Casual Stroll to Mordor

This episode of CStM we chat a bit more about the goodies we’ve been doing with the Yule Festival and the hunt for the elven snow globe. Goldenstar rants a bit about repair costs and skirmishes. Not to fear, although she is very upset and swears she won’t skirmish again she has done some even since the recording.

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In this episode of CStM, we discuss the Moria dungeons we experienced this past week and our impressions on the set up “required” to successfully complete many of the Moria dungeons. We also talked a bit about the Wassailing in the Shire event from this weekend. See my screenshots from the event!

Our main topic this week is the Yule Festival that is going on. We go over the new activities available this year and the best tips we can offer on how to complete them. We also briefly discuss the other items to do to collect more yule tokens. Don’t forget to check out our Yule Festival Guide for help getting everything done this year!

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In this episode of CStM we go over all the patch from last week, the hardware upgrade event currently running and other news. Our main topic this week is talking about things to do with the latest expansion/patch when you’re not level 60+ yet.

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In this episode of CStM we go over all the developer diaries, events and announcements we missed while spending Thanksgiving in Texas.

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This is a very special episode of CStM that we are so excited to share with you. We have Turbine Senior Community Manager, Patience and Online Community Specialist, Sapience. We talk with everything from their roll at Turbine to Siege of Mirkwood to how they are really the same person… or are they? We do know for certain that they at least share socks.

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In this episode of CStM we have a chat with Galenswerd (aka John) from the Celtic-Rock band, Fathom. John was the first Featured Player on the Turbine Community blog. He is a musician in real life working on a Tolkien inspired project entitled “The Lonely Mountain Band”. He is also a kinship leader of the same name on Landroval. We discuss music, LOTRO and kinships!

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In episode 11 we have a special guest host, Azz from Wizzard of Azz!

Azz was nice enough to come on to help explain the Legendary Item system and answer your questions! We also make sure to discuss what changes we know to be coming with the upcoming expansion. From crafting to drops in Dar Nurgerablakalasfd (as Azz would say) we discuss the various ways to obtain items and how you use them.

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We talk about our first trip inside Carn Dûm, inching closer to level 60, small dwarf houses and Merric’s alts! We discuss the new dev diaries about Mirkwood and Skirmish Rewards, the Mirkwood Dev Tour from Massively and Ten Ton Hammer as well as the new lotteries.

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Our main topic this week is “End Game”. We discuss all the different types of end games people play in game and the different end games we’ve enjoyed in other games. Not all end game content is raiding!

In this episode of CStM, we discuss what we’ve been up to in game. Goldenstar still hasn’t purchased a house but has a vault full of decorations. You know; just in case. Merric gives an update with his Project Altoholic progress.

We take some time to talk about the Fall Festival and all the things to do during this in game event. We have guides on our blog for Fall Festival Quests as well as General Festival Quests to help you navigate your way through this in-game holiday.

We talk about the latest Dev Diaries concerning Legendary Items and Skirmishes. We have finally entered Moria and give our first impressions of the mines. We also have a very special interview with LOTROHerald creator, Howard from Odd Duck Computing.

In this episode of CStM we take time to discuss all the new Siege of Mirkwood information that has been released this past week. Pre-launch offers, mounts, skirmishes and shared storage!

We also have a very special interview with LOTRO blogger Jaxom from Middle Earth Adventurer. We get to know a bit more about this blogger and ask his opinion about all the new expansion news.

In this episode of CStM we discuss Bilbo & Frodo’s birthday event. Anyone else excited about their musical cracker? We also talk about the giveaways from Turbine and Codemasters surrounding this special event in Lord of the Rings lore.

On this episode of CStM we discuss our lack of playtime this week. We did find some time to do some things including the “Talk Like a Pirate Day” quest.

On this episode of CStM we discuss outtages of lotro.com, give a quick follow-up on the Siege to Mirkwood preview video and discuss relationships in MMOs!