Casual Stroll to Mordor

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Merric is working on his burglar and figuring out if his new leveling plan is the one that works. Goldenstar crushes his dream of the burglar eventually coming his main.

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Both of us have attempted our first try at Sammath Gul and we made it to the second boss before things went bad. Goldenstar feels a bit responsible for not being able to heal everyone. We briefly discuss small changes that may make the encounter easier.

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This week we try one of the old Angmar Battle Instances, Battle for Aughaire. We found it to be very skirmish like for being a regular fellowship quest. We think at least the one we ran would make a great skirmish in the future.

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April 15th in the United States is the day our federal (and for most people state) taxes are due. Turbine had “Tax Refund Lottos” running this week due to this fact. This was a pretty cute way to incorporate this generally grumpy day with something fun. Goldensun, my minstrel in Cor Pethroni on Brandywine, was [...]

This week we duo The Battle in the Tower and have issues with the Frigid Squall lieutenant. Yes, I understands that the Frigid Squall is supposed to switch targets but chasing me around the room isn’t exactly “switching targets” and so I blame Merric.

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A LOTRO-Europe screenshot contest and a Turbine Lottery to celebrate Brandobras “Bullroarer” Took!

We mentioned back on Episode 28 that the LOTRO Lottery was having issues and was suspended until a fix was developed. Well today is the happy return of this my.lotro.com system!

In this episode, we discuss our first run in a duo skirmish. We had very differing views of the duos but overall I believe we both think they are a great addition. We discuss the mobs we ran into and the new Leech-Warden lieutenant.

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Our main topic this week was suggested by Osiran is “Growing With Your Game”. How has gaming evolved for us as we’ve grown older, started a career (left school), got married and had a baby?

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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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Added to the LOTRO Lotteries today are new Class Lotteries. Possible winnings include consumables, armor, weapons and even Second Age items! Drawing will be held on Friday at 5pm EST.

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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Tuesday saw the release of another Dev Diary where Vastin discusses the development of Mirwkood as a whole instead of a particular aspect of the upcoming expansion as we’ve become accustomed to.  Although there was no specific game mechanics discussed I found it fascinating to hear about how Turbine’s developers have gone about designing different [...]

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!

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