This week we were joined by special guests, including Cordovan, to celebrate our 300th episode and talk about LOTRO.
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Week In LOTRO
Aerindys
- Was not able to play due to real life stuff. :/
Sanswinda
- Epic Battles with Cyndars. My RK made rank 3 and level 119.
- Turned over a boiling pot in the Misty Mountains, causing quite the chain fire in a goblin camp.
- More MT dailies and Inn League and Ale Association delivery runs to try to get my RK a set of topped off LIs. She has many more days in MT, but is doing decent damage now.
Andang
- Finished Update 20, started & finished Mordor, now in Dale
- Returned to Middle-earth Lore
- Returned to streaming LOTRO
Teriadwyn
- Landroval!Teriadwyn finished up her deed log for the Misty Mountains.
- Laurelin!Teriadwyn finished Volume 1, then powered through Moria and Mirkwood, and is level 64 in Enedwaith helping the Grey Company.
- Met the real-life Lonely Mountain Band!
Cordovan
Pineleaf
- For Friday Night Fights, we ran Fornost: Earth, Fire, and Shadow. I gained some nice shields but alas, we could not finish Shadow.
- My Anor warden completed Books 7-9 of the epic story.
- For the field trip, we headed to Anor and ran some deeds in the Trollshaws.
Maven
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Formally Announce “Misfits In Middle-earth” (no start date for the show yet, but we can talk about what we have been doing and the vision for the show)
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From Braag on last week’s LPN:
Hey Playahs! I wanted to chime in regarding the Shield Spikes question which was discussed in this past week’s show as my main is a Guard. In addition to setting the weapon damage type to Beleriand, Ancient Dwarf or Westernesse, Most Shield Spike Kits also increase the Critical Chance of Shield attacks, starting at relatively modest levels, but up to 7% with Anorien crafted Spikes. This amount can also be increased using legacy traits for Guards adding another 5% of Crit chance in blue line (not sure about wardens) though some guards don’t recommend slotting these traits pts since dmg output is not the central role of a tanking guard.
I will say that slotting shield spikes as a Red Guard either in groups or when soloing can make a significant difference in dmg output from my experience as critting with a shield skill has some of the best damage output of any Guard skill and even when tanking in Blue line, when you can hit 8 trash mob targets with Shield Smash potentially critting on multiple mobs for 20-40k or more, it can make a big difference.
Remember, we are Guards! We are not used to putting up those kinds of numbers like every other class! So I do recommend utilizing them as a regular course to speed up your soloing!
On the question of Shield Spike Removal Kits, there application is definitely a niche situational thing. When grouping, there are times when a guard wants to hold a boss mobs attention WITHOUT doing significant damage or in general slowing damage output because it might be reflecting or he might be approaching a Morale threshold which will trigger mechanics in a raid or instance that the rest of the Fellowship needs to be ready for. For example in the Silent Streets where the party needs to be prepared to quickly DPS the two Adds (Earnil and Mardil) within a certain timeframe to achieve the Challenge Mode.
So in at least a few cases, Guard’s ability to Manager the Main Boss’s Overall Morale and have control over it, can be important. Big Crits decrease the control via their unpredictability…
Hope this helps/makes sense!
– Braag Son of Balin
Former Proprietor of the Light The Beacons Podcast now on Hiatus due to Grima (as far as you know).
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Congrats on 300 episodes folks. I am sorry for being behind, finished my last class to get my degree before I hit 50 : ) Missed out on down time and enjoying the new content.
It was really cool to hear from you all. You all have a lot passion for the game and it’s great you all share it with us. Been enjoying listening while getting back into game. Terri, there are a lot of Bear people in the new content, what will be your solution? : )
Maybe I will hear about it in the next episode : )
One of your fans,
Bragenthorne