Back in time...

I'm stuck at my office, for one specific reason: After 5 hours of rain the city seems to collapse into chaos and anarchy. Honestly, I do really dont care about traffic, I'm usually used to get like 45 to 1 hour 30 mins to drive back home at night, but if I leave now I'm sure that I'll be at least 1 hours 30 mins to 2 hours 30 mins. and thats a "No, thanks but I'll pass". Since there's nothing to do at my office and for some reason my internet speed is a little bit more than "sad" I decided to dig in my flash drives to see what forgotten treasures do I left behind in that small device.

Lots of screens of Khas, from when I was starting the game basically, and even the first screens of Varsalla and Serendis, those screen shave more than a year right now and it feels like it were... oh, wait.. it feels right, its feels like a lot of time since I took them. So, since I'm boring, I decided to post a new one with those screens just to share with you those images, I have a vaguely idea of what I was doing at that time, so... only screens and some random words.

Khas visiting her first Kinship's house...

My first Kinship was Riders of Rohan, I was really excited only just because of the name, it was awesome been part of a Kinship that had a lot of connection with the game... sadly, later I found out that they were not into the role playing style so being in a awesome kinship under those rules were just... boring. But I meet nice people, sadly, only to leave the game less than a month later due Cataclysm release.

When I saw this my first words were: "Wow... THIS is a real bank!"
I guess that I was so polluted with WoW at that time...

i spent a lot of time running Bree, the first part was just visiting, the rest... I was lost, but thanks to the Valars for that useful map, it took me a bit to get ready and centered in what i was doing and where I need to go, between the map and the tracking system... Obviously I went to Staddle, where I had those quests waiting for me and where I had at least a 35% of the map to explore... Funny is that...

I wasted a lot of time with my typically bad jokes... "hehe, this is what I call farming"
You know, now it's not that funny...

"......................"

Yeah, after that sigh, I just went to uncle google to read about mounts and how could I get one. I was not afraid of walking, but I certainly I didnt want to spent all my game time walking in Bree-lands just to be sent again all way back. Yet, honestly, that's a sigh to remember, when you are for first time in a game and you see all that unexplored land, full with enemies and little creepy things that wants to kill you, ruins everywhere and the best of all: loot to be looted.

It took me some quests and a pair of levels to find out something amazing: you could buy a house. A house, for you alone, one per account (Which at that moment was more than necessary) So I went to the homesteads at Breelands to see what I could buy.

And since I was starting, I could not afford any house there, yet I was hypnotized
for all the possibilities in the game.

My second quest-pack, North-downs.

That screen reminds me of the day that Lone lands was in discount, as well North downs and Evendim. I had several Tps that I didnt used (Mostly because I was not so sure how to use them) and I saw everyone one the Kin talking about the discounts and stuff. in just few seconds I got my mount for Khas, for Serendis, got the three Quests packs and I thought that I had almost all the game to explore. It was not to long when I found out that Evendim (Before the Revamp) was a nasty, hideous place and northdowns was not too far for there as well, and like two week slater Turbine decided to put Lone-lands as a free zone. Not so sure if it was one of the worse buys in my lotro life, yet I'm glad that I did it. And yes, I keep lying to myself.

As normal in me, always late on my vocations...

searching for Tin in the marshes at the Shire, until I saw a rainbow and the song
double rainbow crossed my mind... I wanted to kill myself at that moment. 

After few levels and several deaths I was back into Evendim and meet this character, Gwindeth. The hiden entrance for the cave, the cave, the water, the light effects her were mostly like... I dont know, something amazing that left me speechless for some time... While I was tooking all the screens, after that and after hearing all the troubles that she was throwing me at, I decided to end my fascination for her and treat her as a normal Lake fey.

She is so... blue...

Well, after that, I went back at Esteldin, found out how the Jewelcrafter guilds are like and I worked to hard just to get the rep that I need it. Sadly, this part was a bit "meh" and Cataclysm was quite close near. So i left after that screen.

Well, this is the first part and so far the only one of this back in time special, hope you like it, and have a great time!

Decent look, finally!

