In the fantasy MMORPG The Lord of the Rings Online, server transfers will begin on Monday, September 14.
The two servers Estel (EU) and Elendilmir (US) will start things off and will be the first to open their gates. These will also be the two servers that will be closed first.
Starting Monday, September 14, a button will appear in the launcher that will allow players to transfer characters from these worlds to one of the five worlds in their regions that will remain active. All other servers will reportedly be closed. The US server Brandywine will initially be locked for transfers and will only be opened as a destination at the end.
However, there is no rush: Until 2016, everyone can continue to play on their old, doomed worlds.
Turbine advises that kinship leaders, i.e., guild leaders, should take the lead and transfer first to ensure that there are no issues here.
In the background, work is vigorously underway on the new data center and hardware, so that The Lord of the Rings Online can provide players in the remaining worlds with a great gaming experience.
If everything works out with the first worlds, they plan to gradually release more worlds. For the EU servers, the following order has been established for the release of transfers:
- Estel
- Gilrain
- Eldar
- Anduin
- Morthund
- Maiar
- Vanyar
- Withywindle
- Snowbourn
