Casual Stroll to Mordor

For the recruit levels (20-29), I worked with a warden on Nimrodel. This was mainly in preparation for a special event that was held on that server. For this article, I decided to start from scratch as part of a new challenge.

There are no new skirmishes in The Rise of Isengard. That said, there are still several updates in the new expansion that affect the skirmish system. Today, we will have a look at these changes. Skirmish Levels With the increase in the level cap, we also have an increase in the maximum level setting for [...]

When Attack at Dawn and The Icy Crevasse were released, the main character for my blog (Spear and Skirmish) was in the middle of Mirkwood preparing to assault Dol Guldur. Despite this, I decided to handle the two new skirmishes promptly. The upshot of this was that I needed to select one of my other [...]

You are now in Mirkwood helping the elves to rescue a prisoner from Gol Guldur. While the elves decide on how to proceed after a setback in the swamp, you are asked to rescue some prisoners that are being kept in Dannenglor.

Every player has some classes that they play well and others that they find challenging. For me, the Champion definitely falls in the latter category.

A powerful sorcerer from Angmar seeks to drive the frozen winds of Forochel south into Evendim, freezing the lake and allowing a great army to march on Tinnudir….

Turbine has introduced two new bundles in the LOTRO Store, this time with skirmishes. These bundles give you a discount for buying items together.

The following items are on sale for 20% off from July 15th – July 21st, 2011. Turbine sales run from midnight to midnight eastern.

This week there is actually little in the way of LOTRO news to cover so this week we decided to crack some beers and chat anyway.

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Attack at Dawn is the eleventh skirmish we will examine in Pineleaf’s Pictorial Primer to Skirmishing. Here we will discuss the scenario, the enemy, and the encounters you will face as you prepare to maintain the worst-kept secret in Middle Earth.

For my recruit-level article on the hunter, I ran with my Landroval hunter. For the footman levels, I am returning to my main hunter on Windfola.

Welcome to the Twenty-first Hall. I am sorry, but the Auction Hall is currently closed due to a little problem we are having with orcs. If you wish to survive this day, then I suggest you take up a weapon and help in the defense.

I had not originally planned to write Pineleaf Plays articles for level 65. I figured that I would not have any characters at level 65 until the release of Isengard and the increase of the level cap. This proved not to be the case for the Lore-master.

Last month I wrote a preview on the skirmish changes that were made in Update 3. Unlike earlier updates, there were several changes to the skirmishes since the original Bullroarer.

Battle of the Way of Smiths is the ninth skirmish we will examine in Pineleaf’s Pictorial Primer to Skirmishing. Here we will discuss the scenario, the enemy, and the encounters you will face as you prepare to defend this ancient forge of the dwarves in Moria.

Yesterday saw the developer diaries for the two new skirmishes being added with Update 3, Lost Legends of Eriador.

Welcome to Khazad-dûm, the ancient home of Durin’s folk. Please don’t mind the mess, as we’ve had a few troubles with orcs. Since you’re here, how about helping us defend one of our outposts?

My original plan had been to level each class at an even pace. I decided to concentrate on my Lore-master for a while have for three reasons. First, I was getting a little tired of alting.

Today we will look into the new skirmishes: Attack at Dawn and The Icy Crevasse. These are the first new non-epic skirmishes to be introduced since the original release of the skirmish system.