One of the most exciting things of Moria, when I arrived there for the very first time with Varsalla, were the options of high tier armor that the game could provide me on that zone. Perhaps I was to addicted with the great, somehow exaggerating, look of any WoW armor, and I knew deep inside me that in this game the design was more "realistic" but I had my hope on high... Until I saw the minnie armor and I got literally depressed about it.

My first tought was: "Priest in WoW always looks awesome... Why Minnie's can't?" And its true, Minnie had the responsability to keep everyone alive and manage in the best way ever their power so they will never run out of it in the middle of a epic encounter. Our task was not a easy game, was a serious business and we had to control it perfectly. Sadly, our armor was more than a joke, was a simple joke, a horrible bad joke against us and I didnt like it, at all. Thanks to the designers for the Outfit option, at least I could hide my apparence under some other clothes.

Mavileth, a good friend of mine in the game, had this hunter and her awesome armor, was all green and grey, epic style... A great armor indeed, so I always had this small feeling deep inside me that perhaps I could level up Khas some day. And eventually, that day came and here I amm, leveling her and finally at lvl 60 with that epic armor of theirs!

Just got it, I went to my house to search the quiver and fix my new outfit option.
And took several screens, this one was the "best", sadly.

I dyed it to black, hoping to get more than just more brown than grey, but anyway, it looks good after all, visited the Kin house and jumped around all the houses, happy with my new entire set which was also giving me a nice boost on my stats but obviously soon to be replaced. I even drinked from the Evil Keg of the Inn League...

And ended without pants in the jail at Bree... intense... 

 The armor design has been always a great deal for me, and I know that many players, if not every player, looks forwards to look epic in the games with some shinny or maybe evil looking design armor, great weapons just to become the center of attention when you, just by luck, go AFK in the middle of the court outside the prancing pony so everyone can inspect you... old trick friends, old trick, we need some new ones.

Me, testing my new armor... Well, in fact was looking forward to complete my horrible lvl 50 hunter
quests... Yes,  I still need some items... Rain of thorns and Bard's arrow are my only (for now) legendary traits...
(And several that I dont use, not my tree talent specc)

Back into Moria, with a creepy light... Goblins, beware of the huntress!

Since I was catching up the day with my tasks, and since I really need the only two Traits (Legendary) that I haven't earned yet, the Moria Epic line its quite necessary f I want to have Cold burn. Since the other one that I need its the Righteous cause or something like, trait, I also need it new skirmishes to gain faster more and more marks.

The shadow of the heart of the world... talking about long names...

The defense of the 21 hall has been always a pain for me, I always die and yesterday I thought that perhaps this was going to be the very first time that I didnt hug the floor, since I had a great bow, a nice epic looking armor with epic stats and several skills to control my enemies, besides a particular healer running after me, giving me morale and power, several dwarves assisting me as well... But just because I wanted to end it fancy, I used at the end "Heart seeker" and...

Dual kill... I got owned when I just owned him... A epic death for a epic noob.

Today, I'm going to dedicate myself a bit for skirmishes,  was thinking that perhaps I could run the instances and find those items with my Kin, but I really dont want to bother them with those runs anymore, they helped me in getting lots and lots of Moria tokens and I think that its enough bugging for some levels.

Well, gotta go back to work, good luck everyone! have a great time and good hunting! :3

My name is Swartgut

I know that it´s weird to beg for my own life, the feeling its just bizarre and somehow dark, cold and sad. I have lived in the waterworks for so long, maybe since the little delvers that you know as dwarves left the Mines and the green people took it as their home. If you could see those stairs as I see them, I know that you would be wonder by their beauty and perfection, long stairs filled with plants, cold and wet rock worked in the most of the perfect ways of masonary... Waterworks its my home.

I know that recently you have been walking around, helping the old owners of this place to control it again, fighting against the small green people and the ugly filthy orcs covered with fungus and nasty goo in all their body. I heard many of you falling from the well that cames from the top of the unreachable ceiling for me and many others running around mounted in some fluffly creatures that says "beeee" each time you takes them out from nowhere.

Proud warrior, I can see that, that seeks for a good fight and something archieve the most of merits while many others meets the ultimate end under their enemies. Yet, they you are here, again, back and healthy, ready for more action, ready just for more.

For some reason, which I can´t understand, I know that you all seek species like me, with the same Avatar protrait style just to claim special treasures and, know this fellows outsiders, I have never offered much of a resistance as you has never hunted me more than once. 

