LotRO 8/15 Weekly Forum Discussion Summary

By Darkgolem

On the LotRO forums this week, conversation went from talking about book 14 exclusively, to something a little more balanced with regard to subject matter.  Some interesting forum posts include discussing the final chapters of book 14 (spoilers warning), talking about the proclivity of magic in LotRO, and whether the developers have their own exclusive kinship.  There is a nice in-depth look at the game economy, and the still-active forum post about how far people have gotten in completing ring-lore quests toward unlocking the final chapters of book 14 for their server.

Enjoy this week's summary of all the forum discussion below...

1.  Climax of Book 14 is *awesome*!

"Yes, there are spoilers to the end of book 14.
So, once Elendilmir hit 70k ring lore at 3am EST, a few friends and I decided to spend the next 3 hours doing 14.7-14.15,  And it was *so* worth it!
While 14.9 was not planned out very well,  it was amusing to watch and talk about in vent. 14.12 was slightly annoying, but I think 14.1 was harder. 14.15, however, for a lore geek like me, was just made of win. The hour or so..."

2.  One Magic thread to rule them all!

"This thread is not intended as a place to discuss the Moria expansion or any of the new classes that are associated with it. There are already a number of threads where good discussion can be had regarding that, I suggest you go there if you have bones to chew regarding the breaking ornon-breaking of lore issues. This thread is about cataloging all the places in the Lord of the Rings books where someone does something that could be described as magical in the Tolkien sense of the word, I'd like to see just how often and how much magic is really in Middle-Earth.."

3. Dev's playing at home?

"I know some of the dev's play the game on their own time. I'm curious if you are all in a kinship together or if you joined random kinships with outside the company friends? Is there a TURBINE kinship running around one of the servers filled with developers? I don't know..."

4.  Why the LOTRO Economy is Not Broken

"Why the LOTRO Economy is Not Broken
And what you need to do to keep it that way
Version 1.0.3; created by King_Moogle
Updated as of 8/11/08 with an article on Gold Selling

Greetings, all! The purpose of this post is to sway those who believe that the LOTRO Economy is out of sync. It is the belief of the author that the economy is in fact healthy, and this article will attempt to evaluate that claim. There shall be three separate sections wherein this goal will be carried out. First, this article will attempt to clearly and succinctly describe the present system for those who may not understand it. Second, it will evaluate the self-correcting mechanisms in place..."

5.  NEW Server Ring-Lore Numbers

"Please post in Eastern Daylight Savings time (EDT); for clarity do not say server time, hobbit time, or lunchtime.
Please post numbers as close as possible to 8am, 12 noon, and 8pm EDT. Of course you can post additional times (I know some servers are really excited) but I will use the posts closest to the time listed above.   I will attempt to update this post around the times listed above. (I will also try to do a late night post with any additional info.)  I am not going on vacation. 

COMPLETED (in order): Brandywine, Elendilmir, Landroval

Current Standings Leader (<100%): Silverlode
Current North American Server Standings:..."

6.  Rune Keeper and Humble Pie

"The Runekeeper is the first real magic user class in LOTRO, with the ability to both nuke anything and heal allies. The caveat is that each time you use an offensive or defensive ability, it pulls the Runekeeper's abilities towards that particular school. So over the course of a fight you may be constantly blowing up things, unlocking more destructive spells and making your attacks more effective. However, this may dampen or even lock out some of your healing abilities, and vice versa if you're healing a group. While this doesn't affect soloing ability until the later levels, it makes..."

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