O.M.G. we did it again and forgot to hit record but we were only about a minute in before we remembered! Phew!
This week we talk about the announcement of closed beta starting, new screenshots of Dunland, weekly store specials and more!
What We Are Up To:
This week Merric and Goldenstar attended a 12-man raid of Icy Crevasse with Pineleaf and kinmates. You can see our run on YouTube! We also ran a successful run of Sammath Gul ran by our kinmate Alamode!
Goldenstar attended the 100th gathering of Ales and Tales on Landroval. She also got her Rune-keeper to level 60, finished her level 45 class quests, and prepped for the dungeon run of her level 58 class quest!
Merric got his hunter to level 42 is working on his epic class and heading to Angmar.
Town Crier:
- Rise of Isengard Beta will start on July 27th
- Screenshots of Dunland
- Weekly Store Sales
- Summer Daily Store Specials
CSTM News:
- Volume 1 Book 12 by Alphaman
- New writer submitting to CSTM: Cithryth.
- Announcing the Page Turners Club. A new podcast and online book club we are starting! Our first podcast episode will be recorded live on July 28th on Middle-earth Network Radio.
Community News:
Raise Your Glass:
Leandor
Hi Goldenstar and Merric, i’m currently listening to the new episode 97, and i think i know why they want to increase captain tanking abilities. It’s like healing for the Loremaster, so they are more useful in 3-men. Currently, if we want to run Inn of the Forsaken (for exemple) with an optimal configuration (one light, one heavy, one other), we need a heal, so it can be difficult for loremasters to find a group. And i think it might be the same think for captains and tanking.
Of course, with Isengard we (LMs) wont be able to heal a full group, but we could manage the heal for a 3-man more easily. Food for thoughts^^
Keep up the good work
Leandor
Sadorhael
Sadorhael, Elf Hunter, finally achieved World Renown! Hurray! (And what a pretty steed
)
Cheers,
Sadorhael, Silverlode
Lonarandir
Hey Guys,
My Captain on Eldar made it to 41 this week, and is now my highest level character I have had in the game. I also persuaded two friend to return to the game from WoW; so I am happy with that.
Keep up the good work, and have fun.
Lona
Zeus
Hello Goldenstar and Merric. I have written in once before with a little wardrobe tip and just wanted to share a helpful LOTRO time saver. I read Merric’s recent post regarding the new Pack organizer plugin and would like to share an alternative method for pack organization. I have started to load my packs starting with bag 5, then 4, then 3, etc, putting all the stuff i always keep on my character like weapons and consumables in these bags first. This way all the “junk” you pick up filters into bag 1, then 2, etc this way you dont always have to sift through the good and the bad and reorganize after a short play session. Keep up the great work !!!
Zeus
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July 25, 2011 at 5:38 am
Yes, we actually do listen to you guys
that in mind 
Because of the most awful game management in the RU zone lots of people moved to the EU and NA servers. So next time you meet a person with French, Swedish or “are-you-scottish” accents bear
July 25, 2011 at 6:08 am
Oh very good to know! And Hi!
July 25, 2011 at 10:20 am
Wow. Every time I ran SG, I was always shocked by how bad Sauron’s eye looks in this game. There’s so much beauty in this game, and the arguably most important element in the game looks like a 16-bit import from a SNES game.
Congrats on making it through! That boss fight is a doozy.
July 25, 2011 at 3:06 pm
The 2 legendary slots you dont get for free are 45, and 60
The 41 legendary trait slot is the free one.
July 25, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Oh I wasn’t aware any were given away for free. That’s good to know.
July 25, 2011 at 8:14 pm
For Reference: At present. Characters which have to purchase their slots seperately get 2 Virtue Trait slots, 2 Class Trait slots, 2 Race Trait slots, and 1 Legendary Trait slot for free. You can not buy a ‘slot’ which unlocks at a level you aren’t at yet.