Like this Minnie, Varsalla, she only hunted me once...

And trust me, I do really appreciate it and I would love to keep it in that way. Yet, I need to ask you all something.

But please hear my plea... This madness needs to be stopped eventually...

There´s a hunter, under the name of Khas, that has become my bane, my sworn enemy, I´m not so sure if she is trying to make me quit the game or if its just bad luck, yet, I know that there´s no chance to get THIS bad luck at all. Since she has entered in my lands, in the waterworks, there´s no day that I meet her and, obviously, I get killed by her. Please, make this madness stop! I beg you!

Hunting me while I was doing my nocturnal stair excercise!

While I was hanging with friends!

I even asked her to stop but she ignored me!

And like this, there are many other moments that I had to hide in many others paces and no matter what, no matter where, she always finds me... Guys, I´m not joking, this madness needs to stop! I`m running out of Mithril flakes and, lately those are not that easily to find! I will give one thousand flakes, all that I have lefts since I had at least ten times more... Make her to leave the mines... I would even fight for you against the goblins and orcs, even witht he evil toads and the balrog! But please, please, ask her to leave me alone.

Even in the mountains! and I tought that this time she was going to forgive me
since she have almost all my flakes!

But she decided to kill me anyways! ITS NOT FAIR!

What do you want from me woman?! I gave you everything! MITHRIL! I GAVE YOU MITHRIL!! LEAVE. ME. ALONE!

I´m not asking you all to kill her, I´m not even asking you to tie her in some column at the 21ª Hall and let her to rot alone... I´m just asking you to take her OUT OF MORIA for a change! Lorien its waiting! even Mirkwood! Does she knows that ISENGARD its playable?! Please, do it not only for me but for all those alts that needs Mithril flakes! think in the children! in all those alts! in your alts! take her out of Moria before I quit the game forever!

Thanks for your time, and thanks for your help.

Atte.

Swargut.

Ending water-works

I'm stuck at the office, at 11:54 of December 1, and by the moment I end this post it could be December 2, like 00:30 or so. maybe some of you may ask to yourselves: What does this poor soul in the office at this time of the night? Does he ever goes to sleep? Well, the answers are easy: Working and yes, well, no, sometimes...

Thanks to the Valars that I'm ending this horrible project and it could have long a bit more, but I decided not to tarry with it and staying up (in fact, sleeping in here) will allow me to end this nightmare once and for all. I'm about 7 more copies in Fine Art  technique to end all this... Nonsense. Saldy, as usually, when I'm stuck in here, my mind is basically between some shows (I just ended a Community show, espectacular episode and truly funny, and I'm about to watch the last episode so far of American Horror Story which is.. fantastic as well) and Lotro. As its easy to see, I can't play Lotro in here, the downloading stuff takes like 4 days with this horrible speed at the office and most of all: each time it goes for 4.67Gbs... it stops... with no reason at all.

Checking at my Ipod I saw something interesting, I got PLENTY of screen about Khas ending some quests and almost reaching to the end of Waterworks, and I want to share them with all of you. Right now I'm like lvl 58, and these screens were like when I was 56 almost reaching 57 until, maybe, half 57.

This bow lasted like ten levels, then I realize that I had one better in my backpack
that was waiting to get leveled.

Sadly, i found out that the crafting instances in Moria wont give you any Exp after ending it
but at least you'll get those annoying coins to trade for Runes of Exp for the Legendaries.

When I was with Varsalla i ended with one logical point of view: Its so freaking easy to level up a weapon while you are in RoI lands and maybe, but just a bit, in Enedwaith. How did I reached to that point, easy... leveling my weapons at lvl 5-ties have been more than a simple pain. quests dont give enough LIxp and creatures.. well, even less. Its a bit more challenging.

