***SPOILERS*** Maps and Pictures [Archive]

Cirgil

03 Sep 2008, 22:22

http://booknookie.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/way-off-topic/

http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=160023

http://www.massively.com/photos/pax08-mines-of-moria-preview/

http://www.morthond.de/viewtopic.php?t=1493

Enjoy the view :lol:

Derigar/Tarinas

04 Sep 2008, 07:20

The bit that jumped out at me immediately was that while they did say how many (if any) character slots we would be given, they did say that the version that had on display showed 7 free slots. I found this an interesting number as its more than we currently have and less than the total number of playable classes.

Rhyaehar

04 Sep 2008, 08:40

Warden.. want..

Cirgil

04 Sep 2008, 11:28

I myself am really excited about the Legendary Item UI... Really looking forward to play with that. :Y

Morwing

05 Sep 2008, 14:49

Wow that is great !

Haleabor

05 Sep 2008, 16:23

See also these videos

http://www.viddler.com/explore/ginaingr/videos/3/

http://www.viddler.com/explore/ginaingr/videos/4/

Unfortunately I cant look at them until I get home tonight so no idea what they are like :)

and this article

http://www.massively.com/2008/09/02/pax ... -of-moria/ (http://www.massively.com/2008/09/02/pax08-hands-on-with-mines-of-moria/)

which (yes you guessed) I also can't see at work.

God help me if the IT guys ban annonamarth.eu...i might have to go "postal" on them

Rhyaehar

05 Sep 2008, 16:32

God help me if the IT guys ban annonamarth.eu...i might have to go "postal" on them
There will be a new URL soon ;)

Haleabor

05 Sep 2008, 16:45

God help me if the IT guys ban annonamarth.eu...i might have to go "postal" on them
There will be a new URL soon ;)

Well I thought as much...given the "changes" to your kin circumstances :)

Please please please choose something without any reference to pawn(!) or games or anything remotely interesting....call it "business daily" or something!!

Raedwulf

05 Sep 2008, 18:08

http://www.silverhairedhal.com?

:P _O_ :Y

Haleabor

05 Sep 2008, 19:49

lol

works for me :)

Cirgil

07 Sep 2008, 08:53

I've read several articles now... And a few of them mentions that we should be able to deconstruct old raid gear. And also that some of our present gear will be labeled as Legendary gear when MoM goes live. I'm not sure if it's the same they are actually saying or if it's different things. Like - that some gear can be deconstructed to parts for Lengendary Items and some will become Legendary Items.

Guess we'll have to wait and see...

(But how many boots can you have from The Rift? :P)

Rhyaehar

07 Sep 2008, 11:45

7 boots.. 7 classes, 7 armour sets.

Silirien

19 Sep 2008, 14:07

Some more pictures I found of Runekeeper and Warden (originally at http://www.lotrolife.com):

Runekeeper:
http://www.lotrolife.com/img//quests/moria/runekeeper_moria_1.jpg
http://www.lotrolife.com/img//quests/moria/runekeeper_moria_2.jpg
http://www.lotrolife.com/img//quests/moria/runekeeper_moria_3.jpg
http://www.lotrolife.com/img//quests/moria/runekeeper_moria_4.jpg

Silirien

19 Sep 2008, 14:08

Warden:
http://www.lotrolife.com/img//quests/moria/warden_moria_1.jpg
http://www.lotrolife.com/img//quests/moria/warden_moria_2.jpg
http://www.lotrolife.com/img//quests/moria/warden_moria_3.jpg
http://www.lotrolife.com/img//quests/moria/warden_moria_4.jpg

Tiermond

19 Sep 2008, 15:50

The elf warden looks deformed, like the product of millennia of inbreeding, in one of the photos his thighs are wider than his waists. The troll would only have to sneeze to break him in two. Although from an RP perspective this is probably very close to the truth.

Haleabor

19 Sep 2008, 17:51

http://mmeow.net/wp-content/gallery/hollin-gate/hollingate_screenshots_09.jpg

BTW

I can just just see the quest line (and discussion) now

....as the scene unfolds

Dwarf A: What do you mean you didn't bring your hammer...how are we meant to get into Moria

Dwarf B: I left it on the Pony....sorry.

Dwarf A: Oh well...say there mighty adventurer you must aid us by collecting a Hammer.

Player 1: Sod off...I'm a level 55 veteran...get your own sodding Hammer

Dwarf A: Ahh but you want to get to 60 don't you.....

