Bingo Boffins and Episodic content

[AaylaKheledlire]

Yes, was good episode . Need more climbing and puzzles (Just like was the tower of Eaworth) and not just for Bingo's quest line, need everywhere

[YamydeAragon]

Glad you guys enjoyed it! I had a blast today during lunchtime watching people around the office trying to puzzle it out.

MoL

I might be mistaken but i think i payed to play LOTRO, not Mario Bros.

[Evelwyn]

lol, I am still looking. Started out on a level 20 character expecting it to be easy. Switched to a level 100 to explore deeper and still nothing. I am not giving up though.

[Deorwyn]

I might be mistaken but i think i payed to play LOTRO, not Mario Bros.

So you would rather have another generic "go kill 10 X, talk to Y" quest. Yay.
Also, c'mon, getting across that log wasn't that hard. It didn't even require jumping.

I really liked the way this week's quest was set up and I hope there will be more like it - quests that encourage players to think and explore instead of blindly following the quest guide arrows.

[ShireDweller]

Anyone not willing to do riddles can click here:

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/z...psq4kypq9m.jpg

Nevertheless a great Episode. Thanks.

Thank you! My poor level 25 hobbit had his first-ever death (by misadventure) looking for that stupid box. And it wasn't even on the longest fall he took!

[Altair6]

Need more climbing and puzzles (Just like was the tower of Eaworth) and not just for Bingo's quest line, need everywhere

Eaworth tower? No. Just no. I never got up that tower and probably never will.

Puzzles, yes. I like puzzles.

[Zoraine]

I'm really enjoying this for the small pets and especially new things for my house!!!

[dwarfThar]

This week's a nice one! Love riddles!

[Beorthnoth]

Yes, was good episode . Need more climbing and puzzles (Just like was the tower of Eaworth) and not just for Bingo's quest line, need everywhere

Nay, nay and thrice nay. The Eaworth tower got me closer to a ragequit than any other quest (except maybe the tightrope walking one). If I wanted to play SuperMario, I'd buy a Nintendo

[Westernesse]

For once I very much approve of the bingo quest this week. I'm going with.... best one yet... but I've been pretty down on them ever since I had to pick between 2 titles.

[Cakellene]

Nay, nay and thrice nay. The Eaworth tower got me closer to a ragequit than any other quest (except maybe the tightrope walking one). If I wanted to play SuperMario, I'd buy a Nintendo

Agreed, platform jumping has no place in a MMORPG.

[DanteIL]

Maybe I'm just stoopid when it comes to these things, but I have to say that I didn't enjoy today's Bingo's quest at all. I wandered everywhere I could think of for an hour with no luck, before calling out in /regional and /world chat for help or a hint, and then I was just mostly trolled in return. I honestly didn't know that there was even water in that place -- I was over by the real river. So yea, I'm glad other people enjoyed it, but it just made me feel dumb.

EDIT: also, isn't Bert Bartelby supposed to be at the Forsaken Inn now? I can't find him anywhere there.

[Sito_Origami]

Maybe I'm just stoopid when it comes to these things, but I have to say that I didn't enjoy today's Bingo's quest at all. I wandered everywhere I could think of for an hour with no luck, before calling out in /regional and /world chat for help or a hint, and then I was just mostly trolled in return. I honestly didn't know that there was even water in that place -- I was over by the real river. So yea, I'm glad other people enjoyed it, but it just made me feel dumb.

You think *you* feel dumb. I logged into this thread in the vain hopes someone would have the answer because I'm stumped and unwilling to wander around for an hour...

[cdq1958]

Maybe I'm just stoopid when it comes to these things, but I have to say that I didn't enjoy today's Bingo's quest at all. I wandered everywhere I could think of for an hour with no luck, before calling out in /regional and /world chat for help or a hint, and then I was just mostly trolled in return. I honestly didn't know that there was even water in that place -- I was over by the real river. So yea, I'm glad other people enjoyed it, but it just made me feel dumb.

EDIT: also, isn't Bert Bartelby supposed to be at the Forsaken Inn now? I can't find him anywhere there.

Bert is in Ost Guruth, near the stable. I always look for him to be near a stable.

I also checked every waterfall that I could remember, but the 'Stands alone' bit suggested Weathertop to me. Guess what I found in that area.

[Urwendil]

Fun episode MoL, and the new lines for the waitress have been a nice touch!

