Adventures in Dolby and Technicolor

Hobbit and Redhead posted this on December 30th, 2009. It has 3 Comments »
Categorized as Captain, Classes, Rune-keeper.

Shorthand Link: http://mmeow.net/tw2476

While grind­ing out the quests in S. Mirk­wood (how sim­i­lar in pat­tern they are to those in Ere­gion) I’ve taken a break to try out two new-for-me classes: Cap­tain and Rune-keeper. On the whole, I am enjoy­ing both classes and the con­trast they make to my main.

Hith­erto I’ve only played tank roles. Cap­tain’s sup­port and jack-of-all-trades role is reward­ing, and Rune-keeper’s instant death strikes are, well, more sat­is­fy­ing than I realized.

This post’s title refers to the huge change in sound and visu­als that come with Cap­tain and Rune-keeper. Man, can my man Calen­bor shout! And—BZZT-ZAP!—there is no spe­cial effect too campy for Fig­galin. Stones for everyone.

A vetting by Berephon

Hobbit and Redhead posted this on November 19th, 2009. It has 2 Comments »
Categorized as Captain.

Shorthand Link: http://mmeow.net/tw2414

My new Cap­tain’s name, Calen­bor, was vet­ted today by Berephon in the forums!

As a “green­hand” Cap­tain on Wind­fola, feel free to invite me to fel­low; Bree-land is prac­ti­cally empty these days (espe­cially judg­ing by the amount of sil­ver ore in the Bar­rows, usu­ally heav­ily over­mined). You can call me “Caleb” or “Cal”, if you like.

I decided to roll up a Cap­tain: fel­low­ing with Cap­tains as Gloimli, my Guardian main, taught me their extreme worth in groups. Eas­i­est time I ever had in some of the hard­est Moria instances was run­ning with two Cap­tains at once. I’d like to make some one else’s fel­low­ing that enjoyable.

In keep­ing with Calenbor’s sup­port­ing role, I took up Tin­ker. Noth­ing like good kib­bles and some shiny gee­gaws to really buff up your fellows!

Docholiday, the Warden’s Warden

Hobbit and Redhead posted this on November 2nd, 2009. It has 1 Comment »
Categorized as Guides, Tip Time, Warden.

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His blog has been men­tioned before but bears repeat­ing. If you play a War­den, you should be read­ing Docholiday’s blog.

Today’s install­ment on tank­ing gam­bits is pure gold — Auc­tion House gold, the best kind.

Cheers,
Hobbit

Tips: Help for Hall of Mirrors

Hobbit and Redhead posted this on September 21st, 2009. It has No Comments »
Categorized as Guides, Mines of Moria, News, Tip Time, Warden.

Shorthand Link: http://mmeow.net/tw2180

I’m glad 2 High Road posted Con­quer­ing the Hall of Mir­rors!

The only time Hob­bit attempted Hall of Mir­rors was dur­ing an inter­minable rota­tion with 1 per­son anchor­ing the 3-man, and 5 of the rest of us tak­ing turns as the other 2 play­ers in the instance.

We were all Defend­ers of Amon Sul, so it was not as trau­matic as a PUG, but it was no fun walk in the park either.

By the time my 60 War­den joined, every­thing was cleared out and it was just the final boss lady.  And, wow, is she mean!  After 4 wipes, we finally gave up the ghost.  2 High Road’s guide is much appreciated.

Tip Time: Find time for those Level 45 Class Quests

Isy posted this on August 22nd, 2009. It has 2 Comments »
Categorized as Classes, Guides, Tip Time.
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helch

 

Regard­less of your class, every char­ac­ter will have the oppor­tu­nity to com­plete class quests at Lev­els 15, 30 and 45 (avail­able from your class trainer). The rewards of your first class trait, some decent armor or a weapon, as well as the excite­ment of pro­gress­ing your char­ac­ter in a solo-mission designed specif­i­cally for your class, is more than enough to ensure the major­ity will com­plete the L15 and L30 quests… the same, how­ever, can­not be said for the L45 class quests! This tip-time install­ment is here to pro­vide you with the rea­sons why you should squeeze this set of class quests into your Mid­dle Earth expe­ri­ence, and pro­vide some assis­tance in get­ting your char­ac­ter some of the best leg­endary traits available…

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