We’ve received word that Pandemic is hard at work with some Downloadable Content (DLC) for the Lord of the Rings: Conquest. Amongst the new content is “Amon Hen”, a much requested map for the game. Several people have been spotting test servers by the Pandemic team, and Sledgehammer70 has indeed confirmed that downloadable content is coming up.

A further announcement regarding details, including what platforms the DLC will be available on, is expected relatively soon. Stay tuned to MEC for the latest info!


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Comments:

krapyl:

WOOOHOOO!!!
Very nice!
Let us hope it will be good :D

zach:

What about more important fixes such as the splitscreen glitch.... Sure I want DLC, but bugs NEED to be addressed before a company releases a update that cost $, which I am sure it will.

Cheeky Hobbit:

I'm really glad that Amon Hen is being released. If it is only a multiplayer map, however, I will probably be disappointed. I'll be interested in seeing what other DLC will be released - Boromir is a certainty.

Argetlam:

Yes, Do pc users have to pay, they could send it through ea game manager right?

Lotr Lover:

maybe they will add 75 vs 75..lol imagine that! and 16 vs 16 online atleast! no 8 vs 8! that boring stuff! make some intense battles..come one pandemic show us some cool stuff!! lol

zach:

They wont. It would require a total re-work of their network system and I doubt either the PS3 nor the 360 could handle it.

I just want 16 player private games.

Lotr Lover:

i would like that! but i dont have 16 ALL personal friends to play with, so they would have bots which would be cool! o and you cant add amon hen to campaign, it will interfere with achievements and such, i think? or can they?

zach:

Well they could always add more....

Lotr Lover:

well i know that but to add it in..idk whatever..i would like that though! i think they should have erebor, gondolin, and Dale

kylej13:

Well I hope they listen to us for more ideas on maps and how to improve the game.

jimbob:

do you think they will be free, and they should add more AI to instant action

Freek:

Quote: Originally Posted by zach View Post
What about more important fixes such as the splitscreen glitch.... Sure I want DLC, but bugs NEED to be addressed before a company releases a update that cost $, which I am sure it will.
Read my other newspost before this one :P

Archer speciallist:

anyone know when the annoucemnet is goona be made
cause i cant wait lol:P

Lotr Lover:

it better be free on marketplace! i would be really mad if its not..then ill have to go buy microsoft points

witchkingshour:

They need to make some maps bigger. I mean I hate on pelenoor that you can't go father beyond. And Please add A.I. online. 16 players isn't enough.

zach:

Quote: Originally Posted by _Freek View Post
Read my other newspost before this one :P
Yea I saw it later. )

zach:

Quote: Originally Posted by Lotr Lover View Post
it better be free on marketplace! i would be really mad if its not..then ill have to go buy microsoft points
Better go buy some MS points and for those with PS3's better go get a PSN cash card......

Freek:

We don't have prepaid cards over here and since Sony doesn't use PayPal I can't actually purchase stuff from the store (dont want/need a credit card)

jimbob:

stuff that it better be free. do you think they will add more AI to instant action and online?

and the maps should be bigger, like on helms deep if you play TDM you onlly get the inside of the fortress but if you play conquest you get all of it

roytjuh:

Amon Hen :p?

zach:

Quote: Originally Posted by _Freek View Post
We don't have prepaid cards over here and since Sony doesn't use PayPal I can't actually purchase stuff from the store (dont want/need a credit card)
Why not get a debit card. I know Live marketplace has some amazing arcade games and I am sure PSN does. You are really missing out.

Freek:

Quote: Originally Posted by zach View Post
Why not get a debit card. I know Live marketplace has some amazing arcade games and I am sure PSN does. You are really missing out.

Because they're not free and the money I'd be paying for it would only be for usage of PSN which I dont use very often either way. I have my bankcard to pay any products physically and paypal and iDeal (local e-payment system) to pay everything via the web.

So yea, Im not getting a creditcard for incidental PSN payments.

zach:

Do yall not have debit cards? I think your bank card is one????

Its like a credit card but all the money comes from your bank account so you can only spend whats in there. There is no interest or none of that. Its pretty much just a check that is easier to use and you can use it easily online and for getting products locally.

Freek:

Its different, you can only use it in stores. You cant use it to pay online or whatever. We do have iDeal which is basically integrated with the online banking service, which works just as well.

witchkingshour:

Yeah I use a debit card. I actually like Xbox way better idk why i bought it for PSX3. But I am thinking ok a while ago when I played Marvel Ultimate Alliance, they released a DLC that included 8 new characters as well as new achievements. But it was only for 360. PSX3 never got the dlc. So I am wondering if Pandemic plans to release it for all systems or what.

zach:

Probably PS3 and 36o. I doubt PC will get it though. I have noticed that some multi-platform games release more stuff for 360.

Teregond:

If they include Boromir this would be a good time to introduce a new class e.g. the Guardian since Boromir use's a shield.

Rayman:

there is no way to have the guardian class..sorry but that would be expansion...not just a dcl...

i hope to be free the dlc with the map...

kylej13:

There's no way they're going to release it for free if they can get money. But on the other hand they might release something for free to get people more interested in DLC

Freek:

Dont expect TOO much and don't expect it to be free. It will most likely expand the game in terms of more maps or heroes, but structural changes that would add classes or add more players/AI is something for expansion packs.

jimbob:

how is AI an exspansion pack heroes and maps would be they would just release an update to put more AI in

zach:

Also this generation consoles are much easier to make expansion packs for. In the past they had to pretty much release a who new version of the game. I believe some xbox games had DLC such as halo 2 but for the most part they just made a whole new game. Very little DLC is free, I know Halo 3 has 2 map packs for Free but Bungie can do that simply because there are so many players who buy the DLC. On Conquest's first week it didnt even make it in the top 10 most played LIVE games(arcade games not counted).

