Summary: Cari and Layanor talk about the Producer's Letter, Hobnobbigans, and mail. Audio version: What We Did in Game Layanor 5% away from Rank 13 Cari Leveling a Captain - Level 18 Leveled my Champ a couple of levels Finished a couple more of the Epic Books Volume 1 News Letter from the Producer https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?543150-A-Letter-from-Executive-Producer-Aaron-Campbell Update 13 (and LOTRO’s 7th Anniversary) are coming up soon (He said it! Not me!- Sapience). There is a long list of new features with U13, but I want to highlight some of the key items and the great folks that are working on them. Epic Book: We’re going to Flooded Isengard! MadeofLions has put together an epic experience, where you finally get to experience life as an Ent. North Downs: This is a vast and classic region. Budgeford is digging in to modernize and improve the space, much like she’s done in the past with Moria. Fangorn Forest: Quickbeam needs your help! JWBarry has led the charge to build out new quests in Southern Fangorn, including a special friend you might earn. In addition, mail will now support multiple attachments. VIPs will be able to open mail in the wilderness through your mail alert. Inventory is getting entirely new management options. And we have a new prototype of Hobnangians that we expect to release later this year. Bullroarer should open this week. Automated Character Transfer is Available https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?543502-Automated-Character-Transfers-now-available&p=7113220#post7113220 https://store.lotro.com/en/lctt/item/lotrocharactertransfer/ 1 24.95 3 69.95 6 134.95 With this new transfer system we will no longer be able to accept Turbine Points for payment of character transfers. As of right now, we will still allow players to submit requests for transfers through the support website and choose Turbine Points as a payment method. This option will only remain available for a very limited time, and may be removed at any time. If you would like to use your Turbine Points to transfer a character, please submit the request ASAP. Special Offers: All 11 Quest Packs https://store.lotro.com/en/special-offers/ 79.99 for the Pack Hobbits to Isengard Notes - Brandywine https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?539143-Hobbits-to-Isengard-Q-A-with-Sapience-notes-on-what-was-said&p=7112956#post7112956 Will multiple mail attachments (coming with U13) add to postage cost It seems likely, but he will ask the engineer working on it and get back to us When will player council applications open up The plan is to open them on March 14. The Player’s Council has been great about making suggestions, so the application will be changing a bit based largely on their feedback Any teases you can give us about the inventory option additions It’s an inventory revamp not an itemization revamp, it will be focused on your bags. He’s seen the revisions and says they’re really cool. When U13 gets closer to being put up on Bullroarer he will ask the engineer to sit down and walk everyone through the revamp on livestream so they can see it for themselves. Will the new inventory help with cooking It will not change how and what will be stored, it will just enable you to rearrange your bags. For example, you can make them all into one big bag if you want. So it will not really affect the way items themselves are handled. It’s the functionality of the inventory, not the items in it. Discussion of aggro range – it increases as a character goes to levels higher and higher above their own, so that it becomes more and more difficult to stay alive. That isn’t true for chickens, though, because they are meant to go to dangerous places. What about the official global chat channels Official global chat channels is one of the things he keeps pushing whenever he sees an engineer,
