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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[The Road to Mordor: Community guide to Lord of the Rings Online]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-road-to-mordor-community-guide-to-lord-of-the-rings-online/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-road-to-mordor-community-guide-to-lord-of-the-rings-online/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-road-to-mordor-community-guide-to-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="tag">Lord of the Rings Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-road-to-mordor/" rel="tag">The Road to Mordor</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/mv-road-to-mordor-radiance.jpg" alt="" /></div>
We here at Massively have been avidly covering Turbine's <a href="http://www.lotro.com"><em>Lord of the Rings Online</em></a> <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2007/10/08/new-textures-for-lore-master-pets/">since we launched back in late 2007</a>. And now, we're dedicating a new weekly column, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/the-road-to-mordor">The Road to Mordor</a>, to cover the many facets of the game including <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/28/lotro-announces-volume-iii-book-1-oath-of-the-rangers/">the just announced Volume 3, Book 1 content update</a>. Every Friday, we will be exploring topics and writing guides for both leveling players and end game raiders, crafters and role-players, info-hounds and casual browsers.<br />
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After the jump, we've listed links to official guides, fansites, podcasts, blogs, Twitter accounts, Facebook pages and more. This community guide will be updated as new resources become available.<br />
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But before we get into it, also want to help answer any questions you have about the game. Wondering what are the best legacies for Champion Second Age weapons? The lore behind Dol Guldur? Which Skirmish nets the most marks per hour? List your question in the comments below and in a couple of weeks, we'll round up the best ones and answer them.<p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-road-to-mordor-community-guide-to-lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>The Road to Mordor: Community guide to Lord of the Rings Online</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-road-to-mordor-community-guide-to-lord-of-the-rings-online/">The Road to Mordor: Community guide to Lord of the Rings Online</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-road-to-mordor-community-guide-to-lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19334529/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/29/the-road-to-mordor-community-guide-to-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>featured</category><category>lotro</category><category>lotro-blogs</category><category>lotro-forums</category><category>lotro-lorebook</category><category>lotro-podcasts</category><category>lotro-twitter</category><category>lotro-wiki</category><category>my-lotro</category><category>turbine</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan O'Halloran]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[PAX 2009: Turbine tells us all about Siege of Mirkwood part 2]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/08/pax-2009-turbine-tells-us-all-about-siege-of-mirkwood-part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/08/pax-2009-turbine-tells-us-all-about-siege-of-mirkwood-part-2/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/08/pax-2009-turbine-tells-us-all-about-siege-of-mirkwood-part-2/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="tag">Lord of the Rings Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/expansions/" rel="tag">Expansions</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/massively-event-coverage/" rel="tag">Massively Event Coverage</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/07/pax-2009-turbine-tells-us-all-about-siege-of-mirkwood-part-2/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/09/book8_11.jpg" /></a></div><p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/08/pax-2009-turbine-tells-us-all-about-siege-of-mirkwood-part-2/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>PAX 2009: Turbine tells us all about Siege of Mirkwood part 2</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/08/pax-2009-turbine-tells-us-all-about-siege-of-mirkwood-part-2/">PAX 2009: Turbine tells us all about Siege of Mirkwood part 2</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/08/pax-2009-turbine-tells-us-all-about-siege-of-mirkwood-part-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19153500/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/09/08/pax-2009-turbine-tells-us-all-about-siege-of-mirkwood-part-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>combat</category><category>horses</category><category>jeffrey-steefel</category><category>lord-of-the-rings</category><category>lord-of-the-rings-online</category><category>lotro</category><category>my-lotro</category><category>mylotro</category><category>pax</category><category>pax-2009</category><category>rohan</category><category>siege-of-mirkwood</category><category>skirmish</category><category>skirmishes</category><category>turbine</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Horner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[DDOcast brings the goods on MyDDO, full respecs and more]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/21/ddocast-brings-the-goods-on-myddo-full-respecs-and-more/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/21/ddocast-brings-the-goods-on-myddo-full-respecs-and-more/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/21/ddocast-brings-the-goods-on-myddo-full-respecs-and-more/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons-online/" rel="tag">Dungeons and Dragons Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/interviews/" rel="tag">Interviews</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/dungeons-and-dragons-online/"><img hspace="4" vspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2009/07/ddo812full1.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div>
