Goldenstar posted this on December 4th, 2011.
Categorized as Bullroarer, champion, dev diary, episode, Episodes from 2011, podcast, Warden.
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This week it took us not one, not two but THREE tries to actually record the “What We Did” segment so please forgive if our hearts are not in it by the time we actually got it recorded!
Merric has gotten his champion to level 75! He’s considering making it his new main and Goldenstar refuses to heal him. He needs to work on the champ’s virtues.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on September 13th, 2011.
Categorized as beta, champion, crafting, Draigoch, epic line, expansion, gear, group, Instance, isengard, legendary items, lord of the rings online, lotro, Minstral, podcast, Raid, Raids and End-game, reputation, Rise Of Isengard, store, Warden.
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I have to admit I was a little shocked by the conversation today with Turbine on a number of fronts. I was very happy to hear from folks other then the Producers, not that that’s not valuable, but I had some pretty specific questions that I was glad to here ZC and Graalx2 hop in to cover. Not to mention there were quite a few very exciting things brought up in this interview.
My apologies for the call quality, not only were they on a speaker phone but I was recording using Google Voice which would sometimes drop out on our ends, but still record in good quality resulting in some question repetition.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on August 30th, 2011.
Categorized as beta, captain, champion, champions, expansion, isengard, lord of the rings online, Lore-Master, loremaster, lotro, Minstral, Minstrel, Rise Of Isengard, Warden.
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With all the news of late, it has been hard to keep track – so I wanted to put this post up as a sticky and will keep it updated as new things come out.
I’ve been using the Rise of Isengard tag on all my RoI related posts, so you can always check out that tag on the lower right side of the blog. Or there’s a Pull-down menu for this under the LOTRO button on the top of the page. The newest information bubbles to the top such that you can see the latest information first.
You can also use the class pull-down from the top menu if there’s a class of interest that I cover which will show each class with the newest post at the top. I’ve been trying to keep up with my main classes, Captain, Warden, Minstrel, and Champion, and Psychobabble has been doing a great job keeping things updated on the Lore-masters.
Read the rest of this entry »Merric posted this on August 23rd, 2011.
Categorized as Allan Maki, champion, dev diary, Dev Team, General, isengard, LotRO News, Orion, turbine.
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Allan “Orion” Maki released today the Developer Diary for Champions for the Rise of Isengard expansion (and boy is it a long one at that). There are quite a lot of changes for the class including the before mentioned shield-less tanking, the removal of the healing penalty, and the shaping of Ardour into a “… power conserving AoE stance,”. But don’t worry, for those who fear they might log into their Champions one day and not recognize the class, Orion has this to say:
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DocHoliday posted this on May 24th, 2011.
Categorized as beta, champion, champions, End Game, group, isengard, lord of the rings online, lotro, moors, pvp, Raid, Rise Of Isengard, Traits, Warden.
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It has been quite hard of late to keep track of the various developer postings as they’ve been very active. I’m sure we don’t always agree with 100% of what they’re saying, but I really appreciate the information this early in the game as we at least have a chance to not only voice our opinions but the possibility that those opinions might be acted upon. I’m going to summarize a couple recent posts here as well as hint an upcoming post I’m working on for later today.
One of the shortest yet most exciting posts (at least for me) was Kelsen’s post on the upcoming changes to PvMP for freeps. There’s a huge thread there, but the quick information is that stats will increase with rank, and the stats being things like vitality, will, might, etc. As it stands this applies to both PvMP and PvE but I could see a potential for this to be a PvMP buff only. For me this is quite a game changer as there are now real rewards for people who want to PvMP and another way to grow your character. All along one of my biggest issues with freep side PvMP is the lack of rewards, and this is a great first step to correcting that. This is a small change but one that I think could really boost activity out in the moors once it is implemented. There’s also a final note in his post that he realized the PvE grinding is not desirable so possibly my other gripe (grinding PvE for PvP armor sets) will be addressed as well.
Read the rest of this entry »Bill posted this on May 15th, 2011.
Categorized as champion, General, Hunter, lord of the rings online, lotro, lotro reporter, podcasts, Show Notes, turbine, Volume 2.
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In this episode, Chris and I discuss the EU client upgrade process, a Volume 2 summary from Massively, Champion & Hunter updates and more!DocHoliday posted this on May 11th, 2011.
Categorized as beta, champion, champions, End Game, Equipment, gear, group, lord of the rings online, lotro, Raids and End-game, threat, Traits, Warden.
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It has been quite an interesting couple days on the LOTRO forums. Orion has been pretty active trying to explain some of the upcoming changes to the Champion class as well as a peak at the Warden changes.
But his more detailed post on the upcoming plans (still could change) for Champions has really set people in a frenzy as not only are people responding to the proposed changes, but freaking out that this will be the end of Guardian and Warden tanking as we’ll be back to the Moria days of preferred Champ tanking.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on May 10th, 2011.
Categorized as champion, champions, End Game, gambits, group, isengard, legacy, legendary items, lord of the rings online, lotro, Rise Of Isengard, threat, Traits, Warden.
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Just like the previous posts on Champions, there’s been a pretty hefty thread going on the Warden boards talking about what folks would like for the class. It actually is a pretty interesting read, and has already grown to over 7 pages. For me, I think the biggest issues with the class are:
Goldenstar posted this on May 8th, 2011.
Categorized as Bullroarer, champion, creep, episode, Episodes from 2011, global service, Hunter, podcast, PvMP, roleplay.
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This week we discuss role-play with the global services merger, proposed changes creep classes, champions and hunters, weekly store sales, coupon code deals and more!
Goldenstar & Merric ran Halls of Night on Bullroarer with Alphaman. The taping of this run did not work well and so will not be published.
Merric is working on his Rune-keeper alt this week getting him up through the level 45 class items.
Read the rest of this entry »Merric posted this on May 7th, 2011.
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In the first of a series of blog posts about future class changes, Orion follows up on his earlier preview of the Champion revisions and offers a deeper look at the changes he had previously mentioned earlier in the week. Most of the major changes that he mentions circle around the stances of Ardour and Glory; although there is a brief look at Fervour which should only see minor changes.
