The Lord of the Rings Online Q&A

The guys over at GamerZines had the opportunity to grill The Lord of the Rings Online live producer Aaron Campbell about what we should expect from the game’s soon-to-be-released Volume III: Book 1 update.

GamerZines: With Volume III, LotRO seems be edging closer to the main theatre of the War of the Ring. Is that the case, or will you be dallying around the periphery for a while yet?

Aaron Campbell: It’s no secret that there is a vast world to explore in Middle-earth. With “Siege of Mirkwood”, The Lord of the Rings Online stepped directly into the War of the Ring. In our next content update, Volume III: Book 1, LOTRO will take a small step back to prepare the setting for the next epic story arc.

GZ: The unofficial in-house name for Oath of the Rangers is “Ranger Round-Up”. What are the rangers being rounded up for?

AC: Under the direction of Galadriel and Elrond, our heroes are assembling the Dnedain to ride to Aragorn in Rohan. As always the players are living “between the lines” of Tolkien’s story, and will follow somewhat different paths than The Fellowship. More will be revealed as Volume III: Allies of the King continues.