Tony posted this on April 5th, 2010.
Categorized as News, Shots, Site Updates.
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Full link: http://combo.mmeow.net/2010/04/redo-screenshot-blog-for-lotro/
Even though I’m not updating MMeOw proper any longer, I still regularly play LOTRO. I take screenshots pretty often and I thought it’d be worth sharing some of them.
You can view the site here: http://mmeow.net/shots/
Some of you might have noticed I posted about this before. It didn’t go as planned. All is good now!
Tony posted this on March 23rd, 2010.
Categorized as Braiglad, Cordofoneth, deed, Dorollin, Entwives, Flowers of the Old Forest, Guides, Lenhwest, map, Merillif, Nedorlas, New Player Advice, Old Forest, Rhosthon, Silloth, Tony.
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Full link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/cstmfeed/~3/DYyNuVwsBwA/
Shortly before closing down MMeOw, I put together my own map to the Flowers of the Old Forest deed. There are a few of these floating around, but I went ahead with it anyway. For those not familiar, this deed requires you to find several flowers scattered throughout the Old Forest. Doing quests in the Old Forest, you’ll likely run across a few of these. Finding the rest isn’t exactly a cup of tea, unfortunately, as many are in areas you really don’t have any need to visit.
The map below gives the locations and names of all of the flowers you need to find: Nedorlas, Braiglad, Lenhwest, Silloth, Merillif, Dorollin, Cordofoneth and Rhosthon. I didn’t bother with coordinates, as I think this is easy enough. If you have trouble finding one, you can press “Delete” on your keyboard to select usable that is nearest item to your character.
Read the rest of this entry »Tony posted this on January 28th, 2010.
Categorized as Last Post, News, Site Updates.
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Full link: http://combo.mmeow.net/2010/01/it%e2%80%99s-time-to-say-farewell/
This may come as a bit of surprise, but I’ve decided to close up MMeOw.
I felt this way a few months ago and was encouraged by support from fellow LOTRO bloggers and podcasters. I stuck it out and, in many ways, I was happy I did.
Still, I know what it is that I’d like to do … unfortunately, that means letting go of this site. There are too many other things I need to do and wish to accomplish, things I want to learn, places I want to go. True, MMeOw in and of itself is not preventing those things necessarily, but I spend a significant amount of time, money and energy on it. While I still love the game and plan on continuing to play it regularly (it’s almost all I play it seems!), my passion for writing about it and maintaining this site has dwindled.
I’ve really loved writing here and I hope other people have enjoyed it as well. The LOTRO and extended MMORPG community have really been wonderful toward me and this site. I’ve appreciated the kind words and help along the way. I’m probably most sorry that it’ll disappoint some people in doing this, but I think you’ll forgive me 
.
Tony posted this on January 26th, 2010.
Categorized as Chamber of the Crossroads, Durin's Way, Editorials and Thoughts, Eluveril, Eluveril in Moria, Return to Moria.
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Full link: http://combo.mmeow.net/2010/01/return-to-moria-day-3/
The dwarves of the Deep Descent seemed pleased with what Eluveril had accomplished. A few of them told her she should move on to the Chamber of the Crossroads. This proved to be pretty simple as she’d been there before; a quick payment to the local stable keeper and she was on her way.
The Chamber of the Crossroads itself is a relatively small area on the far eastern side of Durin’s Way. The surrounding area turned out to be surprisingly confusing, with rises and falls and a multitude of dead ends. It didn’t help that the enemies that prowled the area, particularly to the north and the east, were still particularly strong. It turned out that the dwarves were simply asking too much of her. While she could take on a single Merroval, she never was able to make it to their actual roosting grounds. Similarly, while she could take on most lone goblins in the area, they tended to form groups around the drums she was asked to destroy. It was a losing game.
Some time was also spent helping Bori, who had me running what appeared to be a fool’s errand: finding a legendary mithril axe. She’s not had too much luck yet, unfortunately.
Tony posted this on January 22nd, 2010.
Categorized as Hounding Fear, News, Patch, skills.
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Full link: http://combo.mmeow.net/2010/01/upcoming-changes-to-the-dastardly-%e2%80%9chounding-fear%e2%80%9d/
Hounding Fear is one of those mob skills that has always been a center of debate. In the past I would say it was overused, but Turbine has made an effort to change that over various updates. Today I came across this post on the forums from LOTROSystems with some clarification on how Hounding Fear currently works and what is planned for the future:
Tony posted this on January 21st, 2010.
Categorized as Bonus XP, News, Stables, Welcome Back Weekend.
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Full link: http://combo.mmeow.net/2010/01/welcome-back-weekend-this-time-with-free-stable-travel/
It’s another Welcome Back Weekend in LOTRO, but this time there’s something different going on. The bonus XP for mob kills has been reduced to 5%, but to make up for this all stable travel is free. FREE!
I honestly like this a heck of a lot better, as it’ll benefit everyone across the game. It also encourages returning and new players to see more of the world and the things that have been changed.
The event starts today and runs through January 25th.
Tony posted this on January 21st, 2010.
Categorized as Deep Descent, Delven-view, Editorials and Thoughts, Eluveril, Eluveril in Moria, moria, Return to Moria.
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Full link: http://combo.mmeow.net/2010/01/return-to-moria-day-2/
Eluveril made her way through the Great Delving and on to the Dolven-view today. The trip there was a little confusing, but there were helpful dwarves along the way willing to give directions. On subsequent trips, the paths almost became second nature … particularly if you notice that you can largely follow an old, crumbling stone road most of the way.
Tony posted this on January 20th, 2010.
Categorized as Braiglad, Bree-land, Cordofoneth, deed, Dorollin, Flowers, Guides, Lenhwest, map, Merillif, Nedorlas, Old Forest, Rhosthon, Silloth.
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Full link: http://combo.mmeow.net/2010/01/map-to-the-flowers-of-the-old-forest/
This site gets a lot of searches related to the Old Forest flower deed. Nowadays you kids have it easy. Back when I had to first worry about this, I had to run around with 2 wolves, 3 bats, a bear, several spiders and some evil trees on my tail. We didn’t even have a detailed map! But I digress …
I thought it would be helpful to put together a map of the flower locations (Nedorlas, Braiglad, Lenhwest, Silloth, Merillif, Dorollin, Cordofoneth, Rhosthon). I didn’t bother with coordinates, as I think this is easy enough. I’ve labeled by name, which should be helpful for those of you with a few flowers leftover.
Tony posted this on January 19th, 2010.
Categorized as Legacy Tier, News, Patch, siege of mirkwood, Skirmish Marks.
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Full link: http://combo.mmeow.net/2010/01/legacy-tier-upgrades-to-be-fixed-soon/
Graalx2 posted on the official forums today, confirming that legacy tiers will be fixed soon:
We have found the issue with all of the legacies costs not decreasing as the legacy tiers up. It will be fixed in the next major patch (not tomorrow’s). There was a problem with rounding off that caused the numbers not to change as they should. This will correct all legacy costs for all classes.
