Lord of the rings online

Stormsong was the only active. Dailies in Mordor were easy: Dor Amarth (yes!) and Udun. In Dor Amarth met one player, a Champion. We cooperated and were really effective. One time I was killed, one time was he. But we were victorious after all.

Udun quests were easy, though I had to run few times. Now, Dor Amarth quests are some 82/90. Talath Urui – still a problem, there are maximum 2 doable quests.

Kinship organized 1 run and had some talk about lvl.65 equipment. Well, it is probably good to be lvl.65 – first Legendary items, changing the each 10 levels, no care about scrolls of empowerement etc.

World chat -surprise!- had some talk that had sense.

We still have Spring festival, one of the worst in Lotro. It’s about maze, slowly grinding tokens here. Boring, uninteresting. I do wait Anniversary festival to arrive – at least there are fireworks, then some 2 other quests in Bree and entire chain of quests to bring presents.

My days in Lotro became boring ones. Do dailies, look if anybody needs help (nobody does), log off. Stuck with some quests, some deeds…ant not sure what to do.

And so the day has ended – easy, yet dull one in Lotro.

Lord of the rings online

Stormsong was the only active. And there was really not much to do.

Dailies brought me to Agarnaith and Lhignris. I went for Agarnaith, then finished two easy quests (kill 14 and 20 enemies) in Lhingris, received my rewards…and that was it. Things were done.

Kinnies were discussing raiding, nobody asked me about that. World chat was half-empty with 1 Czech and 1 Russian kins advertising, few newbies asking for help – but other players were faster than me.

Now my strategy is clear: grind Alliance reputation tokens, then max Stormsong, gaining valuable unbound Black key. Not sure what else have I left to do: almost total silence in Kinship chat, almost silent World chat (trolling aside).

Just a gray day in Lotro.

Lord of the rings online

Stormsong was the only active. Dailies in Mordor: Udun, Talath Urui. Talath was kind of easy – kill 6 enemies here and 6 there. Udun was bit problematic: almost no players doing harder content. Died 3 times, had to spent 15 mithril (again!). Only at the last run did I see 3 players running and killing.  We fought together and finally daily grind was over.  Got my rewards, ignored weekly quest (resource instances: how am I supposed to get a group?).

Kinship did raid run. Somehow managed to win, although this is technically impossible, unless you spend all day (8-10 hours), managing do die every third step and spend tons of gold on repairs. Loot was reported to be almost trash. Question: why run raids then? Absolutely zero reason.

World, LFF chats were half-empty. Someone ran Dar Narbugud raid, one I need – but it was bit late to do. Others were discussing a truly important quest to run through all Middle Earth to get…goat. My gosh, we have enough goats, reputation and festival – waste my time for another one? Developers must be crazy.

Otherwise, nobody needed help. Ran into barrows – still nobody. Kinship was discussing raid, so almost no activity.

I feel alone and lost. All activity are daily quests. Do 4 of them, receive slivers I won’t use (almost overflow of ash), wait if anyone needs help, log off.

And so the day has ended – grey, lost, bit grumpy in Lotro.

Lord of the rings online

Stormsong was the only active. Dailies in Mordor: Dor Amarth and Agarnaith. Alas, I need Dor Amarth, so picked almost all I could: kill 20 monsters, loot rubble for artifacts and kill 2 named monsters.

Killing was easy. Thorako was killed easy. Remaining “the Spear” monster cost me 3 death (including revival for just 15 mithril). Lots of running forwards-backwards, monsters spawning too quickly, me being under-powered. Run, run and run away. Nobody around to help me.

Met one Hunter killing monsters around. No, she wasn’t doing that quest. “Do u need help” – she asked. No, I answered, I am too angry and proud.

By some miracle quest was done. Received extra Alliance item, worth 2000 points.

Hunter continued talking to me. Told my equipment was bad and needed to be replaced (wrong). I needed to skip Gondor (correct) and go to N.Mirkwood, it is easier (totally wrong). She hasn’t been in N.Mirkwood at all, I guess. I thanked (no need to engage in empty discussion).

Finally, all quests were done. World chat was full of sweet nonsenses. Kinship chat was half empty too.

Of course, I won’t go to North Mirkwood. Half of it is just complete darkness, another half is proud of bugs. Which part to choose? Correct answer is: none.  Just regrind those 795 Lotro points and never buy region unless you go there.

And so the day has ended – lonely, but almost effective in Lotro.

Lord of the rings online

A long weekend it was. Stormsong quested in Mordor. Now I have to focus on 2 deeds: quests in Dor Amarth (some 76/90) and quests in Talath Urui (some 53/90).  My dailies went good and easy. Few times was killed, but that’s not important (well, one time ran into enemy camp, thinking I was aiding other player…).

I have almost overflow of ash, so – not opening lootboxes and already trashing new ones. Sorry, I have more than 50 of them.

Was approached by one very kind kinnie. He asked why I do not quest in N.Mirkwood. Because it is dark and grumpy, no roads visible, go from dark territory to dark territory, any deviation from secret path – and you are lost. I should also add, the choices are: a) very grumpy dark region; b)grumpy and buggy region. Which one to choose?
I made right choice: chosing nothing. Should I do dailies? Nope. They won’t gyve me anything and local essences would be unimportant with next quest pack. Why bother?
Yes, it’s a pity I had to tell “no”, but N. Mirkwood is something I would ignore. There is nothing for me here.

