Big update

[Terina/Sinaroc]

So big they needed two posts
beta.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=27665

beta.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=27664

I haven't even gone through it all to pick out good stuff

[Terina/Sinaroc]

Biiiiig potion nerf if one didn't look at the notes

Potions can now only be bought from...PLAYERS!!!

Also the cost of mailing stuff, specifically items got more expensive.

Cash from quests is less to

[Marna]

Turbine is going to lose customers after this patch - they managed to break the economy with one fell swoop. It is now impossible to make any money at all crafting, and just repair costs are causing people to try and kill mobs naked, to save cash...

[jim]

They must have heard you:

Hotfix scheduled: March 9th, 1:00 - 4:00PM EST
The LOTRO game servers will be brought down on Friday, March 9th from 1:00PM - 4:00PM ESTfor a hotfix. In the interim, your play experience may be negatively impacted by exaggerated item repair costs and other economy-related and graphical issues.

The hotfix will make the following changes:

* Item repair costs will be adjusted downward!
* If you were encountering terrain seams that cause your screen to go black, after the patch the area should load if you wait a few moments. More fixes to address this issue will be forthcoming in a future patch.
* Players should no longer encounter a "System.ArgumentException" error when trying to launch the game.

Thanks for bearing with us!

[Terina/Sinaroc]

Another change I saw..
Kinships require 6 or more members to be a valid kinship. If you have less than 6 members, you will be warned through in-game mail that your kinship will be disbanded within 24 hours unless it has at least 6 members.

No clarification if that is six 'characters' or 'accts' though in reference to members :/

Err nevermind it is 'six characters' So that includes alts . Supposedly all the "Kinships of 1" were causing some performance issues being as each kinship has two chat channels.