Aug 2, 2019

You may have seem them floating around and wonder where they come from. Bigsy, the big honey bee is a reward for completing all the region deeds for the Vales of the Anduin (minus the Gladden fields update). This deed consists of three part as any standard region deed Explore the region Visit all the landmarks in this regionComplete all the quests special...

Jul 30, 2019

George had always wanted to visit his old friend Bearlee in it’s hometown. With the Misty mountains passage into the Vales now open he took the downtime to go strawling across Rivendell, but it seemed Elrond had already left. George astounded, “thought he would never leave that library of his”. If only she knew of my travels across...

Jun 26, 2019

Years of being called pig by the man of Bree hasn’t made Noffer anymore of a lover of the hobbits. “It’s the hobbits that always make the mess”, not us! After a few run-ins with the bounders at the storage silos it was time for him to find greener pastures. Don’t be such a boar. I’ll arrange for some better grass. We’ll...

Jun 17, 2019

Lets talk about the current state of the Featured instance aka box run.  Once a fun and alternative activity has lost most of it’s appeal. Introduced back in Update 18 as a way to give players a reason to run old content in a time where set bonus armors from Osgiligath and Minas Tirith reigned supreme. Every week, one scaling instance or raid from a list...

Jun 9, 2019

For the many lovely new pets from Radogast in Rhosghobel you’ll need many tokens. This is a 2-step plan. One is to do the dailies from Radogast such as the infamous fishing, cabbages and eggs. Those are rather self-explanatory, but for this guide we’ll focus on the 2nd part. Original route from Morphen Avri on the forum....

Jun 4, 2019

A few quickfire answers to 64 bit client. And other updates coming with todays Update 24 for lotro. For the full patchnotes visit the forums by this link. This update will come with a downtime The LOTRO game worlds will be unavailable from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) on Tuesday, June 4th to release Update 24: Vales of Anduin. What does 64-bit...

May 26, 2019

What is dead can’t kill you goes both ways. But trying to survive the onslaught of Sauron can be quite an endeavor. So how to go about it? Equipping yourself with more defensive gear is the obvious way. But you will still need to kill the other guy.  Or have someone else do that for you. The larger your group the more one person can and needs to...

Apr 22, 2019

What is dead can’t kill you. Today we’ll  go over one side of the kill or be killed part. The act of dealing damage. There are a near infinite variations in lotro to do this, but all share the same basis. This part will be more about what damage could be and how to use it. Weapon * bonus = Damage Every attack goes through this, but each weapon has a...

Apr 1, 2019

As part of Amazons push into the world of Tolkien it has taken an unknown stake in the developer of Lord of the rings online SSG. While the series is still a few years away, the development of a game world the size of Middle-earth would take years. As part of the investment in SSG, they get access to a dedicated team of developers that is familiar with both the...

Mar 28, 2019

Fancy graphics, cookies and pies are all just a front for a lot of numbers and formulas in lotro. Hey, come back here. No need to run away and hide. It’s not algebra (ok, some of it is). In part 1 we’ll cover the basics first before we dive deeper into the numbers, game balance, how to improve and other topics. For now we’ll take a little peek...

Mar 11, 2019

There are new pets and mounts available in the collection panel since the latest update. This has happened before, but this time the descriptions are fuel for some rumors. Is there a new Spring festival area or is it for U24? And does that mean U24 is closer then might think? And what is a moria bonus bundle? Aiding Radagast at Rhosgobel Normally the new...

Mar 7, 2019

Wednesday the game will be completely down due to a physical transfer of equipment (the actual servers) to a new place in the existing hosting location. Update #3 – 23:59 Cet downtime thursday Additional time is needed for our data center work, and our current downtime is being extended until 11:00 AM Eastern (-5 GMT). We will keep you updated. Due to...

Mar 6, 2019

Ever since the minstrel revamp changed the minstrels ways, the music industry is changing with them. Ever since the fourth age the preforming minstrel has become automated to a degree where any hobbit with a lute calls itself a musician these days All minstrels have access to a Songbook. While it’s easier then learning an instrument it’s far too...

Feb 22, 2019

Producer’s Letter – February 2019 – A Look Ahead (As posted by Severlin) Greetings! My latest letter to you will focus on our goals for the upcoming year. This is slightly different than just discussing upcoming content and features, and I hope to give everyone a bit more insight into how we want to improve the game. So, while this does provide a road map for...

Feb 14, 2019

Little changes are often missed in the large open world of patchnotes and lotro. You’d rush into the new raid or quest chains that you have been looking for. Lets take a look over at 19 little things i may have missed. Little tweaks to quests LFF wargs Old quests you have ran a dozen times that always make you wander too far to find the mobs in a lower or...

Feb 2, 2019

On monday the next inbetween update to lotro will launch. With it will come a standard downtime. For the full patchnotes follow this link https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=7912421#post7912421 The LOTRO Game Servers will be brought down on Monday, February 4th from 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern (-5 GMT) to release Update 23.3....

Jan 28, 2019

Updated and reposted 2019 version of “Minimal Vip for max result” Why and when? While being a VIP isn’t the cheapest way to get a premium account. It provides lasting bonusses to each character that was while the VIP is active. And it allows you to delay buying questpacks (usefull for level 40-50). Or you would like to play on the Legendary servers....

Jan 21, 2019

A reference guide from our kin for new big battlers to the more experienced. A quick readup for usual acronyms, general action plan and quick hints and tips. With links to each big battles sidequests and detailed guides at the bottom. BB Big battle (epic battle) Shift + B Big battle panel BP/PPPromotion points, skill points for your BB trait lines MQ/SQMain or...

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)....

Jan 11, 2019

No pretty pictures or puns for this one.  A quick overview of what we had in lotro over the last year. A due note that the articles overall content sounds worse then 2018 has been. With a timely developers letter the pacing could have been amended, but i’ve decided to post it on a slightly delayed timely manner Out with the old and in with the new 2018...