While the addition of a new musical instrument might have gotten buried in all of the other patch notes for LOTRO’s Update 22, the fiddle arrives as a boon to the many player bands and minstrels who have pushed the limits of the music system for years now.
The instrument’s designer, Bill Champagne, wrote about the challenges of creating the authentic sound of the violin for the game: “When it comes to there being many different ways to play an instrument, the fiddle ranks right up towards the top of that list. As a composer I often marvel at the various amount of samples I get to play around with to create my music, and I wanted to give you that same feeling, that same ownership and control over the music that you can make in LOTRO.”
Source: LOTRO
