大家好！对于还不知道我是谁的朋友，我是指环王OL的制作人Raninia。Severlin并没有去别的地方，但写这些信告知你们游戏最新动态的工作现在由我负责了。
Hello! For those of you who may not know who I am, I’m Raninia, the producer on The Lord of the Rings: Online. Severlin hasn’t gone anywhere, but I’m now picking up the duties of writing these letters and keeping you all abreast of the goings-on with the game.
这些公开信还有另一个调整——随着版本更迭，这些信会按季度发布，涵盖下一个季度的内容。因此今天，我将会告知各位我们从一月到三月底的工作计划。下一次——应该是在三月——我将会给出从四月到六月底的前瞻，依此类推。
Which brings me to another change being made to these letters – moving forward, these letters will come quarterly, and they’ll cover the next quarter. So today, I’ll be informing you what we’re planning to do from January through the end of March. Next time – which should be around March – I’ll give a preview of what’s coming between April through the end of June, and so on.
那么，下面就是你们想要的干货了！
Ok, on to the meaty stuff you’re here for!
我们的2022年的第一个大更新U32预计将在二月中旬发布，同时会开启我们的十五周年庆典，伴随着数个变化：
Our first big update of 2022 – Update 32 – is expected for mid-February, and will begin our celebration of our upcoming 15-year anniversary, and bring with it several things:
一是在Clovengap的Amgaruslun瀑布之上，有一座隐藏的宝库Abnankâra，这里曾经是一个巨大的宝库，其中存放着不死杜林的黄金宝箱，现在被冰霜之心Hrímil占领作为她在冈达巴山上的巢穴。在这个冰封的藏身处里，Hrímil养伤沉睡着，幻想着向杜林王子和Gabil’akkâ的矮人们复仇。在我们展望未来时，非常希望你们能体验这个超级棒的故事线的结局。期待很快就能在牛吼者测试服上看到这个12人团本。
First, beyond the Falls of Amgaruslun in the Clovengap lies Abnankâra, the Hiddenhoard. Once a grand treasury housing the golden coffers of Durin the Deathless, it has been claimed by Hrímil Frost-heart as her lair within Mount Gundabad. Within this frozen retreat, Hrímil tends her wounds and slumbers, dreaming of vengeance upon Prince Durin and the Dwarves of the Gabil’akkâ. We’re really excited for you all to experience the awesome conclusion of this storyline as we look towards the future. Look forward to seeing this 12-player raid on Bullroarer soon.
二是我们将推出埃雷博的玩家房屋！史矛革的最终宝库之一被打开，埃雷博矮人们已经前往收复，加入他们并在中土大陆上拥有属于自己的一部分，在山下大厅之中！这个新的高级小区将拥有12个基础高级房屋、1个特殊高级房屋、6个豪华高级房屋和1个高级家族大厅，同时还有完整的城镇配套设施和供家族与邻里使用的社交场地！除了新的小区，埃雷博房屋还引入了新的室外音乐和dayfile家具栏，让玩家有更多的操作空间装修房屋！我们还计划扩展房屋权限系统，允许玩家禁止未邀请的客人访问庭院。
Second, we’re bringing player housing to Erebor! One of Smaug’s last treasure hoards has been opened and the Dwarves of Erebor have moved to reclaim it. Join them in owning a piece of Middle-earth, in the Great Hall under the Mountain! This new premium neighborhood will include 12 Base Premium Houses, 1 Special Base Premium House, 6 Deluxe Premium Houses, and 1 Premium Kinship house, along with a full suite of town services and social spaces for you to enjoy with your kinship and neighbors! In addition to the new neighborhood, Erebor housing introduces new exterior music and dayfile hook types to allow players even more customization options for their homes! We also intend to extend the usage of housing permissions to allow players to make their yards fully private from uninvited guests.
三是期待已久的传奇物品（经验球）奖励追踪！每一季奖励追踪计划持续三个月，根据进度奖励传奇物品提升材料和少量其他物品。每一季结束后，奖励会刷新，又可以重头开始刷。服务器内所有角色都共享奖励追踪的进度——这意味着你玩大号和小号都可以获取超棒奖励！
Third, and long awaited, is our Legendary Item Reward Track! Each season of the Reward Track is planned to run for three months, and will give rewards based on your play that will help you progress your Legendary Items and a few other goodies as well. After each season, the rewards will refresh and you’ll be able to progress anew. All of your characters on a world will contribute to your reward track progress on that world –that means your main and your alts all help towards earning awesome rewards!
四是我们将引入一个新的地区：苍泉河之角（the Angle of Mitheithel），从巨魔树林一路向南，在布鲁南河与苍泉河的交汇处有一片荒凉的石山和茂密的松林，以及一个古代王国的墓地。精灵和人类的废墟坍塌在丛林之中，游侠们在丛林的阴影之下潜行，时刻警惕，在北方日益危险的情况下执行着秘密任务。苍泉河之角将会为40到45级之间的地图。
Fourth, we’ll also introduce a new area: the Angle of Mitheithel. Stretching south from the Trollshaws to the junction of the Bruinen and Mitheithel rivers is a wild land of rocky hills and deep pine-woods, and a graveyard of ancient kingdoms. The ruins of Elves and Men alike crumble among the trees, and the Rangers steal through the shadows of the trees, ever watchful, carrying out secret assignments as the north grows more dangerous by the day. The Angle of Mitheithel will be for levels 40 to 45.
最后，U32里将会看到春季节的归来，同时还有新的宠物和家具奖励！
Finally, Update 32 will see the return of the Spring Festival with new pets and housing rewards!
在此期间我们还将会对传奇服务器Shadowfax和Treebeard进行更新。1月5号，Treebeard服将会首次提升等级上限，进入传说中的莫瑞亚矿坑，同时Shadowfax服将会继续推进进度，此次来到艾辛格的危险区域。两个月后的3月2日，shadowfax将会进入洛汗平原！我将在下一封信中带来更多关于Anor服何时推进到米那斯魔窟的消息。
During this time, we’ll also be making progress on our Legendary Worlds of Shadowfax and Treebeard. On January 5th, Treebeard will be making its first jump, entering the fabled Mines of Moria, and Shadowfax will continue progressing, this time to the dangerous lands of Isengard. Two months later, on March 2nd, Shadowfax will be entering the vast plains of Rohan! We’ll have more news on when Anor will be making its way to Minas Morgul in my next letter.
除此之外，我们将继续推进已经在进行中的性能与延迟改进、职业平衡调整、bug修复和新传奇物品系统的进一步改进等工作。这些东西在每个更新补丁中都会有所涉及。
Besides all that, we’ll continue with our ongoing work to improve performance and lag, make adjustments to class balance, continue fixing bugs, and further refine the new Legendary Item system. These various things will arrive just about every patch.
我真的非常高兴让你们能看到所有这些我们正在进行的工作和这个季度中我们将要发布的更新，同时我也很希望听听各位对公开信新模式的感受。我们超级激动在今年庆祝15周年，与此同时我们也正为下一个十五周年而努力！
I’m really excited for you all to see all of the progress we’re making and the updates we’ll be releasing in this quarter, and I’m also excited to hear how folks feel about the new format of these letters. We’re extremely thrilled to celebrate our 15-year anniversary this year, and we’re working on fifteen more!
——拉尼尼亚
-Raninia
