A Casual Stroll to Mordor

Project Altoholism: The Hunter Levels 20 – 30

Posted on27. Jul, 2010 by Merric.

Many people accuse me of picking on hunters; and they’re correct. I do. But hunters are tough, and they can take the ribbing. And

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Project Altoholism: The Warden Levels 20 – 30

Posted on01. Jul, 2010 by Merric.

Lately, the Warden is becoming touted as the “easy mode” class for leveling; threatening to take away the title away from Hunters.

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Project Altoholism: The Rune-keeper Levels 20 – 30

Posted on27. May, 2010 by Merric.

The Rune-keeper makes me nervous. In fact, any class that wears cloth usually makes me nervous. Why?

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Project Altoholism: The Burglar Levels 20 – 30

Posted on19. May, 2010 by Merric.

I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again: Burglars are underrated. I’ve heard stories of Burglars healing groups with their Fellowship Maneuvers, which despite their difficulty, I feel are probably one of the most integral and underutilized aspects of grouping. So what makes them so unattractive?

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Project Altoholism: The Champion Levels 20 – 30

Posted on11. May, 2010 by Merric.

When I first tried the Champion class I was pretty excited, but soon I found that I really didn’t care for it that much. I had imagined a character that was a swirling mass of blades, and instead I felt he was swinging bricks and just mucking through the content.

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Project Altoholism: The Minstrel 20 – 30

Posted on17. Apr, 2010 by Merric.

For my second character to take through the Lone-lands I chose the Minstrel.  I really wanted to keep my perspective even through my leveling experience, so I wanted to try a character that was less reliant upon melee and more reliant upon ranged combat.  So with that in mind, I equipped him with new gear, [...]

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Project Altoholism: The Captain 20-30

Posted on09. Apr, 2010 by Merric.

A look at my experiences leveling the Captain from levels 20 – 30.

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Project Altoholism: Levels 20 – 30

Posted on26. Mar, 2010 by Merric.

An overview of how I attacked The Lone-lands revamp and leveled 20-30.

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Project Altoholism: Levels 1 – 20

Posted on22. Mar, 2010 by Merric.

Before going into the levels of 20-30 for my characters, I wanted to give a bit of thought process on how I felt about the leveling of characters through 1-20. Take for granted that these are just my opinions and you can take them or leave them as you wish

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Project Altoholism: The State of my Altoholism

Posted on19. Feb, 2010 by Merric.

In this article I take a look at Project Altoholism, its state, and what’s been going on!

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #19: Sugarpuff Sweetiepants

Posted on10. Jan, 2010 by Goldenstar.

In this episode of CStM, we talk about: Merric’s first attempt at playing Goldenstar’s minstrel. Merric is closer to getting his remaining alts to level 20. We are both level 61 and inching closer to level cap! We have also have purchased PAX East tickets so we will be down in Boston this March!

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Project Altoholism: Thoughts on SoM

Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by Merric.

Expansions are a great time for players to make alts and try out different classes, or in my case to create a character of each class! What have you been doing with your alts lately?

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Project Altoholism: Hindsight is 20/20/20/20/20/20/20

Posted on06. Nov, 2009 by Merric.

A look at the current status of my Project Altoholism and the chaos that has ensued. This post takes a look at the characters who are now sitting at 20 and my thoughts on the experience of leveling them thus far.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #10: Crappin’ Dwarf Hole

Posted on01. Nov, 2009 by Goldenstar.

We talk about our first trip inside Carn Dûm, inching closer to level 60, small dwarf houses and Merric’s alts! We discuss the new dev diaries about Mirkwood and Skirmish Rewards, the Mirkwood Dev Tour from Massively and Ten Ton Hammer as well as the new lotteries.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #08: Fall Festival Celebrations!

Posted on18. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

In this episode of CStM, we discuss what we’ve been up to in game. Goldenstar still hasn’t purchased a house but has a vault full of decorations. You know; just in case. Merric gives an update with his Project Altoholic progress.

We take some time to talk about the Fall Festival and all the things to do during this in game event. We have guides on our blog for Fall Festival Quests as well as General Festival Quests to help you navigate your way through this in-game holiday.

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