Savings and glasses

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

My questing was short: one ride in Harwick, to find one greedy house owner. He asks 300 coins for one little house rent. Refugees were grumpy, but asked me to gather all their savings. Too little of these savings, but enough for one rent. Lucky me, quest was complete.

Quests were done. I had some “kill easterlings”, but could not force myself to run these. These will wait. They are just boring.

Nevertherless, ROhan is interesting. Rohan means stories and sometimes – my beloved choices. All I need to do is re-equip traceries and continue questing.

While in Bree – had no luck inr receiving any help. Our “community” is cold and silent as ice. Cold or toxic. Nothing in between.

Bloxd

Nothing done, just random jumping from lobby to lobby. I finally had some ideas how to re-position my castle. After all, at least 2 fireplaces should exist. Floor zero would be kitchens; floor one – library; floor two – throne room; floor three – duke’s living quarters and floor four – just random level under roof. All I need is maybe one day of work. Then – some one day to think stories about my duke and place them all over the castle.

And so my days goes in being alone and living in complete silence. But that is the nature of modern mmos: toxic troll enviroment or silence. Whatever you choose, you will be alone.

Rohan again

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

And so the legend ends immortality. Actor, who played King Theoden, passed away. Even amongst best of best actors, he won’t be ashamed. And we will always remember one of the best persons in Lotr.

By coincindence, I resumed questing in Rohan. Same Rohan that was ruled by Theoden King. very first town – and very first problems. Defenders who tried to fight for their town…and could not stand against Nazgul, Mordor army and local bandits. Town was lost, with almost all riders. But at least it was a fight for honour and local Thane died, refusing to bow to Mordor. Now, I had to ride to Harwick. Local ruler was harsh to me (not a good thing for any ruler). At the end, he sent me to Wildermore. I ignored it (will leave Wildermore for later) and helped refugees.

In exchange of aiding, I got my warsteed. Having mounted combat on Loremaster was weird. Only 3 attacks, all not too powerfull. One attack meant self-healing. At least I have warsteed and could travel fast.

I had many quests. Some killing, some exploring. Now am at refugees quest to gather their money so they can rent a house.

I enjoy Rohan. Of course, stories will begin later, but even now Rohan is better than all of Wastelands and half of Eregion. Rohan was probably best of all Lotro. A little of it is in Beorning lands. Everything else is just a…filler (except grumpy Mordor. Mordor has stories).

Bloxd

I started my castle. Logistic problems from the very begining: place columns so that they are not seen through windows; place stairs, then think where would you place at least 2 fireplaces. One user who demanded creative and left when I politely explained I do not give it. One user who tried to destroy all around and could not: left immediately.

Anyway, castle is started and with some changes it would be finished [kind of] soon. A pity I cannot find any kind player who could share ideas with me.

And so the day has ended, quite good in Lotro and Bloxd.

Umbar and kids

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

Stormsong grinded tokens to get Green dragon inn keg. So – three quests in bree and some bashing in Thorins Hall. Resutl – twenty tokens, keg is mine. Hurray, time to experiment.

I drank from keg – nothing happened. Drank second time – appeared in one in in the Shire. Just with an effect “Where are my pants?”. And this is why I bartered lame keg?

Social interaction was huge: one mail (turned out – housing authority) and one question from kinnie. Well, to my answer I ddi not receive any reply. But overall – a huge social interaction.

Question from kinnie was about Umbar. No, I am not going to get it for Lotro points. It’s just hopeless maze that lags heavily. Why should anyone barter region that lags heavily and has very convoluted quest system? No, not for me. I could purchase such region, for entire 50 Lotro points.

