A Casual Stroll to Mordor

That’s right, in this round of leveling I’ve gone not 10, but 15 levels. Previously in my alt leveling project I’ve usually only covered 10 level increments, but after the release of Rise of Isengard it felt that Level 65, not 60 was a natural place for a stopping point

When I got my Champion to level 75 I was excited. I finally felt that I could get my weekly dungeon group going and that soon I would be able some raids with my kinship.

I think most of us who have played any MMO for a considerable amount of time has been there. You find yourself in a situation where slowly, but surely you discover that one of your characters besides your main is taking up the majority of your time. Maybe it started innocently…

When I started out with with the Warden I fell in love with it. I seriously thought that maybe this class would be one that would eventually replace my main of a Guardian. And as I leveled throughout the world of Middle-earth I was amazed at how everything was much easier and more laid back.

Ah, Mirkwood; vast forest inhabited by elves, orcs, spiders, and crazy adventurers. Previously it was the occasional holiday vacation spot of Hobbits and Dwarves, but now it has been besieged by the invading forces of the Free People who seek to root out the forces of evil from Dol Guldur. But as someone who went through Mirkwood right after its release how does the area hold up?

My Lore-master has sat on the sidelines of my alt project up until now because it was a character that I had played back in 2007 after my Guardian had reached the late 40’s and most of our regular gaming friends had moved on to (or back to) different games.

The Champion has always vexed me a little. When I started the class I was a bit confused as I had thought it to be a whirling deathstorm of blades; hacking its way through orcs, trolls, and any other nasty denizen of Middle-earth that got in my way.

In this article I take a look at my experiences with the Burglar from levels 40-50.

There really isn’t much that changed for me with the Minstrel in these levels. My plan for leveling pretty much just stayed the same as always. But I really can’t say I had many complaints.

This poll was suggested on twitter by @RedKMP. Red wants to know how many alts do you have? I guess I would only count characters that you actually play.

Ah, the Hunter. It wasn’t with more than a little trepidation that I picked up this character and began leveling to 40 with this character after a long stint of going through Enedwaith and leveling reputation with my Guardian.

I’m always blown away when I bring out the Rune-keeper, or any DPS for that matter really, with how easy it is to drop a mob.  It’s astonishing to me how quickly things can die when you play a class that’s actually meant to do damage!  Before I met my wife, I purely played DPS [...]

A look at my experiences with the Burglar from levels 30 – 40.

By the time I got to the Champion I was just about fed-up with the questing process of 30-40; which was not a good thing considering that I had a few more characters to level

The levels from 31 – 40 were excruciating painful for me. There really are no other words for it.

Pineleaf looks at the Burglar class in skirmishes.

Today, Bryandt discusses his experience of levels 20 – 30 playing as a Premium Player without spending any Turbine Points

A friend of mine, Bryandt, has decided to see how far he can take playing as a Premium player without spending a single Turbine Point.

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

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

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

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?

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.