Legendary Weapons, Level 48, and Moria

I must say after about a month of playing Lord of the Rings Online that I’m quite impressed. Now, about a month into the game and have 48 levels to show for it. I was introduced to a book of the epic storyline quests a couple nights ago. Apparently, this was to get my first legendary weapon (I had no clue what it was but sure sounded cool). These quests took place just outside of the infamous Moria and boy were some of the graphic detail awesome! There was the eerie Black Pool, a scene with Balrog, and the creepy Watcher in the water with nasty tentacles.

These legendary weapons are pieces of equipment that gain experience from killing creatures. You get your standard experience from the slaughtering but your item also gains experience. My first legendary bow has a maximum level of 30. Along with the stats and stat boosts that get better with leveling the weapon, it also gains points to apply, increasing stats even further.

It was like I was leveling my character all over again (in a good way). I found my will to get back out there quest a little and grinding due to my new level gaining, evil shredding bow.

Personally, I didn’t read the LOTR books, I saw the movies. I regret not reading the books. Every Tolkien fan or just people who read the books love this game even more. Seeing the descriptive words in the books recreated into an awesome MMORPG is something you must do if you’ve read the books but haven’t played this game yet. I’ve asked around and some of the parts of the game are really accurate. If you like a great storyline, play LOTRO, I think it’s better than the movies.

LOTRO, Crafting, and New Friends

It was an all day event yesterday, grinding for that level and showing some determination to advance my tailor profession. My microphone wasn't working last night so I could only type to my new friends. I got it working now though, so we should have some good times in the near future.

6-man Quest, Levels 40-65

Luckily I recorded some voice notes from last night. I went back and listened to them and you can tell it was 4 AM, I sounded beat. Then I go on rambling about some crafting. Here is the somewhat refined video version.

Running into Random Questers

Now just short of level 34 in my Lord of the Rings Online adventures I ran into some people that were able to help me. Three of the four were from the same guild (or Kinship I think they call it in LOTRO). It seems to be happening more frequently as quests are beginning to require a small group people instead of the normal solo quests. The timing could not have been better, there was no way I could have slaughtered these tough little bandits on my own. Would have been nice for a hint that I couldn't do it on my own. A little surprise won't kill you... half of the time.

We ripped through the outlaws quickly and were only hindered by respawn time. Killing random things nearby while we waited was fun. Had 1 little challenge I almost didn't live through. After killing 3 for the quest it was time to run back to town and collect my 20 silver and 2,000 reward experience points (maybe 40,000 exp points per level now). The journey will continue soon.