Sorry for all the halo references but its pretty much my main online game.

zach:

Quote: Originally Posted by jimbob View Post
how is AI an exspansion pack heroes and maps would be they would just release an update to put more AI in
To allow more AI in they would most likely have to make huge revisions to their networking system. Both the PS3 and 360 are fairly limited on RAM though so keep that in mind too.

guilemaster:

Glad that they finally announced this. Boromir could also fit in as a warrior though, they don't really need his shield. When he dies, he isn't using it, he's holding his sword with two hands. But im all for a guardian class, but its probably going to have to be an expansion. I just hope they add in boromir. He's the last hero that i really want to be in it. But strategically, the DLC should be free. The already small enough population of people playing don't deserve to be hit like that. And it would attract new people, especially because its free.

zach:

EA will probably want to make some more money off Conquest though.

FaceCake:

One of my friends told me that Pandemic said they were rushed by ea, and the Ringbearer mode, Stronghold modes were taken out because they had minor glitches that effected gameplay. He said that this would be patched in for free. Im not sure that his sources are correct, but im only the messanger.

el kevo:

Quote: Originally Posted by FaceCake View Post
One of my friends told me that Pandemic said they were rushed by ea, and the Ringbearer mode, Stronghold modes were taken out because they had minor glitches that effected gameplay. He said that this would be patched in for free. Im not sure that his sources are correct, but im only the messanger.
I could imagine this happening. I know that Dice added in Conquest mode for Bad Company 1 month after release. I'm sure Pandemic is working hard to put some extra goodies together to fix some of the problems up and add some stuff to please our patience. Just cause EA wants a lot of money doesn't mean everything has to be charged for coughBadCompany'snewmapsandgamemodecough

drenth:

They should give the battlefront feeling back,, the huge battles and on the internet far more greater party's than 16 ore 8

BattleSage:

DLC...
WOOOOOO
Hopefully Amon Hen, Bormoir, Eomer, Theoden and Haldir will be additions.
Also, IA and Multiplayer Grunts too:whistle:

LOTR PO:

Really nice :cool: I hope they also create a "path of the dead" map too, or "cirit ungol" map. that would be awesome :)

kylej13:

I never thought of Paths of the Dead as a map before, but that sounds really cool. I hope they take advantage of the dozens of map opportunities that Middle Earth has.

jimbob:

does anybody know when they are coming out? and they better have more AI lol

XxlegolasXx13:

Hopefully its soon :)

joseph k 93:

i hope they put some new goodies like the maps they said. I also would like to see new downloadable heroes and armys on there too.:peace::cool:

AVGSpoon98:

the next they said was mid 2 end of this month[febuary] i asked at the 360 developers event

<Faramir>:

the DLC they already did relaesed wasn't on PC :(
but i like the idea of a hero arena match :p
and i don't know the date of the patch they r going to release ...

Nice ! finally a DLC !!
I hope they release it for PC to cuz we where alrdy left out with the hero arena DLC ....

lol seems like i alrdy anwsered this one ...

my bad.

krapyl:

hmmm...dude
Use the edit button instead of double posting....um i mean tripell posting

Khranashil:

Awesome, can't wait

zach:

I am seriously thinking about maybe not buying this myself. I only have so much MS points ... and the gow2 maps are encouraging me to buy them. :P

LOTR PO:

anyone who knows when the second DLC-pack comes out? or something new about it? :)

Freek:

Havent heard anything about it for a while, but it is being worked on.

Aragorn_Elessar:

YES! Ive been waiting for Amon Hen

AVGSpoon98:

i just wanna make sure my previous post was right but they told me mid - end of this month[febuary] did any 1 else ask and get same anwser

DYonch:

Someone on Pandemic's site said that they talked to a Dev. and he said it would be Amon Hen, the training map, Boromir, Gothmog, and Arwen. If Arwen is added, I bet Fords of Bruinin will be also. This also tells me that they might put Gothmog at Osgiliath, and hopefully move Faramir there as well.

Strider182:

Quote: Originally Posted by DYonch View Post
Someone on Pandemic's site said that they talked to a Dev. and he said it would be Amon Hen, the training map, Boromir, Gothmog, and Arwen. If Arwen is added, I bet Fords of Bruinin will be also. This also tells me that they might put Gothmog at Osgiliath, and hopefully move Faramir there as well.

I heard the maps are only amon hen and part of the last alliance map.
So no Fords of bruinin
Although you are right partly because we are suppose to get 3 new heroes boromir,arwen,and gothmog

DYonch:

Quote: Originally Posted by Strider182 View Post
I heard the maps are only amon hen and part of the last alliance map.
So no Fords of bruinin
Although you are right partly because we are suppose to get 3 new heroes boromir,arwen,and gothmog
It was just speculation on my part about the fords. Where will Arwen be?

kylej13:

They have way too many map possibilities to let it stop at Amon Hen and training map!!!!!

Legolas95:

^True, more DLC? Or it might not be revealed yet

zach:

They have stated it multiple times. They only plan on releasing 2 DLC. One of which is already released.

LOTR PO:

I really hope they make more maps than just amon hen and the training level. sure amon hen and the training level is cool but it is to little with just the two maps.
Its nice that boromir, gothmog and arwen are going to be realsed but I hope they could ad Eomer and Theoden and Haldir too.

Lotr Lover:

i think they need, erebor, umm dale, and gondolin....for fun even though it doesnt exist any more..but it will be pretty sweet being noldor!!! o and gray havens and fornost when it existed also

angelastar:

i tried the demo of it on the xbox360 i liked it a lot very creative i can tell they really took some time on designing the game i will probaby be buying it soon

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