Volume 2, Book 7: Leaves of Lórien, the first major substence patch since the release of the Mines of Moria expansion, hit the Lord of the Rings Online live worlds yesterday. The patch includes an extensive feature list including:
access to the lands of Lothlórien and the new faction
new epic quest line
new crafting instances
numerous class tweaks
revamped entry level experience for new gamers to go hand-in-hand with LotRO's Refer-A-Friend agenda
New items for Wardens and Rune-keepers
But along with the new features comes a long list of bugs as well. The vaunted quest guide system remains "in beta." It is automatically turned off, but can be enabled by going into the Options panel. I tried it last night and found it very useful. It doesn't work for all quests yet, but it helped me track down some quest objectives that had eluded me in Evendim.
On the upside, leveling is now faster and gamers under level 60 will see a big level jump on their next kill to put them on track with the new system. I've seen an additional 1.5 and 2.5 levels on different alts. Don't forget to hit the trainer after your level bump.
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