Ketani posted this on October 11th, 2011.
Categorized as captain, Class Guides, fellowship, heal, power, power-healing, Raid, small fellowship.
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I’ve heard Lore-masters complain from time to time that they don’t like being thought of as nothing more than a battery for their group, as if they are only there to supply power on demand. Well, now they can rest easy because captains can now step up to the plate and be generators for their fellowship.
After playing around with various trait lines and builds in the past week, I’ve found that if I make an effort to do so, I can keep my entire fellowship at full power (or close enough) most of the time. Under the right circumstances (meaning, at least four defeat responses per minute), I’ve found that I can generate approximately 2,600* power per minute for every member of the fellowship, with my Song-brother target receiving around 3,900* power per minute. Here are my tips for how to keep your fellowship (and yourself!) powered up to take on whatever comes your way.
I won’t go into every single trait you should slot or legendary item legacy you should use, as I feel that’s up to the individual player and their play-style. These are just the portions of my build I use to get the most out of my power generating abilities.
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vr00mfondel posted this on November 2nd, 2010.
Categorized as alt, F2P, fellowship, Grand Stair, moria, Warden.
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Finally! The European servers are now down for maintenance and we are getting F2P!
My Warden has now hit 59 which means that he can actually be of some use in the Moria instances. And yesterday I did my first “real” tanking with my Warden. We did a GS HM run and i got to tank Igash (while our guardian took care of the Devoted and his archers). I must say that i enjoyed it quite a bit!
I’ve studied tanking with a Warden a lot by reading on the web, mostly other blogs. Because of this I knew pretty much what to expect. I expected some trouble getting initial aggro, but that holding aggro once i got it would be no problem. Both these things were true.
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almazar posted this on October 10th, 2010.
Categorized as fellowship, General, lord of the rings online, lord of the rings online reporter, lotro, lotro reporter.
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One of the most challenging aspect of running instances is being the Fellowship leader. I’m sure that many of our new Free-to-Play friends have started to run The Great Barrows series of instances, and many have probably also gotten to Garth Agarwen. Although I’m sure that many have joined Kinships, I’m just as sure that that there have been many PUGs (Pick Up Groups) and some may have struggle through their first experience at being a Fellowship leader.
To be an effective leader in a Fellowship, there are a few rules to keep in mind:
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vr00mfondel posted this on September 6th, 2010.
Categorized as deed, Dol Guldur, fellowship, gear, Mirkwood.
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Finally!
Since most players in my kin (including myself) is casual players it can be quite hard to get a good group for the 6 and 12-man instances in LOTRO, but yesterday we did get a nice group to do Sammath Gûl. It was my first time and I really liked it.
It also meant i could now get my final rad-piece and I’m now ready for the greater challenges ahead. I also got the Bregloch earring, which sadly enough is really nice compared to my other crappy jewelery, I really have to do something about that.
Besides SG there has been a lot of deed-grinding going on for me lately. Trying to get those virtues up a notch, and fixing my legendary traits. My Hunter is now actually starting to look like a pretty solid build and all I really need is some new jewelery. A second or first age bow would also be nice of course, but my third age will be fine for now.
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vr00mfondel posted this on August 17th, 2010.
Categorized as barrow downs, Bree-land, fellowship, North Downs, quest.
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You might wonder why this blog is called “Tales From The Great Barrow”.
First of all, it’s obviously stolen from Tales from the Crypt, and the Great Barrows is kind of a crypt. But more importantly the Great Barrows was where i fully realized what LOTRO is all about. GB is the first time in the game where you really need a fellowship, before that I did everything solo, trying to level up as fast as possible. But playing in a fellowship for the first time made me realize that is what makes this game so awesome. It was a PUG, but it didn’t really matter, it really changed everything. I had been in fellowships before GB, but that was just to help someone, or get some help myself. This was the first time in a fellowship where you needed real teamwork.
