Ask Elb: Ranking the Difficulty of the Level 50 Instances

posted this on July 30th, 2010.
Categorized as Angmar, Annuminas, Ask Elb, Barad Gularan, Carn Dum, dungeon, Dungeon Guides, Glinghant, Haudh Valandil, Ost Elendil, Urugarth.

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Our very own Punggo asks:

How would you rank the lvl-50 dungeons on a scale of 1-10 according to difficulty? I have an alt nearing 50 who may have a good group to run dungeons with, unlike my first two toons I took past 50.

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Dungeon/Raid Overview: Angmar

posted this on March 12th, 2010.
Categorized as Angmar, azz, Barad Gularan, Bogbereth, Carn Dum, dungeon, Dungeon Guides, Ferndur, Guides, Rift, Urugarth.

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Angmar

Angmar back in it’s hay day used to be the place where dungeon-crawling raiding end-gamers would spend most of their time during the “good old days” of Shadows of Angmar. This region offered many ways to spend your time running through quest, dungeons/raids, hunting for ore, wood, and beryl shards. This look at the Angmar Hub will consist of a brief overview of the dungeons and raids available to any would be adventure seeker.

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Then, Now, and Yet to Come

posted this on November 2nd, 2009.
Categorized as Angmar, Carn Dum, instances, moria, Urugarth.

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Recently I had the opportunity to traverse into one of my favorite old Shadows of Angmar stomping grounds. Carn Dum. A few of my kin mates and two friends still needed a few items to complete their level 45 class quests. I for one have always enjoyed strolling through Carn Dum (CD). The entire instance was very well designed and implemented.  Pivotal boss fights and of course the hornblowers.

Lately I began feeling very nostalgic about the old Angmar instances, CD and Urugarth. Barad Gularan was fun as well, though I have only run it once, but I was fortunate enough to down the "Onion" on that run. I really do not know BG that well, and it's hard to get a group together to learn. I will work on that. Thinking back on how the "end game" instances were run in the past, I reflect that, with how they are now and see a few major differences.

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Then, Now, and Yet to Come

posted this on November 2nd, 2009.
Categorized as Angmar, Carn Dum, instances, moria, Urugarth.

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Full link: http://wizzardofazz.blogspot.com/2009/11/then-now-and-yet-to-come.html

Recently I had the opportunity to traverse into one of my favorite old Shadows of Angmar stomping grounds. Carn Dum. A few of my kin mates and two friends still needed a few items to complete their level 45 class quests. I for one have always enjoyed strolling through Carn Dum (CD). The entire instance was very well designed and implemented.  Pivotal boss fights and of course the hornblowers.

Lately I began feeling very nostalgic about the old Angmar instances, CD and Urugarth. Barad Gularan was fun as well, though I have only run it once, but I was fortunate enough to down the "Onion" on that run. I really do not know BG that well, and it's hard to get a group together to learn. I will work on that. Thinking back on how the "end game" instances were run in the past, I reflect that, with how they are now and see a few major differences.

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MAP OF EAST ANGMAR

posted this on August 28th, 2008.
Categorized as Carn Dum, East Angmar, map, Urugarth.

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This is a very large (17,000 x 8,500 pixel) composite photomosaic map of East Angmar, from Garth Fornir to Carn Dum and Urugarth inclusive. It is in the form of a 32.5 MB JPEG file; once downloaded, it can be overwritten, printed, viewed onscreen and so forth.

You can download it from this link: http://rapidshare.com/files/140723301/Carn_Dum.jpg. Even if you don't have a Rapidshare account, it can be downloaded for free after a 30-second wait. Personally, I found it very helpful both for navigating and as a way of getting a sense of how the various parts of this very complex area relate to one another. Read the rest of this entry »