You are here: Lord of the Rings Online has a new free content patch releasing very soon, and Turbine was kind enough to give us our very own dev tour of the new content. We've seen some tidbits of information here and there, across the forums and other fan blogs, but it's always nice to get the info from the perspective of the people who created the game, while they warp you around to closed instances, secret locations and encourage you to jump out of trees with your borrowed immortal character (that never gets old).
So on our tour we soaked up as much as possible to unleash on you, our favorite readers (yes, I'm talking to you!). We learned about crafting and battle instances, the new quest guide, Lothlorien's newest cities and environments, and the epic quest line. You can bet we took a billion screenshots along the way (ok, 18), including a new complete map of Lothlorien which shows the areas east of the Nimrodel. Follow long after the cut for more on LOTRO gold's Volume II: Book 7.
We'll start off our tour guide to Book 7 by explaining a bit about what this new content patch brings to the game. Turbine has listened to player feedback, and that feedback has been the number one inspiration for everything in Book 7. Of course the storyline and Epic questline has been established already, but it's in the way that this new content and story is brought to us which proves that Turbine is here to make their game fun every step of the way, not just an interactive version of The Silmarillion. The early questlines have been refined and streamlined to provide an overall more pleasant experience for brand new players, which the game has seen an abundance of since Moria's release.
New Quest Guide
An excellent example of this draw for new players is the introduction of the quest guide. This new quest guide aids players with a bit more information than was previously included in what some players have deemed a difficult (and sometimes inaccurate) quest log.
With Book 7, we will have a small yellow arrow on the radar map that points in the direction of the quest objective. It doesn't mark the objectives directly, just guides you towards those objectives. Once you're in the correct area where the quest objective lies, the area's name under the radar map will glow yellow, indicating that you're on the right track (see right) LOTRO gold.
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