LOTRO Reporter Podcast

Chris and Bill are joined by Rick "Sapience" Heaton as we talk about how Lord of the Rings Online has changed since LOTRO Reporter began, 150 episodes ago! Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

The entire MMO Reporter crew at PAX gathers to discuss our last day at the Conference. Wil Wheaton was awesome, and Perfect World has some cool stuff coming our way this year. Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

Chris and Sallennia talk about the MMO Reporter team's 2nd full day at PAX, which included visit to see Torchlight 2, Wildstar, Marvel Heroes, Razer, Mad Catz and more! Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

Chris and Jason talk about their amazingly action packed first day at PAX. Everything from Lord of the Rings MOBAs to space based MMOs, Chris was kept hopping as he went from booth to booth. Focusing on the hardware, Jason spoke to Turtle Beach and Razer, and even got to look at some games! Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

For this first show of our daily PAX Prime 2012 podcast, we recorded live at the MMO Reporter Meetup. Much fun was had by all, and we even managed to get Harry Hol in on the experience. You can listen to the audio version of the podcast, or take a look after the break for the video version. Listen now: Many thanks to our sponsor Guild Launch for making the MMO Reporter PAX 2012 coverage possible!

In preparation for our 150th episode, we've decided to finally release the long lost 100th episode of LOTRO Reporter with the help of some of our awesome listeners. Enjoy!

In this week's episode, Chris and I discuss the scads of class changes, 7.3's patch notes, war-steed video diaries and more! Listen now: What we did this week Bill SoS finale Chris Skirmishes News War-steed video dev diary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUPDi5gG4p8&feature=plcp and another one from Gamescom http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/16/gamescom-2012-new-lotro-dev-diary-about-warsteeds/ 7.3 Patch Notes http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Update_7.3,_Official Guardian change notes http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2316-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-guardian Hunter change notes http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2323-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-hunter Lore Master change notes http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2340-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-lore-master Minstrel change notes http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2348-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-minstrel- Video interview with Chance Thomas from PC Gamer http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/08/03/behind-the-music-of-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-riders-of-rohan-expansion/ Double XP on monster kills Aug 15th - 20th http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?474705-Level-up-your-hero-with-our-Double-Bonus-Days!&p=6360640#post6360640 Did you know Layanor tells us about a method of creating shards for legendary weapons Community Why no one should roll a Captain http://formeniel.blogspot.ca/2012/08/why-no-one-should-ever-roll-captain.html Turbine party at PAX 2010 (21+ only) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_QVJo2EE5Q&feature=plcp Housing musing by Syp http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/08/04/the-road-to-mordor-six-smashing-ideas-for-player-housing/ MMO Reporter PAX Meetup http://mmoreporter.com/pax Skirmish of Skirmishes Thievery and Mischief vs. Attack at Dawn Chris - T&M Isanna - Attack at Dawn Bill - Attack at Dawn Chat room: Tie Email: 2X Thievery and Mischief Tiebreaker to be determined at PAX meetup Contact Info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: @lotroreporter facebook: LOTRO Reporter Voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork www.lotroreporter.com

This week's show has Chris, Bill and Isanna running through the finale of Skirmish of Skirmishes: Attach at Dawn vs Thievery and Mischief. You can listen to the podcast, or take a look after the break for the video of the run. Listen now:   Contact Info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: twitter.com/lotroreporter Facebook: facebook.com/lotroreporter Reddit: reddit.com/r/mmoreporter Voicemail: 616-666-6778  

