DocHoliday posted this on January 17th, 2012.
Categorized as Draigoch, End Game, group, instances, isengard, legendary items, lord of the rings online, lotro, Patch Notes, Raid, Raids and End-game, Skirmishes, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/17/update-5-1-patch-notes-and-known-issues/
DocHoliday's MMO Saloon DocHoliday's MMO Saloon - LOTRO, Secret World, & Rift with an End-Game View
Notice the name change for this update, which makes sense for me as it is a bug-fix patch for Update 5.
The Known issues are up first with a few:
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on January 13th, 2012.
Categorized as Equipment, F2P, Free to Play, gear, lord of the rings online, lotro, Skirmishes, turbine.
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DocHoliday's MMO Saloon DocHoliday's MMO Saloon - LOTRO, Secret World, & Rift with an End-Game View
Normally I don’t pay too much attention to what’s in the LOTRO store and more or less ignore the sale emails. If there are things in the Store I want, I’m more than happy to go and get them, and most sales of items pale in comparison to the point bundle sales they do frequently.
For the record, I’ve bought multiple TP packs (and I’m a VIP with my 500 TP/month stipend) and mainly purchase traits and tomes, and the occasional relic removal scroll. For me, these items in the store are purely items that allow me to better enjoy the game that I want to play as I could mostly get them in game if I had enough time and/or patience. They allow me to maintain multiple characters at the end-game and not get totally burnt out on things that I barely enjoy doing once, let again multiple times.
Read the rest of this entry »Pineleaf posted this on December 28th, 2011.
Categorized as Skirmish Guides, Skirmishes, walkthrough.
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Taken by some madness, Golodir has ventured into the Rift. The air is thick with menace, and the stench of Thaurlach lingers…
You have saved the peoples of Eriador from invaders. You have entered into the depths of Moria and fended off Mazog’s hordes. You have assaulted the very fortress of Dol Guldur. Now you must help to rescue a ranger who has been driven mad by the forces of darkness. Can you save him?
DocHoliday posted this on December 9th, 2011.
Categorized as Armies of Isengard, Developer Diaries, End Game, Equipment, gear, group, instances, lord of the rings online, lotro, Prince of Rohan, Raid, Raids and End-game, Skirmishes, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/12/09/update-5-barter-currency-dev-diary/
I know many, including myself, have been wondering how all these marks, medallions, and seals will work out and how our current stuff will transition to the new. Luckily Zombie Columbus puts it all out for us with a nice Q&A section to describe all the new currency changes coming with Update 5.
Overall I like the goal of consolidating and unifying between the new instances, the old scalable ones, and skirmishes. I think the biggest concern so far is with the availability of seals which are needed for the top tier armor sets.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on December 6th, 2011.
Categorized as Armies of Isengard, Developer Diaries, End Game, group, instances, lord of the rings online, lotro, Prince of Rohan, Raids and End-game, screenshots, Skirmishes, Update 5, update 6.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/12/06/instance-finder-q-a-with-ransroth/
I know this is technically a Developer Diary, but it didn’t quite flow like the others and while it is pretty comprehensive it isn’t much of a behind the scenes look at the system, it is more of a FAQ for the system. I have a feeling this is pretty much a summary of all the questions from the forums with some in-game shots of the various windows and pop-ups for the system. Some good stuff in there as well as a teaser for Update 6 that you’ll be able to tweak the random part of the system to EXCLUDE instances. Although I guess you could just exclude all but one to “randomly” select the one you want, but I’ll be interested to see what the restrictions are for that exclusion.
Overall nothing earth shattering for me, but if you haven’t been following the forum threads it certainly is a good concise summary of the system.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on November 30th, 2011.
Categorized as Armies of Isengard, gear, group, hard-mode, instances, lord of the rings online, Lore-Master, lotro, lua, podcast, Prince of Rohan, Raid, scripting, Skirmishes, Update 5, Warden.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/11/30/episode-26-what-now/
This episode is a little old as I recorded it prior to the Thanksgiving holiday but never finished editing it. However, be on the look out for another episode this week as well as another Turbine Interview next week.
News
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on November 22nd, 2011.
Categorized as Armies of Isengard, beta, Bullroarer, End Game, gear, group, hard-mode, instances, lord of the rings online, lotro, Patch Notes, Raids and End-game, Skirmishes, Warden.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/11/22/bullroarer-patch-notes-build-2-for-update-5/
The second build to Bullroarer is now live for the upcoming Update 5: Armies of Isengard content coming in December. Lots of bug fixes and response to the community in here, and it appears like this update is paralleling Update 3 (In their Absence) which would mean another possible Bullroarer update before this content finally hits live. So, make sure to get on Bullroarer (if you can) test stuff out, bug it, be vocal (but constructive) on the forums, etc. There also appear to be changes to the barter and armor set requirements, but I haven’t checked them out yet to be totally sure. Nor am I 100% convinced they’re final, yet 
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DocHoliday posted this on November 21st, 2011.
Categorized as Armies of Isengard, End Game, Equipment, gear, group, hard-mode, instances, lord of the rings online, lotro, Raid, Raids and End-game, Skirmishes, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/11/21/bullroarer-updates-for-instances-and-skirmishes/
There’s been quite a stir of late regarding the upcoming changes to skirmishes and instances regarding loot and the instance finder. One thing I did want to point out as I’ve done a little skirmishing on Bullroarer – Medallions are rewards from completing Encounters in any skirmish, and I’m guessing those will scale up with the number of people, but they’re available in Solo skirmishes.
We’ll probably never know how much of this was accidental or what was done to respond to the community but Zombie Columbus posted the upcoming changes which will either hit Bullroarer or when Update 5 hits live:
Read the rest of this entry »Pineleaf posted this on November 17th, 2011.
Categorized as General, Skirmish Guides, Skirmishes, walkthrough.
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The baileys of Dol Guldur are highly fortified, nearly impenetrable, and the finest of the Enemy’s soldiers defend within. But before the rest of the fortress can be assaulted, these must be taken….
You continue your battle into the fortress of Dol Guldur. You are now looking for the entry to the tower.
Assault on the Ringwraiths’ Lair is the sixteenth skirmish we will examine in Pineleaf’s Pictorial Primer to Skirmishing. Here we will discuss the scenario, the enemy, and the encounters you will face as you prepare to battle in the second skirmish in the Dol Guldur trilogy.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on November 15th, 2011.
Categorized as Armies of Isengard, End Game, epic line, Equipment, gear, group, instances, isengard, legacy, legendary items, lord of the rings online, lotro, Patch Notes, Raid, Raids and End-game, Skirmishes, Update 5, Warden.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/11/15/update-5-armies-of-isengard-release-notes/
I’m sure many have already found these but I at least wanted to toss in a few comments as I go through them. I will be going through the armor sets and the Warden class here in the next day or so. And remember, these are just the first set of notes so get on Bullroarer, test, and submit those bugs!
Some of the big items in this update are (many talked about here):
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