The offical patch notes have been posted For Helm’s Deep!   A few highlights include :   Vault-keepers now sell bags of copper, silver, and gold coins. These bags of currency can be sent to other characters on the same world through Shared Storage, allowing you to share money without using the mail system. Housing Chests have undergone a...

  Sapience took the official forums with a post detailing some upcoming downtime.   On Wednesday November 20th, all LOTRO Game worlds will be brought down at 6:00 AM Eastern time (-5 GMT) to prepare for the release of Helm’s Deep. The LOTRO Store will be taken down at 5:00AM Eastern (-5GMT). Release Notes will be made available during the downtime....

Turbine case of the Monday’s continue as they provide and update on a few servers on Facebook We continue to investigate login issues for the following servers: Estel Gilrain Gwaihir Laurelin Maiar Morthond Snowbourn All other LOTRO game worlds remain available. We’ll have another update these worlds are available. Thanks!   Turbine just posted...

Looks as if the data center outage has affected plans for Helm’s Deep Launch.. According to the official Facebook page We are temporarily delaying the launch of Helm’s Deep while we work to address remaining issues, and will provide more information later this morning. We thank you for your continued patience, and will keep you updated.   No...

Sapience took the official forums with a post detailing some upcoming downtime.   On Monday November 18th, all LOTRO Game worlds will be brought down at 6:00 AM Eastern time (-5 GMT) as we prepare for the release of the Helm’s Deep expansion. In addition, the LOTRO Store will be taken down at 5:00AM Eastern (-5GMT). Release notes will be made available during...

Lotro store sales this week are good for the hoarders in all of us, with storage on sale! FREE SAMPLE OF THE WEEK Rejuvenation Potion x5 Use Coupon Code REJ5Y 1/Account Click here for the LOTRO Store Coupon Guide Shared Storage 20% Off 595-995 476-796 Account → Account Storage   Vault Upgrades 20% Off 195-995 156-796 Character → Vault Storage   Inventory Bags...

WB Has a “Hubmle Bundle” going on right now. It was a wonderful deal and then WB Pulled out the stops and added more to the bundle, this is the complete list of what you can get. Pay what you want. Support charity. Get awesome games from WB Games. Batman™: Arkham Asylum GOTY F.E.A.R. 2:Project Origin F.E.A.R. 3 Lord of the Rings:War in the North  ...

Travel to Ered Luin to help explore an active dig site near Gondamon! Follow the tutorial quests to get on your way. Once you learn how to use your Treasure Hunter’s Pick, jump into the fray in order to find treasures and rewards, buried just beneath your feet. Act quickly and dig as much as you can for the event only lasts a few short days!   The...

Turbine has sent along word via the forums and log in message of some upcoming downtime!   https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?529433-Turbine-Account-Maintenance-Monday-November-4th-from-9-00-to-11-00-AM-Eastern   The Turbine Account Maintenance site at http://myaccount.turbine.com will be brought down for maintenance on Monday, November 4th...

“Denn die Todten reiten Schnell. (For the dead travel fast)” ― Bram Stoker, Dracula     Happy Halloween 2013! Being my favorite holiday and all, I thought it was a good time to talk about one of my favorite subjects Vampires! I have loved  the vampire since I was 6 years old, my father and I watched a classic movie from his childhood. The 1931 Classic...

Ah fall!  leaves are changing colors. Hot apple cider to drink. A Haunted Burrow to run through! The LOTRO Fall festival is upon us again,Not much has really changed from last year (A few things have)  or if  your new to LOTRO or you need a refresher course on the Burrow or any of the quests involved in the festival, look no further then Causally Strolling...

Turbine took the LOTRO Twitter to announce A Coupon Code on the XP Disabler   Use the code –  SLOWME 5 uses per account.    

I just logged into the community site and saw this on the splash page : Now through the 17th Enjoy 100 % XP Gain! This will stack with other xp boosters as well, So, I would say now is a wonderful time to get some levels on your Main or your Alt’s!      

LOTRO took the twitters today to announce a weekend event   No word if keys will be increased though, I would hope they would do this as well! Time to get you there and kill some mobs and grab a few boxes and maybe get that Red Painted Skeleton steed.. (If you do don’t tell me, as I still can’t get one from those silly boxes)  ...

LOTRO posted a new community update today via the YouTube channel. Sapience talked about a few new developer diaries in the works Trait Trees Region Also a hint at Harvestmath  Festival starting later this month… Not too sure on the Bearded Elf look though...

Sapience took to the forums to announce some downtime on Monday Oct 7th All Turbine Game servers, forums, and myaccount.turbine.com will be unavailable on Monday October 7, 2013 from 5:00AM Eastern Time (-4 GMT) until 12:00PM Eastern Time (-4 GMT) for scheduled maintenance.   Sounds like this is back-end standard server type maintenance. So no updates or...

Some very interesting packs have showed up in the Lotro Marketplace All Class Mounts Pack $149.99   • Steed of the Hunter • Steed of the Guardian • Steed of the Rune-keeper • Steed of the Warden • Steed of the Lore-master • Steed of the Minstrel • Steed of the Burglar • Steed of the Champion • Steed of the Captain All Quests Pack $79.99 • Quest Pack:...

It has been said that one does not simply walk into Mordor That is just what Fordo and Sam did! After the first of our Fellowship Walks, I was wondering how far would one have to walk if you were to walk into Mordor So, With the help of the The Atlas of Middle-Earth by Karen W. Fonstad. Let’s take a look and see how far our walk would be. For the record...