DocHoliday posted this on February 2nd, 2012.
Categorized as beta, Bullroarer, F2P, Free to Play, legendary items, lord of the rings online, lotro, Patch Notes, relic, store, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/02/02/lotro-update-5-2-coming-to-bullroarer/
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After all the anticipation of the patch notes coming down JUST before a server hiccup at Turbine brought down the website, the actual patch notes for Bullroarer are quite tame.
I think the biggest thing in there (other then sound to the /toast emote) is the change to the Lockboxes:
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on January 30th, 2012.
Categorized as beta, gambits, group, lord of the rings online, lotro, threat, update 6, Warden.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/30/warden-update-6-dev-post-2/
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Orion has the second part of his Warden updates posted and this walks through the Shield and Spear line gambits. If you missed Post #1, head over here 
As a follow-up to that post, Orion also responds to some of the comments on the forums as well:
DocHoliday posted this on January 27th, 2012.
Categorized as beta, gambits, group, lord of the rings online, lotro, tank, threat, update 6, Warden.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/27/orion-outlines-update-6-warden-changes/
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Orion’s starting to open up a bit more as he gives us some pretty hard details about what’s coming for the Warden class with Update 6. While these are posted on his my.LOTRO blog, they’re still subject to change based on feedback. Also, keep in mind this post is titled “Blog #1” so there will be more coming.
First up, he describes how Battle Preparations will work which sounds pretty slick. Essentially, using the skill will turn builders and masteries no longer require a target and as such can be used outside of combat. This will allow you to build and store a gambit pre-fight for up to 30 seconds. I’m a little curious to see if there will be a cool-down for this skill.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on January 25th, 2012.
Categorized as isengard, lord of the rings online, lotro, mounted combat, Raids and End-game, Riders of Rohan, Rise Of Isengard, rohan, Traits, update 6, Warden.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/25/turbine-talks-2012-plans-for-lotro/
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Right on the heels of the Riders of Rohan Expansion announcement, Massively released an article with comments from Kate Paiz and Adam Mersky talking about the upcoming year.
The article starts off with a bit of a look back at 2011 and I think it is fair to say the whole EU transition took up way more time and resources then Turbine expected. Is this to blame for the “down” year for content? Who knows, but certainly it loomed large for them.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on January 25th, 2012.
Categorized as End Game, expansion, lord of the rings online, lotro, mounts, Riders of Rohan, rohan.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/25/next-lotro-expansion-riders-of-rohan/
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Today Turbine came out with another big announcement – the next expansion will happen in Fall of 2012 with the introduction of the Riders of Rohan!
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on January 25th, 2012.
Categorized as F2P, Free to Play, kinship, lord of the rings online, lotro, Servers, store.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/25/character-transfers-and-more-with-turbine-points/
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One thing I never understood once Turbine came out with the LOTRO store was why I couldn’t pay for the various “normal” micro-transactions through the store with my Turbine Points. Well I’m quite happy that Turbine has finally figured this one out and put many of their “Paid Services” available for purchase via Turbine Points. Full details are available in the FAQ, and for now you still have to submit a ticket and go through that process as opposed to just buying off the store. But that makes some sense as they do need a little information from you Here are the specifics:
DocHoliday posted this on January 24th, 2012.
Categorized as Equipment, F2P, Free to Play, gear, lord of the rings online, lotro, Raids and End-game, store.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/24/turbine-finally-talks-about-the-store-armor-issue/
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Sapience today put up quite a lengthy post on the armor store issue today, and while there’s quite a bit of PR-speak in there he does address a couple issues. I honestly don’t think this will change anyone’s perception of things, but at least this is a post from Turbine acknowledging the issue and admitting that they went a bit too far.
First off, he pretty much admits that they never intended to say “we’ll never sell armor in the store” like many are upset about. I imagine many will take issue with this statement, but as I talked about earlier (my podcast discussion) I firmly believe they were planning this all along. Not to mention that he also references DDO (just like the Massively interview) which further reinforces my belief that they just poorly communicated their intentions from the start.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on January 19th, 2012.
Categorized as End Game, ettenmoors, lord of the rings online, lotro, moors, PvMP, pvp, Raid, Raids and End-game.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/19/creep-mitigation-issues/
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I saw a short dev update on this, so I wanted to share it. Turbine has made a mess of creep-side mitigation in recent history by breaking them in Update 5, “fixing” them with Update 5.1, but that fix really didn’t quite work. Many on the forums had been reporting that, and finally we hear confirmation that there’s still an issue. Kelsen posted today that they know there’s an issue and they plan an upcoming fix to restore creep mitigations to the pre-Update 5 levels. Essentially the fix they tried, didn’t work the way the wanted it to and there’s still more to do. However, there’s no word on when that patch might see the servers.
I know this doesn’t solve anything, but at least they acknowledge the problem and are planning to fix it soon.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on January 17th, 2012.
Categorized as F2P, Free to Play, gear, lord of the rings online, lotro, screenshots, store, turbine, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/17/lotro-store-armour-update/
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As a quick update to the Store Armour Issue, after today’s patch, I popped onto a few characters today and noticed the following:
DocHoliday posted this on January 17th, 2012.
Categorized as Draigoch, End Game, group, instances, isengard, legendary items, lord of the rings online, lotro, Patch Notes, Raid, Raids and End-game, Skirmishes, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/17/update-5-1-patch-notes-and-known-issues/
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Notice the name change for this update, which makes sense for me as it is a bug-fix patch for Update 5.
The Known issues are up first with a few:
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