A Casual Stroll to Mordor

Episode 52: Balls of Flaming Doom

Posted on29. Aug, 2010 by Goldenstar.

This week we spend time to go over all the dev diaries released lately. We spend some time trying to plan out what soldiers we should pick for our RK/Hunter duo.

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LOTRO Lottery Script

Posted on02. Aug, 2010 by Goldenstar.

Digero on the forums has posted an absolutely wonderful script to help with the display of lottery entries and winnings on your my.lotro page.

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Episode 48: The One with the Thing That’s Epic

Posted on01. Aug, 2010 by Goldenstar.

Merric is working on his burglar and figuring out if his new leveling plan is the one that works. Goldenstar crushes his dream of the burglar eventually coming his main.

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Episode 38: Hail Brownsmear

Posted on23. May, 2010 by Goldenstar.

Both of us have attempted our first try at Sammath Gul and we made it to the second boss before things went bad. Goldenstar feels a bit responsible for not being able to heal everyone. We briefly discuss small changes that may make the encounter easier.

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Episode 37: Baby Plague

Posted on16. May, 2010 by Goldenstar.

This week we try one of the old Angmar Battle Instances, Battle for Aughaire. We found it to be very skirmish like for being a regular fellowship quest. We think at least the one we ran would make a great skirmish in the future.

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Tax Day Winner!

Posted on16. Apr, 2010 by Goldenstar.

April 15th in the United States is the day our federal (and for most people state) taxes are due. Turbine had “Tax Refund Lottos” running this week due to this fact. This was a pretty cute way to incorporate this generally grumpy day with something fun. Goldensun, my minstrel in Cor Pethroni on Brandywine, was [...]

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Episode 30: Broken Taunts

Posted on21. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

This week we duo The Battle in the Tower and have issues with the Frigid Squall lieutenant. Yes, I understands that the Frigid Squall is supposed to switch targets but chasing me around the room isn’t exactly “switching targets” and so I blame Merric.

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Happy Bullroarer Took Day

Posted on17. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

A LOTRO-Europe screenshot contest and a Turbine Lottery to celebrate Brandobras “Bullroarer” Took!

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Lottos are Back!

Posted on16. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

We mentioned back on Episode 28 that the LOTRO Lottery was having issues and was suspended until a fix was developed. Well today is the happy return of this my.lotro.com system!

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Episode 28: My Mom Said I Gotta

Posted on08. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

In this episode, we discuss our first run in a duo skirmish. We had very differing views of the duos but overall I believe we both think they are a great addition. We discuss the mobs we ran into and the new Leech-Warden lieutenant.

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #18: Merric is OK

Posted on04. Jan, 2010 by Goldenstar.

Our main topic this week was suggested by Osiran is “Growing With Your Game”. How has gaming evolved for us as we’ve grown older, started a career (left school), got married and had a baby?

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #12: Fathoming the Lonely Mountain

Posted on15. Nov, 2009 by Goldenstar.

In this episode of CStM we have a chat with Galenswerd (aka John) from the Celtic-Rock band, Fathom. John was the first Featured Player on the Turbine Community blog. He is a musician in real life working on a Tolkien inspired project entitled “The Lonely Mountain Band”. He is also a kinship leader of the same name on Landroval. We discuss music, LOTRO and kinships!

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A Casual Stroll to Mordor #11: Legendary Items

Posted on08. Nov, 2009 by Goldenstar.

In episode 11 we have a special guest host, Azz from Wizzard of Azz!

Azz was nice enough to come on to help explain the Legendary Item system and answer your questions! We also make sure to discuss what changes we know to be coming with the upcoming expansion. From crafting to drops in Dar Nurgerablakalasfd (as Azz would say) we discuss the various ways to obtain items and how you use them.

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LOTRO Class Lotteries

Posted on03. Nov, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Added to the LOTRO Lotteries today are new Class Lotteries. Possible winnings include consumables, armor, weapons and even Second Age items! Drawing will be held on Friday at 5pm EST.

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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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