On this week’s show there was not much news but we do have a great discussion about fairness in making mechanics optional and Nazgûl Play.
Bloopers video here.
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Game News
LOTRO Character Transfers Now Automated
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Quest Packs
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Legacies
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Relic Removal Scroll
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Max Morale & Power Scroll
LOTRO Players News
CSTM Featured on Beyond Bossfights
LOTRO Video Highlights: Friend of Bears
LOTRO Players Adventures Episode 5: Dying at Fornost
LOTRO Academy: 90 – Quest Pack Review: Forochel
Brax’s pick of the week: Epic Battles – Three Months On by Roger Edwards
Question of the Week
Are session plays a viable storytelling mechanic?
Is it right to make them optional but not other mechanics?(Skirmishes, Epic Battles)
Donations
A big thanks to Karvett for their $10 or more donation to LOTRO Players!
“Hail and well met friends!
This is Karvett Logsplitter (known in “real life” as Eric) from the Lotro Players Adventures. I’m a firm believer in showing appreciation where it is due… esp with my wallet when I can. So in thanks to the many hours I’ve spent in LOTRO, reading Lotro Players articles, listening to podcasts, and ESPECIALLY grouping/tanking/goofing about in Lotro Players Adventure’s series… here is a $10 donation. Again… my thanks!
Karvett”
A big thanks to Lisa for her $10 or more donation to LOTRO Players!
“Greetings from a South African fan!
I started playing LOTRO a year ago, and have been listening to most of you (initially via CSTM and LOTRO Academy) from my early days in the game.
I want to thank you all for the very high quality of your posts, podcasts and vidcasts. You each bring a very special and unique quality to the content, and I have learned so much about the game through you. Your enthusiasm for LOTRO is also infectious!
Best wishes,
Lisa.”
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Featured Comments
Lilikate left a comment on episode 36 of LOTRO Players News:
“I am so glad I got to hear Ethelros speak Welsh, sadly my connection cut out, at the best moment in the entire show.
-Bar “I told you so!”.
Just to mention Sauff or Saaff is how we would say South. We do not rhyme slang, but I could for a pie or a well toasted Crumpet (or four).
I call Nazgul Play! I think it would be just as fun as a Warliphant Steed I want one of those!
Just imagine, first you have to amass troops at Minas Morgal, then send troops in raiding parties to Osgiliath. Then the epic moment you have to fight and win Minas Tirith, defeating all the Kings, Lords and Princes not to mention a meddling Wizard and annoying Hobbit Pippin. You do lose in the end as Frodo, Sam and Gollum destroy the One Ring.
Ethelros was this booze and Lemonade yours? Yummy.”
Emails
This week we received an email from Andrew:
“Never heard of this MMO but it appears to have got more votes than LOTRO in the MMObomb showdown for ultimate Free to play.
Can you give some info on the winner in the next LOTRO players episode?
Best Andrew”
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Your only South African fan? no way, allow me to be number 2 :), been listening since episode 1, and cstm for years before.
Great discussions this episode. Pineleaf, I wanted to thank you in particular for sharing your thoughts on the Mirkwood Epilogue. Previously, I had lamented the fact that the Epilogue was not solo-able, however your comments on the Epic Story being a “sampler” of the game as a whole have given me a little more perspective as to why the 6-man was left as-is. From a marketing/”selling the game” perspective, this decision makes some amount of sense now. I would still argue that it should be solo-able, but perhaps give an option for either solo or fellowship versions, like with the Retake Weathertop instance in Vol 1.