tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post1751435925893199787..comments2024-03-27T10:35:46.596+01:00Comments on Ravalation: LOTRO: In defence of Erebor, a first peek insideRavanelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-34247450417203778862013-03-12T22:17:59.226+01:002013-03-12T22:17:59.226+01:00The kin is a solid group with various levels of ra...The kin is a solid group with various levels of raid-eliteness; I consider myself average in the group. <br /><br />Battle of Erebor was with pug and with kin, multiple times. All with various degrees of win; never a loss after many times.<br /><br />Flight to the Lonely Mountain was a pug fail, then a kin win, but the kin win was bugged and won by default... we had been losing the two previous starts. Heartseeker Archers and aggro management of incoming waves seemed to be our problem that we were working to solve before the bug win.<br /><br />Fires of Smaug, the best of the Smaugs, while determining who would do what and in which sequence, we eventually ran out of time before the boss died. Otherwise, it seemed to be going well enough with a solid plan.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764325443772045452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-29568625156074121232013-03-12T09:26:56.024+01:002013-03-12T09:26:56.024+01:00Haha, oh noes! Well, my group is usually quick in ...Haha, oh noes! Well, my group is usually quick in discovering mechanics. I think you will be alright in a few weeks when people know what's going to happen and what the tactics are (and when they're not raid-rusty anymore!). Just out of curiosity, did you go in with a kin/raiding group or with a pug?<br /><br />At least I seem to have had the difficulty meter right: Battle for Erebor > Flight to the Lonely Mountain > Fires of Smaug. However, try setting two different banners on Battle of Erebor for once - AARGH.<br /><br />Thanks so much for the feedback, I'd love to hear how other people experienced this raid. *hugs*Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-6163301083424246472013-03-12T01:54:40.773+01:002013-03-12T01:54:40.773+01:00Yay Ravanel!
I think you give people a false sense...Yay Ravanel!<br />I think you give people a false sense of expectation by your being so darn good, lol! In the T1 ones I went on, Battle of Erebor was so easy it could be done without thought, 1-of-2 Flight to Lonely Mountains won, and I was 0-for-1 in the Fires of Smaug. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764325443772045452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-12127358251095356652013-03-10T16:22:09.969+01:002013-03-10T16:22:09.969+01:00It might be challenging enough if you're playi...It might be challenging enough if you're playing together with people you don't know, don't play their class well, use weird builds and are slow of reaction (= pugs). ;)<br /><br />However, you are right, everything gets easier and easier in LotRO. I was actually planning to write about that subject soon. Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-56011248893132568872013-03-10T13:12:22.176+01:002013-03-10T13:12:22.176+01:00See, and I thought raids were supposed to be chall...See, and I thought raids were supposed to be challenging. (Yes, I realize people have been complaining about how easy Lotro is, but I always thought that was mostly the solo content...)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08619001003584710896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-29854395817483448482013-03-10T11:34:47.685+01:002013-03-10T11:34:47.685+01:00Uhm yeah, that was basically it.
I expect people ...Uhm yeah, that was basically it.<br /><br />I expect people to farm tier 1 in order to get seals and first agers these first weeks, until Turbine realizes it might have been a good idea to put a raid lock on there after all and implements a 'hot fix'. :P<br /><br />I do expect tier 2 to be considerably harder. If anything, the gap between tier 1 and 2 on this cluster is even larger than in earlier raids.Ravanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03447777640056476366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5922857679980740630.post-58038974251126835992013-03-10T02:30:58.866+01:002013-03-10T02:30:58.866+01:00That's it? You sneeze and the raids are done? ...That's it? You sneeze and the raids are done? Even if it's just tier 1, that doesn't bode well that you just breezed through them so easily! :-PAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08619001003584710896noreply@blogger.com