In this episode Chris and I discuss the Burglar, Captain & mounted combat Dev Diaries, an interview with Chance Thomas, the Farmer's Faire and more! Listen now: What we did this week Bill More brown-lands questing Finished story quest (book 6, ch12) Farming Chris Skirmishes Didn’t really get into the Great River Questing too much. Trying to gain some Medallions for the Raid set of gear. News Mounted Combat video Dev Diary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60H2GcL_z9E&feature=em-subs_digest More War Steed details http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/2240-riders-of-rohan-war-steeds Captain Dev Diary http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2290-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-captain Burglar Dev Diary http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2277-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-burglar Farmer’s fair critique at Kill Ten Rats & Massively http://www.killtenrats.com/2012/07/27/lotro-poor-party/ http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/28/the-road-to-mordor-all-hail-the-farmers-faire/ CTSM Farmer's Faire guide http://cstm.mymiddleearth.com/2012/07/lotro-farmers-faire-guide-2012/ http://cstm.mymiddleearth.com/2012/07/lotro-farmers-faire-guide-2012/ Massively interview with Chance Thomas http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/31/jukebox-heroes-chance-thomas-talks-about-scoring-turbines-expa/ New RoR track released: “Theme for Rohan” http://youtu.be/LiEoUiEh6uQ Did you know Layanor tells us how to shop more efficiently Community Community update from Sapience - preview of this week’s stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5yYkPILN3U&feature=player_embedded Farmer’s Faire cosmetics & mount http://cosmeticlotro.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/farmers-faire-cosmetics-2012/ http://cosmeticlotro.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/farmers-faire-mount-2012/ The Skirmish of Skirmishes Finale will be next week - Thievery and Mischief vs. Attack at Dawn. Send us your votes! Contact Info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: @lotroreporter facebook: LOTRO Reporter youtube: MMO Reporter Youtube channel Voicemail: 616-666-6778 www.lotroreporter.com

In this episode, Chris and I discuss rage quitting, new Rohan media and news, the new PvMP dev diary (with Grizanni!) and more! Listen now: What we did this week Bill Unfortunate SoS Troll slaying in Brown-lands Chris SoS Skirmishes though the Instance finder. Great River questing continues! News New mounted combat video and screenshots on Rohan page http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/2222-riders-of-rohan-mounted-combat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RybRRfW5ylg&feature=player_embedded Rohan PvMP dev diary http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2236-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-the-ettenmoors East Rohan Dev Diary http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2259-riders-of-rohan-developer-diary-east-rohan Farmer’s Fair delayed until July 26th https://twitter.com/lotro/status/225965110466859009   Did you know Layanor with some guild info - Leaders, make sure you log in! Community LOTRO Community Update video http://youtu.be/qm9JHTody68 Contains Moderate Peril giving away a Legendary copy of Riders of Rohan http://www.containsmoderateperil.com/cmp-bonus-giveaway-win-a-copy-of-the-riders-of-rohan-legendary-edition/ Comic series:  The Tale of the Red Maid http://suzitastarshadow.wordpress.com/2012/06/29/the-tale-of-the-red-maid-1/ Skirmish of Skirmishes Thievery and Mischief vs. Protectors of Thangulhad Bill - Protectors Chris - Thievery Isanna - Thievery Chat Room - Thievery Email - Thievery PAX Meet up info mmoreporter.com/pax Contact Info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: @lotroreporter facebook: LOTRO Reporter Voicemail: 616-666-6778 Reddit:  reddit.com/r/mmoreporter www.lotroreporter.com

