A Casual Stroll through Ambarûl with Scenario - The Lord of the Rings Online

[@aysharatelrhuath]

As always, more beautiful work from Scenario...dude, u make Middle Earth the wonderful place that it is!

[@helvis7336]

only problem is the combat is crap and the games graphics are really old at this point.

[@Vaalbeast]

Gorgeous worldbuilding as always. That night sky is stunning.

[@LinRaN_DanceR]

I'm in love in this format! Thank you for information and your love to Lotro and middle-earth! I'm playing 2.5 years and just have learnt about Casual Stroll with Scenario. So I go in playlist to start from Shire!

[@Shireandshadows]

Love the zones, you always do a great job with the landscapes. Love lotro, thank you devs

[@mb-ue8um]

I watched You with Orion last week and i really admire Your dedication to this game. Keep up the good work ❤

[@sw-gs]

So many years, and game still looks stunning.

[@Dooby0071]

LOTRO has the greatest mmo world ever created. the entire map is so damn beautiful and lore wise is fkn amazing.

[@user-ii9bl6de2j]

Woman with beards is really on point with the lore. 🙄

[@Dooby0071]

@@user-ii9bl6de2j ehhh

[@Rockotarthepurplehatguy]

​@@user-ii9bl6de2j Is this some bull crap about the character creator? Just get lost quite frankly, because if you don't want your character to look like that, then just don't set that option. Done, problem solved. Also Dwarf Women have beards so technically that is lore accurate from some angles lol.

[@VoiceoftheRings]

Excited to Review and Play this on the channel! Keep it up Guys! You do amazing work on the game! Cheers!

[@Burning-Embers]

Wow that night sky is awesome

[@jamesmiller1048]

Thank you for showing us all the work you guys have been doing over at SSG :)

[@GameolioDan]

I could sit and stare at that water for hours

[@Splitspine1]

Can we have a sloshing mud sound and even a muddy over-skin for our characters? having a character run through the marshes never sounds right... and thanks to all you devs ^_^

[@HydlideS]

This looks gorgeous! Loving the more exotic locales.

[@nevernerevarine8071]

Amazing work! I love being able to see the process and hear about the thinking that goes into making such an expansive world.

[@ironmeme7340]

I wish Amazon would remaster this game instead of making a brand new LOTR MMORPG. The potential is definitely there.

[@IchigoParfaitTabetai]

I hope Amazon never touches this gem.

[@BrassKnight09]

Beautiful work as always. I really love seeing all the new landscapes and different cultures. Looking forward to learning about the various Haradrim tribes and such. Hope we'll touch upon some of the former Númenórean colonies that were hinted at in official lore. You mentioned the background lore documents and "cultural migration" maps created that will never be released to the public. Honestly, I would love to see a stream from your "lorekeepers" that actually does delve more deeply into this hidden backstory material (starting from tye Eriador locations). If not a stream, it'd be great to see some sort of LOTRO "Lorebook" or "Encyclopedia" released that incorporates such material.

[@metalman6886]

Keep it up guys! Love the immersive world and design.

[@davidml1787]

Ambarûl looks amazing, it definitely has a very different feel from anything that has been done before in LOTRO. Congratulations.

[@corbinwilliams4045]

Love that the maps are discussed. It's something that interested me, especially, as Scenario said, with all of the different styles. You can get a good feel for the different stages of development based on the design of the map.

[@Erealenda]

That looks great! I'm excited to see the other regions and explore them in game!

[@cavetroll666]

very cool can't wait currently enjoying the legendary servers atm but will go back to Arkenstone for new content cheers :D

[@jodydeats1195]

Fabulous work as always! Thank you so much for all your dedication! Can't wait to move forwards!

[@MarleMMO]

Looks great! 💖

[@worrbinpike8893]

Although i have to admit it looks goergous, at the end it looks a bit like Umbar :D

[@shindalah1794]

33:42 if you want some ruined bridges, just go tk Rivendell rn 😂

[@lotrofitz6349]

the goat of ssg

[@danield.8615]

Ok, Scenario: Old world re-work in 3..2..1.. Go!

[@Matso444]

damn this new expansion is looking gorgeous and super intriguing! too bad my highest char is still at lvl 95 in Rohan lol, and I keep making new ones instead of leveling him further xD

[@brianmartin6016]

I'm looking forward to getting the sand out of my sabatons! Not to mention adding extra layers of padding to prevent getting third-degree burns from my metal armour. Really looking forward to exploring this amazing region!

