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Champions, Minstrels and Rune-keepers Beyond Level 50

Turbine has updated with another batch of developer diaries detailing what’s in store for classes beyond level 50. Surprisingly, one is about the Rune-keeper.  Check them out: Champion, Minstrel, and Rune-keeper. I’ve detailed a bit about each below.

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Minstrel’s Melody: Levels 5 and 10

Level 1 Minstrel

I thought it would be interesting to catalog the changes in my character’s appearance as he increases in level. It seemed like it would be a fun way to display how a character can come off as more impressive as he or she gets access to cooler equipment.

I plan on updating this every 5 levels or so. Alongside the new images I’ll talk a bit about my experiences leveling Thergrim . . . annoying quests, fun quests, people we came across, etc.

Plus I gave it a lame name: Minstrel’s Melody. Can’t beat that!

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Creating Characters

Dwarfing it up at Thorin\'s Hall

To say I play The Lord of the Rings Online slowly is probably being generous. I’ve been playing the same character with no attention given to alts since June 2007. That would be my Man Champion (my second character after an Elf), who only recently hit level 48. Getting to 50 in a couple of weeks obviously isn’t my thing.

I’ve never hit the level cap in a MMORPG. Typically I get bored around halfway there. With LotRO the issue is more due to my amount of free time and what I actually choose to do in the game. I just take my time.

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Book 14: New Minstrel Animations

Minstrels have had access to several instruments for quite a while now. Unfortunately The Lord of the Rings Online never really took into account which one was equipped when using their music-based skills.

With the upcoming release of Book 14, minstrels can look forward to new animations and sounds for each of their skills based upon every equippable instrument in the game. Massively came across a video by sabacao that shows all of these off with various Minstrel skills.

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