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If you haven't heard the garment-rending woes of Lord of the Rings Online players who have had to wait and wait for the promised second half of Riders of Rohan's instance cluster (now with raids!), then you haven't been anywhere near LotRO in the past half-year. Fortunately, the imminent Update 10 will soon swoop in and provide the populace with a trio of raids as well as a six-person instance to tackle.

We got on the phone with Turbine for a tour of the new raids. Senior Designer Joe Barry opened the session by explaining that eastern Rohan just plain did not work for a location of instances due to lore restrictions, a lack of a big bad guy, and no iconic locations. So the team decided to tackle the IP-supported tale of the Easterlings' siege of Dale and the Lonely Mountain through the second half of this instance cluster.

Join us as we take a look at just what is up with the Lonely Mountain now that Smaug has vacated the premises!

Continue reading LotRO goes to the Lonely Mountain: Update 10 raid preview

LotRO goes to the Lonely Mountain: Update 10 raid preview originally appeared on Massively on Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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