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I finished quests in Eves of Fangorn. This tragic and beautifull arc with little bird – was too much for me. I was forced to skip all texts and NOT think about it. Otherwise – as always in Rohan, great stories that are impressive and interesting.

I returned to do Hytbold dailies and grinds reputation with Sutcrofts. As always, same five quests, same amount of reputation. Three more days of grind and Kindred with Sutcrofts is reached.

Bloxd

Progress there too. My player who builds town of heretics, returned. So he builds, I build my castle too. Castle is not perfect, it lacks many things. So far it has library, room for ceremonies, throne room and duke’s private chamber. Treasury, any official institutions, servants – all are missing. A lesson for future: always start town with castle, make everything usable, so that castle could function.

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And so my day has ended, kind of good in both games.

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And so I went to Snowbourn. Short rest there, then visit to Meduseld. Everything is dark there, Grima rules and helpless Theoden King cannot do anything. Of course, we were expelled from Edoras. Once again, return to Snowbourn.

Which leads to most cotroversial decision: evacuate town. Let it be destroyed by Orcs while citizens flee to safety. Yet Snowbourn has good walls and enough towns around. With all Rohirrim gathered, city could hold as much as needed. Eomer thinks otherwise: let us flee and hope we will reclaim ruins.

After short running, I am redirected to Wildermore. It’s something I do not wish to do. I am still not strong. Traceries are still wrong. Jewellery is still amateurish. And there is much to do in Snowbourn. There is Hytbold that needs rebuilding. And of course, kindred with all factions + Guide to Snowbourn.

So Wildermore could wait. I will run dailies for Hytbold. Gather all tokens I could get. Then, one day – hurray, Hytbold will be rebuilt.

Wildermore is probably last region that has stories and is really interesting. For some reason, after it SSG abandoned story arcs, like Nona & Horn. For me, such stories are really interesting, makes us think about heroes and wars. What we have later is comic Jajax and evil Karazgar. That’s all,

So, my adventures on green fields of Rohan continues. I must enjoy every minute while it lasts: after Wildermore there would be little fun.

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I quested in Eaworth. Yes, same town known for its evil lighthouse (impossible to finish). But questing was interesting. Shadow of Grima is even there. Bravery and treachery, resolve and despair are everywhere. And it feels. I had lots, lots of quests to do. Once again, my favourite choice: support treacherous NPC with cautious approach – or courageous NPC with hothead approach. I suspected one NPC to be traitor, so chose hothead approach. Again, lots of things to do. Then – attack against Orc camp and revealing of treachery. Between them – very, very cold approach to Nona. Rohirrim treated her really bad. Naturally, Nona left (to return, of course).

I also managed to do Hytbold quests. At least easy ones. Result – Wold and Norcrofts districts at Ally level are done. Mead hall is looking much better now. And of course, stables. These are really needed to reach Hytbold.
Whatever other players say, I do enjoy Hytbold. It makes you work towards goal and have the pleasure to rebuild entire town.

And yes, I reached level 85. Immediately I use all lvl.85 LI runes plus equipped Hytbold armour. Result: I am better at combat now.

What happens next? I follow epic quests up to Snowbourn. Then, I do all landscape there. Try to finish every deed. At that point – invest time to rebuild Hytbold and reach Kindred with all factions. Only after Hytbold rebuilt could I face Theoden King.

Bloxd

No acitivty, except random lobbies. Last changes are almost disastrous and most players dislike them.

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I quested in Cliving. Of course, some settlements before it, but these do not count. Cliving was one favourite. Quest to decide who murdered one person (and all 3 suspects were really shady). Girl who was seen in secret entering; two men, who had their personal accounts with local ruler. Anybody could be murderer…but let us spare girl, for she had a sort of noble motif. Hence, one Rohirrim man went to Cliving jail. Then, another favourite quest – a girl and her opressive father. Girl loves farmer, father forbids, so they have to run. Once again, I chose girl’s side. Happyness in times of war is more important that old-fashioned rules. And this is one of two reasons I do love Rohan.
First, choices. You are to decide who is guilty, who is not. Second – stories. No other region before had such things. No other region (except 1 quest in Dale lands) had choices. And after Mordor any stories end, replaced by endless bit boring quest lines.
For some reason SSG thought Nona and Horn story is not worthy to be replicated. Players seemed to like it, but SSG stopped. Better use blank quests or something like “Bhuzhrashfhabtghshashguru 0/5”.

After Cliving quests done, I started grinding Missions. Xp income is still too low, even when I combine task boards with few easy missions. I tried to ask in Regional chat – but to no result. Mostly there were players who were lower level than me. One player asked, looked like he was interested in…only to tell I should spam every lvl.150 on server + that he, of course, was not and is not interested in helping me. How typical for Lotro “community”! Another player mistakenly told I was villifying everyone. Wrong. I am not telling everyone is toxic troll: I keep telling some chats are toxic/troll paradise. I met kind and nice, wise people who were eager to help with sword and advice.

Which leaves me alone once again. I have nobody to ask for aid. As always in recent time, I am left all for myself.

Bloxd

My little castle slowly slowly wakes up. First floor: finished local library. There are book shelves for Old testament, New Testament, civil law, church law, poetry, grammar, code of chivalry, literature, heraldry…Now to think about second floor. Third floor would be throne room. Fourth floor – duke’s living room. Fifth floor -just roof with some storage rooms.

