Comments on: Ered Luin Revisited http://bluekae.com/2009/04/07/ered-luin-revisited/ Rants and ramblings about games, life, and other stuff. Fri, 18 May 2012 00:36:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Longasc http://bluekae.com/2009/04/07/ered-luin-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-3673 Longasc Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:31:51 +0000 http://www.bluekae.com/?p=215#comment-3673 On the german EU servers, most new players seem start with a human char, and the Bree-area is the most populated by far. On the german EU servers, most new players seem start with a human char, and the Bree-area is the most populated by far.

]]> By: Brian http://bluekae.com/2009/04/07/ered-luin-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Brian Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:24:41 +0000 http://www.bluekae.com/?p=215#comment-446 Yes, Lone Lands is the worst zone in the game, with Angmar being a close second. Way too much running around and tons of fellowship-only quests and elites. It was especially disappointing to me, because Weathertop is one of my favorite locations in the game from the books. I probably have more screen shots of Weathertop than anything else in the game. I'm getting close to the Lone Lands with most of my alts, and I've been thinking about whether to proceed there or skip straight to the North Downs. I may try a few quests there and see if anything has changed, since I haven't been there since first year, but I'll head to the Downs or to Evendim pretty quickly if it is still the same. I used to have an aversion to canceling quests and would spend hours trying to clear everything out of my log, but I've gotten over that issue so I have no problem with canceling everything for a particular zone and moving on to another area. Yes, Lone Lands is the worst zone in the game, with Angmar being a close second. Way too much running around and tons of fellowship-only quests and elites. It was especially disappointing to me, because Weathertop is one of my favorite locations in the game from the books. I probably have more screen shots of Weathertop than anything else in the game.

I’m getting close to the Lone Lands with most of my alts, and I’ve been thinking about whether to proceed there or skip straight to the North Downs. I may try a few quests there and see if anything has changed, since I haven’t been there since first year, but I’ll head to the Downs or to Evendim pretty quickly if it is still the same. I used to have an aversion to canceling quests and would spend hours trying to clear everything out of my log, but I’ve gotten over that issue so I have no problem with canceling everything for a particular zone and moving on to another area.

]]> By: Yeebo http://bluekae.com/2009/04/07/ered-luin-revisited/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Yeebo Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:56:58 +0000 http://www.bluekae.com/?p=215#comment-442 Interesting. I've been meaning to try the revamped starter area. As for the Lone Lands, I hate the place. Your quest log gets clogged up with group quests very quickly, and quests flow around the zone poorly. I'm also not a fan of running back and forth to Bree repeatedly on some of the early chains there. The Battle for Weathertop is one of my favorite group quests, and the storyline of the book quest that runs through the zone is very well done. However, on the whole I think the LL badly need a revamp. It's like hitting a brick wall after cruising through a starter zone and the Breelands. The last alt I took through those levels skipped it altogether and went straight to Amon Raith in the ND. My sanity was the better for it. He's 38 now and I haven't been to the LL at all. Interesting. I’ve been meaning to try the revamped starter area.

As for the Lone Lands, I hate the place. Your quest log gets clogged up with group quests very quickly, and quests flow around the zone poorly. I’m also not a fan of running back and forth to Bree repeatedly on some of the early chains there. The Battle for Weathertop is one of my favorite group quests, and the storyline of the book quest that runs through the zone is very well done. However, on the whole I think the LL badly need a revamp. It’s like hitting a brick wall after cruising through a starter zone and the Breelands.

The last alt I took through those levels skipped it altogether and went straight to Amon Raith in the ND. My sanity was the better for it. He’s 38 now and I haven’t been to the LL at all.

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