tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72103346601691860802024-03-13T02:16:06.112+02:00Adventure!Sometimes I feel a little sad about having no life. Then I think about my totally awesome adventures in LotRO and feel a lot better about everything.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-69693022926414425152014-08-21T13:09:00.001+03:002014-08-21T13:10:00.245+03:00Madness (and lots of loot)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
This one is dedicated to a kinmate of mine. I'm sure he can recognize himself. </div>
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Thanks for all the shinies! </div>
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On a different note - don't worry, everyone, I'm still alive, albeit slightly busier in real life and not that interested in raiding until 5:30 AM anymore. Perhaps I'll draw some more in the future. Who knows? Life is full of surprises!</div>
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Hello, Helm's Deep, and goodbye, hundreds of thanes who couldn't save their own village consisting of 3 houses! </div>
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Helm's Deep! When I started playing this game, I thought I'd perhaps see Rivendell one day, but I never thought that one day I'd end up running errands for Éowyn! It's amazing! </div>
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Not only did the latest expansion add more horses and horsemen to the game, it also changed the way you pick traits for your characters, so you can spend <strike>skill</strike> <strike>class</strike> <strike>trait</strike> some kind of points on various traits instead of having to join GLFF to ask where the closest bard is. It's brilliant! And apparently it changed a lot of things for everyone. </div>
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I really mean a lot of things. For example, minstrels can run around and kill everything with ease now. Well, admittedly they could do that before as well, but now they're even better! </div>
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And wardens... uhh... they, uhh... got like... shinier stuff and... stuff...</div>
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... and guards just kind of look better than before?</div>
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However, there was something that I was not prepared for. I knew the class changes were going to hit everyone and I was okay with it. That's how most MMOs do the whole "specializing for one role" thing, after all, and LOTRO has become a bit stale after all these years, so maybe some changes could make it more interesting again. Right? </div>
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Well, let me give you a hint about what made me freeze in pure horror. </div>
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The class that shocked me like that tends to shout a lot and claim they do all the work while the rest of the group slacks off.</div>
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They also tend to have a legendary item for every LI slot because they need their utility belts and buff sticks and all that.</div>
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I may have complained about that class <a href="http://formeniel.blogspot.com/2012/08/why-no-one-should-ever-roll-captain.html">before</a>, but deep down I know it's my favourite class and I love it. I guess my love for that class also affected my preferences in other games - for example, in League of Legends I play support more than everything else because 1) I suck at dealing damage and 2) doing the little things that no one notices feels kind of nice. </div>
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O captain, my captain, how I love you! I have two of them on Crickhollow, one on Landroval, one on Laurelin, one on Brandywine and there may be others that I have forgotten. Well, now imagine my shock and horror when I logged on, got the notification about having to respend the points on my legendary items and saw this:</div>
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Here's a little hint: those two are for buffing. Note the lack of buff legacies. </div>
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<i>AND THIS IS NOT WHERE THE MADNESS STOPS</i>. There are no buffing skills anymore, aside from the morale buff and IDoME! No crit, no parry, no focus, nothing!</div>
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I... I always wished I didn't have those skills. I thought I would be happy, but I'm not. I feel betrayed, I feel like someone ripped my heart out and then stepped on it, I feel like someone cut my thumbs off, I...<br />
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Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-44612053925780717302013-09-08T18:10:00.000+03:002013-09-08T18:10:07.775+03:00UntitledHey, isn't it odd that I decided to use Untitled as the title, so this post does have a title, even though the title says it doesn't have a title?<br />
Sometimes I confuse myself.<br />
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Someone (you know who you are!) wanted me to post something, so I guess I'm here again.<br />
I was very close to drawing a picture about how a hobbit friend of mine "helped her friends" in LOTRO the other day. It's very nice to have friends and everything, but surely getting drunk with festival NPCs and then throwing rotten apples at the bounders wouldn't really count?<br />
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That aside - from<i> "aw come on, draw me something space-y, like a nebula or something"</i> to <i>"apple worms are so cute, so why don't you draw me one"</i>...<br />