See thos shoulders? Well, they were maded by Mavileth, a good friend of mine in the game,
and now I'm a bit closer to look like a character from Lord of Darkness (Castlevania)

Also, thanks to the experience got with Varsalla, now I'm working a bit more in the zones, not just leveling for leveling and throwing myself to dark, sinisters places, but also to work a bit more in the Epic book during my running into Moria (And not when I'm just a overpowered lvl 65 with second ages items on me) and even more in the daily quests for the rep with these factions... Also, I'm spending all my Adamants, Garnets and Sapphire in the quests. By the way, the quest of the Library of Steel, with all the fire invokers running around.. I just can'r do it now, maybe due my level and my miss-a-lot specc against lvl 60 or more, of just maybe I almost do no damage to those guys due my level, or just because I'm a noob. yeah, possibly the last one.

This is a sight that I had never behold before... and I found it almost running away from some toads.

Talking about Toads... i have found Swartgut, or whatever, like 3 times now... he is very popular, right?

So this is what it feel like to fight against 2 huge toads...
and one of them its quite rare, with all those horn-like-whatever-its-that stuff.

Yesterday, during my deserved home time, after 48 non-stop of working, I could play a bit and had to run to 21 hall, then to Jazargund and now I'm think that tomorrow I could hit Nud-melek (or something like that, where the bridge is at) and pooooooossibly to Foundation of stones... if fates sents me there. but so far, I'm happy just to look like I look like: Epic, even if is just a simple hauberk that at least a 78% o the server has it.

I just need my holy whips, some fresh, holy water and some holy knifes...
Muhahahahahahaha... ah, well, also, some Vampires to kill too, that could be nice.

Honestly, I want to play Lotro now, I think that I'm gonna spend some minutes in HoN, I have been testing it and it has been fun, yet, I do hate games in where ppl goes all nuts yelling about how wrong the rest of us is, how good they are like, and going pessimistic about every session... But so far, its the only thing that I have, so, lets do something, right? Good luck everyone and have a great time! Good hunting as well!

Ahhh, waterworks!

Yes, Finally I'm back into one of my favourites zones of the game, The Water-Works in Moria. This time, things have changed, instead of singing around and make others suffer with my melodies while my allies gets more and more morale... I'm just "sniping" and one shooting frogs, lizard, spiders and ocassionally Goblins that I found in my way. Also, I can use track without getting lost or finding myself with a huge wall between me and my prey...

This time, also, I reached this great place with the level that I really need it to be in here, around 55 and 56, and sadly, due I have been working a bit hard in the quests there, I'm going to be 57 in no time... Well, thats not so sure, since I got a new proyect at works and its going to take away from me my free time until (At least) December 2. just to explain it easily: We need to make 200 reproductions of some paintings in Fine Art for that time, we still have no negative of the original and we have selected already the time work... I got the night-time.

Spending the night in the office its not new for me, maybe the fact that I'm going to be stuck at the office without Lotro, just hearing the Plotter running and watching series... well, that "may" gonna suck a bit. A lot. LOT... in fact. Anyway, I could download the game im here, at the office, but its gonna take a bit longer than usual, same net for all the Macs in here, everyone checking youtube, facebook, Twitter... oh, wait.. did you think that this was a serious office? hehe yeah.. right.. anyway... The downloading time tis gonna be just awfully.

That why I downloaded a new game, that if is worthy I will talk about later, in another post, for the moments lets just stick at Water works :3 shall we?

Looking at this screen has made me realize something... Aside the beuty of the Waterworks, of course..

If I had the Red Hauberk for the Screen, it could have been more like Castlevania :3

One of the things that I never did with Varsalla due her fragility (Prior the RoI, of course) was leaving unvisited the catacombs like tunnels filled with water. Not the part with the little dwarf waiting for the steel cogwheel but the other, located bit more north, near the great wheel structure. Since Khas have traps, AoE grabs, one shooter skills and slow skills... and run a bit more faster than usual, I decided to spend a long time there...

It may see that I was lost, but I was, in fact, admiring the place and the colors of the scenery...
While I was lost, of course.

Oh, look... the Dwarf... its all connected... meh...

So yes, you can reach the same place going either for the fast, boring way filled with noble Toads and Lizards that dont want to be disturbed... or you can get into the watery catacombs and get lost with almost no chance to find the right way while you confront Salamanders and evil, green glowing, worms... I had fun with the long way, but quests are quests and getting lost is not that funny sometimes. Ah, and yes, if you jump and fall into the water....you will break your leg, it happen to me.