[@actualyalta]

Please stick a "Transporter Accident" NPC in here somewhere in a somewhat hidden place as an easter-egg! That would be amazing

[@hermesmeneses1836]

That land is like Colombia.

[@Erranruin]

Oh the sky is gorgeous

[@Manwu5]

YES YES YES LOVE YOU GUYS!

[@LollerTrollers]

Love the waterfalls.

[@MrDaneis]

Thank you, I just started as a f2per and I'm having a great time. Was wondering if this new terrain tech is going to be used to visit some of the starting areas? If not for rocks and such maybe the birds???

[@ebonythomasful]

Merci

[@mayc6946]

can we introduce instances for solo players. There are some players out there who deal with servicing people with their work and when they are off work they just want to de-stress without the drama of other players.

[@comradezy]

Man, why not camels? That would be so cool.

[@dalton1726]

It seems like they’re definitely going to include them once we reach a region where it makes sense. I’m guessing we’ll probably see them once we get to Far Harad.

[@harvain731]

Further into "Desert" terrain makes more sense for such and is why they aren't having Camels right now.

[@moondog548]

Oh!

[@ecthelion1735]

It's one thing to avoid leaning into stereotypes, but they exist for a reason, so going too far to avoid them produces an uncanny effect. Also, "Far Harad" is subsaharan: jungles and savanna. "Near Harad" is North Africa and the Sahara. The equator should be very far south of where you are here.

[@masterwolfmoon]

How much motivation (if any) were there to move into the more desert biomes, in part because of the second season of RoP? If so, that was a smart move to do. One thing I love to do, especially in LotR, either by watching or reading, it then motivates me to explore those areas within LotRO. I understand that this question would probably not be answered on an official level, so I can just think of it as a happy coincidence. :)

[@duggi4]

Any work being done to minimise the amount of Resource Nodes stuck under the surface or inside rocks?

[@ThmiiGii]

Super cool !!

[@captainofdunedain3993]

This is my fav movie for eleven years. I wished to see it earlier to get 2007 Isengard pre-order pack for those unique remarkable outfits. Maybe you might consider to put them on store some day! Also I must say that this game has huge potential. I mean HUGE! For example monster play side could be exactly like free people panel. Races could be Man, Goblin, Orc, Warg, Spider, Troll, Uruk. And classes could be on man: Angmarim, Black Numenorean, Haradrim archer, Khand Warrior. Anyway I hope some day also you might take a look on NPC apperances like Elrond, Galadriel. Heights, outfits etc.

[@randalljones8708]

Isengard was released in like 2012, not 2007

[@captainofdunedain3993]

@@randalljones8708 Ah my bad. Google says: ''June 7, 2011, Turbine officially announced the development of Rise of Isengard. Pre-ordering was opened the same day.'' Thanks for correcting.

[@vegetare]

Please build a really big desert in the next expansion which include desert areas where we could lose ourselves :)

[@mandyware7906]

love your world

[@Lord_Afgul]

Thx for this info💪

[@Tuatha_De_Gaming]

The name sounds so good. I still need the last few though lol

[@division2232]

When will they update ui to new standards?

[@harvain731]

UI is being worked on but we have no ETA on UI Updates right now (September 12th, 2024).

[@purextreme5460]

Been playing the game with a a 3rd party controller support and to me it feels great, will there be any type controller support for the game?

[@harvain731]

Full proper support for a Controller for LOTRO? Not likely. Playing through Steam and using their Controller Software gives the best possible Controller Experience but has limitation such as how LOTRO has so many Skills per Class especially as one levels up.

[@stevenv2190]

You need a mouse with more buttons. MMOs are like that - the more buttons, the better.

[@Arccanos]

Any news about 4k UI improvements? Performance improvements?

[@user-ii9bl6de2j]

Making Afro-Elves is more important than fixing the UI.

[@harvain731]

UI is being worked on but we have no ETA on UI Updates right now (September 12th, 2024).

[@lilith788]

waoowwwwww

[@stevenv2190]

Too bad I can't see this until it is released - 5760 * 1080 resolution is a very different perspective. The game engine screams for mercy at this res. Even my 3090FE has to wait for the engine to keep up.

