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LOTRO: Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lorien release notes

Volume II: Book 7 Highlights
Lothlorien Revealed
The epic story line continues in Volume II: Book 7 as players are reunited with the Fellowship in Lothlórien! Lothlórien has been expanded east of Nimrodel and west of the Anduin. Access to Lothlórien is not free or easy, however. The Galadhrim are cautious and reclusive – players must earn the trust of the Elves of Lothlórien before entering the Golden Wood. Only the truest of friends will gain access to Caras Galadhon. Players who fail to heed the warnings of the Galadhrim will be shot down by sentries before they set foot within the protected forest.

  • Over 50 new quests!
  • The epic story continues with 9 chapters and 4 instances!
  • New faction: Elves of Lothlórien

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Book 7 Lore-Master Changes

Book 7 Lore-Master Changes

  • Decreased the power cost reduction to -5% for the following Lore-master tomes: Tome of Beasts, Tome of Nature, and Tome of the Dúnedain.
  • Knowledge of the Lore-master, displays more complete information again.
  • Text for the Ancient Master was incorrectly referring to Dead rather than Men with Improvements for Warding Lore.
  • Removed Subtle Wizard from the Lore-master Traits. (Statistically, it was not used by LM anywhere.)
  • Added “Fast Loader” which removes induction from BF. (The answer to the riddle, “Why does the Burglar not have an induction for Riddle but the Lore-master has one for BF?”)

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LOTRO DEV CHAT, WEDNESDAY MARCH 11

The LOTRO Dev Team will be participating in a Stratics House of Commons chat on Wednesday March 11 at 8pm EDT (-4 GMT). Join us in the #straticshoc channel on Stratics IRC for an hour of questions and answers about our upcoming release of Volume II: Book 7: Leaves of Lorien.

You can connect to one of Stratics IRC servers through the use of your favorite IRC client, such as mIRC, ircle, xchat, trillian or whichever you prefer. Connect to irc.stratics.com port 6668

Can’t make the chat? Submit a question early!

Creating the Polluted World of Hutta

Pop quiz: If you had the chance to contribute one thing to a game like Star Wars™: The Old Republic™, would it be A) a new Rancor design, B) a quest for constructing your first Lightsaber, C) new Sith Force powers, or D) six paintings of mud? If you said “D”, you might be an environment artist or have low self-esteem!

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