The downloadable US patch for Book 12 is now available! This patch will
update clients from Book 11 to Book 12. New players will still need to go
through the normal patching process - this patch will only work for those
whose clients are current as of today (February 11). It will not work for
Roheryn.
The downloadable patch means you can download it and patch
your client before the update goes live on the servers, saving you time
when they come back up. It also means you can download the patch on a
computer that you don't have LOTRO installed on (i.e. your work computer),
transfer the patch to a disk or device, and then run it on the computer
with a LOTRO client to update it. After you've updated your client, when
the servers go live with Book 12 your client will apply the patch and
update itself.
The downloadable patch is approximately
~600mb.
Turbine is currently offering the download as a
.torrent (If You have some problems to
download the torrent please right click on the previous link then select
'save as'.)
IMPORTANT NOTE: This file will ONLY patch
the North America/AU/NZ version of the LOTRO client. If you try to apply it
to the EU version, you'll get an error message.
EU: Dev Chat on 31st January!
By: Daigon
Date: Monday, 28-Jan-2008
Don't forget that this Thursday its European IRC dev chat night! From
20.00 until 21.00 UK time (GMT). Turbine devs will be on hand to answer
your questions about all things LOTRO! For full details on how to
participate, please visit Online-Welten's IRC page.
US: Play with the LOTRO Dev Team on Jan 25!
By: Daigon
Date: Thursday, 24-Jan-2008
January 25 from 5:00-8:00PM Eastern (-5 GMT) members of the LOTRO team
will be online and playing as Creeps and Freeps in the Ettenmoors on the
Roheryn server! Devs are identified by a + in front of their names.
Book 12: The Ashen Wastes Patch Notes
By: Daigon
Date: Tuesday, 22-Jan-2008
You can read the article of Codemasters about the Patch Notes of the
'Book 12: The Ashen Wastes'. You'll find news about the revamp of
the Angmar region, updates to the Burglar, Champion, and Guardian classes,
improvements and additions to the Reputation system, social clothing, a new
cosmetic inventory system, barber-shops (and new hairstyles to go with
them), and the introduction of the Ettendeep!
LOTRO Dev Chat with Warcry on Jan 23
By: Daigon
Date: Monday, 21-Jan-2008
Wednesday evening, January 23, at 8:00PM Eastern (-5 GMT) join the
developer chat at Warcry with Executive Producer Jeffrey "Ringleader"
Steefel, Lead Content Designer Brent "Keth" Schmidt, and other LOTRO
developers! For more details, including how to connect, please see the Warcry announcement on their site.
