Branadoc posted this on March 8th, 2011.
Categorized as Bree-land, captain, Character: Jonthon, gameplay, landroval, Locations: Bree-Land, lord of the rings online, lotro, MMO, questing, Skirmishes, Thievery & Mischief, turbine, Videos.
Tagged as last skirmish I showed you, Thievery & Mischief.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/video-thievery-mischief-skirmish-landroval/
Greetings Reader[s].
Once again I bring you the further adventures of Jonthon, Man-Captain on Landroval. Today I recorded him going through the Thievery & Mischief skirmish. This one is a bit more straightforward for me, and it is easier to locate the encounter mobs. The final fight is a bit tougher than the last skirmish I showed you due to it being against an Elite, but it is doable for me.
Without much further ado, here is the 2 part recording of the skirmish:
Read the rest of this entry »Branadoc posted this on March 2nd, 2011.
Categorized as captain, Character: Jonthon, gameplay, landroval, Locations: The Shire, lord of the rings online, lotro, MMO, questing, Skirmishes, The Shire, Trouble in Tuckborough, turbine, Videos.
Tagged as Trouble in Tuckborough.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2011/03/02/video-trouble-in-tuckborough-skirmish-landroval/
Greetings reader[s]!
I bring you yet another 2 videos of my Captain adventuring on Landroval. This time I am showing him running through the Trouble in Tuckborough skirmish. As you can see from the video I have a system of how I take out the enemies and flip the control points.
Out of the 2 encounters I only did one, I don’t remember where the second one spawns [I think it was the bear] and didn’t want to spend a long time looking for it. My skirmish soldier is a Herbalist, which some may say is overkill for a Captain – but I look at it like this: If I don’t run out of health I can focus on defeating the bad guys better 
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So here you go, a 2 part jaunt into the Shire:
Read the rest of this entry »Branadoc posted this on February 28th, 2011.
Categorized as epic quests, gameplay, Instance, landroval, Locations: Lone Lands, Lone-lands, lord of the rings online, lotro, misc, MMO, questing, turbine, Videos, Weathertop.
Tagged as Inspired Greatness, Retake Weathertop.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/video-retake-weathertop-instance-landroval/
Here are 2 more videos for you. A 2 part set showing a run through the Retake Weathertop [Solo] Instance for 1.2.5 – I was a bit over level for the quest so everything was pretty trivial. The Inspired Greatness buff also sort of made me overpowered when facing the 2 final bosses.
Without further ado:
Read the rest of this entry »Branadoc posted this on February 22nd, 2011.
Categorized as captain, gameplay, gaming, Iorvinas, landroval, Locations: Lone Lands, Lone-lands, lord of the rings online, lotro, MMO, questing, Videos.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/video-short-footage-of-iorvinas-dungeon-in-lone-lands/
Being the sneaky Hobbit that I am I figured I would just spring this on you all without warning 
This is a short video I recorded while running through the Iorvinas public dungeon in The Lone Lands on Landroval. Nothing really special going on here.
Branadoc posted this on December 21st, 2010.
Categorized as Blurbs, Character: Branadoc, Events, Events: Seasonal, gaming, lord of the rings online, lotro, misc, MMO, Seasonal Event, Winter Home, Yule Fest, Yule Fest 2010.
Tagged as Lord of the Rings Online, Turbine.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/yule-fest-2010-errata/
So this year for Lord of the Rings Online Yule fest I have found a definite dearth of holiday spirit. No fault of Turbine’s but I have been feeling meh about it all.
This year Turbine added a new zone for the holidays called “Winter Home”, this is a snow covered area (ostensibly located to the NW of Forochel) which holds quite a few festive (and some not so festive) quests for the season. You don’t get direct awards of Yule Fest Tokens, instead you get Frostbluff Coin items that can either be bartered for festival tokens, or used in quests.
Branadoc posted this on December 3rd, 2010.
Categorized as blurb, Blurbs, Character: Branadoc, lord of the rings online, lotro, misc, MMO, News, questing, Updates.
Tagged as Here is the link to the full producers letter, Lord of the Rings Online, Turbine.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/level-up-branadoc-hits-50-a-look-at-producer-paizs-letter/
During my continued adventuring yesterday my main character, Branadoc, finally hit level 50! Yep, after 3.5 years of existence I finally hit the Shadows of Angmar level cap and now there are only 15 more levels keeping me from the current cap!… Yay? I might, feasibly, see the current cap before Rise of Isengard is released but who knows right?
Now don’t take my comments above as showing me to be some sort of person who only aims for “end game”. I just want to have at least one level capped character on my account after 3.5 years you know? Then I can focus on my huge bevy of alts and look into all the different quest zones I haven’t experienced (mainly due to them coming out after I had already out-leveled them on my main).
Read the rest of this entry »Branadoc posted this on December 2nd, 2010.
Categorized as Character: Branadoc, Forochel, Housing Tropy, Locations: Forochel, lord of the rings online, lotro, MMO, questing, turbine.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2010/12/02/freezing-forochel-and-lopping-moose-heads/
This is the first character update in quite a while I see, well – the name of the site is “Sneaky Hobbits” right? Can’t be all not-sneaky and provide regular updates now can I?
Ok, so the past few days I have returned Branadoc to Forochel because Eregion was starting to wear on me a little bit (I have a few quests marked as solo that I just can’t seem to finish). Forochel is bloody cold of course, but its main annoyance to me is that every single mob seems to give me wounds constantly. I am running through wound pots too darned fast – maybe it is due to how many Beast mob classes there are.
Read on after the break…
Read the rest of this entry »Branadoc posted this on November 19th, 2010.
Categorized as 2011, Expansion Pack, Free to Play, gaming, isengard, lord of the rings online, lotro, MMO, News, turbine, Updates.
Tagged as Lord of the Rings Online, Source: Release Announcement on LotRO.com, Turbine.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2010/11/19/lord-of-the-rings-online-rise-of-isengard-announced-fall-2011/
Being the Sneaky Hobbit that I am, I am springing this post on y’all with no warm-up or intro!
Today Turbine announced that the next expansion for The Lord of the Rings Online will be coming to us in Fall of 2011. The Expansion is named Rise of Isengard to portray our arrival in that fabled area. Here is a short list of some of the features coming with the new expansion pack:
Branadoc posted this on June 4th, 2010.
Categorized as Free to Play, gaming, lord of the rings online, lotro, MMO, News, turbine, Updates.
Tagged as A Casual Stroll to Mordor.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/more-information-on-free-2-play/
The folks at A Casual Stroll to Mordor have been hard at work compiling information, they have managed to break down what the Free-2-Play move will mean for old players/current players/new players/etc.
Go on over there to check out the informative post: http://www.casualstrolltomordor.com/2010/06/lotro-free-to-play-and-you/
Read the rest of this entry »Branadoc posted this on June 4th, 2010.
Categorized as Free to Play, gaming, lord of the rings online, lotro, MMO, News, turbine, Updates.
Tagged as Dungeons & Dragons Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Read the Full Announcement here, Turbine.
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Today Turbine officially announced that the game we all know and love, Lord of the Rings Online, will be going Free-2-Play this fall with the release of Volume 3 Book 2. Yeah, I know that sounds like an April Fool’s joke – so here it is straight from the horses mouth:
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