One of the most amazing things is that I found a old friend of Varsalla, the rare toad Swartgut, which I killed (again) to reclaim my useless now, mithril flake. I'm really expecting to get some use for those, I have like 15 right now and I dont just wanna sell them in the AH or drop them in my bank or in the floor... I wish I had a time machine. >.<

The coldblooded Hunter aiming directly to the heart of the innocent Toad, almost point blank shot.
Cruel world, cruel things...

From all the quests that I had in my log, this one the one that I didnt like most... not just because
you have to clean the place, but because you have to go back, kill some dragonets and take their acid gland out...
its just too much walking.

 Hopefully, I can be at Lorien soon, of course, after December 2, since I wont have too much of a time to play the game during this proyect, but... Maybe I will bring my computer here and MAYBE, I can play a bit while I'm stuck in here... lets see, so far, right now, I'm gonna try: Heroes of Newerth... that's the game that I was mentioning few lines back,lets see what it looks like.. so far, good luck my friends! see you later! :3

Back into Moria

Yes, Back into moria, since I decided to leave behind for a long time my little lvl 73 minnie know as Varsalla, I have been playing a lot with khas, which I declared as my main in my new kinship. I wont say that i didnt had fun with Varsalla, and specially after Rise of isengard with all the OP setup that they gave to us, but right now, using a player that actually can walk into Moria without troubles (Still, using my track skill is quite useless) and use a strategy to burn them down (Goblins and Orcs) is right now my new hobbie.

Sadly, or maybe luckily, I'm already at lvl 55, almost 56 with Khas and the idea of reaching Lorien and then Mirkwood is getting each day even better. I say sadly because being in Moria reminds me how horrible it was with the old Minnie setup and all the troubles that I had, specially those which made me play with Serendis and Vhaleria as well for a long time, thinking that perhaps Minnies without groups were just bait for the goblins. And now that I'm thinking about this, I'm happy to have my horrible, tedious and scary experience inside the mines with my minnie, it made me to be more.. cautios? dont know really, but right now I think twice sometimes.

Dings! lvl 54 at Jazargung... or something like that :)

Playing a Hunter is like playing with a cheat on, it is true that I do really miss the Feign Death Skill from Varsalla, yet I have Desperate flight from time to time, which has helped me a lot of times, and others have been used even as a fast way to arrive to towns. But what I enjoy more with my hunter are the traps, lots of them, in battle, outside battle, AoE traps, triple traps, lure traps, lots of them and they are all mine. Also, blasting skills, such as heart seeker... Nothing else to say but I have done some one shoots randomly.

 

One good thing about being in Moria again is that I'm not longer a stranger in these lands... eeeerr.. caves... I know the drill, the tricks, the long ways (Sadly I totally forgot the shortcuts) and where to lvl up when the need is heavy. I'm almost getting a lvl per day, sometimes a bit less, of course, and I'm leaving this place so fast, not even using the leveling stone.

DING! lvl 55 in Orc's Watch!

One zone that has been giving me troubles, are the Flammings deeps, geeez.. Lost, totally lost in that place...and enemies do cheats!

Hey.. I can't do that! You filthy orc!

What?! Even rats can do that!

One of the greatest zones in all Flamming Deeps... The door to nowhere...
seriously, it leads to nowhere...

So, yes, hunters are nastiers than Minnies.. doh... specially with the Heart Seeker, which has been like my first attack in every fight, few of those fights were only that, a heart seeker attack and done. his dead, I'm looting while laughing a bit.

in the middle of the fight: Stun melee + heat seeker + merciful shot = :3

Also, I decided to work my professions at the same time as i was leveling, I guess that I could get more privileges or maybe get more use to all those recipes that I work so hard in getting them. Besides, I could get some gold if I do serious work on that.. I have to try. :)

clink, clink, clink!

Wel, I gotta go, I have this urgent need to paly with the Sonic Screwdriver that I got ealier :3 I'm such a freak! i know right? :D No, seriously, I need to go to my home, its quite late in here and I was stuck at the office due the rain. Good luck my friends! and have a great hunting! :D

Reaching the end of the year...

Things have been gone crazy lately around myr work, life and... well, that´s all, work and life.. I have been working a lot, getting sometimes really upset, a bit just "not motivated" with some clients, lots of new things to learn and mostly: No life to spare with other human beings...