If you're interested in playing <em><a href="http://www.ddo.com">Dungeons and Dragons: Online Unlimited</a></em> (or already subscribe to the game) then this is a <a href="http://ddocast.com/2009/07/19/episode-126.aspx">DDOcast that you absolutely shouldn't miss</a>. It's packed to the rafters with information about upcoming additions such as MyDDO, the social website that we're sure will be as big a hit with players <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/turbine-releases-my-lotro-com-beta/">as MyLotRO</a>.<br /><br />Something of particular interest to us is the discussion of Half-Orcs, although we're certain most players are excited to hear talk of <em>full</em> character respecs. The only thing that could've got our geeky blood pumping faster would be <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Turbine/">Turbine</a> talking 4th Edition and the brand new Eberron books -- specifically concerning Mournland and the newly revamped Artificer class. Then again, we're not even sure their license covers any of that, but it would make for an interesting podcast nonetheless.<br /><br />Our plan? Boot up <em>DDO</em> sometime <em>very</em> soon and hit the play button on iTunes. There's nothing like a double-dose of Turbine goodness. Well okay, maybe some actual table-top D&amp;D with old friends -- but what videogame can compete with something like that? It's practically <em>inconceivable</em>.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/21/ddocast-brings-the-goods-on-myddo-full-respecs-and-more/">DDOcast brings the goods on MyDDO, full respecs and more</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://ddocast.com/2009/07/19/episode-126.aspx>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/21/ddocast-brings-the-goods-on-myddo-full-respecs-and-more/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19104677/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2009/07/21/ddocast-brings-the-goods-on-myddo-full-respecs-and-more/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ddo</category><category>ddocast</category><category>dnd</category><category>dungeons-and-dragons</category><category>dungeons-and-dragons-online</category><category>my-ddo</category><category>my-lotro</category><category>myddo</category><category>turbine</category><category>wizards-of-the-coast</category><category>wotc</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kyle Horner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Turbine releases my.lotro.com beta]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/turbine-releases-my-lotro-com-beta/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/turbine-releases-my-lotro-com-beta/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/turbine-releases-my-lotro-com-beta/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/betas/" rel="tag">Betas</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="tag">Lord of the Rings Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/guilds/" rel="tag">Guilds</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/my-lotro-com-beta-preview/1214422/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2008/12/mylotroitemdetail-sms-1208-thumb.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
As <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/10/10/turbine-to-launch-a-lotro-focused-social-networking-site/">we first reported in October</a>, Turbine was looking to release a social networking site in Q4 2008 for its <a href="http://www.lotro.com"><em>Lord of the Rings Online</em></a> players. Now we're happy to announce that the site has officially been launched in an early beta stage, although not quite as Facebook-y as many had speculated early on. <br /><br />Powered by <a href="http://www.wordpress.org">Wordpress</a>, this site tracks character, monster character, kinship and tribe information and relays it in a very easy-to-use format. It also displays item information, stats, deed accomplishment and leveling dates, times and much more. There's a calendar for kinship events, a journal option for keeping notes on your character's progress and even an RSS feed for each journal. This beta version will run from today until Friday, December 12th, and you can check out our own gallery of the site's features by following the link below.<br /><br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/my-lotro-com-beta-preview/">my.lotro.com beta preview</a></strong></p><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/my-lotro-com-beta-preview/#1214427"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/12/mylotromain-sms-1208_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Main Player panel" title="Main Player panel" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/my-lotro-com-beta-preview/#1214421"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/12/charactermain-sms-1208_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Character panel" title="Character panel" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/my-lotro-com-beta-preview/#1214422"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/12/mylotroitemdetail-sms-1208_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Item Detail" title="Item Detail" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/my-lotro-com-beta-preview/#1214424"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/12/mylotrokinshippanel-sms-1208_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Kinship panel" title="Kinship panel" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/photos/my-lotro-com-beta-preview/#1214425"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.massively.com/media/2008/12/mylotroleaderboard-sms-1208_thumbnail.jpg" alt="Leaderboard panel" title="Leaderboard panel" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/turbine-releases-my-lotro-com-beta/">Turbine releases my.lotro.com beta</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://my.lotro.com/blog/2008/12/09/welcome-to-first-beta-release-of-mylotrocom/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/turbine-releases-my-lotro-com-beta/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/1397014/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2008/12/10/turbine-releases-my-lotro-com-beta/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beta</category><category>kinships</category><category>lord-of-the-rings-online</category><category>lotro</category><category>my-lotro</category><category>socialnetworking</category><category>turbine</category><category>wordpress</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shawn Schuster]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