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Hey, who knows? Maybe LOTRO will give me some inspiration again when Helm's Deep finally gets released, whenever that's going to happen. I already heard rumors about some features that are probably going to give everyone a headache, so all hope is not lost yet.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-14603198955459091862013-08-25T02:10:00.000+03:002013-08-25T02:10:09.346+03:00My relationship with LOTROLately I haven't really been able to bring myself to playing LOTRO seriously and for more than maybe an hour at a time. After all, there are so many things to do, games to play, people to meet, books to read and so on - how could I possibly find any time to go back to the things that I've already done a million times?<br />
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Yet something about Middle-earth keeps dragging me back. I don't know how or why. Sometimes...<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.1875px;">Sometimes I feel like the ring verse is the best description of my relationship with LOTRO. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><i>One ring to rule them all, </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><i>one ring to find them.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><i>One ring to bring them all </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;"><i>and in the darkness bind them.</i></span></span><br />
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I'm not the only one who suffers from that, right?<br />
Right?...<br />
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Let me ask you this: who is the greatest player on our server, regardless of their class? Close your eyes and think about it for 30 seconds.<br />
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Done? Do you have the answer to that question? Good, good. Now I'm going to reveal the truth to you and you can compare your mental notes to the cold hard truth that does not care about your friends and kinmates, nor does it care about any popularity contests and petty fights on GLFF.<br />
No.<br />
What you're going to see now is the objective truth and if you disagree, then you're wrong and should close this window, shut your computer down and go for a walk to think about the meaning of life.<br />
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So who is or was the greatest player of Crickhollow?<br />
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<b>References: </b><br />
1. <a href="http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?395160-Not-bragging-but-have-I-been">Not bragging but I have been</a> (LOTRO forums, retrieved 2013-06-29)<br />
2. <a href="http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?396673-I-can-FLY!!!&highlight=">I can FLY!!!</a> (LOTRO forums, retrieved 2013-06-29)<br />
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Apparently I had two (*gasp*) typing errors in that comic. Thanks for pointing them out.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-27037867095490864212013-06-01T18:20:00.000+03:002013-07-01T22:42:55.750+03:00Miscellaneous drawingsHello - is it me you're looking for?<br />
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I'm truly sorry for being somewhat busy in real life and not drawing anything anymore. Perhaps I'll get back to posting silly colourful drawings on a regular basis someday, but unfortunately it is not this day.<br />
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Nevertheless, here are some of the smaller things that I've made over the last few months.<br />
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Thank you for attention, I'll go back to doing festival quests on my (not so) secret alt now. Maybe. <br />
We'll see.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-30393400388746797212013-04-14T15:04:00.000+03:002013-04-14T15:04:00.534+03:00Moose goes on an adventureJust one thing before I go back to dealing with real life: it's amazingly hilarious when a kinmate of yours decides to log on when they're drunk.<br />
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Moose: i dont even remember the boss fight and i have a crysta;?Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-42089521313769282692013-02-10T00:00:00.000+02:002013-02-10T01:57:31.957+02:00What happens on Bullroarer... stays on BullroarerOr maybe it doesn't!<br />
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I went to Bullroarer this week to see what U10 is going to be like and <a href="http://platemetaljacket.blogspot.com/">Argendauss of Brandywine</a> happened to be doing exactly the same thing. I'm just going to pretend that it was a huge coincidence and he did not log on to Crickhollow before that to ask me to join him.<br />
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I am happy to report that most armour sets seem to have decent set bonuses and stats, and they also look quite impressive in most cases. "And the new raids?" you might ask. Well...<br />
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A bit later we tried T1 with my captain, his warden and his friend who had a lore-master. The three of us managed to finish the instance at lvl 20. In a way. Kind of. Some parts of it.<br />
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*cough*Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-17120267366454344842013-01-21T22:19:00.000+02:002013-01-22T20:13:19.876+02:00Rolling a warden is always a stupid idea<br />
So once again, it's this time of the year - everyone's eagerly waiting for the new instances and hoping that there will be lots of shinies for everyone.<br />
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You, however, are a very practical person, so you waste no time on dreaming about shinies that will never drop. Instead of that you are trying to figure out who from your kin could fill which role to make sure that everything goes well for your group. After all there's still some time left, so if it turns out that you're missing something, then you as a very responsible kinmate can always level an alt and learn to play as quickly as possible, hoping that it'll be enough.<br />
