LOTRO Daily News for Thursday, May 24, 2007

The following is a summary of LOTRO news and events for Thursday, May 24th.

Today’s highlights include new Evendim screenshots, discussion of auto target and auto fire, a new travel routes database, and more!

News of the Day
~ what’s happening in The Lord of the Rings Online

• New screenshots of Evendim posted!

From the Developers
~ what the LOTRO developers are talking about

• Auto target and auto fire
  Phivex lets players know that they’re actively looking into the issue and also discusses changes coming in Evendim that should fix this.
• Ancient iron tools bugged?
  When reported that the crafting time reduction is less than dwarf steel, Avon reports that he’s looked into it and it appears fixed in the June update.
• Tom Bombadil’s house music not on Special Edition CD
  Players have been asking about some of the music that wasn’t available with the SE CD. We’ve been told in the past that some of it’s due to licensing restrictions, however Patience reported that they are working on making it available.

From the Community
~ what the LOTRO community is talking about

• LOTRO WarCry - Travel Routes DB and Maps
  Delmar Wynn, from LOTRO Warcry, posts an announcement regarding it’s new Travel Routes database and maps. You can easily see all the routes available and see what routes the selected Stable Master will send you to.
• LotRO Motivational Posters
  Stormcrafter posted these a few days ago. They’re based upon those “motivational” posters that companies like to put up for their employees but with a LOTRO twist.

From the Postmaster
~ avoiding those nosey hobbits

• Update: Gamers show support for Ezra, Blizzard
  I’m sure by now you’re familiar with the story of Ezra, the 10 year old who’s wish was made possible by Blizzard. The OCRegister posted an update to the story which speaks highly of the gaming community.