LOTRO Reporter Episode 135 – Don’t squeeze the Shamans

In this episode, Chris and I discuss Update 7 tidbits, LOTRO’s quest system, fellowship manoeuvers and more!

What we did this week

Bill
Skirmish runs for the week
Anniversary stuff. Beer fight, questing, horse racing

Chris
Ding 74! Fun with Skirmishes and questing. Working on the instanced quests now in the Gap of Rohan. Don’t want to say too much to ruin the story for people.
Gotta get into the festival this weekend…..

News

Anniversary festival extended to May 9
http://casualstrolltomordor.com/2012/04/anniversary-festival-extended-to-may-9th/

Update 7 tidbits
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&postid=6138261#post6138261
which led to
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&postid=6138563#post6138563
- There will be NO update 6.2
- Fornost getting attention in update 7
- Update 7 appearing on Bullroarer late next week

Quest system in LOTRO becoming antiquated?
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/04/28/the-road-to-mordor-is-lotros-questing-system-over-the-hill/

Did you know

Fellowship manoeuvers – a la Layanor

You know when you play in a group and wonder what that four colors thingy is that pops up during combat?

That is a Fellowship Maneuver. Some call it a CJ or *conjunction* because it was called that during beta.

Here is the break down.

Green: Gives everyone some morale back
Blue:   Gives you power back
Red:    Direct damage
Yellow: Damage over time bleed

More of these in a row will make the effect bigger. Such as four green will heal a lot more morale than normal.

The creep’s fellowship maneuver is called “Warband Manouvre”

I have met no creep that knows what they all do! So here is the break down.

Purple: Morale transfer from the target to the group
Green: Poison
Yellow: Damage with power transfer to the group
Pink:   Direct damage

For tons of information on these maneuvers and color combos, check out the links below:

http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Fellowship_Manoeuvre
http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Warband_Maneuver

Happy fellowshipping my minions!

Community

Mounted combat preview
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150830527376329&set=a.106783411328.118306.25590536328&type=1&permPage=1

Weatherstock band-signup has begun
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?457068-Weatherstock-IV-Official-Band-Signup

Skirmish of Skirmishes

Icy Crevasse vs. Ford of Bruinen
Bill – Icy Crevasse
Chris – Ford of Bruinen
Chatroom – Icy Crevasse
Email – Ford of Bruinen
tie-breaker – Ford of Bruinen (Elinnea)

Email

From Kiralynn of Landroval

Greetings!

I’m not sure if this is the sort of thing you are interested in, but just in case, I thought I would pass the news along.

Windy Acres Ranch and the Lonely Mountain Band are hosting a series of events called the Spring Racing Carnival.
These events take place on Friday, May 4th and Saturday, May 5th.
There will be several horse races, a mounted fashion contest, a horse parade, an open concert, a fireworks show, and other fun events.
More information is available at WindyAcres.MyMiddle-Earth.net

Here is a direct link to the event schedule:
http://windyacres.mymiddle-earth.net/?p=926

This event is getting significant support from Turbine. It should be a lot of fun for all players, even low-level visitors from other servers.

I hope to see you there. By the way, I love your web site!

Happy adventuring!

From Feralir of Windfola

For Ford of Bruinen vs Icy Crevasse, I heartily vote Ford of Bruinen. I really like that skirmish, though I know I’m in the minority. Maybe because I’ve only done it solo?

It’s fun because you really need to kill the two shamans at the beginning of each phase, at the same time as the first wave of attackers (lieutenant-free), to avoid one of the Elrond sons aggroing them at the worst time possible. Adds a bit of challenge. The boss fight is fun, too. Nothing beats seeing the river smash the shield off the final boss’ helper.

I also like the feeling of defending Rivendell side by side with Elrond’s sons. I’m not really a role player, but that skirmish always pulls me in.