LOTRO Players News Episode 581: Umbar Expansion + Review

This week we discussed our opinions of the Umbar Expansion, quest pack, instance cluster, and more as well as our week in gaming.

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Game News

A tour of Imhûlar with Scenario 

This is the final weekend to complete the Lead the Charge deed for Dragon and the Storm

Upcoming events:

• First Bullroarer for Legacy of Morgoth planned for October 1
• The next Hardtack event is planned to start on October 1
• Update 41.3 is expected to release on on October 2
  • Nazgul will become immune to Force Taunts
  • There will be several adjustments for Dragon and the Storm
  • Birds will be bound if they are somehow do not auto consume
  • Bingo Boffin will be activated on new Angmar/Mordor up to A Change of Name
• The final landscape preview is planned for October 2
• The instance space preview is planned for October 9
• The next Forester event is expected to start on October 15

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Quest Pack Review for The Corsairs of Umbar

• Landscape    Pine A+     Cyndars A+
  • King’s Gondor
  • Outer Gondor
  • Shield Isles
  • Cape of Umbar
  • Umbar Baharbêl
  • Umbar-môkh
• Epic Quest   Pine A+      Cyndars  A
  • The Song of Waves and Wind
  • Interlude
  • Tales of the Kindred
• Other Quests     Pine A         Cyndars A+
• Mobs           Pine A            Cyndars A
  • Crabs
  • Lions
  • Crocodiles
  • Roc
• Critters        
  • Parrots
  • Macaque
• Instances       Pine C         Cyndars B
  • Isle of Storms
  • Streets
  • Arena
  • Raid
  • Dragon and the Storm
  • Missions (11 total)
• Overall     Pine A    Cyndars A

Week In Gaming

Cyndars

• I got nothin’.

Pineleaf

• My lower-level warden helped the rangers at Sarn Ford
• My minstrel finally resumed the Song of Waves and Wind storyline.
• In DDO, Drac and I started our adventures in Myth Drannor

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