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Finding out that all your tanks have quit should not come as a surprise because tanking is a fairly stressful and a very thankless job. "Alright," you think, "I tried a guardian two years ago and I did not like it, but wardens seem pretty fun, so I'll give it a go! What's the worst that could happen?"<br />
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Well, let me tell you this: it is a bad idea and here's why...<br />
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<b>1. No one believes you can tank. </b><br />
I'm sure most wardens can come up with real examples from their tanking careers when at some point there was a person - or several people - who said something like, "What, are you trying to tank? Nnnnope, I don't think so. I know a guard who hit level cap yesterday, though, he can tank for us!"<br />
Oh, the blind rage that every warden feels when the worst guard on the server gets to tank and they're forced to DPS in a raid...<br />
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"What, are you trying to DPS? Nnnope, I don't think so. I know a champ who hit level cap yesterday, though, he can DPS and you can switch to your [class]!"<br />
I don't know why people think that wardens can't do it because in my opinion nothing says DPS like a spear to the face. Also, JAVELIN TOSS LIKE A BOSS!<br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">I don't know why it turned out like that, but it seems that I accidentally drew a gay vampire lord instead of a lore-master. lol oops?</span></i><br />
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<b>3. Two wardens walk into a bar and confuse the hell out of everyone else, including wardens with different setups. </b><br />
That's probably one of the most annoying things about wardens because if you want to discuss your rotation with other wardens, then you have to check and double check to make sure that you're talking about the same thing.<br />
Why can't everyone just stick to the standard 1 = spear, 2 = shield and 3 = fist setup instead of trying to be creative and coming up with all kinds of silly systems, such as R - spear, G - shield, Y - fist; brackets to denote masteries; that spshfi thing that makes my brain hurt and so on...<br />
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<b>4. This class is not suitable for small children. </b><br />
It's also not for suitable mathematically impaired people, people who have issues with remembering stuff, overly sensitive people, people who don't like numbers, people who can't take criticism, people who don't perform well under pressure... and anyone else for that matter. Just don't roll a warden and you'll live a happier life.<br />
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<b>5. Your fashion sense is tremendously important.</b><br />
Come on, all your damage, healing and threat comes from dancing! You can't just walk in with your ugly dirty questing outfit and expect to be taken seriously in the warden community. It just doesn't work that way!<br />
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<b>6. Die once during the fight and you might as well leave the instance to grow taters in the Shire.</b><br />
It's very hard to pull aggro from a warden that 1) knows what they're doing, and 2) really wants to have that aggro. Some may say that it's even impossible... but what most people don't know is that once a warden dies - and it's bound to happen, just look at their ridiculous leather armour - they're pretty much unable to get their precious aggro back. It's just not going to happen. If your warden dies... may the Valar have mercy on your soul.<br />
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<b>7. Stun, disarm, fear = <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM">having a good time, having a good time!</a></b><br />
Being disarmed means that you can only yell at stuff and being feared means you can only hit them in the face. Being stunned is probably the most unfortunate of them all because most wardens have a certain rhythm for hitting their basic builders and a stun messes it all up, often resulting in missed gambits and possibly even the hunter pulling aggro again.<br />
That's like hitting the drummer when he's going, "One, two; one, two, three-" BAM!<br />
The result is a dizzy drummer and a confused band.<br />
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So there you go, clearly you should not roll a warden. No need to thank me!<br />
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It seems that Ward hit lvl 85 roughly 3 hours after I posted this. What a nice coincidence! This also means that all the amateur wardens on GLFF who thought that they are the best wardens on Crickhollow have to back off because the boys are <a href="http://youtu.be/hQo1HIcSVtg?t=49s">back in town</a>.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-14966026274210119972013-01-02T23:12:00.002+02:002013-01-02T23:12:58.826+02:00Free symbols for everyone!Dear Durchest,<br />
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Yours sincerely,<br />
everyone<br />
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What are you waiting for? Go find the hobbits in Hoarhallow and apply!Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-57638752379216753472012-12-05T01:42:00.000+02:002012-12-05T01:42:28.328+02:00U9/U10Last week Turbine announced their plans for update 9 (in December) and update 10 (in February)... and the raiding community responded accordingly.<br />
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It's okay to wear colourful dresses on special occasions, though! You can't go to a hobbit party (you know, pies and fireworks and beer and all that) with a dull brown ragged robe, it'd be silly.<br />
