Oct 27, 2018

Updated last: 27th oct 2018 First Q&A and everyones responses to it range from both sides of the spectra. So it’s time for a little recap. And a little shameless plug for older articles (yes i know). Quick references Original press release  on lotroplayers Massivelys OP recap of the Q&A stream – Initial forum topic OP’s followup post...

Oct 24, 2018

Sauron has been gone for awhile now and lives is starting to return to normal for the free people of Middle-earth. Yet not everyone has it as easy as them. Orcs, Easterlings, spiders and all other sorts of previous enemies are now trying to pick up their lives as well. Norbog news is taking a look into the struggles and how they find a non-galadriel light at...

Oct 16, 2018

Isengard, one of the two towers and home to the white wizard and not a purple floating sphere. After venturing through Dunland and guiding the grey company further south you would reach the area of Isengard. Home to the oxclan camp which hosts the instance cluster of this 99 instances. Coming with 2 small fellowships a  6-man and the home of Saruman and it...

Oct 14, 2018

Keeping in critters tradition there was supposed to be a prep-article for Update 23. At least there was one planned. The community streams were quite clear. The raid wouldn’t scale, a few extra crystals and scrolls, finish any tier 2 challenge deeds. And any new gear and essences would finalize in the last few weeks. Except the major curve balls that got...

Oct 8, 2018

Surrounding systems can make or break an instance. Even the most basic place can look enticing if you need it’s loot. Everyone needed the loot of Seregrost. Court of Seregrost ins’t your standard basic place. With update 23 the nicest loot will leave our presence. But will Seregrost leaves our minds and hearts? Hear me out, you will miss CoS. Each era of lotro...

Sep 18, 2018

After the critters and Druedain recaptured Bhol-Rudh Wrinkles used Viznahks secret passage. But were quickly send away by the property guard. If their plan to stop the plague and safe Agarnaith had any hope of succeeding they would need some help. Plans were smitten and a frontal assault was ruled out. The underlings of Lhaereath seemed to not have much love...

Sep 11, 2018

When mordor launched we got lootboxes for everyone.  On monday we got an update to the plans for lootboxes and end game gear by Severlin (executive producer of lotro). The short version is that In general, instance gear will be better than questing gear, raid gear will be better than instance gear, and content with higher tiers of difficulty will reward better...

Sep 4, 2018

When you hear about pvmp its usually about the balance or lack there off. This isn’t one of those times. As Galadriel so wisely mentioned “The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth.” What if that change would be the literal playing field of pvmp? The (only used) map for pvmp is The Ettenmoors. For most of its existence the layout and...

Aug 23, 2018

With the rangers and the people of Bree occupied its up to you to fend of the rest of the attacks on Eriador. All of the skirmishes in these parts are separate events in the history of Middle-earth. Each one takes place in a different region and time, but each has their own tale to tell as well. The residents have provided you with quests, xp and gear as you...

Aug 13, 2018

With a new update on the horizon you will hear or read, Bullroarer is up or Bullroarer is live. In this guide  we’ll go quickly over what it is, why you might want to check it out and how do you get on Bullroarer if you decide to use it *Updates when i can get some screenshots What is Bullroarer? Every new update introduces new things. Things that need to...

Aug 6, 2018

Protecting the lands of Eriador ever since the fall of Arnor the rangers of the north roamed the forests and farmlands of Bree and the Lone lands. But as the rangers and the Grey company moved south and later answered the call upon the Pelenor fields. Their vacancy was quickly filled by brigands and half-orcs assaulting Bree. As you approach the south gate of...

Jul 30, 2018

Are skirmishes instances? Skirmishes have filled a hole that in Middle-earth since they got introduced back in 2009. What that hole would be is different for each player. Some might not even know they exist these days. Before we go over the history and the lore of each skirmish. A quick overview of skirmishes in general. Article 1 – History and overview...

Jul 19, 2018

A night in the midst of April was coming to a close. A night partly thinking about the upcoming summer in Lotro. Both as a player and kinleader looking ahead for kin activities during the summer. The next major content update would be in the fall and class changes was just a promise on a stream. The article that never came to be was called Lotro drought, but...

Jun 24, 2018

Why do i lag? A wizards is never late it arrives precisely when it means to. The same goes for everything that involves your game if everything goes well. Alas not everything goes well all the time. It might be the server hamsters, your pc or it might even be a solar flare. It can all be a valid answer to the question “Why do i lag?”   In the first article...

Jun 13, 2018

Moria was a few months old and the different story lines in Moria were coming to a close.You got the chance to see the sun again as you entered the dimril dale. First you had to prove yourself to the elfs and Haldir only to be send back into the depths to look what started to corrupt the orcs in the shadowed refuge. The balrog and orcs wernt the only forces...

Jun 6, 2018

Many of lotro’s biggest villians are from a time where ancient evil was still just evil. Villians from the books cant be defeated. Isuldur cut off the finger from Sauron, not hobbit #34. And the balrog was banished by Gandalf at the cost of his own life, not legowlassie. And lotro came in a time where players time became more limited. Instances became a balance...

May 30, 2018

The staging grounds have been set at Bhol Rudh. Their secret base was well-guarded by Druadans. With Talon telling of the beauty that once behold this now corrupted and rotten swamp. George wondered how it could become such a place. Don’t tase me bro! I taste horrible! came from their provisions. Talon caught a wrinkly flesh bag sneaking into their food....

May 23, 2018

Level 60 launch moria instances Back when Mines of Moria launched it came with the two instances we spoke about in Part 1.  Where meant to give you a start in Moria this article is about the “endgame” fellowship instances. You were level 60 and had set your eye all the jewelry and the Moria medallions for your fancy set bonus armor.  Describing everything in...

May 12, 2018

Last time on Critters journey. Bearlee went missing, Eagles had to swoop in and Mount Doom made a valiant last stand. The Mordor story continues next on Critters Journey.

May 12, 2018

A mine they call it! We call it moria. But Moria is a big place with a lot of instances. We’ll split moria into three pieces for this series. Leveling (50-58), level cap (60) and post launch (lothlorien) with a bonus of some one-boss raids. Lotro was still gearing up to be a challenger to World of warcraft and we’ll also use this look back as a way to look...