A Casual Stroll to Mordor

This week’s we talk about Update 5 launch date, three new dev diaries, ROI store prices, store sales and more!

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Elliot ‘Avon’ Gilman released a Developer Diary covering a subject that was actually brought up in our recent interview with Turbine, which is the change of reputation items into consumable items.

Isengard heralds in not only a new tier of crafting, but also a new tier of reputation for Crafting Guilds. In this article, we take a look at a way for players to start working towards the reputation requirements.

For each of the main professions in LOTRO (Cook, Jeweller, Metalsmith, Scholar, Tailor, Weaponsmith and Woodworker) there is at least one faction that will grant reputation in exchange for certain items they’ve requested.

When first added to the game back in November of last year, the “Prized Angmar’s Free People’s Steed” had an identical appearance to the Dunedain War Steed earned by completing several Eriador instance deeds

If you ever wanted to know what the dances look like before going through the trouble of grinding rep or completing those numerous festival quest, here is your answer!

Tonight was the final night for my Galadhrim dailies to earn enough reputation items for the Prized Galadhrim Stee

In my last article, I covered how you could advance deeds through instances repeated via the reflecting pool. This time around, we’re going to cover grinding deeds via Skirmishes.

The Thorin’s Hall Goat was added to the LOTRO Store last Friday and it was shortly discovered that there was an issue with the goat.

This Friday the Thorin’s Hall Reputation Goat will be added to the LOTRO Store.

Recent game updates and store deals have revived the not-so-old question of whether or not reputation deeds should be in the store and what to expect from store exclusive mounts. So here are my thoughts on the matter.

I have made it clear on the podcast that I am not a fan of the ale delivery quests. The one hour time limit makes it a bit difficult for non-hunter types to do them all at once. Especially since the Ale Association quests do not allow you to pick up the ale ahead of time.

Collecting horses in LOTRO has long been one of my favorite aspects of the game. So, naturally, when I learned that he upcoming November update was to have new reputation mounts available, I was all over that!

The Inn League (IL) is a festival reputation started by the Hobbits of the Shire to celebrate their love of a good strong drink. The only time you can earn reputation with this group is during one of the four seasonal festivals.

Added in Spring Festival 2010 was the Ale Association. The Ale Association (AA) and Inn League (IL) are rivals so doing quests for the AA will grant negative reputation with the IL and vice versa.

With Volume 3.2 Weaponsmiths and Woodworkers are having some revisions which “…introduces an arsenal of new crafted weapons…” that target not only their stats but their damage types as well. However, it’s important to note that no existing crafted weapons will be changed.

With the Summer Festival in full swing I thought it appropriate to ask which of the two main festival factions you perfer, the Ale Association or the Inn League? For more information about these two unique factions see our Festival Quest Guide.

In a first attempt at making an in-game video, I’ve decided to share with everyone the secret members only room for people who are friendly or higher with the Inn League. I then demonstrate the /dance_jig emote for you to see!

For more information on how to gain reputation with the Inn League, please see our General Festival Quest Guide!