[@RH-of5cr]

The sad part is that the UI is increasingly terrible on resolutions starting over 1920x1080. All the good work that folks like this do are very under appreciated because not many people want to play with their current UI. They don't discuss it either and say oh, it's hard, it's legacy code and would require so much effort. Legacy code bases are definitely hard to work on but you would gain customers and extend the life of this great game. At least chip away at it and make it publicly known that you are doing that. You could also utilize your community as there are lots of devs in it that likely would help for free. Yes you would need to gatekeep and manage it but if you are careful about who gets to help it could be quite a good way to tackle it. Also, if you put some effort into expanding and updating the LUA plugin apis - work could be done this way.

[@harvain731]

UI is being worked on but we have no ETA on UI Updates right now (September 12th, 2024).

[@RH-of5cr]

@@harvain731 Wonderful to hear you should not hide that fact - so good on you for sharing it at least in a reply to a comment on youtube.

[@harvain731]

@@RH-of5cr They (the Dev Team) have talked about the UI so they aren't hiding or anything but this is a topic that comes up "a lot". Really someone is asking about the UI almost daily.

[@RH-of5cr]

@@harvain731 Interesting, I have listened to lots of their live streams on twitch and even asked about it on there and never a peep.

[@harvain731]

@@RH-of5cr They do miss questions but it really boils down to "nothing new to say". We had the Executive Producer for LOTRO discuss LOTRO's User Interface back in June 2024. They've had nothing new to state about such since.

[@avocadotoast7367]

lotro need a complete map change, the maps looks ancient and inaccurate

[@harvain731]

Maps, at least for Older Regions, do get updated but usually only when said Region itself gets a sizeable update. Otherwise all New Content being added uses the "Satellite" version of Map that can be seen with a lot of Content.

[@robertvocals]

Meanwhile new Players: "Meeeh this game looks so outdated" 🤡 ....but i wish i had more fps in the game 😅

[@charlesmartel3995]

Why has nothing been done to revamp the LOTRO user interface? I love this game but I simply cannot see the tiny icons. Don't you care about accessbility?

[@harvain731]

UI Work is happening but there is no ETA on when UI Updates will start rolling out as of Sept 22nd, 2024.

[@BillyBob-vz8ol]

why cant we player run that fast. clearly no issues when players can walkj fast or run fast

[@hispano7219]

Para cuando un juego con mejores gráficos, que este es de la edad prehistórica. ❤

[@ai.d__g]

shame you threw your loyalist fans to the curb by not honoring lifetime accounts.

[@frankguggenheim-x1h]

GREETINGS! LOTRO DEVT. CAN WE HAVE THE PVP MAPS NOW? I MEAN PLEASE OPEN LEVEL 20+ MAPS A PVP MAPS ON DECLARATION VS GUILD. ONLY GUILD MEMBERS WILL PK. IF YOU ARE NOT A GUILD MEMBER YOU WILL NOT BE PKED. OR ADD SOMETHING LIKE A PK BUTTON CAST FOR ABOUT A MINUTE.

[@seidrondaer2093]

Please, please, I beg you, move away from the "kill 10 rats" quest design.

[@lordpatrice]

Should really upgrade the graphics... its really showing its age

[@duggi4]

they should actually put this game on ice and re-engineer it with present assets in a Modern Game ENgine like Unreal 5 or something. they could call it Lotro 2.0 but that would mean no income for a few years until its released and i don't think their small studio can survive that

[@animaterob]

​@@duggi4You answered your own supposition.

[@nikolaradic9908]

Work on hunter class fix the game you guys are lost

[@naganroleplay5495]

Мертвая игра без духа властелина колец, простая дешевая пародия на wow сколько раз пытался в неё играть , но увы невозможно, отталкивает обсалютно все в этой игре

[@Exdeu]

Great game potential, sadly terrible execution.

[@miestamppooni]

Copy paste map.

[@vozim]

Too bad developers are robbing VIP accounts

[@animaterob]

Currently, VIP users have access to the best 64bit servers. Seems like a pretty good deal to me.

[@TheOneWhoKnowsTruth]

When fix lags? dont make usless expansion with crap grind content, fix main game problems

[@akmed2000]

LOTRO has the greatest mmo world ever created. the entire map is so damn beautiful and lore wise is fkn amazing

[@BobInGreek]

graphics are bad