Lord of the Rings Online’s newest producer happily sat down into the hot seat this past weekend for a round of community questions and answers posed to him on the forums. While Oleg “Raninia” Brodskiy said that he couldn’t announce upcoming dates, he was more than game to talk about a variety of subjects including cosmetic slots, improved LUA functionality, promises of a user interface overhaul, and more talk about the upcoming purchase of much-needed new server hardware for the game.
One very interesting tidbit from the Q&A was an admission that a genuine classic LOTRO server wasn’t out of the realm of possibility… for the future. “It’s never off the table,” interjected SSG community manager Jerry Snook. “It’s just not what we’re doing right now.” (Players are currently agitating on the forums with a makeshift petition, trying to get SSG to consider it more seriously.)
Another burning topic was that of the long-awaited legendary item revamp. “I think it’s coming along really well,” Raninia noted. “There’s definitely things to shake out. It’s going in a good direction and we’re making good progress on it. We are pushing for something that’s a lot more player-friendly and less grindy.”
The Q&A also revealed that LOTRO is “weeks” away from releasing the two new progression servers, Shadowfax and Treebeard. “Our intention is that they will become permanent live servers,” Raninia said.
