A Casual Stroll to Mordor

A Horse of a Different Level

Posted on30. Aug, 2010 by Merric.

Fast Mounts at Level 6? Festival and Faction mounts removed from the store? An interesting look at mounts in the Beta as we creep closer to Free-to-Play’s release.

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Poll: Mounts in the LOTRO Store

Posted on24. Jul, 2010 by Goldenstar.

We’ve seen several screenshots from Massively and Mordor or Bust showing that faction mounts are available (for now anyway) in the Beta Store. Our question this week is asking you what you think about this situation should it go live.

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Episode 45: Oh God Merric, No

Posted on11. Jul, 2010 by Goldenstar.

This week we are busy losing a lot to the dwarf and hobbit races with the Summer Festival. Merric is working on his burglar and was able to level it up to 33 this week. Goldenstar is creating paintings for Kia to hang up in client’s houses she’s redecorating.

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I Am Happy!

Posted on26. Apr, 2010 by Goldenstar.

I have been waiting and waiting for my chance to get my Blue Roan pony! She is even more beautiful than I imagined. I’ll have to think of a good name for her (her default name was Chase).

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Scheduled Downtime on Wednesday

Posted on20. Apr, 2010 by Goldenstar.

LOTRO game servers will be down on Wednesday, April 21nd from 6am – 10am EDT (-5 GMT).

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Spring Festival and the Return of Will Peartree

Posted on16. Apr, 2010 by Goldenstar.

The official announcement hasn’t been posted yet but Sapience has posted the scoop on what is happening with the Spring Festival and the pesky festival horse vendor, Will Peartree.

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Horse Problems Explained

Posted on30. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

There’s a post out today from Sapience explaining why the horse vendor was removed.

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Spring Festival Horse Vendor

Posted on25. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

I’m sure many have already realized that there was an issue with Will Peartree that resulted in this festival vendor to be pulled from the game for a fix.

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Spring Festival Quest Guide

Posted on24. Mar, 2010 by Goldenstar.

Spring has arrived and 2010 has some new events in store for the Spring Festival. This guide is here to help you discover all the fun to be had and help you earn those seasonal goodies!

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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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Yule Festival Quest Guide

Posted on15. Dec, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Yule is here and 2009 brings a brand new set of events and games to enjoy. This guide is here to help you discover all the fun to be had and help you get your seasonal goodies!

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Yule Festival Starts Tomorrow

Posted on14. Dec, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Tomorrow starts the new and improved Yule Festival and there is a brand new dev diary released today talking about the goodies we will find. I plan to write up a full guide on the events to be found once I’ve experienced them all for you to help you get things done. Today we get to simply bounce around in excitement over what is to come!

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Festival Mount Changes

Posted on26. Nov, 2009 by Goldenstar.

It seems there is a bit of questions concerning the changes happening to how you obtain festival mounts so I’ll do my best to spell it out and explain why I feel it is not such a big deal.

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Preview Siege of Mirkwood!

Posted on13. Nov, 2009 by Goldenstar.

Turbine is having a stress test on the Bullroarer server on Tuesday November 17th. For us, it’s a chance to get a sneak peak of the skirmishes, mount system and legendary item updates we’re so eagerly awaiting!

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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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