Casual Stroll to Mordor

Today’s Developer Diary by Joe “jwbarry” Barry and Sleepy centers on the instance changes coming in Update 10.

RockX released a new Developer Diary (of sorts) that is pretty short and to the point. In it he discusses the upcoming conversion of Seals to Medallions coming in Update 10.

This is the second of my series about my experiences going from a casual player to a semi-regular raider. In this article, I’ll talk about setting up your character in preparing for raiding.

Are you a casual player who’s interested in getting into running group instances and raids? These are my experiences in doing just that.

RockX stopped by the forums the other day to talk about Itemization coming in Update 9. As seen in the release notes, the Dol Guldur raid will now scale from levels 65 to 85 come the release of the update which means changes to gear and how looting works.

Sapience has come to the forums today bearing news of Update 9, Against the Shadow, as well as news on the Rohan Instance Cluster.

Today we have an update on the Riders of Rohan instances question from Sapience.

I’ve been thinking lately on whether LOTRO needs a “Raid Finder” or not. You see, I’ve recently discovered just how great Skirmish Raids can be to kill time and to get some nice rewards.

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.

This month’s LOTRO Store Staff Picks has my mind boggled. The theme is “5 Most Critical Items to Bring to a Raid” and I have to say, it had Elb and I laughing our heads off.

I’ve heard Lore-masters complain from time to time that they don’t like being thought of as nothing more than a battery for their group, as if they are only there to supply power on demand. Well, now they can rest easy because captains can now step up to the plate and be generators for their [...]

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.

Another Developer Diary has been released; this time focused on Draigoch, the dragon who is the boss of Rise of Isengard’s new 12/24-man raid.

What do you say to a huge dragon who has a lot of gold and invites you into his lair so he can “share” it with you? Well, I’ll leave that up to you to decide.

This week we talk about the announcement of closed beta starting, new screenshots of Dunland, weekly store specials and more!

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