Future generations will gaze upon my likeness and say, "What a mighty beard!"
- Pony
A mighty beard
Formeniel posted this on December 28th, 2011.
Categorized as lotro, misc.
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Full link: http://formeniel.blogspot.com/2011/12/mighty-beard.html
[Video] Retake Weathertop Instance – Landroval
Branadoc posted this on February 28th, 2011.
Categorized as epic quests, gameplay, Instance, landroval, Locations: Lone Lands, Lone-lands, lord of the rings online, lotro, misc, MMO, questing, turbine, Videos, Weathertop.
Tagged as Inspired Greatness, Retake Weathertop.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/video-retake-weathertop-instance-landroval/
Here are 2 more videos for you. A 2 part set showing a run through the Retake Weathertop [Solo] Instance for 1.2.5 – I was a bit over level for the quest so everything was pretty trivial. The Inspired Greatness buff also sort of made me overpowered when facing the 2 final bosses.
Without further ado:
Read the rest of this entry »Yule Fest 2010 Errata
Branadoc posted this on December 21st, 2010.
Categorized as Blurbs, Character: Branadoc, Events, Events: Seasonal, gaming, lord of the rings online, lotro, misc, MMO, Seasonal Event, Winter Home, Yule Fest, Yule Fest 2010.
Tagged as Lord of the Rings Online, Turbine.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/yule-fest-2010-errata/
So this year for Lord of the Rings Online Yule fest I have found a definite dearth of holiday spirit. No fault of Turbine’s but I have been feeling meh about it all.
This year Turbine added a new zone for the holidays called “Winter Home”, this is a snow covered area (ostensibly located to the NW of Forochel) which holds quite a few festive (and some not so festive) quests for the season. You don’t get direct awards of Yule Fest Tokens, instead you get Frostbluff Coin items that can either be bartered for festival tokens, or used in quests.
Level Up! Branadoc hits 50; A look at Producer Paizs’ Letter
Branadoc posted this on December 3rd, 2010.
Categorized as blurb, Blurbs, Character: Branadoc, lord of the rings online, lotro, misc, MMO, News, questing, Updates.
Tagged as Here is the link to the full producers letter, Lord of the Rings Online, Turbine.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2010/12/03/level-up-branadoc-hits-50-a-look-at-producer-paizs-letter/
During my continued adventuring yesterday my main character, Branadoc, finally hit level 50! Yep, after 3.5 years of existence I finally hit the Shadows of Angmar level cap and now there are only 15 more levels keeping me from the current cap!… Yay? I might, feasibly, see the current cap before Rise of Isengard is released but who knows right?
Now don’t take my comments above as showing me to be some sort of person who only aims for “end game”. I just want to have at least one level capped character on my account after 3.5 years you know? Then I can focus on my huge bevy of alts and look into all the different quest zones I haven’t experienced (mainly due to them coming out after I had already out-leveled them on my main).
Read the rest of this entry »Merry Christmas Middle Earth (2009)
Branadoc posted this on December 25th, 2009.
Categorized as blurb, christmas 2009, merry christmas 2009, misc, Updates.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2009/12/25/merry-christmas-middle-earth-2009/
Just want to wish all my readers and all of the Lord of the Rings online players, and all of the folks over at Turbine a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Safe Holiday Season.
May your dreams come true.
~Branadoc.
Walkthrough: Installing UI Skins to LotRO
Branadoc posted this on December 21st, 2009.
Categorized as casual stroll to mordor, lord of the rings online, lotro, LoTRO Bloggers Ring, misc, MMO, News, siege of mirkwood, turbine, ui, UI Skinning.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/walkthrough-installing-ui-skins-to-lotro/
The great folks over at Casual Stroll to Mordor have put up a tutorial video on YouTube on UI Skinning in Lord of the Rings Online (Note: some things have changed with the release of Siege of Mirkwood, its explained in the video). The video details where to get custom skins, how to install them, and various other need to know tidbits involved with the process.
They put some good thought and work into the video and I gotta give them alot of credit, so heres the video below:
Read the rest of this entry »Game Downtime for 12/15/2009 – Upgrade Time!
Branadoc posted this on December 14th, 2009.
Categorized as Bullroarer, Downtime, lord of the rings online, lotro, lottery, misc, MMO, News, server upgrade, turbine, Updates.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/game-downtime-for-12152009-upgrade-time/
Lord of the Rings Online servers will be down on December 15, 2009 from 4am Eastern Time to 4pm Eastern Time (All time zones: Start Time, End Time). “That’s a ridiculous downtime” I can hear some people saying (Ok, I can’t really hear anyone saying that… but you get my drift right?) – well, this downtime isn’t just for a patch or hot fix… Turbine is upgrading the hardware that the game runs on!
(NOTE: Times provided are for reference purposes only – actual times may change with little to no notice. The start and end time links above take you to TimeandDate.com and show a list of all time zone times according to that day/date/location combination)
Read the rest of this entry »Blog: Need some ideas for logo
Branadoc posted this on December 9th, 2009.
Categorized as Blog Updates, Blurbs, misc, Sneaky Hobbits.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/blog-need-some-ideas-for-logo/
You see that big multi-colored blob up there? Well, I want to replace that with a logo that fits the theme of this site… but for the life of me I cannot figure out what to put up there.
So I am coming to my readers – do you have any ideas of what I can put up there? I need an image that is 760 x 151 (or one that scales nicely to that size) – I would like it to blend in more and be LotRO themed. I just can’t wrap my mind around what to do about it though.
If you have any ideas please post a comment here, if you are good at photoshopping then you can put an image link up too and I will give full credit if I use it.
Read the rest of this entry »Lord of the Rings Online rated #1 for 2009 – MMORPG.com
Branadoc posted this on December 4th, 2009.
Categorized as #1 MMO in 2009, 2009, game of the year, lord of the rings online, lotro, misc, MMO, MMORPG.com, News, turbine.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/lord-of-the-rings-online-rated-1-for-2009-mmorpg-com/
The final list of the year is out on MMORPG.com, and Lord of the Rings Online is safely at #1 in user ratings! No surprise to me (or other fans), but so much for people always crying doom!
Source: MMORPG.com
Read the rest of this entry »Happy Thanksgiving 2009
Branadoc posted this on November 26th, 2009.
Categorized as Blurbs, happy thanksgiving, holiday, misc, thanksgiving 2009.
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Full link: http://sneakyhobbits.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/happy-thanksgiving-2009/
I want to wish everyone who celebrates a very Happy Thanksgiving. Today is a day to reflect and be thankful for whatever we may have in our lives.
I also want to send out a special thank you to the Turbine team for creating the wonderful world of The Lord of the Rings Online – may you enjoy your time with families today.
