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Dev Diary: LUA Scripting Goes LIVE!
Posted on02. Sep, 2010 by Merric.
Narrel writes today about how LUA scripting came about for LOTRO in the most recently released Dev Diary. He was hired as a game systems engineer for LOTRO in late 2007 and eventually “…became the ‘go-to guy’ for UI on my team.”
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Pre-launch Developer Chat!
Posted on02. Sep, 2010 by Merric.
WarCry will be hosting a Developer Chat with some of the Turbine Staff on Tuesday, September 7th at 1:00 PM EDT (-4 GMT/UTC)
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Server Names Announced
Posted on01. Sep, 2010 by Merric.
Sapience posted that the North American server names have been chosen and that they will be available starting September 8th!
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Hunter Round Table: LIVE!
Posted on31. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
On September 2, 2010 at 9:00 PM EST (-4 UTC/GMT) we will be having a roundtable discussion with several Hunters.
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Dev Diary: Crafting in Free-to-Play (Volume 3.2)
Posted on31. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
With Volume 3.2 Weaponsmiths and Woodworkers are having some revisions which “…introduces an arsenal of new crafted weapons…” that target not only their stats but their damage types as well. However, it’s important to note that no existing crafted weapons will be changed.
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A Horse of a Different Level
Posted on30. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
Fast Mounts at Level 6? Festival and Faction mounts removed from the store? An interesting look at mounts in the Beta as we creep closer to Free-to-Play’s release.
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Skirmishes in Free-to-Play
Posted on27. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
Skirmishes will now be available at level 20 instead of level 30 (which is what it is set to now). We take a look at what skirmishes can be accessed at what levels, as well as including their cost in the store.
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Player Achievements for the Week
Posted on27. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
Each week we ask you to share your successes in Middle Earth with the rest of the community. Post a comment letting us know what you’ve accomplished this past week. We will pick comments at random to read on the podcast giving you a chance for a little shout out for yourself!
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Dev Diary: Captain Revision
Posted on26. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
Wow, there sure is a flood of information coming in about Free-to-Play isn’t there? Today, with the release of Ken “Graalx2” Burd’s developer diary on Captains, is no exception. Although a lot of this can be heard about in our Beta Roundtable, let’s go ahead and recap what we can expect to see for Captains on September 10th.
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Dev Diary: Vault Changes
Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
A Dev Diary written by Ransroth was released today concerning the upcoming changes to the vault system with the upcoming release of Free-to-Play on September 10th. There have been quite a few changes to the system about which people may find themselves conflicted; I know I was
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LOTRO Plugin Reviews 01: Plugin Manager & Hunter Travel Window
Posted on25. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
Today we take a look at several of the LUA plugins that have been written by Beta Players during the Free-to-Play testing period.
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Dev Diary: The Wardrobe System
Posted on24. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
The latest Developer Diary by Elliot “Avon” Gilman concerning the Wardrobe System that will be released with the upcoming Free-to-Play release on September 10th. For those who are unaware of what the Wardrobe system might be, it is a “…system designed to store the appearances of these [cosmetic] items and includes some unique features not seen with shared storage or the vault.”
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Scheduled Maintenance August 23, 2010
Posted on20. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
Turbine will be having some downtime for the game servers in the US next Monday.
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Tell the Community Team 8/20/2010
Posted on20. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
“Tell the Community Team” is where Turbine asks for the players to give them direct and specific feedback about a specific topic. This is really a fantastic opportunity for you to give your thoughts and opinions about the game directly to Turbine to think about.
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Dev Diary: Volume 3, Book 2
Posted on20. Aug, 2010 by Merric.
Today heralded the release of a Dev Diary by Jeff “MadeofLions” Libby focused on the story, tech and features of Volume 3, Book 2 which is set to release with the upcoming Free-to-Play launch on September 10th.






