Why LOTRO Still Needs Ember Changes

Why LOTRO Still Needs Ember Changes

Jan 18, 2022

In less than 48 hours, Standing Stone Games made a 180 on their proposed Ember changes. I talk about changes SSG should make, what Pay-to-Win actually means in a never-ending MMO, and how SSG should proceed to fix this PR situation. I really tried to see both sides of this situation and explain it as well as I could, while giving my own thoughts as well. Below...

Squirles pet peeves – lotro tweaks Part 1

Squirles pet peeves – lotro tweaks Part 1

Mar 9, 2021

If we’d call it a revamp it might never get done. So here are some tweaks to lotro that might be nice to have. Some being a bit too glamorous perhaps, but one can always dream Crafting materials from all armour Ever ran an instance like Carn Dum with full bags afterward or found yourself inundated with Relics from School boxes? Only to have it tossed into the...

Level 100 Legendary Item Legacy Numbers

Level 100 Legendary Item Legacy Numbers

Jan 15, 2021

The current state of LI legacies numerically and how the proposed changes on Bullroarer Update 28.3 Preview #1 might affect you when Update 28.3 is released.

Storied tales #1 A better Helms Deep

Storied tales #1 A better Helms Deep

Jul 14, 2020

While the biggest tale in the latest patch would be Aragons wedding. Update 27 brought us a rework of some orc banquet.  A Storied Tale is a solo-able, story-focused alternative to an Epic Battle. Each of the five Helm’s Deep Epic Battles now has a Storied Tale The reason Epic battles were a nice idea that really found its footing in the later...

Internal strife over Scouring delays Producer’s letter

Internal strife over Scouring delays  Producer’s letter

Mar 31, 2020

Rumours have it that the delay of the yearly Producer’s letter, in which the SSG team details their expectations for content and changes for the upcoming 2020, has been delayed even further. While it has always been “ready when it will be” this years delays has been a hot topic. At the player meet-up (Pax east) we got several details about the...

Happy 2020 and a look forward for lotro

Happy 2020 and a look forward for lotro

Jan 1, 2020

Everyone is now in the year 2020 and all the critters and humanoids would like to wish you a happy 2020.  Below we’ll also take a little look at some expectations, expectations and hopes for Lotro itself. Continuing 2019 From last year we’ll continue to see some revamps that were still planned, but didn’t make it last year. From the...

Legendary system V.2

Legendary system V.2

Aug 30, 2019

In the last article we’ve gone over what the legendary system currently looks like and what they want(ed) it to be. So lets just fix it. Or why it’s not that easy. First we’ll see why it’s not as easy as some might think and the extra underlying problems each iteration has. In the end we can look at how SSG could go about updating the legendary weapons and...

Bringing back the legendary in LI

Bringing back the legendary in LI

Aug 26, 2019

Easy to learn, hard to master. Simple in design yet infinitely intricate. That’s what the legendary item system was when it was introduced 11 years ago.  With the launch of the Mines of Moria. Each Legendary Item contains the possibility of greatness. While they’re typically less impressive than comparable items of their initial level, they have the...

Squirle goes nuts – 2019 wishes

Squirle goes nuts – 2019 wishes

Jan 16, 2019

Slightly short attention spans, a fondness for nuts and articles slightly based in reality. “Squirle goes nuts” explores the world of lotro in quick bites as the topics come along that don’t really need or fill an entire article. But the animal shrink said it might be wise to write them down (lightly based on Sperlings sick of it for the MtG players)....

[CC] Honey, can we break the bear? A beorning revamp tale

[CC] Honey, can we break the bear? A beorning revamp tale

Nov 1, 2018

The bear is solid, we’ve got monumental dps and are fairly effective group members. Vastin might be coming for my critter comics soon. If the current bear, outside of anything but landscape, only needs a few quality of life fixes. Please break my bear. Incase you want to skip to a part. Index 1 -Current state of an unfinished class + examples 2 -Beornings...

[CC] Delving into a new Ettenmoors

[CC] Delving into a new Ettenmoors

Sep 4, 2018

When you hear about pvmp its usually about the balance or lack there off. This isn’t one of those times. As Galadriel so wisely mentioned “The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth.” What if that change would be the literal playing field of pvmp? The (only used) map for pvmp is The Ettenmoors. For most of its existence the layout and...

[CC] 99 instances – An epic big battle

[CC] 99 instances – An epic big battle

Jan 16, 2018

How do you write a story when you know you will be mostly defeated? Such is the meeting that happened at Turbine when they came to the moment of the Attack on Helms Deep. The players can’t really play a role where they will fail by default. This article will follow the players as they fight the battles of Helms deep, Pelagrir and defend Minas Tirith A new...

The task to build a Lotro (classic)

The task to build a Lotro (classic)

Dec 28, 2017

Lotro was better when [insert time], because [insert patch] destroyed the game. No Angmar article is complete without a comment like this. But at what time was it better, what has destroyed the game and are there these things? What is a Classic or Vanilla Lotro? If there wasn’t any objection what moment in time would be the best choice to roll back lotro...

[CC] The scale of scaling

[CC] The scale of scaling

Oct 3, 2017

In the beginning, there was Bree. Your first place you found your party members for your venture in the Great Barrows. One massive subterranean infested area full of wights and keys to having a chance at an audience with Sambrog. That is at least the story if you were around level 20 in 2007. Each instance had his own level range. You could still run it at a...

What’s Left After Mordor? – LOTRO’s Potential Future

What’s Left After Mordor? – LOTRO’s Potential Future

Aug 8, 2017

I have been getting and seeing a lot of comments regarding LOTRO’s future recently.  Mainly things like “LOTRO is over because Sauron was destroyed.” I decided to make a video to address these concerns and explain what is potentially left after Mordor. Watch more of Andang’s videos...

Crafting Developer Diary – What it should have been

Crafting Developer Diary – What it should have been

Jul 19, 2017

If you would like to know more than a few bullet points, we present to you the crafting diary the way it should have been written.

What’s behind Mordoor 5 – Just think happy thoughts

What’s behind Mordoor 5 – Just think happy thoughts

Jul 15, 2017

Well, that happened. Number 5 was meant to be a happy article looking back on the new rating difficulty with Beta 3 sloping the leveling to be a more accessible, but still equally hard at 105. And the dev post that the Beta 3 best armour wont be the best armour at launch (we’ll be having about 20-30% less stats to work with). Or it would focus on what the...

What awaits us in Mordor?

What awaits us in Mordor?

Jun 25, 2017

Here we look at some news, comparisons, new v. not-old-gear and we basically question some decisions, as per usual when an update hits and I get to smash another keyboard to pieces. I hope you enjoy the Mordor news for U21 and find something useful and interesting there.

What’s behind Mordoor 3 – Sorry we’re not home

What’s behind Mordoor 3 – Sorry we’re not home

Jun 25, 2017

We came, we saw and we started to slowly conquer Mordor. The gates have been opened and pineleafs were spotted as with a gazillion orcs and weird cows. But when we looked for some things there was an under construction sign. Sauron wasn’t home anymore. What else wasn’t there yet? Based on bullroarer U21 beta #1 and the preview stream by Cordovan we...

What’s behind Mordoor number 2 – Rating system update

What’s behind Mordoor number 2 – Rating system update

Jun 21, 2017

Stop hitting yourself! No worries i’ve my mits capped.  Only for tier 1 ratings though. Now it’s time for some serious talk, cause this change in the Mordor update is what could impact you’re gameplay the most (hopefully). What does “Rating” do? Rating is the math the game does to connect all your stats and gear to actually how...