A Casual Stroll to Mordor

The following items are on sale from January 27 – February 2, 2012.

Thanks to Daniel on Facebook for alerting us to this unannounced sale on the creep classes. They are all currently 20% off but it is unknown for how long.

We’re really starting to see a bunch of Isengard information to come out with a couple dev diaries a week. Already we’ve seen the Burglar, Captain, Champion and Lore-master.

s your warden starts getting into the higher levels and you finally start to get a feel for how to build your gambits, it all gets shaken up once you earn your “Masteries”.

Today, Raskolnikov posted an update for the Captain class and where their upcoming changes in the Rise of Isengard currently stand. As always, everything is subject to change.

Orion is continuing his proposed changes for the Minstrel class and today has a nice summary post of what he suspects will be on the test servers for us to try out first.

A second blog post covering proposed minstrel changes has been posted by Orion late last night. This post focuses on trait sets, legacies and Anthems.

Orion has posted the proposed changes for the Minstrel class on his blog yesterday. These are proposed changes, as in there is nothing done to test servers or anything for us to try out.

The Rune-keeper Roundtable was recorded on March 24, 2011. This episode is with special guest Rune-keepers; Glomi of Brandywine, Decimmus of Gladden, Ketani of Brandywine, and Ariandial of Gladden

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A collaborative project that we want to do is to accept challenges from the CSTM readership. The kind of challenges we’re looking to take on should be difficult in-game feats but not so difficult as to be completely impossible.

This spreadsheet is analogous to the Champion Armor Spreadsheet I released previously.

I thought it would be fun to sort some of the characters from the books into LOTRO Classes.

I have found that a Guardian in Overpower can be a very exciting way to play. They have an excellent mix of DPS and survivability. In fact I would call it the perfect mix for tanking much of the “end-game” content.

Today, Tim “Raskolnikov” Lang posted a Minstrel Developer Diary discussing the upcoming changes to Minstrel class in the upcoming update (apparently now known as “Update 2”).

The information in my first article on the burglar covered the Footman levels more than the Recruit levels. Despite this, I generally avoided referring to skills you gained after level 20, so there is something to discuss concerning the burglar for this second series.

I am engaging in my own altaholism project by playing several skirmishes with each of these classes. Today, we will look at the warden with latest version of Pineleaf (on Nimrodel) at level 30. She runs skirmishes with a sage.

My primary goal is to describe a systematic method for attaining high DPS using a 2H weapon for those who might be interested. Maybe you already use a 2H weapon but want to eek more DPS out of it. Maybe you decided to use DW long ago without really taking the time to find out the changes required to optimize a 2H approach, and want to try it out now.

Lord of the Rings Online allows you to play nine classes. Each class has its own style, challenges, and role in a group. I am engaging in my own altoholism project by playing several skirmishes with each of these classes. I will run through each class in four level ranges that correspond to the rewards [...]

Lord of the Rings Online allows you to play nine classes. Each class has its own style, challenges, and role in a group. I am engaging in my own altaholism project by playing several skirmishes with each of these classes.

The Champion Roundtable was recorded on November 12, 2010. This episode is with special guest Champions: Elborigorn, Blademartial, Moramoth & Adam.

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It’s not often at all that I’m inspired to write a general post spouting off about my opinion on something rather than providing data and information for a question I was asked however, today is one of those days.

Today, we will look at the captain. My captain is Pinecrest, who recently reached level 32. I currently run skirmishes with Arrowroot, my archer soldier, and Sycamore, my Herald of Hope.

The following is an email we received as feedback and additional information from Droxine of Elendilmir regarding our Burglar Roundtable.