I still do most my playing solo. But it’s the times when you’re in a fellowship or raid that you’ll remember. You don’t remember killing hundreds of animals to get a deed, or running around the map like crazy for a exploration deed. I can’t even remember most of the epic quest line. What i do remember is things like GB, Grand Stairs, Sword Halls and taking down that enormous, ugly turtle!
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Veneration posted this on February 8th, 2010.
Categorized as fellowship, General, Opinion, veneration.
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This afternoon I was sitting down watching The Two Towers Extended DVD, drinking a soda and munching on an Oreo and something hit me. It hit me with such force and interest that I stopped the movie and started to draw. I pulled up a map of Middle Earth and started to trace out the path where the fellowship moved. And there, in front of me was the blinding truth of our situation that until now was only a murmur in my mind.
Starting in low level areas we find ourselves following The Ringbearer complete his task of getting to Rivendell. Once we do this, we continue by following the fight through Moria and down into Lothlorien. But here things start to change…
At this point we see that the land opens up. We have more choices at this point in the game than we have ever had! The fellowship will soon come to a crossroads where we know a pivotal moment in the story of The Lord of the Rings tears the fellowship apart. Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas will find themselves fighting on Amon Hen only to find Boromir dead in an attempt to save the Hobbit’s lives. This is where everything will change…
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Goldenstar posted this on February 6th, 2010.
Categorized as fellowship, poll, roles, Weekly Poll.
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Last week’s poll had some serious discussion in that it didn’t really include classes like loremasters who don’t fit in such clear roles. This week’s poll was suggested by Dreadhed to try to make up for this oversight.
This week’s poll is: Which fellowship support role is most difficult?
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vr00mfondel posted this on December 23rd, 2009.
Categorized as Dol Guldur, fellowship, Hunter.
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My kinship has way too many hunters, me being one of them. So getting a good group for SH can be hard. But I’ve run it twice now, with a group of three hunters(!) and it’s not been so bad.
The first two bosses are usually no big problem. So here comes a small “guide” for thoose who wants to try it out with three hunters.
- Stay in strength stance
- Bring power pots
- The hunter that gets aggro – kite
- The hunters that don’t have aggro – DPS
- When you get aggro – start running
- When you’re nearing the end of the fight – Burn hot & Heart seeker
The only thing you’ll really be missing (except for some descent healing) will be the lack of interuptions and corruption removals (before the target hits <50% morale)…
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vr00mfondel posted this on November 20th, 2009.
Categorized as Angmar, fellowship, hardware.
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I started playing Lotro when the level cap was already at 60. I never got to do Uru and CD at level 50, wich I realise now, was too bad.
Me and some kinnies took a few hours yesterday night to play them both, and I must say that it’s a shame i didn’t get to do theese when they were top level stuff, because it must have been a real challenge. We were six level 60′s (perhaps not the ideal composition of classes though) and it sure wasn’t a walk in the park.
Ooh, almost forgot! Two days ago, I ordered a new graphics card. 4850HD 512mb. Hope it arrives today.
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Goldenstar posted this on November 5th, 2009.
Categorized as experience, fellowship, grouping, New Player Advice, penalty, solo.
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I would guess that most have assisted others they aren’t in a fellowship with before. Assistance can be given in helping kill a monster or in buffing or healing a character engaged in combat. For instance, if I heal someone who’s in combat with a enemy, I will placed in combat as well even if not in a fellowship or not attacking the monster at all.
A lot of the time this assistance is appreciated. I personally can think of the time I clicked on a glowy item simply because I couldn’t resist and spawned a signature monster when I was unprepared for combat. I would have certainly perished if it hadn’t been for the helpful burglar who had popped out of no where and made quick work of that monster for me.
There is a downside to this assistance and it affects the amount of experience the person being helped will receive. This assistance experience penalty happens when any assistance is given. Any amount of damage given to the monster, a debuff applied to the monster or buffs and healing applied to the fighter all will enact this penalty.
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