Veneration posted this on February 8th, 2010.
Categorized as General, Opinion, fellowship, 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 Weekly Poll, fellowship, poll, roles.
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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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Goldenstar posted this on November 5th, 2009.
Categorized as New Player Advice, experience, fellowship, grouping, 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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isanni posted this on November 2nd, 2009.
Categorized as Did you know, FM, Fellowship Maneuvers, conjunction, contribution, fellowship, fellowship maneouvers, lord of the rings online, lord of the rings online reporter, lotro, lotro reporter, maneouvers, trigger.
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Okay, our fellowship of 5 has been notoriously bad at using Fellowship Maneouvers (aka FMs or conjunctions) effectively, so I thought I’d find out some random useful facts about them. And don’t forget to check out the great Fellowship Maneouvers Guide that is posted at the top of the blog.
1) Only characters at level 12 or above may contribute to an FM.
2) Burglars have the possibility of starting FMs using the following skills:
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Goldenstar posted this on September 23rd, 2009.
Categorized as Classes, Opinion, fellowship, player, roles.
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While reading DocHoliday’s new Warden blog, I started thinking about classes I don’t play and why. I typically stick with ranged/caster classes because I find that I tend to be quite good at them. But can I play melee well? I’m really not sure.
While I’m sure there are some hardcore (or just arrogant) folks out there that can claim to be awesome at every class, I believe the majority of us have a niche. It makes it feel like Turbine made the character for you. You understand its role, and you can execute these roles without problems.
There was a guy Merric and I used to play with who is a super nice person, but made me want to tear my hair out whenever I tried grouping with him. He was just so horrible at it that to bring him along just felt like a wasted fellowship slot. We always did bring him though since he was a good friend and we did like him. He was just really bad player or so we thought. One day he rolled a new character and let me tell you, it was like night and day. He didn’t get his first try but this new class just clicked with him. He was good at it and we went from groaning at having him along to being content and able to count on him. It was wonderful!
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