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LOTROShots: Mirkwood
Goldenstar posted this on October 30th, 2011.
Categorized as LOTROShots, Mirkwood, screenshot.
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weekly screenshot: welcome home?
suzita posted this on October 12th, 2011.
Categorized as Dol Guldur, games, lord of the rings online, lotro, Mirkwood, MMO, weekly screenshot.
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Full link: http://suzitastarshadow.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/weekly-screenshot-welcome-home/
Dol Guldur
My character is from Mirkwood, so its great to be finally questing here. My first view of Dol Guldur was suitably terrifying and I finally found a place for a good screenshot 
Sally Forth in Middle Earth – Episode 18
DocHoliday posted this on August 19th, 2011.
Categorized as beta, crafting, Enedwaith, isengard, lord of the rings online, loremaster, lotro, lua, Mirkwood, moria, podcast, Raids and End-game, reputation, Rise Of Isengard, scripting, Skirmishes.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/08/19/sally-forth-in-middle-earth-episode-18/
Dealing with a slightly slower news week, this episode includes a longer topic and some more discussion on what I’ve been up to in-game.
News:
Read the rest of this entry »Proposition for new zone: Mirkwood, Heart of the Forest
Ian Norman posted this on May 19th, 2011.
Categorized as Mirkwood, Proposition.
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Full link: http://lotro-fff.blogspot.com/2011/05/proposition-for-new-zone-mirkwood-heart.html
We had a glimpse of Mirkwood with the Siege of Mirkwood expansion. But even though I liked to quest there, the Mirkwood in game is not what is described in „The Hobbit“.
It is not completely braking the lore of the books, as it can be argued, that the presence of the Lieutenant and his rabble have reduced the power of the forest somewhat. So what do we know?
Beorn speaks about a river which is „black and strong“ and „crosses the path. He warns „neither drink of, nor bath in“ it as it as it „carries enchantment and a great drowsiness and forgetfulness“. Perfect bounder border of a zone!
„By the afternoon they had reached the eaves of Mirkwood, and were resting almost beneath the great overhanging boughs of its outer trees. Their trunks were huge and gnarled, their branches twisted, their leaves were dark and long. Ivy grew on them and trailed along the ground.“
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It is not completely braking the lore of the books, as it can be argued, that the presence of the Lieutenant and his rabble have reduced the power of the forest somewhat. So what do we know?
Beorn speaks about a river which is „black and strong“ and „crosses the path. He warns „neither drink of, nor bath in“ it as it as it „carries enchantment and a great drowsiness and forgetfulness“. Perfect bounder border of a zone!
„By the afternoon they had reached the eaves of Mirkwood, and were resting almost beneath the great overhanging boughs of its outer trees. Their trunks were huge and gnarled, their branches twisted, their leaves were dark and long. Ivy grew on them and trailed along the ground.“
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Proposition for new zone: Mirkwood, Heart of the Forest
Ian Norman posted this on May 19th, 2011.
Categorized as Mirkwood, Proposition.
Shorthand Link:
Full link: http://lotro-fff.blogspot.com/2011/05/proposition-for-new-zone-mirkwood-heart.html
We had a glimpse of Mirkwood with the Siege of Mirkwood expansion. But even though I liked to quest there, the Mirkwood in game is not what is described in „The Hobbit“.
It is not completely braking the lore of the books, as it can be argued, that the presence of the Lieutenant and his rabble have reduced the power of the forest somewhat. So what do we know?
Beorn speaks about a river which is „black and strong“ and „crosses the path. He warns „neither drink of, nor bath in“ it as it as it „carries enchantment and a great drowsiness and forgetfulness“. Perfect bounder border of a zone!
„By the afternoon they had reached the eaves of Mirkwood, and were resting almost beneath the great overhanging boughs of its outer trees. Their trunks were huge and gnarled, their branches twisted, their leaves were dark and long. Ivy grew on them and trailed along the ground.“
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It is not completely braking the lore of the books, as it can be argued, that the presence of the Lieutenant and his rabble have reduced the power of the forest somewhat. So what do we know?
