A Casual Stroll to Mordor

Poll: Dungeon Runs for Gear

Posted on13. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

This week’s poll was a suggestion from commenter DarkAnjel. How many times will you run something in hopes of acquiring a specific drop?

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Dungeon/Raid Overview: Angmar

Posted on12. Mar, 2010 by Azz.

Angmar back in it’s hay day used to be the place where dungeon-crawling raiding end-gamers would spend most of their time during the “good old days” of Shadows of Angmar. This region offered many ways to spend your time running through quest, dungeons/raids, hunting for ore, wood, and beryl shards. This look at the Angmar Hub will consist of a brief overview of the dungeons and raids available to any would be adventure seeker.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #26: Ballerinas and Balrogs

Posted on21. Feb, 2010 by Goldenstar.

This week’s CStM we primarily talk about the raid into the rift that we both were able to attend. Well Goldenstar did the whole thing, Merric came in at the end to tank the Balrog. Merric also discusses his experience with the Lone Lands revamp with his Captain. Our main topic is actually about these two areas and how some areas get attention while other pieces are mostly left as is.

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WoW Dungeon Finder = LOTRO Future?

Posted on08. Jan, 2010 by Merric.

A look at the new Looking for Group interface for WoW, The Dungeon Finder and trying to garner if this is something we might see in LOTRO’s future.

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I Don’t Always Listen

Posted on01. Jan, 2010 by Goldenstar.

People have been kind (brave?) enough to take me to heal their instances in the past. It’s confession time for Goldenstar and this may make everyone who has ever fellowshiped with me now, or in the future cringe: I don’t always listen to the boss fight strategy.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #16: Yule Festival

Posted on21. Dec, 2009 by Goldenstar.

In this episode of CStM, we discuss the Moria dungeons we experienced this past week and our impressions on the set up “required” to successfully complete many of the Moria dungeons. We also talked a bit about the Wassailing in the Shire event from this weekend. See my screenshots from the event!

Our main topic this week is the Yule Festival that is going on. We go over the new activities available this year and the best tips we can offer on how to complete them. We also briefly discuss the other items to do to collect more yule tokens. Don’t forget to check out our Yule Festival Guide for help getting everything done this year!

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Return to Angmar: Barad Gularan

Posted on25. Nov, 2009 by Azz.

This is a guest post by Azz of http://wizzardofazz.blogspot.com. He graciously wrote up his experience in Barad Gularan for our little site.

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Dev Diary: Dol Guldur

Posted on12. Nov, 2009 by Merric.

Today saw the release of a Dev Diary “Introducing Dol Guldur” by Tsieng Liu of the LOTRO Dungeons Team (wow, I bet that’s an awesome team to work on), discussing different topics including how the dungeon area is laid out, a brief look at the dungeons and how they will work.

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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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Siege of Mirkwood Tour

Posted on27. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Massively.com has released a post about their tour of the new items in Siege of Mirkwood that they took with Developer Rowan.

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Tham Mirdain Dungeons

Posted on23. Oct, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Merric and I were treated to completing two of the small fellowship dungeons in Eregion that we had several quests for.

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