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Progression

2020-12-02 doycet MMO & Computers Leave a comment

Sixteen years ago, @ktbuffy and I started playing Lord of the Rings Online together, as a Date Night, because she

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LotRO: Wibbly-Wobbly, Timey-Wimey

2011-10-05 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 3 comments

One of the more interesting bits in the Lord of the Rings Online MMO is the fact that the events

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Star Wars: The Old Republic — The Question of PvP

2011-09-28 doycet MMO & Computers, Musing 6 comments

A few days ago, Fogsong wrote: Star Wars: The Old Republic. My LoTRO guild is debating whether to go with

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LotRO: Rise of Isengard Release Day

2011-09-27 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

Also known as “Thank god I lagged out, or I might have never logged off.” Okay, here are some thoughts,

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LotRO: Rise of Isengard Patch Notes – My thoughts.

2011-09-26 doycet MMO & Computers 2 comments

My first thought: as a player with a lifetime subscription, the fact that the latest expansion abbreviates to “ROI” is

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The Play’s the Thing: A New Holiday Acting Event for LotRO Thespians

2010-12-12 doycet MMO & Computers

Turbine’s Lord of the Rings Online has popped to the top of MMO news many times, most recently due to

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Tanking Vows (So You Want to Tank, Part 3)

2010-08-12 doycet MMO & Computers

So we’ve got to part where we decide if we’re going to cowboy up and do this tanking thing. Below

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So You Want to Tank (Part 2)

2010-08-11 doycet MMO & Computers

You came back. Okay then. Let’s talk about the real challenges of playing a tank class. First thing: the challenge

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Cry of Vengeance can Bite Me (LotRO)

2010-08-10 doycet MMO & Computers

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Tanking Part 2 post to bitch about Cry of Vengeance. I’ve said this before in

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So You Want to Tank (Part 1) (LotRO)

2010-08-09 doycet MMO & Computers

First off, let me dissuade you. There are some necessities that come with taking on a tanking role, and they

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“So fast, the bowstring smokes”

2010-08-07 doycet MMO & Computers

The first character I ever created on Lord of the Rings was a hunter. I didn’t know much about the

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Raiding for a New Raider, Part 2: Good Manners

2010-08-06 doycet MMO & Computers

When I first starting playing Lord of the Rings Online, I was struck by one really consistent element among the

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(LotRO) Salves are Evil and Worthy Only of Disdain

2010-08-05 doycet MMO & Computers

Heh. Got your attention? I actually have a two a few other posts I plan to write today, but I

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A new raider’s raid-readiness Checklist (LotRO)

2010-08-04 doycet MMO & Computers

(Disclaimer: I’m not an uberleet raider in LotRO by any means, but I do run raids and I do know

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So What can Two People do in a Moria six-man?

2010-07-20 doycet MMO & Computers

… pretty much anything they want. (Click for bigger.) A few notes: No, this wasn’t challenge mode. We certainly didn’t

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Someone’s Working Through Some Issues

2010-07-04 doycet MMO & Computers

From “Conversations With My Wife As We Play LotRO”: A Disturbing New Trend In Faction Reputation

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What not-game am I not-playing, here?

2010-01-13 doycet MMO & Computers

Yesterday I was pondering a couple of recent gaming purchases I’ve made. Annalise. Diaspora. 3:16. Trail of Cthulu. Like that,

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This weekend…

2009-07-20 doycet MMO & Computers

We painted our house, introduced Kaylee to classic musicals… And killed a friggin’ BALROG. If that picture doesn’t adequately convey

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LotRO – a set on Flickr

2009-07-08 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers

Kate and I have taken all the screenshots from the last two years of playing LotRO and put them up

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Still making a hobbit of it.

2009-06-29 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 2 comments

Kate and I started playing Lord of the Rings Online about two years ago.  I’m only aware of this because,

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LotRO: They can rebuild it. Better, stronger, faster, and dude… way f@*#ing cooler.

2009-06-24 doycet Actual Play, MMO & Computers 10 comments

As I mentioned on my other blog, Kate and I decided a week or so ago to try out some

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Machinima: Order of Middle Earth

2009-04-04 doycet Links & Resources, MMO & Computers

I’m a big fan of machinima made from games that I’m playing.  My only MMO at the moment is LotRO,

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