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Comment on LOTRO Spring Festival Guide 2012 by LOTRO Reporter Episode 184 – More Flower Picking? /sigh

LOTRO Reporter Episode 184 – More Flower Picking? /sigh — Thu, 23 May 2013 13:01:06 +0000

[...] uses Spring Leaves not the Festival Tokens http://casualstrolltomordor.com/2012/05/lotro-spring-festival-guide-2012/Yay more flower picking [...]

Comment on Stepping Out of the Shadows, Part 2 by Pegasus

Pegasus — Wed, 22 May 2013 14:01:00 +0000

*falls down laughing* That RL RP game was a brilliant twist.

Really enjoying your writing and characters, Vraeden. I’m curious to find out which class Danyelle chooses. And whether Cayleigh will ever recover from her loss. And I hope next time someone goes to Bree, we can go to the Prancing Pony with them .

Looking forward to the next chapter!

Comment on Stepping Out of the Shadows, Part 2 by Rinon

Rinon — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:10:38 +0000

I did this a while back, although I’m not an office drone (yet):

“Your boss approaches you. He tells you that he knows you have been making copies of your resume on company equipment during work hours.”
“I make a Diplomacy check to influence his attitude.”
Rattle rattle, click.
“The check fails. Roll for initiative . . .”

Angry Boss: Expert 3
Str 9, Dex 10, Con 8, Int 12, Wis 8, Cha 11. VP/WP 14/10.
Attacks: +1 melee (2d4, punch) or +1 melee (2d6, briefcase)
or +2 ranged (1d8 + 2, hot coffee)
SQ Bureaucracy + 4, Necktie Strangle.

Comment on Elf Maiden Haircuts by MMOHippieChick

MMOHippieChick — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:52 +0000

I wish they’d give us new ones already. Most of them are either boring or ugly. I’ve been wearing the same two styles for years!

Comment on Stepping Out of the Shadows, Part 2 by Vræden

Vræden — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:08:28 +0000

Just so you know: I’m a level 80 office drone (+1256 clear copier jam, +10% conference call evade, -279 supervisor aggro). I’m particularly devastating when I trait down the red line (Looking Busy), although sometime I’ll run a 4 blue (BS Special Projects), 3 yellow (Workplace Gossip) set.

Comment on Outside LOTRO: Friday Films by Narnian

Narnian — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:55:14 +0000

Women… I’m a fan

Comment on Stepping Out of the Shadows, Part 2 by Narnian

Narnian — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:45:55 +0000

There had better be a cover sheet or he’ll lose the loot roll.

Comment on Stepping Out of the Shadows, Part 2 by Wilros

Wilros — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:22:54 +0000

ROFL – that is some great humor! “Carrak got a crit on his TPS reports, so he leveled up from Program Analyst I to Program Analyst II.” I wish I could get a crit on those reports when the boss is around to see it! Instead I’m still stuck at level 1…

Comment on Player Achievements of the Week by Eoleof

Eoleof — Tue, 21 May 2013 15:19:24 +0000

I jumped ship from Crickhollow to Landroval this last week, and I’m loving the RP here! My Warden, Eoleof, has joined the Éored of the East-Mark and is riding east to the Mountains with the rest of ho company. I’ve been made very welcome on Landy. Thanks to everyone I’ve met!

Comment on Stepping Out of the Shadows, Part 2 by GonzoRon

GonzoRon — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:10 +0000

Loved Episode 2… I fell down laughing when I visualized Fantasy characters playing a role play game of our society! That’s thinking outside the box Vraeden. Microsquish indeed!!!!! Very nice start to a series. Thanks.

Comment on Stepping Out of the Shadows, Part 1 by Mericc Of Nimrodel

Mericc Of Nimrodel — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:26:50 +0000

Good to see someone else taking up the cause Will be interesting to see where this goes.

Comment on Bullroarer: Update 11 Wildermore Overview by Hannihr

Hannihr — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:28:55 +0000

Howdy

I had the same issue – though I assume you have solved it by now.
You need to select the flag at the top right of the game launcher, and then click your preference. It will then give you some new terms and conditions to accept. A lot of people had this issue, and they still have not made it more obvious that the T&Cs need to be re-accepted before game play.

Hannihr of Evernight

Comment on Episode 45a: Captain Roundtable by Turodhor of Crickhollow

Turodhor of Crickhollow — Tue, 21 May 2013 02:45:11 +0000

Yes! Those bits about Captains truly being a Tolkien epic archetype and the face of the race of Man in the game were so true. Those were the reasons I started playing as a Captain, especially for RP (Which is really, really fun). Who is a Captain? A leader, one who stands at the front rallying his troops to accomplish mighty deeds and rallying them when they’re on the verge of faltering. Like Aragorn, who led the Free People at the Black Gate. Or Boromir, who held Osgiliath and fought a mighty last stand. Or Faramir, who fought in Ithilien despite being under the shadow of Mordor. Like Eomer, who despite being exiled on pain of death from Rohan, led his eored in an unsanctioned war against Saruman. The captain really captures the essence of the Race of Man: valor, courage, inspiration, and resolve.