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And so my days in Lotro goes. Real life starts looking like nightmare, but this I leave to myself. In Bloxd and Lotro I am always alone. Bloxd is kids, 6-12 years old; Lotro is just game with almost no community (yet with some nice, great players). I am left to myself, to sink or swim. But maybe it’s just a destiny?

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Windstorms logged and did some boring quests. Go into cave, kill lathbears, kill more lathbears, return to Rohirrim and go help farmers. Boring. Yet – it’s Rohan, I will do all quests there.

Stormsong stood in Bree, trying to find anyone alive. Lucky for me, there was one kind soul. He helped me about traceries (wiki is not clear with this specific question).

I had a good laugh when reading Lotro forums. Folks complain…about trolling in Laurelin /World chat. Surprise surprise…they talk about toxicity, trolls – all that /World is actually famous for. Funny to read, I admit. The same people who write complaints – do absolutely nothing to make /World better. But no, they are eager to complain. Go, speak about normal topics, aid those who need aid and /World would be great again. But our “community” likes to do nothing. By doing nothing, they just help toxic trolls.

Anyway, let them cry. /World and /LFF are not needed at all. Modern times have social media and Discord, so chats may go to the Void.

Bloxd

Nothing. Still must think about palace, Guild hall and bank. Then I would be free to finish remaining city. Maybe even add some suburbs.

And so the day has ended. Day like all others – grey and lonely.

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Sometimes I make mistakes in Lotro. Too late I realize I made it, only to swear not to repeat. Yesterday I made one serious mistake.
I posted message on LFF chat that I look for power-levelling from lvl.83 to lvl.85. Initially it was standard silence. Then, folks gathered to have fun of me. I heard lots of mockery and insults form many players. Of course, nobody told to stop or even asked in IM. All Lotro “community” was capable of – one long and heavy trolling.

But I was superior to these creatures. I responded that this is what Lotro “community” is and turned LFF off. Yes, it was my heavy mistake. Yes, our “community” is mostly a gathering of toxic, arrogant haters. But I knew it. And knowing it I let myself to believe LFF was better. Of course, it wasn’t.

Unfortunate result was to ignore most problematic trolls. A decision I always avoid and always regret.

So, all “thanks” to our “community” – previous reward track failed, level 85 is a dream set in galaxy far, far away. I cannot count on any help. The best result I can achieve is someone adequate in Regional chat.

My hopes at being accepted into this “community” have finally failed. I would never fit into horde of arrogant trolls that just love to mock everyone else. I never did it in Lotro. Never do. Never will do. If I dislike player, I may ignore him/her.

Well, right now I would continue questing in my beloved Rohan. Gather taskboard items for Theodred riders. And finally come to peace that global chats are gathering of toxic, arrogant haters. I do not belong to hordes of these sub-humans.

Bloxd

Nothing done, just started 2 fireplaces and have to think about throne room.

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Windstorm’s situation is a little bit…hopeless. Questing in Rohan does not give enough xp. Questing in Wildermore is too early (need lvl.85). I ran some easy Missions and at the end reached level 83. To use LI runes, I needed level 85.

Asked in Bree regional and LFF – almsot complete silence. LFF is for end-game only. In very rare occasions someone wants to run Moria. Nothing in between. My questions about power-levelling were left unanswered.

Regional was more active in talks, but nobody to help. Even from big levels.

To make things worse, LI reward track ends tomorrow and my target of Dagorlad frame is lvl.100. I cannot earn those trillions xp within one day. Not with accelerators or runes. And there is nobody to help. Well, this is Lotro and I have to accept it: a game with cold, end-game only community. Mostly a solo game, getting help is very unlikely.

Reward track would be gone and level 85 is one big dream. Dream that could come true by some September, maybe.

Bloxd

No activity. And I know I must finish my town. Alone, as always.

And so my day has ended. As always, alone and without any help (or chance to get one).

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Questing in Rohan was (mostly) refreshing. I ran from hub to hub, killing enemies and exploring. Witnessed the break of the Fellowship from Boromir’s and Sam’s points of view. One humorous moment where Loremaster lures Uruks with glowing flowers. And of course, whole Dwarf saving moment. Another moment to remember was a race between Elf and Human…for a right to have bow that belongs to an Elf. Human ended badly, attacked by local Orcs. Conclusion: kids, do not steal…

My Loremaster started to perform poorly. I expected to deal with lvl.76 enemies easily – I am lvl.82 after all. No, it was not easy, sometimes it went relatively problematic. Had to ask in Regional chat for few days…and finding answer by luck only. One nice Loremaster told me which equipment to use and which to keep. Result: my inventory space looks cleaner.

Yet I am severely under-levelled. Legendary reward track is soon to end, I want Dagorlad frame, which is at level 100 – and cannot get soon enough. Quests in Rohan gives too little xp. I used some LI runes, but to no result. Still have some lvl.85 LI runes, but my Loremaster is still lvl.82. I need somebody’s power-levelling, just to reach lvl.85.

Regional chats are mostly empty, with people telling me to move to /World. World is the worst chat place in Lotro, full of toxicity and trolls. I see no reason to go there.

Bloxd

No activity. Just inspecting other servers.

And so my days goes in Lotro. I do need extra xp to finish Legendary track and get better armour. Social life is, as always, almost non existent. And Bloxd just stagnates.