Shockingly enough, there’s a known issues list already posted. Pretty significant especially when there’s so much in there regarding loot not hooked up, which was one of the main selling points for this update. Seems like a minor issue – and I don’t understand why Turbine springs a release with no warning when there are this many “little” things un-resolved. Granted, it probably will take them time to wrap everything up but it seems like another pass of polish would’ve done quite a bit of good and not let the community down at all.
RockX released a new Developer Diary (of sorts) that is pretty short and to the point. In it he discusses the upcoming conversion of Seals to Medallions coming in Update 10. In case you were unaware, with the upcoming release of a new raid set all current seals will be converted into medallions at a rate of 1 seal to 20 medallions. Within the diary RockX explains the motives behind the conversion:
I missed the announcement but as of around 9:30pm Eastern yesterday, the LOTRO store (and all other Turbine services) are restored. [source]
The store page on the LOTRO site is not yet updated but I thought I’d get the store sales I was able to see in the LOTRO Store. This list may not be exclusive as I may not have logged in the right class or level to see some extra sale so if you find something I missed, please let me know in the comments.
It does appear that at least at the time of this posting, last week’s sales are still active so you can check out those items as well.
Chris and Layanor join Producer’s Aaron and Hannah, as well as PR guru Leo and Jonathan “Berephon” Rudder to talk about Update 10. We take a look at all the raids, and end with a quick Q&A.
I didn’t even realize there was going to be a patch today but there was and 2 things from this really jumped out at me.
First, I was surprised that they’re doing server side performance enhancements ahead of Wednesday’s extended downtime. I’m all for them doing things, it just seems strange timing to me. But hopefully it will help as I know since Rohan many (including myself) have been having issues.
The second build hit Bullroarer today and it included quite a few additions that were not there previously. You can find the full patch notes here, but there aren’t too many changes mainly the finishing off of the changes they had already announced:
Fate determines out of combat power regen, not Will
Quests can be completed/advanced in raids
All sorts of class tweaks – mainly power related
Various Mounted combat tweaks, again mainly power related
All sorts of creep changes – shockingly enough, power related
Freeps now get Battlefield Promotions while in the Moors based on rank which boosts Power, Morale, and Damage
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The initial build hit Bullroarer yesterday for Update 10, and we also have some patch notes. There’s a decent amount in the notes, but also a number of things that are not in the notes, so I’m expecting not only Dev. Diaries to clear things up but also a couple other builds before it goes live. Here are the notes, but I also wanted to discuss a few items in more detail.
There’s a lot of debate on these new Mithril coins but in all honesty I don’t really care that much. The biggest thing that bothers me about the whole is that it was the first thing they decided to talk about, really ANOTHER currency added to the game is the most exciting and pressing thing for Update 10? But this really has very little impact on me since I don’t use those items and it will actually clear up some inventory that I was hoarding from lottery winnings, so there is that bonus. But I am wondering what’s behind this move and if we’ll see more of this kind of consolidation going forward.
The initial build hit Bullroarer yesterday for Update 10, and we also have some patch notes. There’s a decent amount in the notes, but also a number of things that are not in the notes, so I’m expecting not only Dev. Diaries to clear things up but also a couple other builds before it goes live. Here are the notes, but I also wanted to discuss a few items in more detail.
There’s a lot of debate on these new Mithril coins but in all honesty I don’t really care that much. The biggest thing that bothers me about the whole is that it was the first thing they decided to talk about, really ANOTHER currency added to the game is the most exciting and pressing thing for Update 10? But this really has very little impact on me since I don’t use those items and it will actually clear up some inventory that I was hoarding from lottery winnings, so there is that bonus. But I am wondering what’s behind this move and if we’ll see more of this kind of consolidation going forward.
Yesterday’s developer twitter chat had a bit more information in it then previous ones, but I think that’s purely just because they’ve got a release ready for Bullroarer The majority of the real news was around Update 10. I’m not going to hit on everything, just a few items that jumped out for me. The full transcript is up on the forums if you want to check it out.
With regards to Update 10, the biggest news for me was that it will be hitting Bullroarer next week. I’ll be curious to see how long it stays there as I hope it goes through a couple of iterations considering the new instances and armor sets that historically have issues but it wouldn’t surprise me if there was some internal pressure to get it out earlier. Here’s what was announced:
Today’s Developer Diary by Joe “jwbarry” Barry and Sleepy centers on the instance changes coming in 
The majority of the real news was around Update 10. I’m not going to hit on everything, just a few items that jumped out for me. The 