Bloxd

I had some funny time there. Logged to one lobby. Was AFK, so got killed by local admin. Then returned, got killed some 50 times in a row by admin and his slave. Admin stood, enjoying how I was spawn-killed. I asked admin to stop his slave.
Well, slave was no other than owner himself. He returned and killed me maybe 500 times. Or maybe more, I forgot exact numbers. What was funny – I did nothing. I just stood. Did not move, did not talk. Initially “owner” and his master killed me, then some random players killed. “Owner” yelled at me to talk. But I knew “owner” would kill me for talking as well. So they killed and killed. Finally they all started yelling at me to talk. I just stood. I was victorious over these kids: owner is maybe 3-4 years old, his passion could be around same age.
I can only realise how much superior am I to these worthless kids. They have no skills in building. They do not know what normal talking looks like. They do not know how to treat others (admins were killing everyone in spawn…and naturally, spawn has no exit). Their world consists of building ugly buildings and killing everyone they see. Killing is the only way these kids see the world.
My world is superior to theirs. I want to build historic nice buildings. I want to treat every one who comes – with respect. I have not killed anyone on my own lobby and banned only 2 super problematic players.

So my days goes – grey in Lotro and kind of funny in Bloxd.

Castle-mania

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

Nothing was done. Few festival quests, with Bree lagging heavily. I have some 10 or 12 tokens which is not enough for Inn keg. A pity, some Festival fireworks are signle use. Beautifull, yet single use.

Bloxd

I have finally started building my castle. Process is slow – so far I build outer defense, towers and wall. It must be done in such way as not to block view from castle’s windows. Castle interior is some 90% planned. It will have some ball room, library, throne room, local duke’s living quarters; also, living quarters for local duke’s wife and her court. As I wrote, flag is already designed according to rules of heraldry.

If only I had any kind person to share my ideas with…But I have none.

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And so my days in both games goes slowly. I live alone, with no friends or allies. I live doing my own business with no advice or help from outside. But this makes me a master of my own destiny (which is, no doubt, good).

Eagles are coming

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

I worked to get those fancy tokens. Literally – worked. Two daily quests in Bree (invitations and launch fireworks), weekly quest to bring presents. Invitations were a nightmare – almost no envelopes. Players were at the every corner, I had almost no chance. After 1 or 2 crashes there were no players and envelopes everywhere. Of course, I got enough envelopes for a next time… Then, back to bashing fight in Thorins Hall.
I quickly got my remaining tokens and here it is – Eagle fireworks. They somehow remind Dragon, but let it be…it’s nice fireworks, after all.
My social life in Lotro ceased to exist. Other players exists, as exist, say, Ministry of Post in some distant African country. Of course, they have post, ministry with minister and even post stamps. They don’t know me, I don’t know them and we do not care about each other. Same with Lotro “community” – very few kind and nice people, rest is cold and silence. But let it be. I may be almost self-sufficient.

News from Lotro: SSG once again will torture players with under-earth content. I can only laugh. This shows lack of any creativity. If you run out of ideas, make underground map. Same brown-black corridors, same map that may not be accurate (who cares?). And you save money to show sky/rivers/forests. But well, it’s just another point NOT to purchase lame content.

Bloxd

Zero activity. Kept looking for anything suitable on other servers. Found nothing.

And so the days go, with grind and silence. Maybe in Bloxd I will finally find something refreshing.

Fire-working and building

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

My Stormsong misses two fireworks! A scandal for my completionist who has all the best equipment. So, I had to work. Do all easy quests in Bree (1 x invitations; 1 x fireworks. And 1 x weekly “deliver stuff”), then go to bashing feast in Thorin’s Hall. This one is grindy (one token per fight).

Yet it is fun. Go, run, bash, fly, bash…I usually pick one player and then bash him. It is not about “let’s make someone’s life worse”. Only time I picked specifically one player. Well…he had Saruman costume on, so naturally – a target. Another player accused me on being bad, because I interrrupted “pick beer” quest. I did not. I just bashed without any thinking. Quickly bash-leave-wait-quickly bash. I added that people could tell me.

My work gave its results: bartered one firework, now am at some 22/40 for another. So it’s all about doing what gives most tokens. Which mostly means bashing.

