Middle-earth: Shadow of War Important Free Updates Coming to Shadow of War |
- Important Free Updates Coming to Shadow of War
- The Desolation of Mordor DLC Releases May 8
- Conquer the Final Week of Tribal Wars
- Raise The Strong
- Make Your Tribe Stronger - Tribal Wars Week 2
- One Tribe Will Rule Them All
- Monolith, Live! 2/22/2018
- Shadow of War PC Patch Notes: v1.12
- Monolith, Live! 2/8/2018
- Shadow of War PC Patch Notes v1.11
Important Free Updates Coming to Shadow of War Posted: 02 Apr 2018 04:46 PM PDT Free Game Updates – Coming July 17 We want to thank all of the Middle-earth: Shadow of War players, as we've learned a lot from you. Since we released the game last fall, we've been listening to your feedback and continue to update and improve the experience. With that in mind, we'll be releasing a series of free updates in the coming months to offer current fans and new players the best Shadow of War experience we possibly can. The core promise of the Nemesis System is the ability to build relationships with your personal allies and enemies in a dynamic open world. While purchasing Orcs in the Market is more immediate and provides additional player options, we have come to realize that providing this choice risked undermining the heart of our game, the Nemesis System. It allows you to miss out on the awesome player stories you would have otherwise created, and it compromises those same stories even if you don't buy anything. Simply being aware that they are available for purchase reduces the immersion in the world and takes away from the challenge of building your personal army and your fortresses. In order to fully restore the core promise of the Nemesis System, we'll be permanently removing Gold, War Chests and the Market from Shadow of War. This means the option to purchase Gold with real-world money and the ability to gain Orc Followers from War Chests will be removed. There will be a specific amount of time given for players to utilize their unused Gold. If players have unused Gold by the end of the time allotted to spend it, any remaining Gold will be converted to in-game items. Additionally, we'll be updating the Shadow Wars section of the campaign, where players defend their fortresses against Sauron's repeated counter-attacks. This portion of the game will be improved with new narrative elements and streamlined for a more cohesive experience. For players who choose to continue with these on-going fortress defense missions, the Endless Siege update released last November will still be available. We'll also be incorporating many other gameplay improvements that will be detailed in future build notes, including Nemesis System updates, new player skins, skill tree additions, gear system upgrades and progression updates, just to name a few that we're excited about. Please note that the above updates are free for all Shadow of War owners. The ability to purchase Gold will permanently cease on May 8, 2018. The permanent removal of Gold, War Chests and the Market will take place on July 17, 2018, at the same time as all other updates discussed above. The entire team here at Monolith appreciates our dedicated fans, and we feel that these improvements will provide all players with the very best Shadow of War gameplay experience. In the meantime, we'll keep everyone informed throughout the process as we work through the details associated with these changes. We've also posted an FAQ below to provide additional information. Thank you again for your support. Monolith Productions FAQ Why are Gold and the Market being removed from Shadow of War? The core promise of the Nemesis System is the ability to build relationships with your personal allies and enemies in a dynamic open world. While purchasing Orcs in the Market is more immediate and provides additional player options, we have come to realize that providing this choice risked undermining the heart of our game, the Nemesis System. It allows you to miss out on the awesome player stories you would have otherwise created, and it compromises those same stories even if you don't buy anything. Simply being aware that they are available for purchase reduces the immersion in the world and takes away from the challenge of building your personal army and your fortresses. In order to fully restore the core promise of the Nemesis System, we'll be permanently removing Gold, War Chests and the Market from Shadow of War. This means the option to purchase Gold with real-world money and the ability to gain Orc Followers from War Chests will be removed. When will Gold and the Market be removed from the game? Gold will no longer be available for purchase with real-world money beginning on May 8, 2018. Players will still be able to spend Gold and receive Gold via in-game challenges up until the Market closes permanently on July 17, 2018. Are there plans to add Gold or the Market back into the game in the future? No, these are permanent changes to the game. Will players still be able to spend Mirian on in-game items through the Market? Players will be able to spend Mirian in the Market until it permanently closes beginning on July 17. Will players still be able to earn and spend Mirian in the game? Yes, Mirian will continue to be used to unlock gem slots and increase fortress defenses. We will also be adding the ability use Mirian to acquire Training Orders or upgrade a piece of older gear to your current level, as well as spend gems to reroll gear stats. What will happen to unused Gold when the Market is permanently closed? Any remaining Gold will be converted to Gold Loot Chests beginning on July 17. Each 150 in Gold will be converted to one Gold Loot Chest, with any balance under 150 Gold being converted to a single Gold Loot Chest. The contents of Gold Loot Chests will remain unchanged. Can Gold voucher codes