Who needs Spiral Knights? We got us some LotRO!

[Shadowdust]

Well, I have some bad news. I'll be needing to take a break from LOTRO for awhile. My wife and I have been discussing it for quite some time today and we both agreed we need to pull the plug for awhile and focus on spending more time with each other. So much has been going on in our personal lives that we've just been using LOTRO as an escape and not really dealing with our problems.

Of course, it isn't permanent and once we've managed to strike some balance in our personal lives, I have no doubt we'll both be back on LOTRO.

EDIT: Oh btw, good job Proto. Only roof I've managed to get on was the Prancing Pony.

[G13]

Aw, I'm sorry to hear that. Hope it all works out, man.

Man, looking at that roster makes me a little sad. Mostly because Proto is kicking my ass in leveling. And a little because it seems we're the only three people playing anymore.

[Shadowdust]

I wish there was a way to get more board members to give LOTRO a shot. It'd be awesome to do a nice EoFF classic instance, skirmish, or even a raid.

[G13]

My dream is that one day we will all be online with our most powerful characters and we'll all ride through Bree like the badasses we are. I want to look at the chat window and see people crying aloud "Who were those dark riders? I want to join their ride!" and as we go more will follow until we're riding up on the black gate itself with a legion so mighty our computers will be crying from the amount of lag that they are experiencing. The true Riders of the Riddermark we will be called.

This is my dream.

[Shadowdust]

In case you guys haven't receive the e-mail yet, Turbine Points will be on sale this weekend for all bundles. The discount is 17.89% and you need to use the coupon code: 1789L. The offer will be available from July 14-17. Oh, and it can be used five times per account.

[G13]

I hadn't received any email.

I will definitely be taking advantage of this.

[Shadowdust]

Glad to hear it. I'm surprised you're not getting the e-mails though.

My wife and I spoke again last night and she feels it's unfair to completely deprive ourselves of something we both enjoy so we agreed on a limited schedule. So I'll be on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday in the late evening as well as all day Sunday. Of course, that is if I don't have a massive amount of homework in the upcoming quarter.

UPDATE: Click on the link to see what changes will be made to stats in the Isengard update: http://www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdia...w-stat-updates

[G13]

So a friend of mine told me about this superhero MMO that became free recently and I downloaded it. City of Heroes I think. Reminded me that I haven't played LotRO in a while and I logged on earlier today.

Apparently Greysought has been disbanded. Man, I got super depressed. We were awesome! What the crap happened?

Isengard released recently. Anybody still playing get that?

[Agent Proto]

Yeah, I didn't think the kin would disband, but apparently it did because most of the members (Jiro, Lynx, and Værn) were inactive for so long. Then came your absence. First Shadowdust left to rejoin his original kin, then I decided to leave to join an awesome kin where I've been designated successor to be its leader. Since Greysought was lacking in members, or ceased to exist, you are welcomed to join my new kin. If I ever catch you online, I'll send an invite for you.

Edit: Yeah, I got the update and now Monster Play is free to play. You should check that out

[G13]

I'm mostly interested in Isengard for the sole fact that it's freaking Isengard! What's Monster Play about anyways? I always assumed it was skirmishes as an orc.

You should check out City of Heroes if you haven't already. It's pretty legit. I made an Autobot! Unfortunately, though, I can't play the damn game for more than a half an hour at a time as my computer becomes an emotional wreck. I've settled for Champions Online, which is very cheesy but runs pretty alright. I'll try and make it back to LotRO within the next few days. I kind of want to make a new character, that elf just wasn't cutting it.

[Agent Proto]

If you're looking to join a new kin, hit me up at Nahirdeth. And I'll give City of Heroes a shot. Sounds like a fun game.

[G13]

How big is your new Kin? That's nuts that you're second in command already.

[Shadowdust]

First Shadowdust left to rejoin his original kin, then I decided to leave to join an awesome kin where I've been designated successor to be its leader.

Yeah, sorry about that. I thought about sending a kin e-mail but it never seemed like anyone was on so I went to a new kin that me and my ex-wife created. I'm still there but it isn't much better off than Greysought since we were the only two members. xD She ended up taking her Hunter off of our new kin and sent it back to Evermore so I guess I'm the leader now.

LOTRO is more awesome than ever. They made some changes to the Champion and now that class is incredibly better. I can actually tank with my champ now. Got my champ up to 62 so far and I'm almost ready to start Mirkwood. I'm in the final chapter of Moria. I can't wait to get to Isengard!

Btw, I'm sure you guys heard that DC Universe Online is going F2P this month. That might be worth a try as well.

[Jiro]

Apologies for my disappearance, my home internet isn't stable enough to play online and my laptop just loves to overheat when playing it (and other games)