Casual Stroll to Mordor

I missed the announcement but as of around 9:30pm Eastern yesterday, the LOTRO store (and all other Turbine services) are restored.

This week we talk about Rohan Instance Cluster, temporary public instance closings, bullroarer updates, store news and more!

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With Update 9 on Bullroarer, I decided to check to see if matters were any better in the Breaching the Necromancer’s Gate skirmish. Has the Fell Beast learned to fly any better. or does it still need (to paraphrase LOTRO Reporter) some better landing lights. This is certainly a vast improvement over the behavior in [...]

As you recall, I earlier showed you how to get around an issue with Breaching the Necromancer’s Gate. With Update 8.1, we have an update to this skirmish. Let’s see how the Fell Beast behaves now. While we’re at it, let’s also take a look at Gondamon. I have heard reports that the raid chest [...]

One of the annoyances introduced with the Riders of Rohan expansion was a bug in Breaching the Necromancer’s Gate. The Fell Beast misbehaves at the first two control points.

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Having trouble defending Thangulhad? Join Pineleaf (Hobbit warden on Landroval) in three Mirkwood skirmishes.

Having trouble with the Moria skirmishes? Join Pineleaf (or rather Pinecrest, a captain) in the three Moria battle skirmishes.

Join Pineleaf (Hobbit Warden) in a series of three high-level skirmsihes.

Join Pineleaf in a series of three level-20 skirmishes: Trouble in Tuckborough, Siege of Gondamon, and Storm on Methedras.

When pre-orders opened for Rohan, I naturally decided to check out the new soldier appearances.

This week there’s not a whole lot of news since Update 7 released on Monday so this is a tad shorter of a show.

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Pineleaf has prepared this video to explain the Skirmisher of Middle-earth Meta Deed that is new with Update 7.

As I mentioned in my last post, Update 7 added a new skirmish: Storm on Methedras. Like most skirmishes, Storm on Methedras includes a deed for completing all eight encounters. Yet this is not all.