Then, Now, and Yet to Come

Recently I had the opportunity to traverse into one of my favorite old Shadows of Angmar stomping grounds. Carn Dum. A few of my kin mates and two friends still needed a few items to complete their level 45 class quests. I for one have always enjoyed strolling through Carn Dum (CD). The entire instance was very well designed and implemented.  Pivotal boss fights and of course the hornblowers.

Lately I began feeling very nostalgic about the old Angmar instances, CD and Urugarth. Barad Gularan was fun as well, though I have only run it once, but I was fortunate enough to down the "Onion" on that run. I really do not know BG that well, and it's hard to get a group together to learn. I will work on that. Thinking back on how the "end game" instances were run in the past, I reflect that, with how they are now and see a few major differences.

Two Sites That Should Be on Everyone's Bookmarks

It has been a very busy week at work, so my time has been somewhat limited.  That being said, here are two sites that everyone one should check out, and check out often.

LOTRO Dynamic Map - This is a great map for finding out where things are.  You select an area, then you can set filters from drop down menus on the top of the map.

Darzil's Crafting Site - A must see for all those who are interested in crafting.  He even shows what the crafted items will look like when equipped as well as what is needed to craft them.

Hopefully I'll get a bit more time next week...  Enjoy.

A Few Screenshots From the Other Night

I was in the Shire and Bree a few nights ago finishing up a few deeds and had a few O.o moments.  Here are a few screenies of my travels.

Rainbow over Took-land

Sunrise in Hobbiton

Sunset in Bree

Looking over the Brandywine into Bree-land From Evendim  above Annuminas

Excellent Raid-Centric Post

Over on A Casual Stroll to Mordor, Merric lays out a very good synopsis on what raiding is and where it could be going.  As an end-gamer mostly, I found that I agree with his description and love the ideas that he brings up.

This is a must read for anyone who has raided, or plans on raiding in the future.  Good stuff!.

Fall Festival Quests

Goldenstar over at A Casual Stroll to Mordor has posted a very good and informative rundown on the festivities of the Harvestmath Festival.  Rather that trying to add to it I HIGHLY suggest and recommend you check out her post. Which can be found here.

One thing to note, last year there were also problems with the horse races .  And after they fixed them, they extended the festival for an additional 2 weeks, if I recall correctly.  Will we see that this time?  I hope so.  I'd rather log on at 1:00 am or 2:00 am in the morning and knock out the race, than spend my stock piled festival tokens to get the mount.  Granted the Harvestmath mount is the best of the 4 festival mounts as far as appearance, in my opinion, so I will be getting one anyway.  I'd just rather finish off getting the rest of the fall fluff with less token grind by winning the horse race.