Ok, apparently I had a small brain shutdown yesterday when writing my post about the Legendary Item System Updates that are coming with the next Lord of the Rings Online expansion: Siege of Mirkwood. I mistakenly called it Shadows of Mirkwood (in multiple places, showing a complete brain shutdown :/).
The post in question has been updated, hopefully it wasn’t too confusing for readers 
The most recent developer diary on the Lord of the Rings Online website talks about some upcoming changes to the Legendary Item System. It is looking to be a pretty major overhaul of the Legendaries system, and all LI’s (Legendary Items) will have their stats reset so people can properly choose new ones with the updated system. Not having a Legendary Item yet myself, I can’t really say how this will affect me, but it looks like much of the player feedback about LI’s has been addressed, and that is a good thing. I expect to see some complaining from folks on the forums who see things as fine right now (and maybe don’t want others to be ‘up to par’ with their own stats), but this should be a good update overall.
Developer Diary: Legendary Item System Updates | The Lord of the Rings Online
Developer Diary: Legendary Item System Updates Page 1 of 3 Overview In The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™, we’re updating the Legendary Item system that was introduced in Mines of Moria™. This revision of the Legendary Item system incorporates most of the feedback we have received about Legendary Items since they were introduced. Identification and Reforge Changes One of the primary issues with the system is that players have to invest a large amount of time before knowing that a particular Legendary Item is “good.” We have changed the identification and reforge process to front load the system a bit more. The initial legacies placed on the Legendary Item (LI) at identification are pulled from only the “best” legacies. This ensures the LI has some desirable legacies and the player can make a good guess whether that LI is worthwhile before spending time leveling it.
Siege of Mirkwood is the newest upcoming expansion to Lord of the Rings Online – it will join the existing Mines of Moria expansion and provide many base game updates (available to all players) as well as expansion specific updates.
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The latest expansion to Lord of the Rings Online – Siege of Mirkwood – is set to launch December 1st. There are a few perks for pre-ordering apparently; Lifetime members who order an ‘Adventure Pack’ (which seems to be a DLC type item (2 character slots, shared storage access)) get Siege of Mirkwood for free.. of course, you pay 19.99 for the Adventure Pack – depending on the pricing of the expansion this might be a good thing (details on the expansion show it to be a mini-expansion, I wouldn’t expect full price to be more than 39.99.. but I could be wrong).
There are a few other goodies to be had with various conditions, check out the forum post linked to below for more information.
Siege of Mirkwood™ Launches December 1st! – The Lord of the Rings Online™ Forums
THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE™: SIEGE OF MIRKWOOD™ TO LAUNCH ON DECEMBER 1ST
Turbine Unveils Special Pre-Launch Offers Including the New LOTRO Adventurer’s Pack
WESTWOOD, MA – September 29, 2009– Turbine, Inc. announced today that The Lord of the Rings Online™: Siege of Mirkwood™, the new digital expansion to the 2008 MMO of the Year will launch on December 1st in North America. Turbine also unveiled The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) Adventurer’s Pack which contains what every player needs to survive in the chaos of Mirkwood! Siege of Mirkwood and the LOTRO Adventurer’s Pack are scheduled to launch on December 1, 2009.
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