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But just think of it: how is a burglar supposed to blend in with the background if he or she is wearing a bright orange outfit in a forest? You can get away with red and orange and other bright colours if you're, I don't know, a ladybug or a strawberry, but for humans it's definitely not going to work.<br />
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Or how do you expect a dwarf swimming in yellow shorts to... errrr... I'm... not quite sure... how you could... I mean... I suppose you could... dye your beard green and... and pretend to be a huge... floating ball of seaweeds, but...<br />
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I have very mixed feelings about that picture.<br />
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Anyway, most of my characters have one or two silly outfits for festivals. However, my captain only wears black because I'm a roleplayer who has not come out of the closet yet and I like to think that she's a serious person who only does serious stuff. You can't yell and shout on the battlefield to motivate your fellows and expect to be taken seriously when you look like this:<br />
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"Now for wrath, now for ruin, and the world's ending!" is one of the things that you are definitely not going to hear from this person. Nuh-uh. No way. Never. Now if I get another horse, like my black heavy war-steed, and put some shiny armour on...<br />
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Yes! I am not afraid of anyone! I could fight anyone, no matter if it's an orc, a troll or a balrog! I could even face the trolls from GLFF in that outfit! I am so awesome! Riders of Rohan, to meeee! Yes!!!<br />
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Was it my unusually big horse? Was it my heavy armour? The huge two handed sword? My title? I will probably never find out, but someone definitely clicked on my character, walked up to me and still thought I was a man.<br />
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From now on I shall be known as Sir Tuljak the Strong.<br />
/sighFormenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-32680370534633782612012-11-09T18:05:00.002+02:002012-11-09T18:07:09.601+02:00Fun times in EaworthFirstly, I'd like to say that the current "endgame" in Rohan is horribly dull. I can understand that it's mostly aimed at your average casual solo player and raiders with no life are a minority in a game like LOTRO... which is terribly sad because most of my friends happen to be raiders with no life and quite a few of them are taking a long break, since currently you can only quest and do skirm raids (booooriiiing!).<br />
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I saw at least 3 deaths in Eaworth that were caused by that tower. 1) Someone missed a jump (perhaps because Jara pushed him?), 2) someone jumped on Moose and accidentally fell off, and 3) Moose didn't aim for the river when we all decided to jump down. </div>
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<br />Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-58031256163571937842012-10-25T17:03:00.000+03:002012-10-25T17:03:38.559+03:00To Rohan!So a lot of people have had the chance to chill out with the Rohirrim for about a week now. Sadly I have been busy with not throwing stuff at other people in real life, so I could not play as much as I wanted to play, but I have seen just enough to know how it is.<br />
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The landscape is really nice, I really like my new horse, hunting warbands is a good way to kill time and the music is amazingly beautiful... however, not everything about Rohan is that great.<br />
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Q: "Hey, random male blonde man! If you could use five words to describe your homeland, what would those words be?"<br />
A: "Dire. Our mission is dire."<br />
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On a completely unrelated note - you can buy a new cosmetic item for dwarves from the LOTRO store and it's amazing. In case there are people who have not seen it yet - here's End with his pimp outfit (and my thoughts about his newly created dwarf alt).<br />
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Stay classy, everyone!Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-26931206213854485532012-10-11T17:18:00.003+03:002012-10-11T17:18:47.753+03:00Welcome back, End!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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... yeah, maybe I should've posted that a week earlier, but I don't think he'll mind. We're glad to have you back with us, noob.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-37998582366688117622012-08-09T05:25:00.003+03:002012-11-25T16:17:00.146+02:00Why no one should ever roll a captain<i>I'd like to apologise for not posting anything in the last few weeks. I have been busy in real life. </i><br />
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I've always thought of myself as a hunter but in the last few months I have mostly been raiding and doing instances on my... captain. It's not really that surprising, considering that we lost our regular captains in late winter due to some rather unfortunate circumstances. And since Dz disappeared mysteriously some time ago, our group now usually gets their buffs from either me or Ve. <br />
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At least now no one can question the necessity of taking me to our raids. It's quite nice. However, if you're a cappy, you probably know that there are some downsides to playing a super awesome support class.<br />