still be used after the Market is permanently closed? Gold vouchers redeemed on or after July 17, when the Market closes, will be converted into Gold Loot Chests. Gold vouchers redeemed before July 17 can be used normally. Will these game updates change how players can recruit Orcs? There will now be more ways to recruit and upgrade Orcs, including recruitment during Online Conquests and Online Vendettas, as well as having more Legendary Orcs present in the game. Will players still be able to purchase or earn War Chests? No, the ability to purchase or earn War Chests will be removed from the game when the Market permanently closes beginning on July 17. However, all unopened War Chests that a player has obtained will still be available in the Garrison. Will players still be able to earn or purchase Loot Chests? The ability to purchase Loot Chests will be removed from the game when the Market permanently closes beginning on July 17. However, Loot Chests can still be earned in-game through Online Conquests and Online Vendettas. Loot Chest contents will remain unchanged. How are the in-game chest rewards going to change going forward? Online Conquests and Online Vendettas will continue to award Loot Chests. Online Fight Pits will continue to award Training Orders through chests. Community Challenges will award chests. Spoils of War chests will now contain Training Orders instead of Orcs, including a guaranteed Legendary Training Order. Will the Garrison remain in the game? Yes, unassigned Followers, unopened chests, unused Boosts and unused Training orders will continue to be available in the Garrison. Will weekly Market updates continue to be released until the Market is closed? The Market will continue to update as normal until May 1. On May 1, the Market will still be available, but no longer feature any new content or promotions. The Market will be permanently closed beginning on July 17. Will Daily Challenges continue to reward players with Gold? Gold will continue to be available as a reward for Daily Challenges until the Market is permanently closed on July 17. After that date, challenges that awarded Gold will now award Legendary gear. How can Gold be used between now and July 17? Players can continue to purchase items in the Market with Gold until the Market is permanently closed on July 17. What will happen to unopened chests that have already been purchased when the Market is closed? After the Market is permanently closed on July 17, all unopened chests will continue to be available for use in the Garrison What will happen to items in the Garrison once the Market is closed? Nothing will change. All Orcs and in-game items that were in the Garrison prior to the Market closure will continue to be available after the Market is closed. Why is the Shadow Wars portion of the game being changed? With the addition of the Endless Siege mode, we are now able to streamline the Shadow Wars and add a number of improvements to the presentation, along with new narrative elements to provide a more cohesive experience. When will the Shadow Wars updates be implemented? The Shadow Wars updates will be available on July 17, along with other game updates. What will happen to players who have already started the Shadow Wars when the update goes live? For players who have already started the Shadow Wars, it will restart upon receiving the update. For players who have already completed the Shadow Wars, it will remain completed. For players who have yet to begin the Shadow Wars, the new version will be available when they arrive at that point in the game. What other game updates are being planned? We will be incorporating many gameplay improvements that will be detailed in future build notes, including Nemesis System updates, new player skins, skill tree additions, gear system upgrades and progression updates. Will these changes be implemented in all regions? Yes, all game updates will be available in all regions and platforms globally. |
The Desolation of Mordor DLC Releases May 8 Posted: 29 Mar 2018 04:50 PM PDT The Desolation of Mordor Story Expansion includes: • NEW Story campaign • NEW Side missions featuring Torvin • NEW Human Mercenaries and Bodyguards • NEW Region of Mordor - The Desert of Lithlad • NEW Beasts: Were-wyrms Play as Baranor, the Captain of the Tower from Minas Ithil, and travel deep behind enemy lines in the Eastern Deserts of Mordor. Raise an Easterling Army to open a new front in the Shadow War. Rendezvous with Torvin, the epic Dwarven Hunter, who journeyed deep into the Desolation of Mordor in pursuit of the legendary Were-wyrms. Join Monolith every Thursday at 3PM PDT on twitch.tv/monolithlive to get a first look at the new DLC. |
Conquer the Final Week of Tribal Wars Posted: 22 Mar 2018 03:15 PM PDT Some of you have been asking for prizes in Tribal Wars and we've heard you. So for the final week, we're asking you to send us a screenshot of your favorite tribal champion. We'll do random drawings this week and next over on Twitter @ShadowofWarGame, giving away Mithril chests. All you have to do is Tweet us a screenshot of your favorite Captain from the current winning tribe with #Sweepstakes and #ShadowofWar to enter. (This week it's Terror. Next week, who knows? But maybe Terror.) Remember to use hashtag #sweepstakes with your post. (Seriously, if you do, you're already waaay ahead of the competition.) So the final challenge is upon us. It's an online pit fight battle royale: And we'll be diving into Pit Fights today (Thurs.) on our livestream to kick things off. Join us at 3 PM PST / 6 PM EST to challenge our champions or just to laugh at the random carnage. http://go.wbgames.com/MonolithTwitch And once more for posterity – congratulations to Terror tribe for their back-to-back wins. That's impressive but it would cool to see a new challenger enter the fray for the final round. |
Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:23 AM PDT Overlords look down on the rank and file. That's a perk of the job - right up there with getting to toss the head of a spy off the top of their balconies. But only the strong stay on top –there's always room at the bottom. This week, keep your Overlords on their toes AND give your favorite tribe a chance to climb to the top of the Tribal Wars by promoting as many Overlords from your favorite tribe as you can. Every promotion counts. You can promote and demote a single Captain as many times as you want. It's time to topple the pretenders. And the results of last week are in – all hail the Terror tribe! Fittingly, the Masters of Pain dealt the most punishment to their foes in week 2's Assassinations and Pit Fight missions. Will they stay on top? That's up to you… |
Make Your Tribe Stronger - Tribal Wars Week 2 Posted: 08 Mar 2018 05:02 PM PST Week 1 of Tribal Wars is in the books and the Marauder tribe proved triumphant. The Captains of Bling dominated week 1, swelling their ranks with an impressive 443,430 new recruits! With a late surge, the Marauders were able to hold-off rival Terror tribe and secure victory. Terror was barely edged out, though, with 443, 055 of their own Followers added - a mere 375 Dominations off the lead. Still, the ultimate winner (or "Uber" winner as we said confusingly last week) will be the tribe with the most weeks won throughout the entire month. In case of a tie, we'll aggregate all four weeks results to crown our champion. Now it's time to take those newly Dominated Followers (and old favorites) from your adopted tribe and send them on Assassination or Pit Fight missions from the Army screen. Remember, we're counting Follower vs. Follower Pit Fights this week – online Pit Fights will be scored in week 4. Every victory earned in either of those mission types will be tallied community-wide to determine the winning tribe. The more you send your tribal champions out, the more you add to your tribe's final tally. Prove your tribe is a cut above the rest. |
Posted: 01 Mar 2018 12:13 PM PST Everybody has a favorite tribe. Or maybe you love every pierced, scarred, horribly burned and/or mutilated, pustule-covered Captain to ever march beneath the 9 banners of Mordor. That works for us. Because this month, we're asking you, our community, to decide which tribe should rule the accursed roost (for a month at least). Each week, we'll have a new community-wide challenge which we'll be tracking by tribe. We'll announce the winner for each week's challenge and the uber tribe will be crowned at the end of the month. If you don't have a caragor in the race, no worries! Be a free agent, sow discord, play kingmaker - just have fun. And join us Thursdays on @MonolithLive at 3 PM Pacific/ 6 PM Eastern on Twitch, YouTube Gaming, or Mixer to hear the latest results from the War front. See you in Mordor! |
Posted: 22 Feb 2018 01:11 PM PST Cosplay takes serious talent. It takes hard work. It takes time, dedication, and discipline to learn the skills necessary to craft a costume all your own - and many more still to hone them. That's why this week we're thrilled to be joined by Stef Sharp (@SharpStef), a coder by day and an overwhelmingly talented cosplayer by the-rest-of-her-day! She'll talk us through some of the skills she used to build the latest version of her insanely detailed Eltariel cosplay. From there, we're going to go head-to-head with some of your strongest Fortresses, and give you a rundown on the week's Community Challenges. We'll see you this Thursday at 3 PM Pacific/ 6 PM Eastern[www.timeanddate.com] on Twitch[www.twitch.tv], YouTube Gaming, and Mixer[mixer.com]! |
Shadow of War PC Patch Notes: v1.12 Posted: 16 Feb 2018 12:08 PM PST Bug Fixes
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Posted: 08 Feb 2018 10:30 AM PST The Blade of Galadriel has arrived[community.wbgames.com]! A great many of you have been going hands-on with it over the past couple days, digging deep into Eltariel's story and furthering her brand new journey within Mordor. That's why this week, we're going to keep our focus on everyone's favorite centuries-old Elven Assassin. On today's stream we're going to dig deep into a new build to help you and Eltariel in your journeys, then we'll give you a full rundown of how to take advantage of the Light ability. After that, we've got a fresh look at the Photo Mode improvements courtesy of our UI Lead, Stephen Whetstine – and, we'll have a brand new Elite Challenge for you to cap it all off. We're going live later today at 3 PM Pacific/6 PM Eastern[www.timeanddate.com] in the usual places – Twitch[www.twitch.tv], YouTube Gaming, Mixer[mixer.com]. We'll see you in Chat! |
Shadow of War PC Patch Notes v1.11 Posted: 05 Feb 2018 08:21 AM PST Note: Full patch and content set to release Tuesday, February 6th. Free content updates available February 6th for Middle-earth: Shadow of War owners, including:
The Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion (Available February 6th) The Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion allows gamers to play as the elite Elven warrior Eltariel for the first time. Known by her enemies as the Blade of Galadriel, Eltariel is a deadly assassin working for the Elven Queen, Galadriel, and has been sent to Mordor for millennia to hunt the Nazgûl.The following content and features will be added to your game upon purchase of the Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion. Please note, if you currently own the Expansion Pass, this content is included with your pass. The Blade of Galadriel Story Expansion includes the following content:
Additional Fixes General Stability:
User Interface (UI):
Nemesis System:
Balance:
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