Player 1: Welllll....

Dwarf B: Well I could get it but I'm a bit rubbish so you would need to escort me

Player 1: (shuddering) er..no..not an escort quest thanks....cant I just buy one??

Dwarf A: No..our mighty hammer seems to have fallen into about 10 pieces and you need to collect them from all the places in Eriador that you've already been to a thousand times BUT unfortunately they are in the most difficult to reach places (eg Goblin Town) or have been taken by miscreants (Udunoin is known to use the shaft as a loofer)

Player 1: Sod this I'm off to play Warhammer

Raedwulf

20 Sep 2008, 18:50

Lol!

But the bit that bothers me is that in 3 of the 4 Warden photo's, he is using his spear in an utterly ineffective manner. You cannot use a spear as a slashing weapon one-handed. End of story. Hit something with the blade & all that happens is that the shaft pivots around your hand, You might cut a naked opponent, but that's about it. A decent woolen doublet would stop a blow delivered in that fashion.

So we have a magic-user & class that doesn't fight realistically. All of a sudden my enthusiasm for MoM diminishes (but not by anything like enough to stop me getting it, don't worry!).

Tiermond

20 Sep 2008, 20:05

The spear animations have been like that for a long time, I have the spear of battle from the lvl 45 class quests on my guardian and it is quite comical how he wields it, waving it around like a mace, smashing it into the sides of enemies.
Only good thing you can say about spears is that the stats suck so there is no reason to use them, at least until the warden comes out.

Silirien

22 Sep 2008, 11:24

I myself ain't fond of Warden class being aviable to Elves... somehow my vision of elves doesn't support that... but oh-well, thats just minor ranting.

Raed, you don't like the idea of magic user and a class that fights unrealisticly, but still I simply _know_ you will have a member of both class lvled all the way up ;)

Haleabor

22 Sep 2008, 12:20

We could plot a graph for Raed's life:

Character slots = 1.... Life = 10 (where 10 = buzzing socialite and 1 = rotting trogladite)

Character slots = 5.... Life = 3

Character slots = 7.... Life = -1

Rohan release (slots 8?)..... summon a coroner

:shock:

I'd like to point out there are some others in our group on a similar standing to Raedwulf :)

Hal

Raedwulf

22 Sep 2008, 22:55

You get back under that Thumb where you belong, Married-with-3-kids!! :p

Derigar/Tarinas

24 Sep 2008, 02:47

The race is on for the first Warden/RK to hit 60: Raed, or Sil assisted by a certain hunter on a rather short leash.

Anyone feel like wagering a few gold? :)

Silirien

24 Sep 2008, 10:09

Well you can safely bet on Raed, the plans have changed, my Runekeeper will be Someone's Warden's private healing machine as they both lvl up ;)

Rhyaehar

24 Sep 2008, 10:39

Which will mean Raed will get the first RK or Warden to 60. I have a life, which is a bit of a handicap in this.

Rhyaehar

24 Sep 2008, 10:44

Guess who...
http://www.lordoftheringsonline.net/images/photoalbum/album_9/galadriel_herself.jpg

Silirien

24 Sep 2008, 12:15

@Galadriel:
Silirien faints.
...argh GIEF DRESS T.T I want her dress, give me her dress... and her face... *sobs* and... uh why the hell does she look like a mutant?

(...) I have a life, which is a bit of a handicap in this.You complaining? :>

Raedwulf

24 Sep 2008, 13:16

OTOH, as has already been suggested elsewhere (on our kin forum I think), it'd be nicer to level up new alts as a group. Plus I do also have five other alts to get from 50 to 60, remember? Unlike most of you. Oh, & yes I have a life too. Honest!

I couldn't give a stuff about racing to level out the new classes (or the old ones). My interest is in learning to play them properly & having them available to help out kin & raid. Which, I admit, does mean they will all need to be levelled out as quickly as possible, but that's a side-effect. Honest! ;)

My first priorities are levelling out Ang, Raed, & Rafe (in that order), so that RRU still have choices available; interleaved with having a go at the two new classes (to L20, perhaps) to start getting the feel for them.

Silirien

25 Sep 2008, 14:30

Guess who... uhm, I wouldn't mind you posting the source link ;)

Edit: Actually, found it myself :P http://www.lordoftheringsonline.net/photogallery.php?album_id=9

Tiermond

25 Sep 2008, 14:54

From past experiences of new areas, Moria will be an awful place for the first month after launch with everyone queuing up to take turns to do quests. I might just go far enough to get a legendary weapon but won't be spending a lot of time there until the crowds have cleared a bit. Levelling a warden is likely to be a much less frustrating experience.

