Casual Stroll to Mordor

The day starts with a lack of Freeps on in the Ettenmoors and so I decided we would not rest until we killed the 990,000 Delving Boss.

With the release of Rise of Isengard, we have new class armour sets for level 75. Four pieces of this gear are obtainable through Classic Instances and Raid-sized Skirmishes, while two pieces (helm and shoulders) are available from the Draigoch raid only.

With all the changes we’ve seen since the Free to Play launch, we thought it was about time to update our Instance Join Reference Sheet. This listing shows all the available instances in LOTRO and the following information: the recommended level or scalability of the dungeon what typical abbreviation is used in-game when looking for [...]

Psychobabble asks: I was wondering whether you thought a captain could main heal the grand stairs?

Ever thought about figuring out strategies for yourself but never really knew how to go about it? “Continue Reading” for some basic tips from Elb…

Pack a lunch for this one. Elb breaks down crowd control in all it’s various forms in a mere 4982 words. “Continue Reading” if you dare.

These deeds are not easy to complete and not for the faint at heart. There is a lot of grinding involved. Grinding it the more difficult places in the game.

Elborigorn guides us on the Helegrod: Giant Wing in a post F2P world.

When we first published the instance join list from part five of the instance dev diary we quickly had a comment from Chuck Steel saying it would be a great reference with a bit more information. I mentioned in Episode 51 that I was working on building that reference sheet.

How do the level 50 instances rate on a difficulty scale? Continue reading to see how I rated them…

A set of fair and well-enforced rules help build a structure for your raid that helps keep people on the same page and will do well in earning you the respect you need to do your job effectively.

The “Alternative Methods” guide set is aimed at presenting different ways to fill the basic roles/needs in any group or instance without use of either the normal class/roll or method.

The biggest key in raid success and especially in succeeding as a raid leader is communication. Everything from basic rules and strategy to who needs to go AFK and when needs to be communicated. If nobody knows anything because nothing has been communicated then the raid will inevitably fail and the leader will have failed as a leader.

In Part I, we looked at each mob, the way the mobs enter the “Arena” and finally the way the mobs behave. One thing that was left out purposefully is the Corruption Removal Techniques that help you defeat bosses. Many people commented that this was extremely important, and I can’t agree more. So have no fear, I haven’t forgotten to include that in this guide.

EGGuides (End Game Guides) is a new mini-project I’m doing to keep players involved and interested in End Game content. Feel free to let me know if you’d like to help out or get involved!

Our raiding readiness calculator will help you determine if you have acquired enough radiance items to join in raid dungeons that have gloom auras.

So, we don’t do a lot of raiding. Well, truth be told we barely raid at all. In fact, in the past year I think we’ve done 2 raids which have been Helegrod and The Rift; and that was at level 65. So why am I doing a post on Radiance now? Has everything changed? Are we tossing aside the word “Casual” in A Casual Stroll to Mordor?

Angmar back in it’s hay day used to be the place where dungeon-crawling raiding end-gamers would spend most of their time during the “good old days” of Shadows of Angmar. This region offered many ways to spend your time running through quest, dungeons/raids, hunting for ore, wood, and beryl shards. This look at the Angmar Hub will consist of a brief overview of the dungeons and raids available to any would be adventure seeker.

This is a guest post by Azz of http://wizzardofazz.blogspot.com. He graciously wrote up his experience in Barad Gularan for our little site.