A Casual Stroll to Mordor

I found something of personal interest in the patch notes. Tucked deep in the notes, about halfway through “Town Services, NPCs, Vendors,” is this terse explanation: “Soldier rank traits have had their prices significantly reduced.”

While most people read the announcement of RoR (pronounced RAWR! by me) and thought that it was awesome, I was left with more questions than answers.

With new yule cosmetics available with update 5.1, thoughts have turned back to Winterhome quests before the festival ends.

Welcome to part 3 of my Warden’s Guide series. If you missed the first two parts of this guide you can check them out here: Part 1: Gambit Lines , Part 2: Mastering Masteries This installment of  ”A Warden’s Guide” covers the Potency and Battle Memory mechanic/skills added with Rise of Isengard. Potency Potency is [...]

Orion is active in the forums and that usually means sneak peaks of changes he’s working on with classes

Taken by some madness, Golodir has ventured into the Rift. The air is thick with menace, and the stench of Thaurlach lingers…

One of the few plugins that I miss from World of WarCraft is ArkInventory. And although due to Lua constrictions we don’t have a plugin that can match that utilities functions, Hugebag is definitely a step in the right direction.

We part ways with the Grey Company and join Théodred as he mounts an attack on Isengard. Will the Prince of Rohan’s plan succeed?

Yule Festival is running this year from December 20th, 2011 – January 31, 2012. This guide is here to help you find all the events available.

The Grey Company rides into Dunland to deal with the rising might of Isengard. The White Hand is a mighty enemy, but we will not fight alone for long.

You have reached the end of your journey into Dol Guldur. You are now looking for Mazog of the great mithril axe Zigilburk.

How this escaped my notice until release is unknown to me but the Minstrel class has a new instrument available to them with Update 5!

LEAD travels through Enedwaith, a strange land full of hostile men, a hidden Hobbit village, and vicious goblins.

The Grey Company investigates the mysterious threat in Enedwaith, but will it do them good to uncover the answer?

The last time I played my Minstrel, I said that I would put her aside until I reached 75 on my warden and Lore-master. While I leveled my warden immediately, I decided to level my minstrel to 60 before leveling my lore-master to the new cap. Yes, I am still wearing the outfit from the [...]

The Grey Company rides through Enedwaith, a strange and dangerous land to the south.

LEAD begins Volume III by gathering the Rangers together to form the Grey Company. The Dúnedain are ready to ride to Aragorn’s aid.

LEAD travels through Mirkwood, joining the Golden Host’s invasion of the dark forest.

Volume II ends with a harrowing journey through Mirkwood, where Elves and Dwarves wage war against Orcs and Nazgûl

Where other classes got some minor upgrades with the release of ROI, the core mechanics of the way minstrels operated were fundamentally changed. After getting my minstrel to the new level cap and having the opportunity to run solo and in groups, I’d like to make a couple of comments on how I feel that the changes have affected minstrel gameplay.

With the release of Rise of Isengard, it was time to take my hobbit to Isengard. Therefore, I am placing my younger characters aside as I return to my main warden.

The first review I ever did a review on the Plugin Manager that I personally use; however it seems that with Update 5 I will be ditching this manager in favor of the built-in manager that seems to be an (at least so far) undocumented change coming with the update.

Joining a kinship/guild is often the main way that people plug into the social aspects of an MMO. I’d like to offer some thoughts on picking the kinship that is right for you, and I’ll talk a little bit about what it takes to be a good kinmate.