Cari, Chris, and Layanor talk about the letter from the producer, patch 12.1 and read poems.

What We Did in Game

Layanor-

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• Ettenmoors 66%
  
• 4 Pieces of Moors gear
  

Cari

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• Crafting
  
• Did a few quests
  
• Patching it took a while last night
  

Chris

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  Leveling – Level 92 (sigh…)

  
  
  

Letter from the Producer

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=7042572#post7042572

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• Housing revamp pushed to 2014
  
• Taking a Break from Expansions
  
• More Content More Often Free for VIP Quarterly Updates
  
• Back to Fangorn and a flooded Isengard in March
  
• She asks for Inventory and Festival suggestions
  
• She hints to something being developed in secret.
  

Update 12.1 Patch Notes

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?535201-Update-12-1-Release-Notes-Official

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• Tanks generate more threat.
  
• Bounders Bounty Update statue and the names of the top ten contributing servers. Individual contributors will be added in Update 12.2.
  
• Some graphical elements were refusing to abide by the laws of physics and nature. After much discussion, explanation and subtle… persuasion… many rocks, plants, doors, trees, walls, and critters have agreed that the laws of physics and nature should be followed for the good of all concerned.
  
• Some NPC’s enjoyed their roles in Helm’s Deep so much they apparently cloned themselves. We’ve explained the dangers of this type of behavior to them and they’ve agreed to knock it off.
  

Gift of the Valor

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?534791-Become-Legendary-Gift-of-the-Valar-For-a-limited-time-Dec-13th-%E2%80%93-19th

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• Gift of the Valar 4995 tp
  
• Receive a gift from the Valar that makes your character powerful enough to delve in the deeps of Moria. After using the Gift of the Valar, your character will instantly be raised to level 50! Delivers a package that contains the following:
  
• Gift of the Valar Item
  
• A set of level 50 gear
  
• 1 Gold piece
  
• An LIXP rune, worth enough XP to bring one LI to level 10
  
• 4 ranks of each virtue
  
• The Riding skill
  
• A Dusky Nimblefoot Goat
  
• A 25-stack of food that scales with your level
  
• A 25-stack of Morale and Power potions that scale with your level
  
• 5 +100% XP Boosts
  
• A single-use map to Rivendell
  
• 25 Mithril Coins
  

Scaling Loot List 12.1

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=7043125#post7043125

http://www.lotrointerface.com/downloads/info598-Extendedandenhancedpanels.html

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• Larger dressing room
  
• Extended quest log
  
• Numerical PVP rank icons
  
• A Larger Auction Panel
  
• Extended Mail
  
• Extended Barter
  
• Expanded master loot window
  
• Map window from Eclipse UI, by Eclipse. The map is smaller, but in fact, it is displayed at its actual size, this means no more zooming blur !
  
• Virtues Organized
  
• Extended Crafting Panel
  
• Taller Legacy Extraction panel
  
• Extended legendary item dismantling result window, by Adra.
  
• Extended master loot panel and need/greed/pass panel which allows to display 20 items instead of 10, by Eric Led, updated by Adra.
  

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• Champion
  
• Hunter
  
• Guardian
  
• Minstrel
  

CSTM Gift Ideas

http://cstm.mymiddleearth.com/2013/11/cstm-gift-ideas-list/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+cstmfeed+%28Casually+Strolling+Through+MMOs+Blog%29

Found Layanor’s Pants

Gaming Stereotypes LOTRO Version

http://toarda.com/for-the-fun/the-gaming-stereotypes/#/

Winterstock

http://the-strongfoots.net/ads/winterstock2014/winterstock_2014_main_ad_600.png

January 17-20

4 Days 18 Bands

No Contest Just Music

Sapience Updates Extra Life

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?&postid=7033708#post7033708

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  Title Codes should be going out soon.

  
  
  

Letter from Cait:

In episode 211 you mentioned a raid in the new content. I wanted to let you know that you don’t need a raid size group to complete these. A few of my kin-mates and I managed to take down all 3 of these world bosses. The salamander/worm (which is located along the back way from underharrow to helms deep) and the sabertooth (up the hill behind the meadhall of woodhurst) both have about 800k HP. We 4-manned the kitty with my warden (92) and 3 hunters (95,95,92). We went to the turtle second, out in the fens behind fenmarch (?) we pulled in our Amazing RK healer (also my husband). The turtle has 2.4 or 2.8 million HP and was a challenge, but my husband is an amazing RK healer and kept me alive while my 3 hunters took it down. We went to the salamander last and had more trouble with the density of mobs around it than we did with the worm itself.

My kin is The DawnBreakers of Vilya. We are a casual kin that likes to do raid content occasionally, so we are not by any means elites. I would encourage others to grab a few friends and give it a go. Btw, the turtle has some really cute animations, I recommend sitting and watching it for a few minutes before slaying it!

Cait of the DawnBreakers, Vilya

(pronounced like Kate)

Letter from Estel-Ali:

Hello LOTRO Reporter,

I am Estel-Ali of Landroval and Brandywine..I used to play on Eldar server but then moved to Brandwyine and Landroval at the same time..Joining Lonely Mountain Band Kinship and The Red Council (Hi Layanor!) was really great..This week I participated in a Winter Party/Talent Show on Landroval server..While I enjoy hardcore raiding, its these events which are often the highlight of my week.On the talent show I recited a poem I wrote , so I would like to share it with you all..I am curious to see which host takes on the task of reading it :)

I am a huge fan of the podcast..Really loved it..Keep up the good work..

Estel-Ali

Let me tell you all a story which is true,

Story of adventure, of me and of you,

The world was younger and days were bright,

long ago, long before the flight,

from Gondor to Ered-luin I came,

not to seek any glory, nor any fame,

so many perils I faced,

minions of sauron I chased,

met the hobbits, reached the shire,

following no personal gain, no desire,

reaching prancing pony in bree,

seeing dwarfs and hobbits and men free,

stayed at Tom Bombadil’s house,

found goldberry too, his spouse,

but i had to move on, I just couldnt dwell,

through Lone-lands and Trollshaws and to Rivendell,

met king Elrond and his sons and other elves,

his homely house, his library with many shelves,

then far over the misty mountains cold,

through Goblin Town, being ever so bold,

Moria was my next stop,

I dreaded the place but I couldnt drop,

the bridge of Khazad-dum told a sad story,

Gandalf fought the fight and fell with glory,

I came out in Lorien, my heart was lifted,

negative thoughts went away, my thoughts shifted,

Lady Galadriel sent me away with many gifts,

lembas bread and sword and armour that fits,

went to the great river, tired and worn,

found traces of the nine, and a broken horn,

I was shaken,

the fellowship was broken,

the hobbits were taken,

follow the three or follow the two,

thought to myself, what would Gandalf do?

crossed over to Rohan, saw the evil of Saruman,

the two towers united,  jailor of Sauron,

went to Forlaw, met Estel-Ali family,

and Lord Aragorn, Prince Legolas and Gimli,

together we prepare to defend our keep,

where hammer stroke will fall hardest, at Helm’s Deep

Chris have you made level 95

Yet if not you still have 11 months to go

Gwathel

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