LotRO dev diary looks at Bree-land overhaul in Volume 2: Book 8

by William Dobson Jun 11th 2009 at 4:00PM

Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Patches, Leveling

One of the features of the next Lord of the Rings Online update, Volume 2: Book 8, is a revamping of some of the game's low to mid-level quests. The latest developer diary on the official site elaborates on the methods through which this will be achieved. A great deal of the overhauling will focus on the Bree-land zone, including Bree-town. Come Book 2.8, the area will be changed to be of more use to players between the levels 14-22, and we're promised two distinct questing paths that will lead to different places in the zone, and hopefully highlight some of the bigger storylines of Bree-land.

As Bree-land will become more commonly used by Tier 2 players, the crafting nodes in the area will also be changed to their Tier 2 versions. New repeatable "bounty quests" will be available, and existing quest rewards have been completely revised to ensure their usefulness for players in the adjusted level range. To learn more about all of the above changes, make sure to read the full dev diary.

Tags: bree-land, bree-town, dev-diary, developer-diary, lord-of-the-rings-online, lotro, lotro-book-2.8, new-player-experience-take-2, turbine

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

THAC0 said on 8:49AM 6-12-2009

Wow to be honest that would make me want to come back if they revamped low level quest lines, My old character is only in the low 20s so this would effect me.

TAD said on 3:18PM 6-12-2009

THAC0, over the next few Books, the devs have said that they're revamping ALL of the lower level content. I've recently rolled a noob Elf and while the starting area uses the same map, the quests, etc are mostly different. The same is true for the other races as well. Lowest level (up to 14 or so and all of Ered Luin) was updated in Book 7. Book 8 revamps up to level 22 and then I understand Book 9 will revamp more as well. It's pretty exciting, actually. :)