WTF!?!

So, Update 1 was a bit of a surprise to me. I heard a few rumors about an impending update on Monday, but dismissed it. Turbine has a history of not keeping their word, so I've taken a rather cynical stance on so-called improvements to the game.

However, I was astounded when I tried to log in this evening and the game began downloading Update 1.

I decided to go shovel the snow that's fallen from the first half of the storm while my computer did its thing.

My internet connection isn't the fastest, so I decided to have some dinner after shoveling snow, without even bothering to check the game's progress. In fact, I thought it highly doubtful that I'd even be able to log in this evening.

To my surprise, the game had finished it's update by the time dinner was finished.

Wow!

Then I tried to log in...



Seriously!

What the... !!!

I have *never* had any free play time in this game.

And I have to *wait* to get in?!?

This better be good...