New Lotro expansion Siege of Mirkwood will bring more functionality to Lotro mounts.

No longer will they simply move players around the game world quickly. With Siege of Mirkwood you can talk to an NPC on your mount, buy stuff from a vendor, cross land block boundaries, enter large spaces on horse without dismounting, emote on your horse, you can even name your horse. [source]

Mounts are being changed over to skills, not items. This means you will no longer be required to carry a mount in your inventory. In your skills panel, there will be a "mount" tab, which will list your current stable of mounts -- your horse, your other horse, your goat. And, because of mounts becoming skills, a number of issues with mounts will simply cease to exist: You will now be able to pass into instances and new zones while on your mount; you can now interact with NPCs (including vendors) from your mount; and you can now use emotes (with complete animations) on your mount. In other mount news, there's a brand new goat, the Wild Goat." [source]

You can have multiple horses. Each is a seperate skill, but there is no limit I am aware of on the number you can have. There will be a Dev Diary on the new system, so that should give you a ton of info when it's published. [source]

New video The Lord of the Rings: Siege of Mirkwood. Of special interests is a confrontation with the Nazgul on his Fell Beast, the finale of the new 12 man raid. Enjoy! wilpatmo@youtubeClick here to read full

New video The Lord of the Rings: Siege of Mirkwood. Of special interests is a confrontation with the Nazgul on his Fell Beast, the finale of the new 12 man raid. Enjoy!



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Since the moment when Turbine announced new digital expansion Siege of Mirkwood all Lotro fan-sites have been collecting and providing new information, videos and screenshots about Mirkwood. The latest screenshots are a small sneak peak into a...Click here to read full

Since the moment when Turbine announced new digital expansion Siege of Mirkwood all Lotro fan-sites have been collecting and providing new information, videos and screenshots about Mirkwood. The latest screenshots are a small sneak peak into a Mirkwood Map. We would like to thank ObiWan07 for these screenshots.

Mirkwood Map

Mirkwood

Region: Mirkwood

• Ashenslades
  
• Dol Guldur
  
• Emyn Lum
  
• Gathburz
  
• Mirk-eaves
  
• Taur Morvith
  
• The Dourstocks
  
• The Drownholt
  
• The Scuttledells

Under the command of Celeborn and Galadriel, players will fight through vast armies of Orcs alongside the Elves of Lorien in a battle that will take them to Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths. This update includes Book 9, which will have the...Click here to read full

Under the command of Celeborn and Galadriel, players will fight through vast armies of Orcs alongside the Elves of Lorien in a battle that will take them to Dol Guldur, the fortress of the Ringwraiths. This update includes Book 9, which will have the most chapters of any book to date, and the Epilogue to the sweeping epic tale begun with the Mines of Moria expansion. No word yet on just how many chapters, or possibly books, the "epilogue" will contain. [source]

• The epic story continues on in Volume 3 as a regular content update early next year. (Sounds like a standard free book update, but hasnt been confirmed) [source]
• Epic Book 9 and much of its Epilogue take place in Mirkwood, so you'll need 'Siege of Mirkwood' for it. [source]
• Epic Book 9 will be able to be started without having completed Book 8 (or presumably any of the other books excluding Book 1 which you need to get in Mora). [source]
• There's a lot of meat to Epic Book 9: instances, skirmishes, monster-hunting, and a few surprises. [source]

The Skirmish system will allow all players -- raiders, casuals, mid-level, high-level -- access to the same content. Twelve new Skirmish instances will be available in addition to a pair of tutorial instances designed to introduce players to the...Click here to read full

The Skirmish system will allow all players -- raiders, casuals, mid-level, high-level -- access to the same content. Twelve new Skirmish instances will be available in addition to a pair of tutorial instances designed to introduce players to the system. Each of these instances is scalable based on the number of players; they each accept one, three, six, or twelve players at a time, with the deficit made up for by player-created NPC soldiers- to make a grand total of 24.

Additionally, many of the instances are scalable by level. For instance, one skirmish which features an assault upon and defense of Weathertop will accept players from level 30 to 65. Each instance has nine optional challenges, each of which awards skirmish points -- more on those in a moment. These challenges are randomized, as are the enemies inside the instance (within certain logical limits, of course), so you will not likely have the same experience twice.

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Our Aion Mmorpg-Life giveaway has ended. Congrats to all the winners and all the rest better luck next time. Jhawke27 won the US version with an incredible roll of 80, 100 and 99. petar87 is EU version winner with 91, 97 and...Click here to read full

Our Aion Mmorpg-Life giveaway has ended. Congrats to all the winners and all the rest better luck next time.

• Jhawke27 won the US version with an incredible roll of 80, 100 and 99.
  
• petar87 is EU version winner with 91, 97 and 89.

We’ll contact the winners immediately and I hope you guys put in your correct addresses. If we don’t hear from the winners in the next 12 hours we’ll be contacting the runner ups until the keys are distributed.

We have also prepared a consolidation prize for the most fun comment made and we have decided to give the EU open beta access key to Thanos Vrahatis and his comment. This will make it possible to play in the open beta but does not cover first month subscription or retail launch.

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Turbine has announced today new The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion. Siege of Mirkwood will be available as a digital download this Fall with: an increased level cap, a new region including the legendary...Click here to read full

Turbine has announced today new The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood digital expansion. Siege of Mirkwood will be available as a digital download this Fall with:

1. an increased level cap,
2. a new region including the legendary evil fortress of Dol Goldur,
3. major enhancements to combat and Legendary Items and the introduction of Skirmishes,
4. a new system where players will train customizable soldiers and take them into battle as part of the War of the Ring.

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Turbine has announced the results of the LOTRO Design Horse contest. The winner is Gundryn’s Iron Gray design. Bryng and SonofMan also submitted excellent designs and secured the two runner-up slots with their entries. Check out the winning...Click here to read full

Turbine has announced the results of the LOTRO Design Horse contest. The winner is Gundryn’s Iron Gray design. Bryng and SonofMan also submitted excellent designs and secured the two runner-up slots with their entries. Check out the winning designs and look for an Iron Gray mount in a future update to the game!

Gundryn Lotro Horse Irongray

Bryng Horsecontest

SonofMan Shire Pack Horse

As you've probably known Turbine has announced a horse design contest - a great opportunity to submit your very own design for a horse which could be taken and implemented into the game as a player mount in a future content update. Along with...Click here to read full

As you've probably known Turbine has announced a horse design contest - a great opportunity to submit your very own design for a horse which could be taken and implemented into the game as a player mount in a future content update. Along with Turbine's announcement, new topic has arrived on forums.lotro.com dedicated to all rejected horse designs.

Although I prefer funny topics, this time my attention is directed to Horse Design: Real Ones. Just take a look and you will find out why.

ShirePackHorseTravisGalloway	Lotro Horse Buckskincopy
Lotro	Lotrohorsefinal

LOTROCast Episode 11 is now available for download! In this episode, Moormur and Alberos discuss the general goings on in and out of Middle-Earth, talk about "time off," and take another visit to the LOTRO Workbench. Check out the new...Click here to read full

LOTROCast Episode 11 is now available for download! In this episode, Moormur and Alberos discuss the general goings on in and out of Middle-Earth, talk about "time off," and take another visit to the LOTRO Workbench. Check out the new episode at LOTROCast.com.