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So here are a few things that always annoy me when I'm on my captain.<br />
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<b>1. After a wipe everyone but you takes a short break. </b><br />
You, of course, are not going anywhere because there is some serious buffing to be done and you might as well do it while everyone's AFK to not waste anyone's time. It's even more fun when you're the only captain in your raid!<br />
(Look at that, I can't draw a straight sword anymore. I have a curved sword. A curved. Sword.) <br />
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<b>2. People don't understand that there's a max range for everything. </b><br />
It's probably quite annoying from the healers' perspective as well, but nothing - and I mean <i>nothing</i> - beats having to switch between groups a million times just because someone didn't realise they weren't close enough to get motivated and then whined because they weren't buffed. Well, whose fault was that?<br />
Ohh, you found a way to climb on top of that lamp post. How interesting! Could you come back now and let me give you your crit buff?<br />
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<b>3. No one actually waits for buffs. </b><br />
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<b>4. You need a million weapons. </b><br />
Did you think you could get away with having just one emblem and one weapon? lol nope! My poor captain has 5 fully maxed legendary items and I'd still like to find a decent 1H sword for healing because I found an amazing shield at some point and would like to use it for something (although I guess my current main sword is already good enough for healing). Unfortunately I think it's not going to happen before Rohan, /sigh.<br />
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<b>5. Your raid leader will never leave you alone. </b><br />
Dear raid leader, you're talking to the whole group, yet apparently 11 people get "etc" and I get everything else. I know it's because my big skills are actually pretty significant, as opposed to "RKs, use that group bubble thing" or "hunters, you should... pew pew more, I guess", but it's still unfair. Stop picking on me! D:<br />
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<b>6. Scary thought: 20 wipes x 12 people x 2 buffs per person = 480 wasted buffs</b><br />
I tend to get very frustrated if people wipe the group for moronic reasons. OH, I WONDER WHY. Stop dying, guys, or next time you'll all get 5% Motivating Speech from me instead of the usual 10% because I'm sick and tired of going "crit... crit... crit... parry... crit... oh god, someone wanted focus... crit... switch me, please... motivate... switch back... crit... crit..." so often. <br />
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So the next time you receive buffs from your group's captain, please think of all the pain we always have to endure. Thanks!<br />
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In other news: we beat ToO shadow T2 3 weeks ago, Lofarr and Blue joined our kin (oh cookie cookie cookie!), my warden hit lvl 75 a couple of weeks ago and Sato got addicted to running Dungeons of Dol Guldur over and over again. Hooray juice!Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-30698802885964134512012-06-22T18:40:00.001+03:002012-06-22T18:41:53.866+03:00I love facepulls!Things that usually happen when people get too close to some huge trolls/orcs in a raid:<br />
1) they facepull the whole room and get aggro on everything,<br />
2) they die,<br />
3) everyone else dies.<br />
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In other news: I won another Worn Symbol of the Elder King yesterday. So far I've kept only one of the five symbols that I've won. Amazing, isn't it?Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-30061599227778794842012-06-15T15:45:00.003+03:002012-06-16T01:58:52.215+03:00Communication issuesWe all know - well, at least the raiders do - that communication is a tremendously important part of raiding, no matter which MMO you're playing. Always check and double check if everyone knows what they're doing, where they should be standing, who should be rezzed first and so forth. Failing to do so usually means that the group is going to experience a very painful wipe. <br />
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Of course everyone in my raid group knows that... but that's not what I was going to write about.<br />
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So once again we were running T2 shadow. We had gathered a very solid group of players - fortunately most FCers had decided to show up and were actually there for the raid - and were standing in front of the first trash pull in the shadow wing, waiting for our raid leader to give us instructions. He told us what we had to do and did a ready check. <br />
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"Hey guys, why didn't you CC/heal/DPS/tank when I said I was going in?"<br />
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THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL:<br />
"Ward, did you accidentally mute your mic again?"<br />
*awkward silence*<br />
*crackle* "... oh jeez, that was my bad..."<br />
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Well done.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-28021707996123955792012-06-06T22:56:00.000+03:002012-06-15T23:45:15.916+03:00Real life T2C on farm!<div style="font-family: inherit;">
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Life (T2C). I completed it roughly 8 hours ago and now I can finally come here
and explain where I have been. I have to warn you and say that this time I’m
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caused me so much pain, drove me crazy and made me go from depression to
