Summary: This week Cari, Chris and Layanor are joined by Bill himself (that will teach him to join the chat room) as we talk about Helm's Deep, the Council of the Players, cloaks, and the forum changes. Listen now: What We Did in Game Layanor- Ranked to level 11. Starting the next rank. At 10k a day I should be rank 12 in two and a half months. I average 3 - 8k a day so it will be awhile I did the beer bash game for awhile to get the new teal horse. Cari - Cyn to 55. I can now equip some of my new LI's to level. Hytbold dailies a couple of days. Chris - Dailies for Hytbold PvMP with Layanor. I didn’t die.... Working on Reputations in Rohan. Bill - Maxed his rep with all the factions of Rohan. News LOTRO Announces Helm’s Deep http://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/warner-bros-interactive-entertainment-and-turbine-announce-lord-rings-online%E2%84%A2-helm%E2%80%99s Experience the Battle for Helm’s Deep – Fight to defend Helm’s Deep starting at level 10, as your character enlists as a soldier in the Battle of the Hornburg, the most massive conflict yet in The Lord of the Rings Online. Earn rewards for your contribution to the war effort – win or lose, your aid makes a difference! Explore new landscapes across Western Rohan - Explore the Westemnet of Rohan and rally each of the five Ridings as Rohan returns to glory. Traverse the capital of Edoras, mysterious Dunharrow, and the fortress of the Hornburg, deep within Helm’s Deep. Advance from levels 85 to 95 - Experience 10 new levels, from 85 to 95, with new skills and completely updated class specializations. Both mounted and un-mounted combat will challenge you as you war against the evil of Saruman. Continue the Epic Story - Encounter beloved characters such as Aragorn, Éowyn, and Éomer. Restore King Théoden to his rightful lordship and defend the peoples of Rohan at Helm’s Deep. New Player Council Members http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?509600-Introducing-the-2013-LOTRO-Player-Council And the forums and social media have blown up. 75 players have been chosen They come from all servers though according to Sapience this wasn't intentional VIP Players Charged Multiple Times http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&postid=6761650#post6761650 CarpeNoctum said that there were a few players who were charged multiple times for their VIP subscriptions. They are aware of who they are and are working to fix the issue and give credits to those affected. You will get a free month of VIP for your trouble if you were affected. FYI this also affected DDO. Important changes coming to the LOTRO Forums and MyLOTRO Forums The forums are going to be upgraded to a slightly newer version of VBulletin. Changes will include: The forum styling/appearance will be updated. We will be adding a new forum home page that includes forum category navigation and feeds of recent turbine announcements/recent player discussions. Forum performance will be improved. Our bug reporting system is being revamped. We will update the bug reporting links as soon as the new system is available. The Character Copy tool is being revamped and migrated to LOTRO.com. The LOTRO referral system is being revamped and migrated to LOTRO.com. Please note that if you currently have active referrals, you will continue to accrue bonus points from your existing referrals, but you will be unable to redeem bonus points from your referral wallet or add new referrals until the new front-end of the referral system is launched. Discontinued Features The current player blog functionality will be discontinued. We are investigating ways of bringing blogging to players in the community site. The LOTRO Lorebook will be discontinued. The reputation system will be discontinued. PVMP leaderboards data will be discontinued, Character Signatures, and API functionality (data.lotro.com).
