Turbine will be holding a test run of the Volume 2: Book 8 content for for Lord of the Rings Online on Thursday, May 21st at 7:00PM EDT on the Bullroarer Test Server. Players who want to take part in the test will have to wait in queue to enter the server. This will be part of the test conducted for the night. After entering the server, players will be able to test the new Summer Festival content and sometime between 7:00PM and 8:00PM EDT, the developers will make an in-game announcement when the new Book 8 content is ready for testing, allowing players the chance to sample the new content before it hits the live servers and aid in ironing out any bugs they might find.

In order to take part you will need to download the Bullroarer client here.

Bullroarer will go live on Thursday May 21 at 7:00PM Eastern (-4 GMT) and we need you there! Bullroarer is a true test server and we‘ll be conducting a test right off the bat! We’ll be conducting a login queue and server test promptly at 7:00PM.



It’s important everyone who logs in remain in the queue. Don’t be discouraged by your position in the queue or the wait time estimates. No one is sneaking in ahead of you. Everyone will be allowed in at the same time. It’s an important test so please be on time!



Once the world is open be sure to test out our new Summer Festival! You’re going to like what you see! There will be devs in game to help you find the new goodies, too!



Sometime between 7:00PM and 8:00PM we’ll make an in game announcement regarding the opening of the Book 8 epic story line. If you want to see it first, you’ll need to be logged in and ready to go!



What you need:

You’ll need Bullroarer installed and fully updated prior to 7:00PM on Thursday. Make sure you’re patched well ahead of time or you’ll miss the test! You can download it here.



If you’re on Meneldor server, congratulations! Your characters have been copied over to Bullroarer and will be ready to go at 7:00PM (But you’ll still need to patch before then)! All other character data has been removed from Bullroarer so if you had a character there prior to today, it has been removed (Sorry Big E!).



For those not on Meneldor, we need you too! Because this is a true test server we need test data from all levels, areas and play styles. This is a very early look at Book 8 and your feedback is invaluable regardless of level. We’re very sorry but because of this need for a broad level range of feedback, the Eyes and Guard Tavern will not be available.



What to expect:

Because Bullroarer is a test server you can expect to see things that aren’t quite right. That’s the whole point! We’re very interested in feedback and bug reports. Book 8 is looking good but we’re counting on you to help make it even better!

• Read the announcement here.
• Discuss this and more on our forums.