In this episode, Chris and I go over the flood of new Rohan media, talk about Apparel Dummi...err... Mannequins, determine our first Skirmish of Skirmishes finalist and more! Listen now: What We Did This Week Bill Not much beyond SoS Chris Skirmish of Skirmishes The “Why am I keeping all this crap” inventory game News Youtube Video: Inside the game - Warbands http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTvRCQBDG3g The Farmers Fair - July 19th http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/2226-developer-diary-the-new-farmers-faire Official Lag Reports request http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?469130-Official-Lag-Reports-Requests First wave of Riders of Rohan beta invites are out! http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?469035-Official-Riders-of-Rohan-Beta-Invitations-Update Syp’s hands-on with Mounted Combat http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/07/12/the-road-to-mordor-hands-on-with-riders-of-rohans-mounted-comb/ also Ten Ton Hammer’s hand-on with Mounted Combat http://www.tentonhammer.com/lotro/features/interviews/ror_playsession Apparel Dummy...cough cough... I mean Mannequins dialed back Thanks Jake (from last week's comments) http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&postid=6286724#post6286724 New Track from the LOTRO: Riders of Rohan Soundtrack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VchE_y8iEkM&feature=plcp Did You Know Crafting tips by Layanor Skirmish of Skirmishes Rescue at Nurz Ghashu vs. Attack at Dawn Chris:  Attack at Dawn Bill: Rescue at Nurz Ghashu Isanna: Attack at Dawn Chat Room: Rescue at Nurz Ghashu Email: Attack at Dawn (Rose) From Rose for the upcoming attack at dawn vs. rescue in nurz gashu only because: the rift skirmish doesn't scale well :( attack at dawn is fun for all sizes Next week - Protectors of Thangulhad vs. Thievery and Mischief PAX Meet Up http://mmoreporter.com/pax Support LOTRO/MMO Reporter http://mmoreporter.com/donate-to-the-mmo-reporter-network/ Contact info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: @lotroreporter facebook: facebook.com/lotroreporter voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork site: http://www.lotroreporter.com Main characters:

This week's show has Chris and Bill debating the finer points of sandwich based delicacies. That, or they talk about Riders of Rohan, Patch 7.2. Warbands and more. Listen now: What we did this week: Bill Ran Northcotton farm Limlight dailies Chris Skirmish of Skirmishes last week, then a little bit of great river questing. News Bringing Rohan to life Part II http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFVaQ8eRgL0&feature=plcp - Interview with designers, composers, directors Warband info - plus a Turbine “Did you know?” http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/1775/2173-riders-of-rohan-warbands (via email alert) Yet another piece from Riders of Rohan soundtrack - we can’t stop playing these! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaOq3lDw2kw&feature=player_embedded - Horse Lords of Norcroft Patch 7.2 lands - mostly small things, plus apparel dummies http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Update_7.2,_Official Did you know  Potionating Community Contains Moderate Peril goes off on Apparel Dummies (patch 7.2) http://www.containsmoderateperil.com/do-apparel-dummies-cheapen-lotro/ http://dwarrowscholar.mymiddleearth.com/ Skirmish of Skirmishes Attack at Dawn vs. Rescue at Nurz Gashu - Next week! Contact Info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: @lotroreporter facebook: facebook.com/lotroreporter voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork site: www.lotroreporter.com Main characters:

In this episode Chris and I go over Turbine's mounted combat video, review more Riders of Rohan music releases, determine this week's Skrimish of Skirmishes and more! Listen now: What we did this week Bill Was gifted with a new 2nd age 2handed sword - spent quite a bit of time tricking it out More questing in Great River Going to re-dedicate myself to farming Chris Re-installing/set up of my new SSD, so game time limited. Skirmish of Skirmish Spent a whole lot of time in the crafting house again, looking at LI options, etc. News Rick “Sapience” Heaton and Aaron “Rowan” Campbell go over mounted combat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STmbuFJ1bRQ&feature=plcp More soundtrack music http://youtu.be/3erxw8mlY34 Shadows of the Argonath http://youtu.be/IJmkwQSDDUU Boromir’s last stand Double bonus points sale through July 8 - use them on Rohan? http://www.lotro.com/lotrostoresummerspecials/1580-doublebonuspoints Quarterly wallpapers are up for July-Sept. http://www.lotro.com/lotro-media/wallpaper Did you know Ideas for spending Turbine Points by Layanor Community Summer fun community events http://www.lotro.com/summerfun2012 Skrimish of Skirmishes Bill -  Protectors of Thangulhad Chris - Protectors of Thangulhad Layanor -  Assault on Ringwraith's Lair Chat room - Tie Email - None this week Shout out to Venid from Brandywine - thanks for the nice things to say about our pvmp episode. Contact Info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: @lotroreporter facebook: facebook.com/lotroreporter voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork Main characters: www.lotroreporter.com

