Summary: Layanor and Cari are on their own this week. Shenanigans are incoming. We talk about Update 11, Winged Horses, and things people want to see changed. Listen now: What We Did in Game Layanor- More Moors. I am 12% into my next rank. It is movin right along. Took Roselinda to the moors for her first rank. Looked at Bullroarer briefly Cari - Dawning Eclipse 6th Anniversary Party with Goldenstar Hytbold Dalies Envelope Quests LOTRO Hated me on Monday and wouldn't let me log in News Video Dev Diary Update 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2VJiDC7HYw&sns=em Update 11 Drops May 13, 2013 http://www.lotro.com/en/u11 The epic story continues as you are called to the remote region of Wildermore! This Eastern Rohan area has been hard hit by an unnatural and deadly winter. A Stone Giant named Núrzum, under the control of Saruman, is rumored as the source of this icy tragedy. Throughout Wildermore, villages have suffered ravage and townsfolk have become refugees. Follow in the chilly footsteps of evil as you attempt to restore this once thriving region. New class-specific traits now enhance your mounted combat skills, while bonuses to mobility have been removed from traits and added to your base steed. NEW! Hobbit Presents NEW! VIP Benefits Custom character portrait frame Bonus experience: +100% xp for 30% of a level (daily upon login) Free weekly Gold Hobbit Present with increased chance of rare rewards New for Mithril Coins Item repair in the field Personal Housing Upkeep Kinship Housing Upkeep Daily Task Limit Increase Task Reset Reputation Acceleration Deed Acceleration Lalia’s Market new in Update 11 http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?510167-Focus-Lalia-s-Market&p=6769792#post6769792 Market Exclusive Items Not available in the LOTRO Store Mitrhil Coins Housing Changes Coming with Update 11 http://www.lotro.com/en/game/articles/update-11-developer-notes-housing-foreclosure-and-escrow-changes Here’s the skinny: With Update 11, if you own a home that has been locked for more than 180 days you will be issued a final foreclosure warning. At that point you’ll have 60 days to get your finances in order and pay down the upkeep or your home will be foreclosed and put back on the market. All your items that were stored in the house will be put into escrow. These items in escrow will stay there indefinitely but you will need to clear out your escrow before you are allowed to buy a new home. Later this year we will likely shorten the grace period but seeing as this foreclosure business is new to a lot of players we figured we’d give some extra time when the feature goes live. The hope here is that by putting all of the long-dormant homes back on the market current players will find it easier to build close-knit communities with their friends. We’ll have more info on future improvements to the housing system down the road a bit! Obsidian Warsteed http://www.danania.net/2013/05/obsidian-steed.html?m=1 Looks like wings to me. Forums are being Streamlined http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?510761-Forums-Consolidation-and-Streamlining The German and French Forums will also take on this new format and layout of forums. No posts will be deleted, they will be rolled into the existing or replacement forums. Server forums will be condensed to just the server forum and its PvMP forum. The Trade and Kinship sub forums will be going away and all of those posts rolled into the general server forum. Store announcements will now be included in the Announcements forum with all other announcements. Crafting will now have a single forum instead of a forum for every craft. UI Skinning and Lua Scripting will now share the "UI Skinning and Lua Scripting" forum. Player Events (in and out of game) will share a single forum. Player council was instrumental in getting these changes set up. LOTRO Support is Now on Twitter