euphoria, from euphoria to depression, from depression to euphoria, and finally
from euphoria back to depression in less than 30 seconds at least a thousand
times per day. I can’t even count the number of sleepless nights during the
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kinmates from LotRO for all the support! Sometimes I felt like being sent on an
absolutely hopeless quest, kind of like Frodo’s task to deliver the One Ring to
Mount Doom. The other day I actually tried to imagine my kinship as the
Fellowship of the Ring! I would be Frodo, of course, because I am the most
important person around here, even though I whine a lot and struggle with seemingly
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Fightclub as Gandalf, Legolas, Aragorn or Boromir, even finding a proper Gimli
would be an awfully challenging task. However, this place is full of people
with a very hobbit-y mindset. I mean, everyone talks about cookies, stupid
jokes and silly pranks all the time, there are no truly epic warriors here. I
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<span lang="ET" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">That’s pretty much how it really was. I
guess it worked, though, because I did finish it on time, sort of, and I
survived all the other things that seemed to be determined to make me want to
commit suicide. </span></div>
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of course, the worst part of my seemingly impossible task was thrown at me
today: I had to give a presentation about my thesis. I almost didn’t sleep last
night, I couldn’t eat anything in the morning, I couldn’t do anything because I
was terrified of that presentation – I just lay on my bed and tried to think
happy thoughts. I wasn’t very successful.</span></div>
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<span lang="ET" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">Finally I got up and talked to Jara,
hoping it’d make me feel better. He sounded a bit too cheerful, so I gave up
and tried to play Freecell. I didn’t win any games today. Sad. </span></div>
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1 PM I walked out of my front door and tried to cheer myself up. I suspect I
had my typical sad smile on my face again, but I couldn’t really do anything
about it. </span></div>
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<span lang="ET" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">Eventually
I got to the building where I had to go, found room 438 (that’s where my
presentation was going to be) and walked inside. It was very much like entering
the Vile Maw without radiance gear before they removed radiance from LotRO – if
you don’t remember that time, you’re a bigger newb than I am – and my heart was
almost instantly filled with dread. </span></div>
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<span lang="ET" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">I whispered „Good day!“ to
everyone in a barely audible manner, because my voice had suddenly disappeared,
and stumbled towards the back row. I found a free spot, sat down, whimpered
quietly and popped the real life equivalent of a hope token: I logged on to
Skype with my phone and IMed a kinmate of mine, another one of those people who
seem to think like hobbits. He made me feel a lot better. Thanks, Jara!</span></div>
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never asked them to do that. I assumed they wouldn’t remember my presentation,
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I can’t really remember anything about it, but I hope I didn’t have the „oh
god, I am going to die“ look on my face. I really tried to look confident and
when I felt that my strength was not enough, I imagined Jara in the back row
and thought of squirrels, as someone else had suggested. „Vowel harmony has
been lost in all of the words that were borrowed – <i>Steve! Steve! Steve! Steve!</i> – and not only in the nominative
case...“</span></div>
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<span lang="ET" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">And suddenly it was over. „Is that it?“
I thought to myself and chuckled quietly, thinking that this question almost
begged someone to shout „THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID“ from the back row. I
congratulated myself on completing Real Life T2 and held my breath, waiting to
see whether I beat the challenge or not. </span></div>
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<span lang="ET" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">Neither the reviewer nor
my advisor had any kind words for me. „Steve! Steve! Steve!“ I thought to
myself when they wiped my hope buff, desperately trying to keep a smile on my
face.</span></div>
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<span lang="ET" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;">When they told me my grade about a half
an hour later, I felt relief. It was not as good as I had hoped, but neither
was it as bad as I had feared. It was okay. My friends said it was okay. I
think it was okay. I mean, that’s what I’m still telling myself to make the
disappointment, guilt and bitterness go away. It is done and that’s what
matters. I’m done here and I finally have my degree in linguistics. </span></div>
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now I can play video games without feeling bad about unfinished papers and
essays!</span></div>
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<span lang="ET" style="font-size: small; line-height: 150%;"> </span></div>Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-54962519068540005472012-05-14T22:17:00.000+03:002012-05-14T22:17:50.145+03:00In case there are still people who haven't noticed yet, I'm taking a short break from drawing silly comics. It shouldn't last longer than roughly three more weeks, unless something in this awful thing called Real Life goes horribly wrong. The raiding (or waiting for people to log on) takes enough of my time, I can't afford to waste even more of it this month. <br />
