{"id":35302,"date":"2010-02-21T12:01:59","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T17:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=35302"},"modified":"2010-02-21T12:01:59","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T17:01:59","slug":"lotr-online-update-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/02\/21\/35302-lotr-online-update-37\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTR Online Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">Rick &#8220;Sapience&#8221; Heaton, Online Community Specialist for Turbine, writes: Greetings! Here\u2019s this week\u2019s round up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reminder: Scheduled Maintenance Tuesday February 23<\/strong><br \/>\nAs the final stage of our datacenter move, all Turbine games will be offline on Tuesday February 23, from 4:00AM &#8211; 4:00PM Eastern Time (-5 GMT). Websites, including <a href=\"myaccount.turbine.com\">myaccount.turbine.com<\/a>, forums, wikis, and social networks will be available, but players may be unable to log in or access their account information during this time. We thank you for your patience while we complete the move! <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crafting Dev Diary<\/strong><br \/>\nThe release of Volume III, Book 1 brings a bunch of updates for many crafting professions of Middle-earth. Improvements for both Jewellers and Cooks bring more choices and enhanced functionality to these professions. Read more about the Crafting Updates in the latest Developer Diary. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/623-developer-diary-volume-iii-book-1-crafting-update\">http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/623-developer-diary-volume-iii-book-1-crafting-update<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Skill Upgrades Dev Diary<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;With the launch of Siege of Mirkwood\u2122 behind us, the systems team\u2019s bandwidth has increased. When we looked at our list of \u201cthings we want to do,\u201d sitting right on top was \u201cadd level 64 skill upgrades.\u201d So here we are! The new combat system has had some time to mature, and we are feeling more comfortable with making additions to players\u2019 skills&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/619-developer-diary-volume-iii-book-1-skill-upgrades\">http:\/\/www.lotro.com\/gameinfo\/devdiaries\/619-developer-diary-volume-iii-book-1-skill-upgrades<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Tell the Community Team &#8211; Radiance and Itemization<\/strong><br \/>\nWhat do you think of the items in LOTRO? What about Radiance? Is there a Cosmetic item you\u2019ve never seen, but think should be in the game? Tell us what you think in the latest Tell the Community Team Thread! (<a href=\"http:\/\/forums.lotro.com\/showthread.php?t=318596\">http:\/\/forums.lotro.com\/showthread.php?t=318596<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Player<\/strong><br \/>\nToday\u2019s featured player is Caron aka Jilla! Jilla is a regular forum poster and one well-rounded Hobbit. She is a Mom, a gardener, a world-travelling scuba diver, and dare we say one of Vilya\u2019s biggest cheerleaders! Read more about Caron on my.turbine.com! (<a href=\"http:\/\/my.lotro.com\/turbinecommunity\/2010\/02\/19\/featured-player-jilla\/\">http:\/\/my.lotro.com\/turbinecommunity\/2010\/02\/19\/featured-player-jilla\/<\/a>) <\/p>\n<p>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>Rick &#8220;Sapience&#8221; Heaton, Online Community Specialist for Turbine, writes: Greetings! Here\u2019s this week\u2019s round up. 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