A Casual Stroll to Mordor

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.

Last week Turbine added some new emotes to the LOTRO Store. Rather than just announcing the new additions, I wanted to create a video of them so you can see them in action.

In this video we take a look at Draigoch’s opening monologue and then a brief up-close look at the dragon itself.

Our Fellowship Walk for Child’s Play event is off to a terrific start! As of this morning we are currently 34% of the way towards our $5,000 goal.

Preview from Rise of Isengard beta of the landscapes, towns and monsters in the new Nan Curunír region.

Preview from Rise of Isengard beta of the landscapes, towns and monsters in the new Dunland region.

**Updated for Germany and other locales with problems** Preview from Rise of Isengard beta of the landscapes, towns and monsters in the new Dunland region.

This week we take a look at Gambit Helper from Zanttux. This plugin is something that I have definitely been in need of for a while. Although I have covered Warden plugins before I found myself needing something a bit more extensive.

A preview of Draigoch from the upcoming Rise of Isengard expansion for Lord of the Rings Online. This footage was taken at PAX Prime 2011.

Tasks are not something that I had a lot of experience with before this plugin. Sure, I would occasionally find some trash items that I could turn in here or there, but it was always difficult to figure out what items needed to be saved if I ran out of inventory space, which ones were safe to sell, etc.

Last week Panthalassia of the Swords and Spirts kinship on Arkenstone wrote to us about a YouTube channel he had started containing in-game footage he had shot with himself and some friends.

A couple of months ago we sent out a post on Facebook and Twitter asking people what plugins they found to be a must, and without doubt Mouse Cursor Highlighter Advanced was one of the most popular ones that was listed. And although I had personally never used it before this, I was aware of the plugin and decided to give it a try.

If you’re like me, you like to have your backpacks organized in-game. But one of the issues that I have is how long it can take after an hour or more of playing to reorganize my packs into something resembling “order”. Enter, the plugin SortPack which will sort your pack for you automatically!

In this episode we take a look at Lyrical by Astleigh. This plugin allows you to write and store poems, lyrics, speeches, or whatever text you’d like and recite them back into the last chat channel you spoke in.

This dungeon run was recorded on June 15, 2011. Our dungeon runners today were Kiarane (hunter), Goldenstar (minstrel) and the camera is being run by Merric (guardian).

In this episode we take a look at Palantir by Digital_Utopia. This plugin allows you to have a H.U.D (Heads Up Display) representing your vitals. It is one of the few plugins that I see as essential for all my characters.

Run of Northcotton Farms with Merric (Guardian), Goldenstar (Minstrel) and Kiarane (Hunter). Instance run as tier 1 level 65. May 11, 2011.

Warleader Bootcamp was recorded on May 6, 2011 on the Landroval server. Hosted by Ivaneus aka Ugmog of Landroval. Also known as co-host for the podcast Through the Palantir podcast.

This is a very long bootcamp (2 hours) but it is useful information for playing as a Warleader in the Ettenmoors. There is a mix of attacking and instructions.

Orchida created a video showing her connecting LOTRO with her Xbox Kinect to motion control her burglar. See Orchida’s full post on this subject!

Goldenstar starts up a new warg on Bullroarer to see the changes made to the starting area. See the full post about this video!

A video displaying all the dances available in LOTRO as of January 2011. For full details on how to earn these emotes in game see this post.

In this episode we take a look at Emo by Frellco. This plugin allows you to create multiple groups of emotes for fast access. It also has the ability for you to create custom emotes and it is also “future proof” in that it allows you to add new emotes added by Turbine with a simple command.

In this episode we take a look at Emo by Frellco. This plugin allows you to create multiple groups of emotes for fast access. It also has the ability for you to create custom emotes and it is also “future proof” in that it allows you to add new emotes added by Turbine with a simple command.