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I'm sorry.<br />
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On a brighter note: at least all the people in our raids can now make their stupid mistakes without having to worry about being humiliated on my blog.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-89543582731497290312012-04-26T00:09:00.000+03:002012-06-22T18:41:21.772+03:00lol what, RK rocks?True story, real experiences, all true. We all learned a very valuable lesson on the 2nd trash pull of t2 shadow wing (in ToO, of course)... <br />
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Dear RK rocks, <br />
lol what?<br />
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Sincerely,<br />
the rest of the worldFormenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-42094611542478862132012-04-20T05:04:00.001+03:002012-11-25T16:17:14.387+02:00Useful/useless classes for raids I can understand that most people have never lead any raids (and probably never will), but let's just imagine for a moment what it feels like to be a raid leader who needs to assemble a group that'd be able to tackle T2 content in raids.<br />
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So you need a tank, maybe 2-3 tanks, amazing healers, good DPS and some support. All your kinmates are winking and say they're free to join any runs, but you know that some of them are worth absolutely nothing. Which ones to invite and which ones to leave behind? Decisions, decisions...<br />
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But worry not! With my brand new guide you'll be able to pick the right people with almost no effort at all! So this is my list of classes/roles in LotRO, ranked by their usefulness. The ones that you do not want in a raid come first and the ones that you really should invite are among the last. <br />
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<b>WARDENS</b><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pbemFbiW3FM/T5DBiaqHfcI/AAAAAAAAAOA/f79rFnW4Fy8/s1600/wardens.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pbemFbiW3FM/T5DBiaqHfcI/AAAAAAAAAOA/f79rFnW4Fy8/s1600/wardens.png" /></a><br />
Let’s face it – no one wants a warden and even more so if the warden is really bad at whatever they’re doing, be it DPS, tanking or whatever. I don’t like them. You don’t like them. The healer doesn’t like them. Even the bad hunters can point their fingers and feel superior for one moment. But staring at all their flashy skills and animations can be almost hypnotising, which is probably how wardens get into raid groups. Just pop a few shiny skills and get an invite. <br />
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<b>DPS MINSTRELS </b><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LXbXCmtOFe4/T5DBYnTsqdI/AAAAAAAAAMs/1ciLqBqH-JU/s1600/DPS+minstrels.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LXbXCmtOFe4/T5DBYnTsqdI/AAAAAAAAAMs/1ciLqBqH-JU/s1600/DPS+minstrels.png" /></a><br />
Arrogant creatures made famous by a certain hobbit promoting mediocre LMs on our server. They do exist and I’ve heard they do quite well in Ettenmoors, but no one wants them in raids. „9/12 ToO shadow wing, need DPS.“ – „I can DPS!“ – „... you’re a mini.“ – „So?“ – „Why did you roll a healing class to DPS?...“ *crickets*<br />
This is why they have to beg people to invite them anywhere. <br />
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<b>DPS RUNE-KEEPERS</b><br />
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You’re a sad excuse for real DPS, shooting lightning from your fingertips breaks the lore, you’re pathetically squishy and you’re taken to raids only because you’re friends with the raid leader or because they secretly hope to convince you to heal.<br />
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<b>HUNTERS</b><br />
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Worthless, useless, clueless. Their moms (or „mums“) wept bitterly when they told their parents they wanted to become hunters, their friends turned their heads away in shame and disgust, their dads refused to mention the hunter’s name in future conversations. „I don’t have a son/daughter!“ they exclaimed. Quite proudly, might I add. No one wants a hunter. They only pull aggro and break CC, that’s all they can do.<br />
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<b>CAPTAINS</b><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-asR9YKl3VTA/T5DBa_xpKYI/AAAAAAAAANA/9cyjS7RfDlg/s1600/captains.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-asR9YKl3VTA/T5DBa_xpKYI/AAAAAAAAANA/9cyjS7RfDlg/s1600/captains.png" /></a><br />
No one hates captains, oh no – they do far too many cool things to be hated!... but no one really knows what they do. You could save the whole fellowship in 10 seconds and no one would notice. You can shield the tank, pop IHW and LS (just in case), rez the healer(s), use ToN and RC for good measure... and everyone will thank the DPS RK for saving the day. Life just isn’t fair.<br />
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<b>GOD MODE WARDENS</b><br />
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Elusive nearly mythical creatures with amazing super powers. Only tales of them remain and while yes, there have been reports of couple of such beasts on Crickhollow, there are no eyewitnesses to confirm their existence which means that a) our god moders are either so awesome that you die when you see them, or b) they simply do not exist. A few complicated equations involving lots of foreign looking letters have shown that the probability of having super powers is the highest when the warden is traited for tanking. For DPS wardens that probability is precisely 0.<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>By the way, the text on the parchment is written in English. I probably got a few letters wrong, but it should be alright. No one can read it anyway. </i></span><br />
