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: Skill Cooldowns are not resetting for the Kalbak fight in the Tower of Orthanc Quest log is not displaying challenge rewards Whipmaster can fall into [...]

DocHoliday 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

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, [...]

DocHoliday Counter-Point to the LOTRO Store Armour Argument

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 [...]

1. Bullroarer Updates for Instances and Skirmishes There’s been quite a stir of late regarding the upcoming...
2. Update 5: Armies of Isengard Release Notes I’m sure many have already found these but I at...
3. Developer Diary – Instances 2.0 Part 2 The next portion of JWBarry’s Developer Diaries is up, this...

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 [...]

1. Instance Finder Coming to LOTRO In an interview with Adam Mersky and Aaron Campbell,...
2. Tanking the Forochel Sari-Surma Instance Last week I ended up joining one of my normal...
3. Update 5 – Barter Currency Dev Diary I know many, including myself, have been wondering how...

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 Warden Updates Update 5 for Wardens Never Surrender Changes Orion Continues on the Wardens Lottery [...]

1. Sally Forth in LOTRO – Episode 11
2. Episode 24 – Off to Isengard
3. Sally Forth in Middle-Earth – Episode 15

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 [...]

1. Update 5: Armies of Isengard Release Notes
2. Patch 3 for LOTRO Update 3 on Bullroarer
3. LOTRO Update 3 Live on Bullroarer

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 [...]

1. Update 5: Armies of Isengard Release Notes
2. Developer Diary – Instances 2.0 Part 2
3. Instance Finder Coming to LOTRO

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 [...]

1. Bullroarer Patch Notes (Build 2) for Update 5
2. Isengard Armor Set Details
3. LOTRO Update 3 Live on Bullroarer