I feel pity for Windstorms. She needs xp and festival does mean some xp. But she must wait. After Stormsong finishes grind run – Windstorms could resume xp grind. Every single point counts. Why? To reach lvl.85 quickly, then replace wrong traceries with correct ones.

And, of course, start Rohan, my beloved land of horse lords.

Bloxd

Almost zero activity. Planning my castle. It goes wrong on Excel, it looks wrong when I try to build. Yet – I finally made some blueprint. Wall with 4 towers, then main castle (21 x 41), below it – another building (some 13 x 31). Wall and towers would be from dark bricks, castle – from normal bricks.

I went to lobby of one expert builder. He builds nice medieval and fantasy things. I went to his lobby, asked for ideas and got ban. He later explained he had “intimate moments” with other user. He angrily explained that he builds for himself, not for others.

So much of my appretiation. I acknowledge him as better. I ask for his ideas. And all I get is ban.

A pity. It means I am left alone with my ideas. And I would never be half as good as that player. Yet – castle will be built. I designed flag for it, so that flag proudly waves above castle. And with this town I temporaly stop. One big town is more than enough. I can build roads, villages, small structures – but nothing so fundamental.

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And so I enjoy my Lotro…while probably resuming building in Bloxd. Life is not that bad after all.

9, 10, 11

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

Windstorms was the only active. Some festival quests, then one mail invitations quest. I am at year 10 (did not start it yet), so soon I will close Eriador card deed.
These quests sometimes are interesting. Most are wasted opportunities, like gather remembrances. I use remembrance…and standard text about me remembering battles past. What about some random text, like “Oh, this is how it was”, “This event is too important to forget” etc.?

Anyway, I am mostly busy.

Bloxd

Nothing. Just going to random lobbies, seeking inspiration for castle and finding none. I don’t need fantasy style – just as pure medieval, as possible. I need realism. If all castle is just walls and throne room – well…where do they live, make parties, eat…?

Few fantasy castles. None historical. My builds are just stagnating.

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And so may days goes, real life is very problematic. All I need is a will to correct mistakes, accept inevitable and find some real activity in Bloxd and Lotro.

Hamsters!

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

We finally have an 17th Anniversary festival. Festival rewards includ two cute hamsters. One is simple, another – with fireworks. Turth to be told, lazy hamster won’t launch fireworks, he just carries them. Explosive hamster? Self-propelled-hamster mine?
Simple (“Sienna”) hamster is 20 Anniversary tokens. Fireworks hamster (Merrymaking) is some 20 tokens, given for participating in festival instances. Luckily, Stormsong had 75/40 those special tokens. So my grumpy Minstrel has both hamsters.
Other rewards include steeds (I guess there are two), some cosmetics. If you have steel tokensm, you can barter permanent fireworks launchers. These look pretty cool.
Windstorms rushed to do quests. Experience for them is low, only some 7000 xp. But I got simple hamster very quickly. And then, rushed to do Anniversary quests. I got easy (Eriador) version. Many places to travel and explore. Rewards are of little use, but it is activity I need. And tokens as well – after all, I may need some festival stuff.
Some festival quests are too…narrow. I had to /challenge Old Man Willow. But I cannot challenge it from anywhere -there is exact spot. One step left or right – quest cannot advance. I wish developers changed that.

Bloxd

A total stagnation. Cannot build anything or plan anything. Standard houses remain, while I have no ideas how advanced buildings should look like. Castle is one BIG problem. Land plot is little (71 x 41 blocks). Naturally, castle must be high. Higher than church (naturally; local duke must show who rules the land). Any castle should include towers, living quarters for duke, living quarters for his wife & ladies. Every building should have normal rooms for everything, from sleeping to making parties and eating. Every building must be ig gothic style.
I tried to copy one fantasy castle found on internet. It was an absolute failure. So now I stand, unable to make any realistic thoughts. All I need is one person who would be kind to show me designs. That’s all, I can build when I have ideas.

