Rivendell, Mount, Kinship and WAR!

I just wanted to give a big thanks to my Kinship, I Alfrin Nost, for letting me fully join your awesome Kin. As soon as I joined, literally just hours later I received a welcoming gift in the form of various pieces of useful armor. After two or three weeks, I was inducted as a full fleged member of the Kin at which point they had a small ceremony to invite me in. We all gathered at the Kinship Hall and people told of my deeds since joining the kin at which point I was accepted by being almost "knighted". It was a quick ceremony and I really wish I had some screenshots of it. I've never been part of a Kinship / Guild / Linkshell that ever did something like that before.

I finally made it to Rivendell to finish up Book 3 and get a start on Book 4. This was my first trip to Rivendell and it was a memorable one. The views on your way down to the Last Homely House are breathtaking. And of course I posed and got screenshots of Auro with the various Fellowship Members. I also completed Bilbo's riddle quests while I was there. Look below for some screenshots of the trip.

Today, in fact, just a couple of hours ago, I got my mount (finally!). I hit 35 a couple days ago but didn't have time to complete the mount quests so I did that today. Its great being able to call your pony at a whistle. I also have some screenshots of my new mount below. I really wish they added a feature that lets you name your mount. Though I will have to think on what I would actually name it...

Lastly, I've been speaking with an old FFXI buddy who is going to be playing Warhammer Online (WAR) when it is released. I am pretty sure that I'm going to pick it up and give it a try. LOTRO will most likely stay my main MMO as it is PvE oriented versus the PvP centric game of WAR. I've always been more into PvE when it comes to MMOs, but prehaps WAR will give me my small PvP fix. In any case, it never hurts to try something new.

Anyways, thats the update for today. Below are screenshots of my latest adventures!



Shot of the Last Homely House and the main bridge in Rivendell



Aragorn sharing his wisdom



Drinking with Gimli



My favorite shot of Rivendell. Beautiful



Hanging out with Gandalf and Frodo



Random shot of some nice scenery in North Downs



A random PUG fighting a troll in North Downs



My new Mount!



Action Shot :)

Hello!

Hello! My name is Scott and this is my first attempt at a blog. I've been playing MMO's for about 5 years now and have always wanted to do something like this. I want to keep a record of my character, Auro and his travels in the game. I will most likely also be touching on other subjects but the majority of this blog will be dedicated to Auro and Lord of the Rings Online.

I feel as though Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) is often overlooked by many MMO players. The game as it is right now makes for a very fun and rewarding experience and it is only going to get better. My character is only level 33 at the moment but I am making steady progress. I can't wait to see Moria once the expansion comes out.

OK so thats a little intro. I want to talk a little bit about my past experience in MMO's for a minute so you know where I'm coming from. I've played the following at some point over the last 5 years: SW Galaxies, Final Fantasy XI, RF Online, Guild Wars, World of Warcraft, Age of Connan, and LOTRO. Of those, there are three that I really got into. World of Warcraft to some extent (2 level 50+ characters), LOTRO (played at launch, just coming back), and Finally FFXI.

FFXI was the first, and so far only, MMO that really, truly hooked me. I made some great friends on Odin Server (This is Tavis if any of you are reading) and overall had a great time in the game. I got my Paladin to the Max level (75) and engaged in endgame (mostly Sky as that was big at the time). I ended up having to leave the game because the time commitment was way too much for me. I'm hoping LOTRO can be the 2nd game that I actually make it to "endgame". I will probably post a bit more about my FFXI experiecnces at a later date but that is all for now.

I hope that I can post tomorrow about my Book 3 adventure from tonight. I need to get to bed now though. I'll leave you with a quick screenshot to test this thing out!