Naktieskarys finished quests in Lhingris. It was interesting to relive some good moments. Also, deconstructed some quest items for ash.

Stormsong was able to help one player in Bree. I was wondering in Barrows when met one Captain. Aided him in killing trees, then – some named mobs. Everything went easily. While questing in Lhingris, another player asked for help in Eregion; a pity, I was too late.

Social life is non-existent, I am totally alone.

And so weekend has ended, almost good one in Lotro.

Lord of the rings online

Stormsong was succesfull with dailies. My favourite Agarnaith and less favourable Dor Amarth. Lucky me, Dor Amarth had one easy quest. And yes, I ifinished Agarnaith. More free Alliance reputation items.

Now only Dor Amarth and Talath Urui remains. Ones I need to work on, do local quests every single day. But I will do it. I have the will to grind, I am good at grinding.

We had some event yesterday. Looks like “Lost poem” we have to locate “lost pages” (9 of them) throughout the Middle Earth – some in Moria, some in Misty mountains. Nothing was clear, feedback was mostly negative.

Well, another lame event to ignore. Travel, grind in the name of what? Giant Standing stone I threw out. Sand castle I threw out. Now – some poem that would just take space.

Naktieskarys returned to Mordor to quest. Doing all solo quests I could, later would have to stop: no way to solo quests designed for fellowship. And no way to get fellowship.

Social life: non existent. And still nobody needs help. I feel like being alone in this big world.

Lord of the rings online

Stormsong was the only active. Did dailies, this time Lhingris and Talat Urui. Died at least one time (all thanks to me watching Youtube and thinking no monster would attack me).

Lhingris deed to do 90 quests is over. I received several Alliance items. Now, all that remains are Agarnaith (86/40), Dor Amarth (72/90) and Talath Urui (56/90).  Agarnaith would be quick, rest – not so. Dor Amarth is forced fellowship area, if you don’t get one – you lose. Talath Urui is hard area where full fellowship may be required…and I never saw one.

Yes, this means I should work on quests in order to finish them quickly. In ideal situation: fellowship to finish at least all Talath Urui quests and some of Dor Amarth. But I see no such fellowships forming.

Kinnies kept talking about N.Mirkwood. Almost totally negative impressions. So far, no positive feedback. Well, 795 Lotro points wasted to buy trash…

Social life is almost non-existent. I am alone.

And so the day has ended – quite efficient in Lotro.

Lord of the rings online

Stormsong was active doing dailies. This time it was Dor Amarth and Udun, both had territories where grouping is a must. Unfortunately, met no players here, had to rely upon myself. One time killed- no problem, revive. Then killed again – retreat. Finally, final task – killed. Used 15 mithril coins to revive.

I was unlucky to meet no players around. At the other hand – used fear to make enemies run and dealing with one at a time. Result – dailies done, 4 Alliance items received. I even spent 3 slivers to get Mordor key and open lootbox for some Ash. Still have 21 sliver remaining…

Stormsong is close to completing Foothold in Lhingris and Agarnaith. Some 86/90. Of course, still problems with Dor Amarth and Talat Urui – least favoured regions.

Did not manage to help anybody. Kinnie needed help…at the very moment I had to log off for some rest and food. Later kinnie asked for Court of Seregost (he needs Anfalas crystals). I adviced him to run festival or grind Merit stars. I am not an expert in CoS, always depending upon someone more experienced.

My life in Lotro is now lonely and repetative. Log, do dailies (weekly quest not an option, requires group instances…and I can’t do them without group + see no grouping), make some crafting on Naktieskarys/Ahelissa, log off.  Hoarding Alliance items for later use by Stormsong/Vytautaz.

Lord of the rings online

Stormsong did dailies in Mordor, earning many sliver stuff for Black keys. Yet – no reason to use, I am too close to ash overflow.  Dailies went good, I was effective, taking easiest quests.

Managed to aid one kinnie in Udun. He is lvl.108, went to forges above lvl.115 camp. Without much light of Erendil, he had some problems.  Together we were effective, killing monsters, looting stuff. A single happy moment.

Meanwhile Naktieskarys finished Hobbit alliance. It was impressive. Alliance deeds are done really good, are immersive and impressive.
Hobbitses: they decided to stay in Mordor. Aragorn was against, but since some well-known hero (me!) would look after them – it’s ok. Then had to take care of their little business, scout Mordor, kill some monsters, visit flooded Isengard.
Talked to Saruman, but White wizard had little power over me.
And then – what we suspect – Saruman has plans about Shire. However, decision is made not to spoil life for Hobbitses and we end Alliance with feasting. What may spoil the Shire – Hobbitses ask. Oh well…

Anyway, I enjoyed Alliance things. Well done, kudos to whoever did it. Earned my first unbound Black key there as Naktieskarys.

We had sale – purchased three milestone locations. Two for Stormsong, one for Naktieskarys.  Bye bye ~750 Lotro points. But I will surely need them, at least for Alliance on Stormsong.

Kinship plans raid (Abyss?), but these raids can be done only by zerging, gathering at least 100 players. Otherwise it’s RNG and/or failure. Obviously, not for me, since raiding is expensive: you are killed tens of times and repairs costs (and you get no loot).

And so weekend has ended – quiet and kind of good, yet lonely, in Lotro. No social life, World chat is full of spam and useless talks.