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My real life is going downstairs, I am facing too many problems…and all I could do is sit days in Lotro and Bloxd. Sometimes I create, sometimes I destroy, but it looks like I am running from myself.

Anyway, at least in Lotro things are going quite good.

Brown boredom and cathedrals

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

My Loremaster continued questing in Great River. Of course, Stanric was alive, just imprisoned. You know, when you cross ways with the Sith, you won’t end good. It was up to me to talk, investigate, gather resources. Then it was (again) up to me to restore Stanric and kill Sith. So far, so (almost) good. Stangard is safe.

Then there were some landscape quests. This nice quest about Eagles. Majestic Landroval. A pity that later SSG made eagles just a convenient transport/quest givers. For now, this quest is just remarkable. One that you can only admire. Also, a really epic story about local Oathbreakers.

Then I was redirected to Brown lands for boring quests. Kill turtles and bugs, then kill turtles and avancs, only to kill more turtles and bugs…then rush there and there, assault enemy camp few times. The only notable thing were Oathbreakers. My choice to forgive or condemn them. I choice to forgive. After all, I am nice person.

Brown lands were boring, local easterling camp is nightmare of camp navigation and quests are just boredom. I skipped all texts, killing what was needed. Yes, I was really happy to see Brown lands finished.

Now I have to finish all deeds in Great River…and move to Rohan. Rohan awaits, this is what I would be busy with for a long time.

Side note: redeemed SSG code for downtime – mount selection box. Chose red skeleton horse for my LM. Quite nice gift from SSG.

Bloxd

I saw one big majestic cathedral, built by really experienced player. My own cathedral looks like kid’s toy. Should I demolish most of it and then rebuilt? Or leave as testament for my lack of skills?

Town is being built very slowly. I have almost no inspiration about minecraft-ish medieval buildings. Simple houses are easy to build, they are all the same.

Unfortunately, had to ban one player. He started advertising his own lobby. I asked to stop. Then he continued to tell his lobby had too little visitors. I warned again. He ended telling insults about my lobby. Well, third warning was ban. I wish that player was a normal one. Another player logged, asked for admin. I explained I need no admins. Player left. He had no idea what this lobby is about – he just came to become another admin.

Sorry, no. I am the only admin, since I am the only one who knows direction of everything on my server.

And so weekend has ended. It was quite good in Lotro.

Nona & Horn 2.0

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Lord of the rings online, Lotro

Lord of the rings online

Sometimes life gives surprises. I got one of them. Was questing in Dunland, grinding reputation with Theodred’s riders. Had to locate Nona (she was killing Dunlendings), then go to Enedwaith…and oops, I was transported to Great River.

Now that’s a hand of fate. I started questing there. Quests (even if I know how they would flow) are interesting. They had stories, not just “kill rats” or “go on top of hill”. Stangard is as always – interesting. Just what…what do you expect from envoy, whose name starts “Sith”? To be kind good-heart person?
Nona’s story is interesting and really worth reading. As well as Horn’s.

I chose to finish most Stangard’s quests. Then epic and landscape redirected me to one monument. Well, this is it – I need to go there. Which I will do.

Great River is strange region. It has Stangard with its stories of courage and treachery. It has captivating story about Elf and Rohirrim. It has Nona and Horn. And then it has blank “Brown lands” and lvl.150 only Limlight Gorge. So, part of region one quests with interest; second part is “yes yes next ok finish”; third part is “ok, will one-shot this for endgame”.

But hey, after Great River (a filler region) there is nice Rohan with its stories. Rohan is worth waiting for.

Bloxd

Absolutely nothing. I am stuck at what I thought easiest buildings. While I am mostly good at simple houses, I do fail at shops. And with too little visitors – little chance to get any help.

So my days go on – more and more in Lotro, less in Bloxd.