This week we discussed the latest updates, how to become a pancake, and our week in gaming.
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Game News
Updated Release Timing for Angmar and Mordor Servers
Patron’s Coffer of the Promised Allies
Store Sales
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The Patron’s Coffer of the Promised Allies is available through Nov 4th in the LOTRO Store!
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- Now through August 27th!
Weekly Coupon:
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- Now through August 27th!
LOTRO Players News
Sincerely Cyndars for 8/21/2026
New Player Question
- If you’re working through quests in Breeland near the Chetwood and see a named warg, what should you do? Are there similar dangers in Ered Luin and the Shire? Where are those found? How can you tell what they are before you’re a pancake?
- How do rare elites differ from Roving Threats? What about Arch Nemeses?
Week In LOTRO
Crister
- Tactical and Strategic Cosmetic choices – it matters!
- Megabonk
- HD2
Cyndars:
- Palworld Boss 3.
- HellDivers 2.
Pineleaf
- My champion ran several missions to verify that the difficulty has been corrected..
- For the Field Trip, the crew headed out into the Grey Mountains.
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