LOTRO Reporter 151 – Back to Reality…

In this episode, we’re joined by Layanor to discuss several dev diaries (including Eastemnet crafting), stat scrolls, LOTRO player niceness and more!

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What we did this week

Layanor

Saruman -Tower of Ohthankyou

Bill
Deed grinding. Whoever thought that setting up deeds that require hundreds of elite mobs was a good idea should be rickrolled every day for a year

Chris
Crafting in now FINALLY getting through the Westfold tier. Materials to get some of the lower tiers finished up are a little scarce.
Continued with my epicly slow journey through the great river region. I would have done more, but I was too busy crafting!

News

Eastement Crafting Dev Diary
http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2389-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-eastemnet-crafting

Open tapping
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?477994-Official-Discussion-XP-and-Tapping-changes-coming-with-Rohan

Epic Story Dev Diary – yar, here be spoilers
http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2402-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-volume-iii-update-8-quest-notes

Rohan landscape video dev diary
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2ZIQdqqd8k&feature=player_embedded

Warden Dev Diary
http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2370-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-warden

Did you know… LIVE EDITION!

Stat Scrolls: How to bust out your legendary stats like a pimp yo!

Relic Forging barter. Under melding. 3,356 shards
Legendary Item Quartermaster in Harndirion – 15 Medallion of the North-men
Barter Exchange Trader in Ost Galadh – 25 Medallion of Dol Guldur

Community

Darzil’s Crafting Guide http://lotro.northshield.co.uk/
This website that has been used for years and is no longer being updated. However the owner has no problem hosting it. He is looking for someone to take over and keep updating it.

Summer festival events listed
http://www.lotro.com/summerfun2012/2413-olde-world-adventure-schedule-of-events

Really? The LOTRO community needs more entitled jerks?
http://www.containsmoderateperil.com/why-the-lotro-community-needs-to-stop-being-so-nice/
(More then likely Layanor rant)
Another post
http://www.containsmoderateperil.com/riders-of-rohan-delay-compensation-package-is-delayed/

What Guild Wars 2 can teach LOTRO
http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/09/08/the-road-to-mordor-three-things-lotro-needs-from-guild-wars-2/

NPC lookalike contest
http://cosmeticlotro.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/npc-look-alike-contest-2012/