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LotRO Housing Review

October 5, 2007 19 Comments

The “Open House” preview on the Roheryn server is over and the devs are asking for feedback on the forums. I posted my own two-cents there but I thought I’d elaborate on and share it with those of you who might have missed the event. For the unaware, the Roheryn server is a “preview server” (not a test server, I’ve... [Read more]

Chicken Play: Do We Really Want More?

October 1, 2007 5 Comments

Meet ~Ireth, my hero of a chicken who started her Run Across Eriador this weekend. When Turbine first announced the new Lord of the Rings Online game feature called Session Play, people thought it was a belated April Fool’s joke. But sure enough, when its Book 10 expansion hit the streets in August, players got the chance to play a chicken! The... [Read more]

LotRO and the Epic Armour Set

July 6, 2007 2 Comments

When the patch notes for the first major LotRO expansion, Shores of Evendim, were first released, my friend Mel said to me, “End game raiding? Epic armor sets? Is this game turning into WoW?!”  For some of you, this may not have been a concern but for those who left World of Warcraft because they absolutely hated the concept of farming... [Read more]

Are You At Your End Game?

June 29, 2007 9 Comments

It’s a rhetorical question by the way, and the reason I pose it is because talk has been rife about LotRO doomsday, ie. people reaching level 40 and finding it to be a grind, a bore, a disappointment. I have no doubt this is true and far from advising people to “try other things” like crafting and working on deeds and stuff, I’m... [Read more]

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