Additionally, we are expanding the Delving system into the Library and School at Tham Mírdain and revising the reward system slightly to make the repeatable nature and rewards of the Delving system more appealing.

The Return to Carn Dûm features a new end game instance cluster with two 3-player instances, a 6-player instance, a new raid, and all of the spoils and rewards that you expect to find in a new space.

New enemies scrabble to seize power, and it falls to the Free People to stop the rise of a single leader in the ravaged city. There, in the shadow of a great citadel, a power vacuum draws from the diaspora of evil denizens looking for any semblance of leadership and guidance. More specifically, the iron city in the poisonous wastes of northern Middle-earth, Carn Dûm. Our journey through 2023 begins with a visit to the distant and familiar land of Angmar. You can see that we are planning on four content patches throughout 2023, each building toward our next major expansion release by the end of the year: Our focus in 2023 is bringing some of those experiences up to more modern expectations and the expansion of the game world, story, and direction as we begin the next 15 years of our journey together. We also understand that there is a need for level cap content and new things for you to do. Reflecting on where we are in the development of the game, we recognize that there are some areas, systems, and experiences that need attention and sprucing up. This is the single word that I would use to describe the goals for The Lord of the Rings: Online in 2023. We saw new players and returning players and continued to expand on our living Middle-earth.īut let’s be honest – that’s old news and you don’t want to read about last year. We celebrated 15 years of development, released the Before the Shadow mini-expansion, which introduced a new starter area to the game, the delving system, a new 6-player dungeon, skirmish, and much more.

2022 was a great year for The Lord of the Rings Online. Severlin and Cordovan graciously allowed me to put pen to paper for this important update and roadmap for our 16th year!īefore we dive into the changes for 2023, I wanted to take a brief moment and look at the year that was. For those that may not know me, I am Allan “Orion” Maki, the Lead Systems Designer on The Lord of the Rings: Online.

Welcome to the first Letter to the Players for 2023.

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