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Anniversary Gifts and Barter Items for Creeps!

April 19, 2012

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Adding a lot of fun stuff to Creep side here is an in-depth look at the 5th Year Anniversary for Creeps.

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Andang’s Top 10 Changes to PvP

March 26, 2012

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After the disappointing Update 6 PvP changes I decided to talk about what I would want Turbine to change to make the game better. Here are 10 changes that I think PvP is really missing.

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Killing Uber Delving Fire Boss Guide/Story

March 19, 2012

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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.

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Update 6- What happened to your monster?

March 12, 2012

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Alright fellow monsters a new update is upon us.  Update 6 is bringing a ton of new features today and after playing on the test server I have come to a few opinions.  Update six marks one of the biggest focuses on PVP in a long time.  It has class changes, new traits, new passive [...]

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How to be a Monster- Days 6 and 7

March 5, 2012

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Last time on “How to be a Monster” I talked about what I did on Day 5 yet I failed to mention that I reached Rank 2.

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How to be a Monster- Day 5

February 20, 2012

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Day five is a very busy day full of many adventures, hobbits beware. I started the day out trying the warleader for the first time.

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How to be a Monster- Days 3 and 4

February 13, 2012

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How to be a Monster- Days 3 and 4 by

Last week I talked about my first experiences with monster play but I did not touch on what to do once you reach rank 1. This week I will talk about getting your traits figured out and also learning how to play in a raid.

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How to be a Monster- Days 1 and 2

February 6, 2012

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Welcome to How to be a Monster, this was inspired by the vast majority of LotRO players not taking advantage of a huge part of the game…monster play.

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Riders of Rohan- A Monster’s Perspective

January 30, 2012

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While most people read the announcement of RoR (pronounced RAWR! by me) and thought that it was awesome, I was left with more questions than answers.

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Changes to the Defiler Class

September 9, 2011

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With the new Dev Diary by Kelson out on Isengard changes for the Creeps, I wanted to see if could help explain some of the changes as they relate to the Defiler class and provide some thoughts on the Creep changes overall.

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A Somewhat Brief Overview of the Moors (part 2)

July 15, 2011

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In this article, I’ve decided to take a look at the ways in which both freeps and creeps move around the map.

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A Somewhat Brief Overview of the Moors (part 1)

July 6, 2011

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The moors is LOTRO’s only PvP zone. This means that it is the only place where, rather than fighting computer controlled “NPC’s” (non player characters), you fight other players.

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Ugmog’s Tour of the Entenmoors

February 4, 2011

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Last night Ivaneus of Through the Palantir podcast contacted me and invited to take Merric and I on a tour of the Entenmoors on our monster player (creep) characters.

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Learning How to Monster Play: Choosing a Class

February 1, 2011

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Learning How to Monster Play: Choosing a Class by

It was just the other week that I went over the classes of Monster Play, however I still think that there is still something that needs to be covered; and that is making sure you choose the Monster Class that is right for you.

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Learning How to Monster Play: Classes

January 21, 2011

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Learning How to Monster Play: Classes by

Join Merric as he goes over to the side of Mordor for a look into Monster Play. This article takes a brief look at all the classes.

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