LOTRO Daily News for Monday, May 21, 2007

The following is a summary of LOTRO news and events for Monday, May 21st.

Today’s highlights include news of upcoming weather changes in Middle-earth, turtle spawns, a newbie guide, and more!

Hey, all! A bit of a format change here, seeing how this one works. Hope you all enjoy this one a bit more than the old format. If not, you’re free to visit our Customer Service desk located in the Ettenmoors. –MegaBuddy

Middle-earth
~ from the farms of the Shire to the killing fields of the Ettenmoors

• About the Weather!
  Yes, for all of you skeptics, weather is coming back! Ragtop quotes a statement from a recent dev chat: “You can expect to see rain and thunder storms return with the Shores of Evendim content update.” The bold orange formatting of the quote makes me wonder if the question is becoming rather redundant.

Quests
~ information and updates about quests in Middle-earth

• Snapper Soup
  The infamous Snapper Soup quest gets some attention today. Rhidden first discusses increasing the drop rate of snapper shells and later that adding some static turtle spawns around the lake would help. Later that afternoon he stops back to tell us that he didn’t change the drop % but instead converted two islands in the middle of Nen Harn to have dedicated turtle spawns. The bad news? You’ll have to wait until the next patch after Evendim.

From the Developers
~ what the LOTRO developers are talking about

• Do the Devs Play?
  When the question was asked if the fascination of Middle-earth still lets the developers enjoy the game as a fan, the devs responded:
  • Scenario talks about playing his Burglar (incognito of course) and the benefits of playing along side players.
  • Rhidden posts Dwarf Minstrel and admits to a love of healing classes.

From the Community
~ what the LOTRO community is talking about

• Creeps n’ Keeps Event Report
  Seridove of the Vault Kinship posts a recap of their PvMP event, Creeps n’ Keeps, held last Saturday.
• Ultimate LoTRO Newbie Guide
  TenTonHammer unveils their latest effort, a guide for newbies, with part one. Make sure to share this with all of your newbie friends. Don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone if you decide to take a look at it too.