Silirien

25 Sep 2008, 15:10

That's worrying me as well...
I remember the crowds in Forochel... eeeek... Same will happen in Moria as well, but leveling new characters might be.. strange at least, because every time you'd want be in a fellowship, it would be a Warden/Runekeeper one...

Tiermond

25 Sep 2008, 16:03

My champ has just started questing in Forochel now and the place is deserted, adding to the atmosphere of the area and making it a much more enjoyable experience. The quests there are very good for soloing and reasonably challenging at lvl 47, even getting defeated a couple of times trying to solo small fellowship quests.
Much better than when I went there with Tiermond who just stealthed in, killed what he needed and got out with barely a scratch.

Haleabor

25 Sep 2008, 16:38

Some more new pics and new critters

http://mmeow.net/wp-content/gallery/mom-foundations-of-stone/foundations_of_stone_screenshots_08.jpg

http://mmeow.net/wp-content/gallery/mom-foundations-of-stone/foundations_of_stone_screenshots_06.jpg

http://mmeow.net/wp-content/gallery/mom-foundations-of-stone/foundations_of_stone_screenshots_04.jpg

http://mmeow.net/wp-content/gallery/mom-foundations-of-stone/foundations_of_stone_screenshots_02.jpg

http://mmeow.net/wp-content/gallery/mom-foundations-of-stone/foundations_of_stone_screenshots_01.jpg

Derigar/Tarinas

25 Sep 2008, 17:38

Is it just me, or does anyone else expect to see face-huggers after seeing that last image :)

Rhyaehar

25 Sep 2008, 19:29

So we'll also get a new weapon, the Crowbar? Those remind me of Headcrabs :P

Giladren

25 Sep 2008, 20:33

Haleabor

26 Sep 2008, 11:12

And more stuff

Unfortunately I can't actually look at this at work...so need to wait until tonight :( grrr

http://www.lordoftheringsonline.net/news.php?readmore=149

edit - Balrog movie

http://www.lordoftheringsonline.net/news.php?readmore=150

Derigar/Tarinas

26 Sep 2008, 18:46

It'll have to be a legendary crowbar :)

skelsamu

27 Sep 2008, 18:35

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=hDdXKKuHg0Q

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=3DQjKtwyVsw&feature=related

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=alJ3luFdvZg&feature=related

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=1O1hWNhEnno&feature=related

Morwing

28 Sep 2008, 22:10

Gil not sure with wow but the graphic is awesome but monsters looks like chuck noris :)

Tiermond

02 Oct 2008, 10:54

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/09/legweapons1-sms-0908.jpg

cant wait for these legendary weapons, a one handed mace with 93-139 damage, the possibilities for reduced cooldowns on skills are awesome but why common damage of all things?

Haleabor

02 Oct 2008, 10:57

More stuff at these various links

http://www.lotro.com/article/592

http://www.massively.com/2008/10/01/massivelys-exclusive-mines-of-moria-dev-tour/

http://www.massively.com/2008/10/01/massivelys-exclusive-mines-of-moria-video-tour/

http://files.filefront.com/LotRO+Moria+Tourwmv/;11931822;/fileinfo.html

http://lotro.tentonhammer.com/index.php?module=ContentExpress&func=display&ceid=722

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/45291

http://www.tentonhammer.com/node/45334

Hal :)

Haleabor

02 Oct 2008, 11:01

[url].... but why common damage of all things?

Possibly the Runics you add...maybe there is one to change damage type? (pure conjecture of course :) ) ???

skelsamu

08 Oct 2008, 20:41

http://www.allakhazam.com/Im/tag/10-7-08
new weapons

Morwing

10 Oct 2008, 09:30

http://www.allakhazam.com/Im/tag/10-7-08
new weapons
cool ! but i saw captain spear already in ettens

Haleabor

10 Oct 2008, 15:50

http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/heros-guides/230-heros-guide-to-the-flaming-deeps

Another Hero's Guide update

skelsamu

30 Oct 2008, 16:23

book starting movies of mom

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdwZ5Oh8Auk&feature=related
book 2
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=VjKLgOBaSl4
book 3
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=rJzOYa-kaag
book 4

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=OEG8U3pBRzo
book 5
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=l35iOQk7s7Y&feature=related
book 6
ect
look for your selve on you tube;)