Episode 43: A Massive(ly) Visit from Syp

This week we have special guest Syp (aka Justin Olivetti) from the Massively “Road to Mordor” column as well as his own blog Bio Break.

Work has been kicking our butts lately so had Syp not been the star of this week’s episode, the title of this week’s podcast most likely would have been “Week of Fail”. Merric didn’t get time to prep and publish the Warden Roundtable like we said and Goldenstar had forgotten to put up the player achievement post and at the time of recording had not created a new weekly poll!

Goldenstar did get her Huntress to level 40 by doing the Earthkin quests in the Angmar entrance like we talked about last week. Merric has almost gotten his minstrel to level 40. His next alt seems to be the hunter in which case we will return to duoing with our level 30 Hunter/Rune-keeper combo.

Town Crier:

• 3 Servers Closed for Transfers
• Tell the Community Team (Guardians)
• New Player Tips for Guardians
• Weekend Lotteries are Back
• Recommended Reading for Sindarin: Salo’s Gateway to Sindarin

Free to Play Tidbits:

• Starting zones will be getting “some love” (tutorial spaces, not new low level areas)
• Multiple instances are being level-scaled and added to Instance Join (upcoming diary)

Player News:

• Third Annual Firefoot Sparring Tourneyment – Sunday, July 11th – Thursday, July15th
• Decoboco Summer Concert :Elendilmir – Act1: Saturday, July 03 22:00 JST(GMT+9); Act2: Saturday, July 03 22:00 EDT(GMT-4)
• Protest March of the Dwarves
• Axes of the Dwarves has Begun!

Raise Your Glass:

Ruea of Elendilmir:

Hi you two,

Love the show, you too sound great together. I was talking with my kinnies and we agree: why is there no sorting system for your bags? For such a (IMO) polished game I am constantly frustrated especially with my ores, they all look the same. What do you guys think?

Thanks,

Ruea of Elendilmir
Male Elf Hunter
Aurora Australia kinship

Ashley:

Dear CSTM,

I was in the chat room on your live podcast tonight, and I was kind of sad when I heard the comments about how tough champion is at low levels, so I thought I’d send you a link that shows how awesome champions can be at max level, to give you a little hope. I don’t even trait the “right” way for a champ.. and I dual wield which is apparently a no-no.. but whatever. As long as they die before I do, right?

Here’s a link to the vid:

Hope that helps!

Ashley

Voicemail from Bulegar of Gladden

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