This week we talk about the news and Mirkwood.
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Week In LOTRO
Arathaert
- L.UN.C.H. run – Dwarrowdelf tied for 6th place!
- Hit rank 7 on my Guardian after the podcast last weekend
- Serious armour drama :/
Karvett
- Got lost in the Entwash, helped wake up ents, pulled a Jacksonian Denethor in Rohan, Level 84 in the Sutcrofts
- Popped in to Bree for some shoppin’, discovered winter had brought in brigands so we saved the day!.
- Discovered why some folks were frustrated with “We Cannot Get Out”… in Moria.
Andang
- Found out ‘The Fellowship Departs’ instance is not repeatable
- but the Frodo walk is
- Power leveled my Captain with several people to 45 to do it
- Filmed a lot of Middle-earth Lore shots
Maven
- Unintentionally over leveled my hobbit hunter on Arkentone
- Skirmished, skirmished, and skirmished
- Hit some hitherto unvisited areas of Moria with Spridra and Teri
Teriadwyn
- Streamed some more this week, had Landroval!Teriadwyn solo her way through some Tier 2 Duo skirms.
- Finished Volume 1 on my Rune-Keeper, and she’s now working through Moria and the Volume 2 epic.
- Lots of skirmishing! Arkenstone!Teriadwyn is up to level 44.
Pineleaf
- On Gladden, my Beorning completed V2 Book 7.
- Challenge character reached level 17. Completed the three prologues and am in Book 1.
- Running Gondamon and Amon Sul for my guide.
Skirmish of the Week
Topic: What are the pros and cons of Mirkwood?
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“Wonderful! Great series! At some point, please cover the Nameless, those dreadful creatures in the Foundation’s of Stone need some explanation. I feel they are close to what you covered in this episode.”
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I think the team definitely has a fan at turbine , this quote is directly from the patch notes for bullroarer…. “Changes for this build:
General
The Fellowship Departs instance has been added to the Reflecting Pool in Rivendell.”
So all that work paid off Andang & Co…. ish. Well if you need a second take it will be easier now…. perhaps the director didn’t feel the actor’s heart was in the emote, now you can go back more easily to re-film!
Yeah I saw that and that is pretty awesome (and kind of scary :D) that they are listening.