{"id":52556,"date":"2024-01-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lotroplayers.com\/?p=52556"},"modified":"2024-03-23T17:32:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T21:32:24","slug":"lotro-players-news-episode-545-legendary-macaroni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lotroplayers.com\/2024\/01\/22\/lotro-players-news-episode-545-legendary-macaroni\/","title":{"rendered":"LOTRO Players News Episode 545: Legendary Macaroni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we discussed updates, the 2024 roadmap, Gwathrenost,\u00a0 our week in LOTRO, and speculated on the new hobby.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LOTRO Players News Episode 545: Legendary Macaroni\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TG1Yn-VuZTE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9074\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-52556-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/lotroacademy.com\/lotroplayers\/LPN545.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lotroacademy.com\/lotroplayers\/LPN545.mp3\">http:\/\/lotroacademy.com\/lotroplayers\/LPN545.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/lotroacademy.com\/lotroplayers\/LPN545.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/lotroplayers.com\/?powerpress_pinw=52556-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/lotroacademy.com\/lotroplayers\/LPN545.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"LPN545.mp3\">Download<\/a> (31.9MB) <\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Game News<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lotro.com\/update-notes\/lotro-update-38-2-1-release-notes-en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update 38.2.1 Release Notes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lotro.com\/news\/lotro-letter-to-the-players-2024-en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOTRO Roadmap for 2024<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.lotro.com\/index.php?threads\/listen-to-the-update-38-corsairs-of-umbar-soundtrack-on-youtube.8996\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Corsairs of Umbar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> soundtrack is now available on YouTube<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Store Sales<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Sublime Patron&#8217;s Coffer has returned for a limited time!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Available in the LOTRO Store through February 1st!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lotro.com\/news\/lotro-sublime-patrons-coffers-en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more on LOTRO.com!<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go There and Back Again! Get 20% off:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Milestone Skills<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hurried Traveller and Returning Traveller<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Advanced Riding Traits<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rally Horns<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now through January 25th!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weekly Coupon<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free Black Steel Key<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coupon Code: STEELKEY<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now through January 25th!\u200b<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Week In Gaming<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Crister<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gooenhorst &#8211; the witch king\u2019s citadel &#8211; fun fun fun<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axis and Allies online and Void Crew<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ESO &#8211; BAM!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Cyndars<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raft with my son and Sans. It isn\u2019t too bad with friends when we are all working together (and the shark doesn\u2019t attack)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost beat Gwathrenost! We were so close!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did Angmar deeds with Pineleaf (the FEM), and ill Omens with Pineleaf today. We did really well!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Pineleaf<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My main warden reached level 150 and started running Ill Omen skirmishes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Field Trip, the mariner crew was down to three so we ran some small fellowship skirmishes. I suppose we had a balanced fellowship, at least until we started to use our fore or aft skills.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Lore-master completed the ten-quest wrapper for the Ill-opens skirmish event. The strangest event was while running <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defence of the Prancing Pony<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, I had the infamous encounter bug and faced three Old Hunters. I suppose it was a Bug bear.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Emails<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week we did not receive any emails.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact Us<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>Email us!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:podcast@lotroplayers.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">podcast@lotroplayers.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Thoughts<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b>The Players Alliance LIVE Shows<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Record Day\/Time Varies\u00a0 \u2013 DDO Players News\u00a0 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. Eastern<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; LOTRO Players News<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us for our live shows at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lotroplayers.com\/live\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lotroplayers.com\/live<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOTRO Player&#8217;s News Podcast can now be found on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/q4k0kx5j.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me\/L0\/https:%2F%2Fmusic.amazon.com%2Fpodcasts%2F50b714a8-e19f-4f48-a059-c70e2f4a6660\/1\/0100017b8a276a54-a8dcf010-67ff-4840-a7c0-9e475360e988-000000\/KT3t2hcJvld0_9_DnOCKWKIjFn4=233\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon Music<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Audible<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we discussed updates, the 2024 roadmap, Gwathrenost,\u00a0 our week in LOTRO, and speculated on the new hobby. Game News Update 38.2.1 Release Notes LOTRO Roadmap for 2024 The Corsairs of Umbar soundtrack is now available on YouTube Store Sales The Sublime Patron&#8217;s Coffer has returned for a limited time! 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