:\/\/my.lotro.com\/turbinecommunity\/<\/a>)  &#8211; The  Featured LOTRO Player Spotlight.  We want players to call out others in the LOTRO community that have made a positive impact on your experiences in LOTRO.  Or maybe you know someone who has a very unique real life story that\u2019s tied to their LOTRO gameplay? Why not nominate them?<br \/>\nThis time out our featured player is- Swepik<\/p>\n<p>Swepik is the leader of Guardians of Vilya on Landroval and was nominated by fellow kin member Teneriel. You can visit my.lotro.com to read our interview with Swepik! (<a href=\"http:\/\/my.lotro.com\/turbinecommunity\/2009\/12\/04\/featured-player-swepik\/\">http:\/\/my.lotro.com\/turbinecommunity\/2009\/12\/04\/featured-player-swepik\/<\/a>)<br \/>\n If you\u2019d like nominate yourself (or someone else!) to be a featured player, send us a quick email at <a href=\"mailto:lotro@turbine.com\">lotro@turbine.com<\/a>. Make us laugh, make us cry, and tell us why you (or they) should be in the spotlight!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The folks from Turbine write: With this week&#8217;s release of Siege of Mirkwood\u2122 we thought we&#8217;d make sure&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[107],"tags":[966],"class_list":["post-34513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming","tag-siege-of-mirkwood"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1tLoH-8YF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34513","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}