These are the preliminary release notes for Volume II, Book 8, Patch 1. They should be considered incomplete and subject to change. So far we can expect the correct Galadhrim reputation for killing monsters, much harder smash from Mistress, Waterwheels Hard Mode slightly increased in difficulty and much more….

More details about new Patch

While we are waiting for the 23rd June and new Book 8 content, Turbine has released official notes for The Lord of The Rings Online: Mines of Moria, Volume 2 Book 8: Scourge of Khazad-Dum.

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Welcome to The Lord of The Rings Online: Mines of Moria™ Book 8 Preliminary Release Notes Update 6/9/2009! Please be aware that these notes are for the Bullroarer test server ONLY and are not complete or final. They will be revised and updated when Book 8 goes live on the LOTRO servers in June. Enjoy!

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Patch 2 goes live Tuesday April 21

The LOTRO game servers will be brought down on Tuesday April 21 from 6:00AM – 12:00PM Eastern (-4 GMT) for an update to the game.
What about the Lothlorien reputation crafted item recipe crit trophies? Are they being added during the patch also? Or will they come in the next patch?
They are not in patch 2.

Lothlorien gift boxes never worked as intended, even on Bullroarer, if so is it possible to know what is their proper function?
They’re serving their ‘function’ but their loot table is wrong. On bullroarer they were too generous and on live they’re a bit stingy. I think the goal is something in between.

We won’t be able to run the “crafting” instances repeatedly anymore?

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Volume II Book 7 Patch 2 is currently scheduled for next week. We’ll announce the exact date and downtime as soon as the schedule is firm.

The following release notes cover what is included in Volume II Book 7 Patch 2

Gameplay

• The Quest Guide system is now out of Beta! The system will automatically be turned on for all players by default. If you would not like to use the system, you can toggle the system off in the options panel under the UI settings page.

Quests and Epic Story

• If you had Volume II, Book 2, Chapter 4, ‘Enemies in the Ever Dark’ underway in your quest journal, it has been removed to correct an issue with the quest automatically completing before you return to the bestower.

Raids and Instances

• The Strange Happenings raid is once again available. Turtle is back on the menu!
• We have made a number of changes to the resource instances. This required they be versioned. If you currently have these underway they will be removed from your quest journal during the update.

• “Kill Boss” quests must be underway in order to enter their associated instances.
• “Kill Boss” quests can no longer be cancelled.
• “Kill Boss” quests now have a 1 hour failure timer attached. If the quest fails, there is a 2 hour retry cooldown before you can accept the quest again.
• All “Kill 20” and “Collect” quests now require the appropriate “Kill Boss” quest to be active in your quest journal before they are made available.
• “Kill Boss” quests are exclusive and players will only be able to have one of the six active at any given time.

General

• Several changes have been made to address server performance and stability.

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