Release Nov 18th

[Jillymala]

https://www.lotro.com/en/game/articl...-november-18th


By Sapience
THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: HELM’S DEEP™ Expansion TO LAUNCH NOVEMBER 18th


Players Can Pre-Purchase Latest Expansion To The Award-Winning MMORPG Starting Today



NEEDHAM, MA – September 12, 2013 -- Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Helm’s Deep™, the next expansion to the award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (MMORPG) developed by Turbine, will launch on November 18th. Helm’s Deep will continue the Epic Story into the western plains of Rohan, allow players to take an unprecedented role in the legendary battle for Helm’s Deep while advancing to the new level cap of 95.



“Helm’s Deep is the site of the most memorable battle in Middle-earth and we’re excited to announce our launch date and introduce some great new in-game items for anyone who pre-purchases the expansion,” said Kate Paiz, Executive Producer of The Lord of the Rings Online. “We’ve come to a really exciting and momentous point in the story, and we can’t wait to show players how the game will bring this classic clash to life. This technical and gameplay innovation brings massive conflicts to life like never before and is another huge leap forward for MMO players in Middle-earth.”



THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE: HELM’S DEEP FEATURES:



Experience the Battle for Helm’s Deep – Fight to defend Helm’s Deep starting as early as level 10, when your character enlists as a soldier in the Battle of the Hornburg, the most epic conflict yet in The Lord of the Rings Online. Earn rewards for your contribution to the war effort – win or lose, your skill makes a difference!

Explore new landscapes across Western Rohan - Explore the Westemnet of Rohan and rally each of the five ridings as Rohan returns to glory. Traverse the capital of Edoras, mysterious Dunharrow, and the fortress of the Hornburg within Helm’s Deep.

Advance from levels 85 to 95 - Experience 10 new levels, from 85 to 95, with new skills and completely updated class specializations. Both mounted and un-mounted combat will challenge you as you war against the evil forces of Saruman.


Continue the Epic Story - Encounter beloved characters such as Aragorn, Éowyn, and Éomer. Restore King Théoden to his rightful throne while you defend the peoples of Rohan at Helm’s Deep.



Beginning today, players can take advantage of special pre-purchase offers:

PREMIUM EDITION - $59.99, €53,99, £44.99

Features all Helm’s Deep content, with level cap increase. This edition also grants these great items:

Armour of the Hammerhand – an exclusive full set of Rohirrim cosmetic armour
+10 quest log slots
Crystal of Remembrance – adds one additional legacy to your legendary weapon
Helm’s Deep Title – Helm’s Enforcer
Helm’s Deep Title – Helm’s Avenger
2000 Turbine points


Pre-purchasers will also receive these items that can be used immediately in the game:

Shield of the Hammerhand (Statted Cloak +25%XP, scales to level of wearer)
Exclusive War-steed Bundle (The Steed of the Hammerhand) – an exclusive Rohirrim mount with matching War-Steed appearance


BASE EDITION – $39.99, €35,99, £29.99

Features all Helm’s Deep content, with level cap increase. Also grants these items:

Hauberk of the Hammerhand - an exclusive Rohirrim cosmetic chest piece
Helm’s Deep Title: Helm’s Enforcer
1000 Turbine points


Pre-purchasers will also receive these items that can be used immediately in the game:

Token of Hornburg (+25% Monster XP)
The Steed of the Hammerhand – an exclusive Rohirrim Mount




The Lord of the Rings Online™ is the ultimate adventure! This award-winning free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game delivers an interactive experience brimming with life and filled with the familiar people, places, and monsters from the most famous fantasy of all time. For more information, visit www.lotro.com.

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™ interactive video game © 2013 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc and patents pending. All rights reserved. Middle-earth Poster Map © 2007 The Saul Zaentz Company, d/b/a Middle-earth Enterprises (SZC), under license to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.. All rights reserved. “The Lord of the Rings Online”, “Shadows of Angmar”, “Mines of Moria”, “Siege of Mirkwood”, “Rise of Isengard”, “Riders of Rohan”, “Helms Deep”, Middle-earth Enterprises logo, “Mithril”, “The Lord of the Rings” and the names of the characters, events, items and places therein are trademarks or registered trademarks of SZC under license to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Turbine and the Turbine logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

[morrowbreeze]

What have I woken to?! Prepurchase here I come.

[Hundolf]

Beginning today, players can take advantage of special pre-purchase offers:

PREMIUM EDITION - $59.99, €53,99, £44.99

Features all Helm’s Deep content, with level cap increase. This edition also grants these great items:

Armour of the Hammerhand – an exclusive full set of Rohirrim cosmetic armour
+10 quest log slots
Crystal of Remembrance – adds one additional legacy to your legendary weapon
Helm’s Deep Title – Helm’s Enforcer
Helm’s Deep Title – Helm’s Avenger
2000 Turbine points


Pre-purchasers will also receive these items that can be used immediately in the game:

Shield of the Hammerhand (Statted Cloak +25%XP, scales to level of wearer)
Exclusive War-steed Bundle (The Steed of the Hammerhand) – an exclusive Rohirrim mount with matching War-Steed appearance


BASE EDITION – $39.99, €35,99, £29.99

Features all Helm’s Deep content, with level cap increase. Also grants these items:

Hauberk of the Hammerhand - an exclusive Rohirrim cosmetic chest piece
Helm’s Deep Title: Helm’s Enforcer
1000 Turbine points


Pre-purchasers will also receive these items that can be used immediately in the game:

Token of Hornburg (+25% Monster XP)
The Steed of the Hammerhand – an exclusive Rohirrim Mount

Not impressed. The legendary looks to be an awful deal. I still think these expansions are overpriced. Will wait for sale. My PS4 will be at my house on the 15th, I think I'll get by.

