Jakaś wielka cisza zaległa, a tu nowy dodatek do Lotro:

http://www.lotro.com/mirkwood/

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.

Fajnie, ale myslalem, ze odrazu dadza Rohan.

No to zajebiscie ! liczylem wlasnie na Mroczna Puszcze jako next expasion i wkoncu dodadza te skirmishe (dlugo obiecane...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpnJHQCtXe0
Game Footage, musze przyznac ze o ile wielkim fanem lotro nie jestem to wyglada bardzo fajnie co prawda z ksiazkowym pierwowzorem to ma niewiele wspolnego, no ale playability wazniejsze.

Nie podoba mi sie tylko level cap zwiekszony ;/. Znowu trzeba levelowac, zeby sie pobawic calym contentem ;/

Ale to dopiero ma być ... jakoś tak ... nie wiadomo kiedy ...

Tej jeseni ;o.

Dosyć ogólnikowy termin ... jak by nie liczył, od września do listopada ...

Dlaczego by nie. Moze zaczli prace nad nim sporo wczesniej.
Zreszta nie ma tu jakiejs kosminczej ilosci zmian. Po prostu nowy content.

Co nie zmienia faktu że dodatku nie ma, nie ma daty wydania wiec nie ma sie co podniecac jak by to juz było wgrane ..

Ten dodatek jest jakis mega dziwny bo te zmiany byly juz dawno zapowiadane jako poprostu Patch B9...(skirmishe itd.) a tutaj jako z nikad dodatek , moze turbine tak zrobilo ze wzgledu na Cataclysm Blizzarda?

Hmmm, a podali gdzies info ze to ma byc platne? Z tego co czytalem, mialem wrazenie ze to jest po prostu kolejny darmowy book... a nie dodatek, jak Moria...
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Podali cena w US to 19,99$ jest to platny digital expasion

Ano trzeba będzie zapłacić, za book 9 i epilog plus inne rzeczy, które powinny być już z Morią i/lub późniejszymi updejtami. Za to epic Volume III ma być za free. Bogowie wyszeptali, iż może to być jeszcze w tym roku.

Jesli Mirkwood ma sie ukazac jesienia, to nie sadze zeby Vol III byl jeszcze w tym roku... dadza ludziom ze 3 miechy na przerobienie wszystkiego, przynajmniej tak byloby rozsadnie z ich punktu widzenia... No, ale cuda sie zdarzaja...
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Troche info o skirmish:

"Turbine has explained how Lord of the Rings Online's new Skirmishes mode will work when it's introduced as part of the Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion later this year.

The expansion, which was announced on Friday, will cost $20 and be distributed as a download, Turbine has said. We've contacted European operator Codemasters for more information on release plans for this side of the Atlantic.

Speaking to Massively at last weekend's Penny Arcade Expo, producer Jeff Steefel explained that the idea of Skirmishes was to improve the replay value and customisation of LOTRO's well-regarded, story-based multiplayer instances.

Skirmishes can be started, jumped into and friends invited from any location in the game, directly from the user interface. You can select the Skirmish's level, difficulty setting and a party size of three, six or 12.

Skirmishes will have story-led scenarios - a siege of the Prancing Pony at Bree, for example - but nine randomised secondary objectives, to vary the experience for multiple play-throughs. There will be loot drops, and a points system for purchasing further rewards.

Each player can bring one customisable AI solider with them into the Skirmish. You can select the solider's role, customise its appearance and rank up its skills in battle, but you won't control it directly.

The soliders are intended to lend Skirmishes a more "epic" feel, with 12-man raids actually being made of parties of 24 characters on screen. Steefel hinted that this system might be used for large-scale player-versus-player battles in the future.

Skirmishes sound like a very interesting blend of classic MMO instancing with recent developments in co-op game design from other genres - indeed, they're not unlike Halo 3: ODST's Firefight mode.

As well as adding Skirmishes, Siege of Mirkwood will raise LOTRO's level cap to 65, expand the Legendary Weapons system, add the Mirkwood zone and several major new dungeons in the fortress of Dol Goldur, update the combat to feel "snappier", introduce shared account storage for multiple characters on the same server and more. It's due for release in the autumn."

Steefel w jakimś wywiadzie chyba dla tentonhammer powiedział ,że teraz ten dodatek, a na poczatku roku będzie zapowiedziany, wydany duzy dodatek( i tu pewnikiem bedzie to rohan boxowy jak moria i ceną kolo 40-50$)

http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game ... unced.html

dodatek wyjdzie 1 grudnia 2009. Cena 19.99$ za som Adventure pack też 19.99$.

LT dostaną som za free pod warunkiem wykupienia Adventure pack a.

Inni podobnie jeśli wykupią abonament przed 31 listopada na 3, 6 lub 9 miesiecy(specjalny plan taryfowy zostanie udostępniony)

Będzie mozna również wykupic tańszy life time. Oraz dostępny będzie pre order z bonusowym płaszczem i nową kozą (mount).

Tyle że to na chwilę obecną oferta dla kont US. Nie ma chyba narazie infa o serwerach europejskich.

Na morie była identiko więc tu dużych różnic raczej nie będzie. Poza ceną która w eu była wyższa.