Comment on LOTROShots: Facepalm by Limm

Limm — Tue, 21 May 2013 00:38:41 +0000

haha, cute

Comment on Player Achievements of the Week by Disasterman

Disasterman — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:22:30 +0000

“Drill Sergeant” Disasterman, my lvl 85 Captain on Withywindle, as part of the group from his kin, “The Family,” has successfully pioneered the two-cappies, one-loremaster approach to owning Swordhalls Challenge mode. Congrats to fellow Cappy Paps “The Heavy Hand O’ Healing” and Loremaster Descartes “The Scientist” on the winnings. It is now a 3-person farm for us.

Using the same team, we redid Warg Pens challenge, also easier. We will be applying this to many other small-fellow instances in the very near future.

Disasterman has also finished Shadows of Angmar, mopped up every deed from Bree through Eregion (except Cats and Grims in Forochel), and solidly emptied Dunland of all non-instance TP. The same day, he made “Saviour of Khazad-Dum” after killing one. Last. Kergrim. “The family” has also finally fielded a fully homegrown team of lvl 85s every day for Sambrog/Elendil and raid training. Deed sweeps beginning soon.

Cheers, Withywindlers!

Disasterman

Comment on LOTROShots: Facepalm by susan

susan — Sun, 19 May 2013 23:42:43 +0000

hee hee!

Comment on Player Achievements of the Week by trblmakers

trblmakers — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:30:09 +0000

Cathanwyn, Captain Lvl49, Knights Forgotten, on Brandywine. Helped dispatch the watcher for the Iron Garrison and entered Moria. Then promptly left for Angmar, not an improvement.

Comment on LOTROShots: Facepalm by Vræden

Vræden — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:42:12 +0000

“I can’t believe my mother actually sent money to the ‘Nigerian prince’.”

Comment on Obsidian Steed Available Through May by Roxanne

Roxanne — Sun, 19 May 2013 19:32:52 +0000

In the future, please turn the horse around so that the light is not falling from behind it when you take a screen shot. The shadows make it much more difficult to see exactly what it looks like.

Comment on Update 11 Release Notes by Pointy

Pointy — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:24:13 +0000

Yes, a thousand times YES. The new alerts thingie is HORRIBLE!

The buttons are too big (although that can be fixed), and they’re too cartoony (which can’t). The design doesn’t fit the general asthetic. The vibrating button is awful and distracting. And it’s just not helpful. I could look before and see ‘oh, I completed a deed. and I have a new one’ at the same time without having to waste time opening other windows and then manually dismissing comments. I could see if I had mail at a glance.

Congratulations, you broke something that didn’t need fixing in the first place – the only real flaw with it before was that every time you earned TP it added a separate button instead of stacking them together like the deeds.

Anyone know of a plugin or something that will revert to the old alerts panel?

Comment on Outside LOTRO: Friday Films by susan

susan — Sat, 18 May 2013 03:05:18 +0000

not only girls.. but ya know.. women.

Comment on Player Achievements of the Week by Medhredhel

Medhredhel — Sat, 18 May 2013 02:50:29 +0000

My main character Medhredel on Crickhollow finished all the quest in Wildermore today, and was welcomed to the kin of Wildermore as well. He just volunteered to help the Survivors of Wildermore as well. They will need a lot of help keeping things safe.

Comment on Player Achievements of the Week by Kazren

Kazren — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:48:36 +0000

Welcome back to Middle Earth! I’m glad you got your home back.:)

Comment on Player Achievements of the Week by Oriwalker

Oriwalker — Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:44 +0000

I am a lifetime LOTRO member that recently returned to the game a couple of weeks ago. Loving all the changes in the game! Orisai, my 58th level hobbit minstrel on Gladden server was happy to get her home back from the shire freeloaders barring the doors for unpaid rent. I was unable to see how many mithril coins I needed until AFTER I paid the back rent of 6 gold 300 silver (after shaking down all my Orii claim characters to get the money). Then I found it was 10 mithril coins a week for my deluxe house. Luckily no damage done by the mice and drunken hobbits that were squatting there. Kicked them out and threatened them never to darken my cozy hobbit hole doors again.

Comment on Player Achievements of the Week by Arathaert

Arathaert — Fri, 17 May 2013 15:51:11 +0000

I’ve had a great week – started off by getting a gold armour piece from the hobbit presents which was a pleasant upgrade. Finally getting around to Moria and gained two levels so far, putting me up to 54. I am proud to report I have yet to die in there! (Either in combat or falling to my death ) Also, I found a great fishing hole and caught four trophy salmon in about half an hour, which was cool. And, last but not least, I finally got to equip my 2H LI second ager I’ve been waiting on for quite a few levels now… OP leveling here I come!

Arathaert – lvl 54 Guardian – Gladden – Member of Rangers of the West