[Eartholloth]

My god the cost this year is worse then last year! To get the premium & legendary it will cost ya 100.00!!!!!

Of course same ol green cosmetics that cannot be dyed.

[Laire]

40 dollars to change the classes you've loved for 6 years into forms completely foreign to you?

No thanks.

[Tirian-Hammerfist]

$60........for a downgraded combat system, no instances/new skirmishes, lackluster "big battle" system

First time I havent pre-ordered
It will be $20 by christmas

Unless you were in beta, how can you comment about the new combat system or the big battle system? And if you were in beta, then I'd imagine, as has been stated elsewhere on these forums, that you under an NDA not to disclose information about content which is still in development... That said, I think its a touch on the pricey side, especially considering that (iirc) RoR was £40, whereas this is £45 (please correct me if I'm wrong!) Also, what does it mean by quest log slots? Why would I ever need more than the 50-54 quests at one time that I currently have? Aside from that, the other features on the preorder looks pretty decent and what I'd expect.

[DanteIL]

Yea not impressed either. I don't understand why the Base Edition gives you a Steed of the Hammerhand that you don't get with the Premium Edition -- instead you get warsteed appearances. EDIT: nevermind if you click on the item links in the page below, a popup describes them in more detail. The Warsteed appearance gives you the Steed too.

This page also describes a Legendary Bundle upgrade at checkout that gives you a bunch of LI stuff -- plus they have a tie-in to The Hobbit movie: http://www.lotro.com/en/helmsdeep

[Anyelir]

40 dollars to change the classes you've loved for 6 years into forms completely foreign to you?

No thanks.

Not trying to rain on your parade, but the class changes are coming for everyone, regardless of whether they buy HD or not. At least that was how the not-too-subtle class changes with RoI worked...

[Bhoris_they_spider]

LOTRO: Helm's 'Deep Pockets' Expansion

[Fralin]

So 36€ for a qp and a new battle thingy we know squat about.... think I'll wait for now.


PS. yes I know that some consider the epic, level cap, crafting etc to be part of the expansion and so but lets be honest. In the end one has to look for the difference between not paying anything and paying 36€, as it stands you get some titles, cosmetics, a qp and the battles. Personally I'm not willing to fork over that kind of money for it but I'm sure some people will

[Ethelionath]

at last... +10 extra ective quest slots...

[Irin19]

So... HISTORICALLY......

How much might the expansion end up being in TP?

Typically how long after release is the expansion available to buy with TP?

Thanks in advance!!

[Snabur]

40 dollars to change the classes you've loved for 6 years into forms completely foreign to you?

No thanks.

You at least saw te changes? I can see a lot of players complaining without even tried yet. The only reason i can see is people that dont want to learn again the classes and wanna keep the faceroll at landscapes, PvP, instances, etc.
I prefer changes because it opens the possiblity of a more challenging gameplay, than the actual boring faceroll wherever you go.

[Tirian-Hammerfist]

The legendary bundle... what is 'legendary level cap increase'? I presume its a scroll of delving, but confirmation would be good.

[Reapor]

Not impressed. The legendary looks to be an awful deal. I still think these expansions are overpriced. Will wait for sale. My PS4 will be at my house on the 15th, I think I'll get by.

But didn't you see, you get free tickets to see the new Hobbit film, ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE US, so a Pre-Order bonus that half the player base cant use. Go Turbine.

[Shriya]

So... we've got a level cap increase of 10 and additional you can get a legendary level cap increase? What's that about? Is it a new level cap for legendary items? Or something else entirely which only buyers of the legendary upgrade receive?

And why should we pay another $40.- for ony 3 star-lit crystals, 1 relic removal scroll and a premium relic pack + an unknown amount of extra legendary levels or something else?

It seems earlier legendary editions were much better packed!

[Bels_illuminati]

Pre-ordered






Perhaps I'll be the only one! :P

[Hundolf]

But didn't you see, you get free tickets to see the new Hobbit film, ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE US, so a Pre-Order bonus that half the player base cant use. Go Turbine.

100 dollars for a ticket and the expansion does seem like a good deal.... shakes head

[Nyrion]

Basic looks pretty much the same as last year. No problems there.

Premium seems to be a mid-point between Heroic and Legendary. Main plus being the big TP gain of course, the rest is pretty much the same as we've seen before.

All in all, no surprises here. Thinking I'd go for the Basic though, since fluff isn't really my thing.

[Snabur]

But didn't you see, you get free tickets to see the new Hobbit film, ONLY AVAILABLE IN THE US, so a Pre-Order bonus that half the player base cant use. Go Turbine.

You dont need to buy the legendary bonus

[Snabur]

Pre-ordered






Perhaps I'll be the only one! :P

Since forum playerbase isn't even the half of lotro population, and less than half of forum users are QQ about the new expansion, i would say that you're for sure with the GREAT part of player base.

[Gizmomok]

What about other payment methods for EU players?
I don´t have an credit card and (you´re right if you say you can pay with paypal...) paypal only accepts credit card for this transaction, too...

[Snabur]

Hopefully, not all consumers are dumb and buy every ad they see

Thanks god not costumers are like you, thinking they are right and can teach where the others will spend THEIR money

Yes its amazing giving for profit companies free money for low quality products YAY!

Just because you dont like something and think its not good doesnt mean nobody like. You're indeed fun, or just a fool.

[Crell_1]

The legendary bundle... what is 'legendary level cap increase'? I presume its a scroll of delving, but confirmation would be good.

It's the name of the store version of 'Scroll of Delving'

[Thorwyn99]

Will need more info about the big battles before even considering Pre-Purchasing.
And uh Legendary edition i see what you did there.......still it's a pretty bad deal, even if i could redeem the movie ticket. (Props for finally tying in the movie though)