[Herwegur]

It's not the appropriateness, it's the spamminess. If you RP drinking and eating and dancing on a table you don't do it with a dozen quick emotes scrolling the screen (and if you do you get on ignore lists pretty quick), you do it by describing your action, hopefully the way an author might describe it if that was happening in a scene. But with a dozen people running through the room doing a dozen emotes each, there's no room to follow much of anything else in the scrolling. But it'll tail off quickly, it's already starting to.

There are separate tabs that can be made for describing your action like an author in fellowship chat. Not everyone RPs the same way. Some prefer using quick emotes instead of spamming up chat by novel-size personal details of every little thing their character is going through. If other players' RP style is bothersome for some reason, there are many private locations such as homesteads to really filter out the unwanted crowd.

[Olgomil]

Agreed, platform jumping has no place in a MMORPG.

You dont need any jump for to reach the strongbox position, check the convenient tree bridge on right side of the ruined structure.

Sergio :-)

[HunterGreen]

I like the idea of the riddle, but I thought the riddle itself was lacking. The hallmark of a good riddle -- and there are so, so few of these -- is that once you know the answer it seems inevitable how the answer is the only possible answer, how nothing else fits at all; and each part of the path there should be something you knew before you started. I just don't see that in this riddle; each part could refer to a bunch of other things precisely as well as they do the correct answer, and some refer to parts you wouldn't know about until you were already there. But I'm still glad it was something new and cerebral, and hope that we see more like this, just maybe with a riddle with more of that inevitability. (And no platform jumping. I was so glad to see we didn't have to do that. I would have just given up in Bingo right there.)

[DanteIL]

Bert is in Ost Guruth, near the stable. I always look for him to be near a stable.

Huh?? But why would he be in Ost Guruth -- Bingo hasn't even been there yet? My character, who is closely following Bingo's journey (Currently doing Forsaken Inn/Weathertop/Naerost quests) hasn't been there yet. How would I know (in-game or out-of-game) to go ahead to Ost Guruth, in order to come back to Bingo?

[Altair6]

Huh?? But why would he be in Ost Guruth -- Bingo hasn't even been there yet? My character, who is closely following Bingo's journey (Currently doing Forsaken Inn/Weathertop/Naerost quests) hasn't been there yet. How would I know (in-game or out-of-game) to go ahead to Ost Guruth, in order to come back to Bingo?

When Bingo arrived at the Forsaken Inn the quest text at the end told you where Bert was. Always does when Bert arrives at a new place. Mind you, he's also still in the Shire and Bree.

[ertr]

Huh?? But why would he be in Ost Guruth -- Bingo hasn't even been there yet? My character, who is closely following Bingo's journey (Currently doing Forsaken Inn/Weathertop/Naerost quests) hasn't been there yet. How would I know (in-game or out-of-game) to go ahead to Ost Guruth, in order to come back to Bingo?

I haven't been to Ost Guruth to check if he actually is there yet, but at one point while doing the Bingo questline I did get the message that Bert could now be found in Ost Guruth.
He showed up in Bree too some time before Bingo made it there.

[Brandon_Blackbird]

*adds "Michel Delving" to the list of things that are not pronounced the way I thought they were*

[Laerien]

Yeah I enjoyed the riddle quest. I jumped from the top to the other statue; in front of Echad Sul

Please make the decoration rewards at least "Bound to Account" (if not unbound completely). Honestly, it is very annoying to remember the owner of each deco.

Also, I agree with Silmelin, please make the Dulcimer Musical Cracker and Flute Musical Cracker available again.

[Kyathlan]

Nay, nay and thrice nay. The Eaworth tower got me closer to a ragequit than any other quest (except maybe the tightrope walking one). If I wanted to play SuperMario, I'd buy a Nintendo

Agree too... This quest is very annoying! I can't say exactly the problem about the "mini-crash" that occurs when I jumping from one point to another, but, in one other mmorpg works normal without problems.
More puzzle to find things, please!

[West-northwestook]

I loved this week's episode and am stoked that it's apparently not the last riddle waiting for us!

Although I too spent a long, looong time riding around the Weather Mountains until I had a literal facepalm moment and remembered the other waterfall in the Lonelands. And the until then vague hints in the riddle suddenly fell into place like puzzle pieces and gave an exact description of where to look. Although I still managed to pick the most roundabout way up the the hiding place.