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<b>LORE-MASTERS</b><br />
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The misunderstood silly looking bear hugging people in bathrobes – yes, the LMs. We like their debuffs (even though most people don’t really know what the debuffs do and only admire the colourful icons under the mob’s vitals), we really like their CC, their heals and rezzes are okay if no one else is there to do it, their pets look rather cute (definitely cuter than RK pets) and usually they’re relatively nice people, except for when they’re trolling GLFF.<br />
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<b>HEALING RUNE-KEEPERS</b><br />
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7RmjCjjWsPY/T5DBfJp1awI/AAAAAAAAANo/CrWykGezQms/s1600/healing+rune-keepers.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7RmjCjjWsPY/T5DBfJp1awI/AAAAAAAAANo/CrWykGezQms/s1600/healing+rune-keepers.png" /></a><br />
Long have the healing rune-keepers had to stay silent when someone asked for raid worthy healers, long have they been jealous of healing minstrels, long has their only supportive friend been their own pet rock... but not anymore. Try to befriend one because sometimes they give 10k heals to their friends for free, not to mention the zillion HoTs that they put on everyone, including complete strangers and their worst enemies. Rune-keepers are amazing now. <br />
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<b>BURGLARS</b><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4YP2KpLMqzM/T5DBaNmxKiI/AAAAAAAAAM4/dkEdPmaFvFg/s1600/burglars.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4YP2KpLMqzM/T5DBaNmxKiI/AAAAAAAAAM4/dkEdPmaFvFg/s1600/burglars.png" /></a><br />
Not much is known about the sneaky little creatures, but people like them for their ability to pop Fellowship Manoeuvres – this is how you spell that word, you bunch of illiterate... things – and tend to avoid conflict with burglars because burgs might steal all your pies and cookies when they’re angry. I also heard they’re rather good in the Moors, especially near the rez circles.<br />
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<b>CHAMPIONS</b><br />
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P85P1bjUncc/T5DBbpVN2eI/AAAAAAAAANI/Qy_bJcRQLa8/s1600/champions.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P85P1bjUncc/T5DBbpVN2eI/AAAAAAAAANI/Qy_bJcRQLa8/s1600/champions.png" /></a><br />
Did you want an amazing DPS class that is quite sturdy even when they’re in their glass cannon spec? Did you want a class that can (usually) pull aggro and not worry about dying? Well, you shouldn’t have rolled a hunter, then, because clearly you were looking for champions and their shiny flashy swords. Shing shing! And all your problems are solved. They can even yell a bit to add variety to their repertoire.<br />
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<b>GUARDIANS</b><br />
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Look, guards are not loved because they’re so good. They’re usually loved because they’re the ones that take all the beating while everyone else does the important stuff. Sadly all the blows they take often destroy the last few brain cells they had, resulting in extreme arrogance, nonexistent intelligence and the illusion that they’re the most important part of the raid. Oh, silly guards, you’d be nothing without the other people in your group.<br />
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<b>HEALING MINSTRELS</b><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jjzOTs_8sGg/T5DBeWU__mI/AAAAAAAAANg/UlxrDsglQbk/s1600/healing+minstrels.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jjzOTs_8sGg/T5DBeWU__mI/AAAAAAAAANg/UlxrDsglQbk/s1600/healing+minstrels.png" /></a><br />
Hello hello, healing minstrels, we all love you very dearly if you know how to do your job, you always smell fresh and look fashionable and no one in the whole Middle-earth could ever resist the wonderful melodies you play on your wonderful instruments.<br />
... Bagpipes do not count, they were clearly invented by Morgoth.<br />
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You're welcome.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-50387523431232308992012-04-07T14:28:00.000+03:002012-04-07T14:28:27.868+03:00C is for campfire<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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May this picture bring good luck to both balrogs and FCers alike... we all know how miserable a raid can be without the incredibly useful bonuses that a hunter campfire provides.<br />
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In other news: I almost forgot the existence of this blog for 2 weeks and honestly, I will try to come up with something silly again. Soon. Soonish. <br />
<br />Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210334660169186080.post-90892563273176996702012-03-25T19:06:00.001+03:002012-03-25T19:43:22.977+03:00I've got a theoryDear members of Fightclub, friends and allies! Lately our raids have been disastrous, to say the least, and I think I finally figured out why it's like that. The problems start with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye8mB6VsUHw">the most basic things</a> that a member of Fightclub should know...<br />
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Less cookies, more crowd control and cooperation? Yeaaaaah, I don't think anyone's going to give their share of cookies up for successful raids.Formenielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15677987046515676843noreply@blogger.com5