Developer Diaries

Hello! I’m DEViled_Egg, one of the newer systems designers on LotRO, and I’ll be discussing updates to the Captain for Riders of Rohan. Read more in our latest Developer Diary!

Hello all, RockX here! Today, I’ll be talking about the main updates, changes, and improvements we’re making to the Burglar for Riders of Rohan. Read more in our latest Developer Diary!

And here we are, at last. We’ve taken a couple detours along the way (hello, Dunland!), but we’re on the the Fellowship’s trail once more. Finally, we can finish our tour of everywhere Frodo and company went in Fellowship as well as pushing deeper into The Two Towers. Read more in our latest Developer Diary!

The Ettenmoors is a unique place within the world of LOTRO; a corner of Middle-earth that allows players the ability to take up the banner of Sauron and openly battle against the forces of good. Over the course of LOTRO’s lifetime, the Ettenmoors has been updated several times.

The Farmers Faire is a seasonal festival mixed with a Farmers Market and it celebrates the bountiful late-summer harvest in the Shire. Read more in the latest Developer Diary from Lauren “Budgeford” Salk!

Fornost is next on our upgrade train as we march up through the instances of LOTRO. Read more in the latest Developer Diary from Joe 'jwbarry' Barry!

Moria is a beautiful, unique, amazing space. Don’t worry; we’re not changing any of that. Read more in the latest Developer Diary from Lauren “Budgeford” Salk!

This April, LotRO celebrates the fifth anniversary of its launch. Incredible, isn’t it? What I believe makes this festival so special is that it directly relates to all of us. It wouldn’t even exist if it weren’t for you! Read more in the first Dev Diary from Jared 'Sleepy' Saramago!

"Yet, it’s time once again for Quest Notes, your source for the latest and greatest information about the Epic Story and related subjects. This time around I’ll be joined by Tim ‘Enosity’ Dwyer, an audio designer at Turbine who has been responsible for getting recorded dialogue into LOTRO since its conversion to Free to Play." Read more in the latest Developer Diary from Jeff ‘MadeOfLions’ Libby!

Update 6 will see quite a number of changes to the Rune-keeper. Some of these changes affect long standing aspects of the class that are getting shaken up; others are addressing the changing power balance between the classes. The main thrust of this update is to continue keeping the Rune-keeper true to his original design goals. Read more in the latest Developer Diary from Brian "Zombie Columbus" Aloisio!

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