5th Anniversary Hub

[whh82]

29/04/2008 still shows up on Codemasters' system for my account, but it hasn't received anything.

I believe this is probably because whoever wrote the scripts to award anniversary swag to EU transfers was not aware of one of the historical edge-cases.

Players who had already transferred a DDO account from Codemasters to Turbine, or who had already created a US DDO account that had the same name as the EU Lotro account they needed to transfer were required to use a new name for the transferred account. I expect any other name clash situations also required the transferring account to be renamed. Obviously this was not intended to prejudice their seniority or subscription status.

In my case the account is a lifetime account with about ten characters, mostly on one former EU server. I doubt anyone else will be using its old name, besides my DDO account, but the rewards belong with the characters, especially those which were actually created 4 years ago.

What is the way forward for people in this situation?

I do/did not have a DDO account, but I changed my account name when migrating from EU/Codemasters to US/Turbine. The details listed:

- Started on EU server Laurelin in April 2008, played a couple of months paying a monthly subscription.
- After a half year or so I got myself a lifetime account.
- Did the migration last year from Codemasters to Turbine and I choose a different account name than I used for my Cog account.
- I received all the 4-year gifts on the two character I played with yesterday.
- I do (and did not) not use my Turbine and Codemaster accounts for other games.

Hope this helps.

[V4l3f0r]

I'm lifetimer, played lotro since codemaster management 2007, always full account and Turbine give me 3 years avatar...

[Astatine]

I do/did not have a DDO account, but I changed my account name when migrating from EU/Codemasters to US/Turbine. The details listed:

- Started on EU server Laurelin in April 2008, played a couple of months paying a monthly subscription.
- After a half year or so I got myself a lifetime account.
- Did the migration last year from Codemasters to Turbine and I choose a different account name than I used for my Cog account.
- I received all the 4-year gifts on the two character I played with yesterday.
- I do (and did not) not use my Turbine and Codemaster accounts for other games.

Hope this helps.

Actually, it looks like a false alarm, at least in part. I've deleted the original post because the second time I logged in today (after posting) a 4-year giftbox appeared. I don't have the portrait frames yet, but it looks like Turbine did not forget those who had to rename transferred accounts after all. I'm off to try my luck in the beerfight

Happy Anniversary everyone!

[whh82]

Actually, it looks like a false alarm, at least in part. I've deleted the original post because the second time I logged in today (after posting) a 4-year giftbox appeared. I don't have the portrait frames yet, but it looks like Turbine did not forget those who had to rename transferred accounts after all. I'm off to try my luck in the beerfight

Happy Anniversary everyone!

Happy Anniversary!

I assume you checked the portrait frame by right-clicking on your portret? They do not appear in you bags, they are just available for selection when you right-click your portrait in game.

[auximenes]

Shouldn't the portrait frames available be universal per account? Of my 9 characters, most could select the 'year 5' frame but some could only pick '1', some could pick '4', and another few could go to year '3'. There did not appear to be any correlation between char-gen date or char-level.

[Leira]

Shouldn't the portrait frames available be universal per account? Of my 9 characters, most could select the 'year 5' frame but some could only pick '1', some could pick '4', and another few could go to year '3'. There did not appear to be any correlation between char-gen date or char-level.

You should have the same year on all characters on one account. This seems to be a problem some people are having. Try relogging and see what's available to you then.

[Astatine]

Happy Anniversary!

I assume you checked the portrait frame by right-clicking on your portrait? They do not appear in you bags, they are just available for selection when you right-click your portrait in game.

Thanks, that was it!

[LOTRO_addict]

Just wanted to say thanks to Turbine for the gifts and the games to Celebrate the 5th anniversary with.I missed the 4 year gifts by a month, but I just like getting free gifts. lol.. maybe winning a horse in the "Lost Invitations" Quest has put me in a even better mood, but I've enjoyed everything except the fireworks in the Shire, and that's only cause I haven't caught two other people there at the same time....

Happy 5th, LOTRO..and all it's players, even if you just started playing today!

[Griffy]

I've enjoyed everything except the fireworks in the Shire, and that's only cause I haven't caught two other people there at the same time....

Don't bother with the Shire fireworks unless you have AT LEAST 3. If you attempt it with 2 folks, you both better be pro And awake. Flunked it twice, then realized the other person must have gone afk halfway through. Two might be feasible, but even when a different 2nd person tried it with me, the hobbits weren't impressed.

[Cadd_EU]

Two is quite possible, if you're coordinated. Me and my wife did it.

There's a tight row of launchers along the front end of the stage on each side. Place yourself at the middle of one and you can launch all of that row without moving. One person at each of those rows and you can keep launching continually. If both do that, you'll succeed, but not by a big margin