All Speculations are Over... September 10th

[Caerylwyn]

Thank You Sapience for letting us know Nowish!

edit: Or should I have said Incredinow?

[Sapience]

Thank You Sapience for letting us know Nowish!

edit: Or should I have said Incredinow?

That's one announcement out of the way at least.

[RekoChamp]

That's one announcement out of the way at least.

There's another Announcement?!?!?! Awsm/10!

[Cithryth]

That's one announcement out of the way at least.

You sir, are a tease.

[almozario]

That's one announcement out of the way at least.

You mean, there's more?

[Silverangel]

That's one announcement out of the way at least.

He is...relentless. Looks like still needing an announcement for Enedwaith?

[robnkarla]

That's one announcement out of the way at least.

Not even an hour passed.....sigh....

On a side note, interesting to see "millions" mentioned a couple of times.

[FoxFire]

Indeed, this announcement only mentions F2P launching. Not the new content.

[Talfryn]

Not even an hour passed.....sigh....

On a side note, interesting to see "millions" mentioned a couple of times.

I laughed when I read that. Millions? They are truly expecting millions of new players?

[DarkCntry]

I laughed when I read that. Millions? They are truly expecting millions of new players?

"..join with millions of other adventurers.."

There's a difference in what was written and what you wrote.

[Silverangel]

I laughed when I read that. Millions? They are truly expecting millions of new players?

Maybe they mean China.

from CDC Corp press release:

"While there was less demand and intense competition in the overall games market in China in the second quarter, we are excited about our long-term prospects for our current games portfolio, which includes The Lord of the Rings Online as a free-to-play, micro-transaction-based game."

[robnkarla]

"..join with millions of other adventurers.."

There's a difference in what was written and what you wrote.

Millions was mentioned twice:

"Our unique pricing model has revolutionized the industry and starting in September, players will be able to choose how they pay for and play one of the world’s best online games and we can’t wait to welcome millions of new players to Middle-earth!"

[Gareth420]

Heck if they attract even 1 million new customers thats a serious win for them.

[lf2536]

That's one announcement out of the way at least.

Let the speculation begin!

book 3 coming in October with a complete LI revamp, right? right!?

[Galuhad]

Let the speculation begin!

book 3 coming in October with a complete LI revamp, right? right!?

That is a bit optimistic, I'd imagine the first month will be spent over-seeing the launch and ensuring everything is running smoothly, and hopefully ironing out any bugs that somehow make it into live.

Book 3, Dec at the earliest would be my guess.

[Jadzi]

Let the speculation begin!

book 3 coming in October with a complete LI revamp, right? right!?

Nope. We're taking the LI's to Isengard. Gard. Ga-Ga-Ga-Guard.

[lf2536]

That is a bit optimistic, I'd imagine the first month will be spent over-seeing the launch and ensuring everything is running smoothly, and hopefully ironing out any bugs that somehow make it into live.

Book 3, Dec at the earliest would be my guess.

while I was joking did you really need to rain on my parade?

Nope. We're taking the LI's to Isengard. Gard. Ga-Ga-Ga-Guard.

lol

[Adalas]

*sung with the Poker Face melody*

I wanna hold em see em liftin up my plays
level em make em hit the orcs their starin in my face
no luck no intuition just a legendary that stays
and with the next addon there is a way to make it stay

oh oh oh
Make it hot, show me what I've got
oh oh oh
Make it hot, show me what I've got

Isengart, Isengart,
give me new LIs at Isengart
(make it not a lottery)
Isengart, Isengart,
give me new LIs at Isengart
(just make sure they stay with me)

I-I-I-Isengart
I-I-Isengart
(mumumah)
I-I-I-Isengart
I-I-Isengart
(mumumah)

P.S.: I expect to see a book 3 end of october, early november and book 4 before christmas. An addon in april?

[BellusDuFenna]

Is this where the party is at? Aww, yeah!

Best thing is, I already took the night of September 10th off from work, so I can take my wife to a renaissance faire the following morning. So now I'll be able to jump into F2P on Day One!

[Fromgal]

Any confirmation about the same release date in Europe?

[Adalas]

Any confirmation about the same release date in Europe?

Yes, it's in the press release. The first sentence mentions Codemasters too. Still wondering if a bomb fell on the CM headquarter today. But they may all be busy at the Gamescon.

[APErebusAU]

A big congratulations for the entire team.

I'm so proud to be a LoTRO devotee

[Gennavi]

Very excited! All my friends who have been wanting to try LotRO, don't quite have the schedules to cram in really good playtime in a limited time trial, and aren't quite willing to plunk down cash on a game they haven't gotten a feel for can soon join me and see how cool this game is! Hopefully some of them sub when they see how spiffy LotRO is!

*zooms off to spread the word*

[Riamus]

Much sooner than I expected. I better get my gathering up so I can avoid the quest requirements that are being added. Oh well, I'm looking forward to seeing how things go.

[Fruinjuice]

That's one announcement out of the way at least.

Maybe he will announce that the patch notes will be released at least 1 week prior to launch?