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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Changes to instances and raids in LotRO's upcoming Book 8]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/changes-to-instances-and-raids-in-lotros-upcoming-book-8/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/changes-to-instances-and-raids-in-lotros-upcoming-book-8/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/changes-to-instances-and-raids-in-lotros-upcoming-book-8/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="tag">Lord of the Rings Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/patches/" rel="tag">Patches</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/gallery/lotro-volume-2-book-8-dev-tour/2041684/full/"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/06/lotrobook8tour18-sms-0509-newthumb.jpg"  alt="" /></a><br /></div>
In <a href="http://my.lotro.com/amlug/book-8-instances-raids-and-you/">a recent dev journal</a> from <a href="http://www.turbine.com">Turbine</a>'s Jared "Amlug" Hall-Dugas, we get an inside look at some of the new changes to raiding and instances coming with <a href="http://www.lotro.com"><em>Lord of the Rings Online</em></a>'s <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/lotro-book-2.8">Book 8</a>. As we first announced late last month through our Book 8 dev tour, these new instances are quite the focus in this newest content patch. <br /><br />This dev journal goes into a bit more depth from the technical side of what we can expect from the new instances, changes to existing instances and the changes to item drops in instances and raids. Amlug also explains the drop rate changes for First Age weapons per Watcher run, and <a href="http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Area:D%C3%A2r_Narbugud">the increased availability</a> of Radiance gear for those runs. You can check out the complete journal over at Amlug's mylotro.com page, and keep an eye on Massively as we get closer to Book 8's release, later this month.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/changes-to-instances-and-raids-in-lotros-upcoming-book-8/">Changes to instances and raids in LotRO's upcoming Book 8</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://my.lotro.com/amlug/book-8-instances-raids-and-you/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/changes-to-instances-and-raids-in-lotros-upcoming-book-8/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19067381/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/06/15/changes-to-instances-and-raids-in-lotros-upcoming-book-8/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>amlug</category><category>dev-diary</category><category>dev-journal</category><category>instances</category><category>lord-of-the-rings-online</category><category>lotro</category><category>lotro-book-2.8</category><category>raids</category><category>turbine</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