In this episode, Chris and I discuss the new Chance Thomas track release for Riders of Rohan, go over some more Rohan media releases, skirmish at Bruinen and Bree and more! Listen Now: What we did this week Bill Questing in Great River.  Not a fan of Sithric... low IQ among Rohirrim Experienced GLFF for the first time Chris Skirmishes and questing in the Great River on my Warden. Also spent about 15 or so minutes combining relics to try to get some higher tiered relics for my weapons. Deconstructed all my level 70 and lower weapons. A little time on my baby burgler. News First track of new LOTRO score released http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGV5j1mHrMo via http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/22/lotro-releases-first-track-of-riders-of-rohans-score/ New Rohan page with, video and more http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/2118-riders-of-rohan-region Steed of the Burglar now for sale (1995 TP) http://www.lotro.com/lotrostoresale/1537-lotro-store-exclusive-steeds Did you know Layanor shares his wisdom regarding Moria rep Community Win a sword! http://cstm.mymiddleearth.com/2012/06/win-a-hand-forged-blade-my-middle-earth/ Skirmish of Skirmishes Ford of Bruinen vs. Thievery and Mischief Bill - Ford of Bruinen Chris - Thievery and Mischief Isanna - Thievery and Mischief Email - Ford of Bruinen Chat room (show) - Thievery and Mischief Next week - Assault of the Ringwraith's Lair vs. Protectors of Thangulad Contact Info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: @lotroreporter facebook: facebook.com/lotroreporter voicemail: 616-666-6778 youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork www.lotroreporter.com

In this episode, Chris and I discuss the changes to the pre-purchase packs for Riders of Rohan, the geekery behind the scenes of the live-action trailer, the aftermath of Weatherstock and more! Listen Now: What we did this week Bill Weatherstock (ran up lvl 10 LM for it) Skirmish of Skirmishes Chris Weatherstock - Videos on our YouTube channel The Great River Region - Continuing with this area. I like the dense, yet not too dense number of mobs. Skirmish of Skirmishes. News Pre-purchase of RoR improved http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?464108-A-word-about-the-Riders-of-Rohan-Pre-Purchase-packs.&p=6232652#post6232652 Syp’s 15 things that cut the bad taste of the pre-purchase packages controversy http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/16/the-road-to-mordor-fifteen-great-things-about-riders-of-rohan/ Great River sale incoming? http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&postid=6239828#post6239828 Behind the scenes of the live action Rohan video http://massively.joystiq.com/2012/06/13/turbine-takes-you-behind-the-scenes-on-lotros-live-action-trail/ Did you know Layanor goes over some little known slash commands /joinchannel - for joining GLFF, alliance chats etc /server-time - shows current server time /shortcut - drop commands into the hotbar (e.g. /shortcut 1 /slap; /shortcut 1 /follow) Community LOTRO Reporter’s Weatherstock stream, archived for your pleasure http://www.twitch.tv/mmoreporter/b/321675102 http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL37C0AB0A903E47E6&feature=plcp Spring festival screenshot contest winners announced http://www.lotro.com/news/latestnews/2115-spring-festival-screenshot-contest-2012-the-winners Skirmish of Skirmishes Rescue at Nurz Gashu vs. Battle in the Tower Bill - Rescue at Nurz Gashu Chris - Rescue at Nurz Gashu Isanna - Rescue at Nurz Gashu Chat room - Rescue at Nurz Gashu Email From Mosshammer/Zeomox http://thelordoftherings.lego.com/en-us/Videogame/Default.aspx you guys may have already known this but they “kidified” the Lord of the Rings into Lego game format! They do a great job of making these grown up stories kid friendly. I played a demo of Pirates of the Caribean with my kids and they love it! iTunes 5 Star Kazren Contact Info email: lotro.reporter@gmail.com twitter: @lotroreporter facebook: facebook.com/lotroreporter Voicemail: 616-666-6778 www.lotroreporter.com youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/mmoreporternetwork