Adventures in Dolby and Technicolor

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

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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.

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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!

Captains, Guardians and Wardens Beyond Level 50

Tony posted this on October 20th, 2008. It has No Comments »
Categorized as Captain, Guardian, Mines of Moria, Warden.
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Another group of three Devel­oper Diaries have appeared on the offi­cial LotRO Web site. This time around, they cover the Guardian, Cap­tain and War­den’s advance­ment beyond Level 50. As with the other classes, each diary dis­cusses equip­ment options, skill adjust­ments, new skills and three new Trait Sets.

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