Hardly Lotro, and trust me, it´s true on the "Hardly". This last week, however, it was quite different, I decided not to kill myself at work as long as few of us only does and enjoy more my life, going out, relaxing, playing Lotro and watching series, especially this last one.

Few things changed, as I mentioned in my last post.. like a month or more ago, sorry about that, and it´s time to explain them:

-Khas has become my my main-

Yes, my hunter has become my Main, while I still love playing with Varsalla and I am a Fan of the new minnies changes in the game, I need to admit that for some reason, Varsalla its not longer my favourite character anymore, and it´s not due the class or the expack (which at the beginnign was awesome and at the end become more than the usual stuff... I barely understand the reason why with the expack they didnt launched the instances as well and kept us waiting for like 2 months for them, maybe a bit more.. and we are still waiting, of course...) but due the name. How silly, right? Yeah, I know, it´s silly, but that´s me, as I explain it in the new Kin: "Khas is Khas, she earned her spot in my epic battles, and she will be always the chosen one".. hehe not that words, but same.. almost same idea..

For those who doesnt know Khas, here, take a screen, from the first Khas in WoW (Sentinel server and Andorhal Server, both US servers.), to the new Khas in LotrO.

Last screen that I took with the set that I loved most, Few days before leaving  the game due Cataclysm
horrible expack. the new armor type (Back then, i dont know how good they look now) was just... ick..

You see that little spot with what it seems to be a Bow? that´s Khas.. Sorry
I didnt had a new screen after all, right now I´m at 54 :3
And by the way.. I didnt do that disaster back there... I  swear it!

I feel a bit more motivated to play a bit more, a lot more in fact, since hunters are all about strategy, you can handle several enemies at one just if you are careful enough to avoid troubles. With the new Minnie changes, I was just going berserker with Varsalla, I didn´t care if they were 2 mob or 5 mobs, they all deserved to die at the same time... Minnies, just in case, they got overpowered, and they deserve it as well, after 65 lvls (previous expacks) of pain and suffering while suffering, killed several times in the Pvp zone and more... now they finally got their revenge.

-New Kin, some new friends, some old friends-

Yes, I left The Order of the Silver Flame like a bit more of a month ago, I need it a change and I was mostly playing alone while several friends from my country where running aroudn with this Kin, Hispania, in which I am now. I´m not so sure how bad idea was doing this change, so far in both Kin I had great moments, and I owe a lot to the Order since they were for me when I started to play the game.. again... after Cataclysm. the Order is a great Kinship and I would recommend it with my eyes close, but I was having some troubles with the language and that, along my friends all in thye same Kin, made my mind easily. and I had to change.

-Series, lots of them.-

Yes, since I dont have enough time to spent on the game, well, I have it, yet if  start playing I know that I could be awake until very late and that would not be the best for me right now, especially with the lots of things to do in the office. I was watching Modern Family, which I found pretty nice and they had some great jokes, also, Castle new season started and every week I´m eating my nails waiting for the next episode, and for some reason 30 Rock hasnt started yet... what wrong with them? the season 5 was the last one? :(

BUT! aside those series, I got 2 new ones that I could recommend a lot. Community, I dont know, it´s sometimes silly but I would be lying if I say that I dont enjoy it a lot, some of the jokes are just like me, weird and freak, and somehow cruel.. I´m not cruuuuuuel, but I love cruel jokes sometimes.

And Dr. Who... I dont know if is a bad thing or not to declare myself as a Whovian, since so far I have only watched the serie since Christopher Eccleston to the last episode of the serie 6, with Matt Smith, and all the christmas specials, and I got a pair of old fasiones 3D glasses (Cyan and red glasses) that I carry with me almost all the time and I just ordered a Sonic screwdriver that hopefully i will have this week... Monday, to be honest, I want it for Monday, but I´m not going to be that optimistic.

I wont describe, for now, Dr. Who... I gotta go and I know that I will be talking about that show for like hours and lots of posts, so I will save that for later.

I really have to go, ppl is waiting for me, sadly, almost in the other side of the city... and I´m still unready to go... Yes.. "unready" if that word exists :3 Good luck my friends! I´ll be back in few days, I just need to keep updating this, I really need it for myself. Good hunting :D