Beorn speaks about a river which is „black and strong“ and „crosses the path. He warns „neither drink of, nor bath in“ it as it as it „carries enchantment and a great drowsiness and forgetfulness“. Perfect bounder border of a zone!
„By the afternoon they had reached the eaves of Mirkwood, and were resting almost beneath the great overhanging boughs of its outer trees. Their trunks were huge and gnarled, their branches twisted, their leaves were dark and long. Ivy grew on them and trailed along the ground.“
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Episode 4 of the Sally Forth in LOTRO Podcast
DocHoliday posted this on January 28th, 2011.
Categorized as BG, End Game, epic line, F2P, Free to Play, gear, group, hard-mode, legendary items, lotro, Mirkwood, podcast, radiance, Raid, store, video.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/01/28/episode-4-of-the-sally-forth-in-lotro-podcast/
Head on over to LOTRO on TGN-Stratics for the full patch notes and grab the episode either here or via iTunes.
Read the rest of this entry »Big Expansion Deals Coming
Goldenstar posted this on December 27th, 2010.
Categorized as expansion, LotRO store, Mirkwood, moria, quest pack, Sale, store, Turbine Points.
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I just wanted to make sure that all our readers were aware of the big expansion discounts coming to the LOTRO Store this week. If you do not own Moria or Mirkwood, this is a chance to get both of them for 50% off.
These are excellent specials and if you’re nearing any of these areas level-wise, I would advise you buy them now while they’re half the cost!
Low on Turbine Points? Don’t forget that there also is a double points bundle promotion also going n right now.
Pre-Holiday Post
DocHoliday posted this on December 21st, 2010.
Categorized as champion, champions, festival, Free to Play, gear, group, lotro, Mirkwood, screenshots, Traits, video, Virtues, Warden, Yule.
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These next couple of weeks will be a tad crazy so I figured I’d put up a quick post to let folks know what I’ve been up to.
I’ve been playing a fair amount of LOTRO as you might have noticed from my posts over on LOTRO Stratics but primarily just enjoying the Yule Festival. I’ve gotten both the new Yule horse and the new Maladhrim horse so I’m slowly building my collection.
4 Manning Sammuth Gul (SG) Hard Mode
DocHoliday posted this on October 29th, 2010.
Categorized as End Game, gambits, group, hard-mode, lotro, Mirkwood, Raids and End-game, sammuth gul, SG, threat, video, Warden.
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After finishing up a quick run through Sword Halls, the three of us decided that we were in the mood to try something a little more adventurous, so we proceeded to see who all was around and interested in running SG. After a bit we were only able to find one other, but we figured we’d give it a shot and see what happened, worst case it would be a fun wipe. I went in on my Warden and we had a champ, burglar, and rune-keeper to round out the foursome. I actually think that’s pretty optimal for trying this out as you have tanking, damage, crowd-control, and healing all in hand as well as the important fellowship maneuvers from the burglar. Many of the groups I’ve read that have done this use a Captain as their rallying cry can be very helpful in SG but I’m not sure what I’d remove from our group to bring in the Captain. Much to our surprise, things actually went very smoothly for the first two boss fights and we even made it through a couple triple pulls of sorcerers.
Read the rest of this entry »LOTRO November Update Bullroarer Patch Notes
DocHoliday posted this on October 26th, 2010.
Categorized as crafting, Enedwaith, Free to Play, lotro, Minstrel, Mirkwood, moria.
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Ok, bear with me as these are quite big. I was expecting a number of things but this is pretty big. So I’m going to start with the big items and my initial thoughts in this post, and then when I have a chance to go through them all I’ll post more thoughts.
First up, this is a gameplay patch with no new content, however there is a lot in here that really hits many important areas. I’m perfectly fine with this as long as the next content update comes quickly after the new year.
I highly suggest checking out the full patch notes here, but here’s my quick take on them.
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