Mar 24, 2018

Hail Friends! Hope you are all doing well. Spring is in the air, the sun is shinning bright, as winter comes to end and our paths lead us to Northern Mirkwood and Dale and to Erebor and it is finally time for the return of LOTRO Poems. Casual Raiders recently celebrated their 4th year anniversary. Sometimes I still can’t wrap my head around the fact that...

Mar 6, 2018

From the sidepath we ride onto the on-ramp and the highway to Erebor. After the 3-mans the 6-man Bells of Dale and and the three raids were released in march 2013. The relevance of these raids has changed whereas Bells of dale has remained a constant joy to run except for the fact that you have to kill squirrels for a speedy run. 3 in 1 raid Each raid had a...

Mar 5, 2018

One time we were thinking, what instances could they release for Riders of Rohan. Fighting the raiding parties that would attack the small villages and town of Rohan. Assaulting them with our fresh new warsteeds. Perhaps even hinder warg raiding parties on the unsuspecting caravan that just left Edoras. The Hobbit movies were also in theaters, but since Turbine...

Mar 1, 2018

As the fellowship makes it way back from Saurons home theater room they encounter a contingent of dwarves. Deciding to shadow them into an abyss staying in the twilight thrown by the cracks in the lava flows beneath them. Gimlis voice quavers when he hears murmurs of delving and the sound of pick axes hitting the basalt rocks. We’ve found it!, followed by...

Feb 20, 2018

*Based on Beta build 2 of Update 22 North-Mirkwood We have seen a lot of nice screenshots, but a question I’ve seen pop up more than a few times. Should i stop gearing or crafting essences till the update?  I’ll try to answer a few of them in broad strokes so there will be corner cases that will be at fault. *legenda Quest tokens – Silver...

Feb 16, 2018

The halls of the forsaken and the inn of night are intertwined. So much that those arent even their real names. But in the spirit of both instances i’ll forsake any more riddles. Cause while running them. You’ll find plenty of those. The 2 small fellowship instances are one of the few not tied into an update or expansion. Being a separate purchase...

Feb 7, 2018

The fellowship makes it way across the barrens wastes of Dor Amarth to the closest known vault. The ruins of Barad dur lost much of its grandeur, but the causeway has been retaken by sentries of the enemy. The enemy might have come closer to the fellowship then they might even think they know.  

Jan 31, 2018

Last time we left our friends at the festivities after the battle of Critter Tirith, but forces have begun to stir again. Months have passed since the defeat of Sauron, but not all evil has put their weapons and claws down. Groups of Elves, humans, dwarfs and hobbits have aligned themself to explore the unbeknownst lands of Gorgoroth. But after the uncovering...

Jan 16, 2018

How do you write a story when you know you will be mostly defeated? Such is the meeting that happened at Turbine when they came to the moment of the Attack on Helms Deep. The players can’t really play a role where they will fail by default. This article will follow the players as they fight the battles of Helms deep, Pelagrir and defend Minas Tirith A new...

Dec 28, 2017

Lotro was better when [insert time], because [insert patch] destroyed the game. No Angmar article is complete without a comment like this. But at what time was it better, what has destroyed the game and are there these things? What is a Classic or Vanilla Lotro? If there wasn’t any objection what moment in time would be the best choice to roll back lotro...

Dec 24, 2017

Part 2 of the angmar experience is mostly travel across time, “old-school” and (technically not) first Raid instance in lotro. Both Barad Gularan (BG from now) and The rift of nurz ghashu (the Rift) werent in the game at launch, but most will remember it as they were. Getting to level 50, running Carn dum and Urugarth to gear up took a long while. I...

Dec 2, 2017

Barad gularan, Carn dum, The rift and Urugarth. As classic as instance go thesedays these can hardly be beaten. When people go nostalgic, they linger in the memories of Mordrith and Thaurlach. Urugarth and Barad gularan are usually thrown in with the other two. But they do deserve a spot in the limelight.  Good thing that there isn’t a story about...

Nov 23, 2017

Black friday isn’t saurons version of where the orcs can leave their ties at home before going to work. It’s the time a lot of shops go on a sales bonanza. Including digital sales. Standing stone games isn’t that different. So without further ado. Lotromarket – 85% off – $ sales  Mines of Moria™ – Digital Download...

Nov 12, 2017

*insert hobbit height jokes Now that this has passed. How big is Bingo? At 10:30 on a sunday i set out to find that answer. Can you finish the 52 week journey of Bingo Boffin in about a days time? Setup, a 105 captain with lousy gear. Plenty of stablemasters before central Gondor. He just fell in love with the crafting station on the belfalas kin island and...

Nov 2, 2017

Norbog news, semi-investigative journalism. We dig deep so you don’t have to. Elfs stepping down as the Middle-earth preservers As chairman of the Eriador department of the Middle-Earth animal live preservation, Elrond announced that the Elves would be stepping down from their role as the main contributors to the organisation. “The elves have done...

Oct 28, 2017

Leaving Radagast and his critters to fend for their own (they can take care of their own). We’re following the epic book towards the North downs. This will take us on the doorsteps of Fornost. It’s big, scary filled with evil. The rest will go towards Esteldin, but we’re heading into the instance. The instance area itself is an ancient...

Oct 20, 2017

We’re continuing our tour of free instances while we enter the Lone lands. Towards the north-east you’ll find Garth agarwen or agamaur as some know it. It has been an oddball in lotros instances ever since it inception. It has always been popular with the leveling characters, never had much of revamp and always been separate instance for the two 3...

Oct 11, 2017

    Aragorn and the forces of the Free people have prevailed at the Battle of the black gate. After a victorious charge by our allies from Rohan at the pelennor fields. Time had come to take the battle deeper into Mordor. Rumours have been out there was a secretive mission by a group of delta-hobbits behind enemy lines that infiltrated the enemies...

Oct 10, 2017

    You’ve visited Constable underhill and Tom Bombadil for your epic story. A scared hobbit looking for a prince and an unfortunate traveler you make you venture into the Barrow downs.  A walled of area littered with the tombs and evil spirits send there by the witch king of Angmar after taking the area from the Dunedain of Cardolan in the...

Oct 3, 2017

In the beginning, there was Bree. Your first place you found your party members for your venture in the Great Barrows. One massive subterranean infested area full of wights and keys to having a chance at an audience with Sambrog. That is at least the story if you were around level 20 in 2007. Each instance had his own level range. You could still run it at a...