The Way of the Tortoise - Kinship Recruitment

[KaosReigns]

<The Way of the Tortoise> (Established 16 Nov ‘18)

Looking for a relaxed and laid back Kin environment? We are a friendly, helpful, social, and growing SLOTRO Progression Kin. New players and seasoned vets welcome. See schedule below for our current max level. [Stone of the Tortoise] required.

PM Mordrig or any officer in game for more info or invite.

Tortoises like to take things slow. By doing so, we can complete more content at the appropriate level. We have members who are altaholics, completionists, and/or have limited play time. Our level cap allows all these playstyles to go together, reducing the fear of “being left behind”. Typically we raise the cap by 2-3 levels, every 2 weeks, but when it matches a new major dungeon, we will remain capped for at least 4 weeks. The [Stone of the Tortoise] is used to disable experience gain, and can be purchased from the LotRO Store for 100 LP.

For member alts who would like to rise above the Tortoise level cap, we have a sister kinship, The Foolish Hares. This kin is also used as a temporary home for Tortoises who may have accidentally crept too far. We use a UserChat as our main kin communications, so the two kins are able to socialize and communicate.

We have our Tort Fort on the island of Tol Lochul, in Rhunemir, Belfalas, with all crafting stations and crates, open for anyone to use.

Our rules (thus far) are simple.
(1.) Equip your Stone prior to going over max level. If you accidentally go over cap you will be asked to move your character to The Foolish Hares until the next level bump.
(2.) Be nice.
(3.) Have fun.
(4.) Please edit your kin note with the name of your Main Tortoise on alts.
(5.) New recruits will be promoted to full membership after a "get to know you" period usually about two weeks if you're active.
(6.) Inactive characters will be removed from Kin after 90 days of inactivity. They will be welcomed back to the Kin at any time.

Currently we have about 75+ members covering 300+ characters (Altaholic Kin). We cover a good mix of US and EU time zones along with a few Aus/NZ in the mix.

Current Leveling Schedule to level 50:
25 - 4 weeks - 7Jan19 - 2Feb19 (Fornost)
28 - 2 weeks - 4Feb19 - 17Feb19
30 - 2 weeks - 18Feb19 - 3Mar19
32 - 4 weeks - 4Mar19 - 31Mar19 (GA)
34 - 2 weeks - 1Apr19 - 14Apr19
36 - 2 weeks - 15Apr19 - 28Apr19
38 - 2 weeks - 29Apr19 - 12May19
40 - 4 weeks - 13May19 - 9Jun19 (Annuminas)(Halls of Night)
42 - 2 weeks - 10Jun19 - 23Jun19
44 - 2 weeks - 24Jun19 - 7Jul19
46 - 2 weeks - 8Jul19 - 21Jul19 (Goblin Town Throne Room (45))
48 - 2 weeks - 22Jul19 - 4Aug19
50 - TBD - 5Aug19 - TBD (Angmar - Urugarth, Cam Dum, Barad Gularan - RIFT RAID - HELEGROD) - 3 maybe 4 months at 50 before officially moving on to Volume 2.

[Dontee322]

(Established 8Nov18)

The Way of the Tortoise is a growing Slotro Progression Kin and we are recruiting. Active, social, and friendly.

21Nov18 - Currently about 20 members covering 25-30 characters.

Not in a rush to max level? Do you want to work with others in slow leveling and partake in everything the world has to offer?

21Nov18 - Current level cap is 15 to compete all starter areas.
24Nov18 - Cap will move up to 20 for at least two weeks.

Level bumps of 3-5 levels will occur Saturday mornings (US time).
Bumps around Instance levels will be set to minimum for that instance and run about two weeks or longer.
All level bumps will be as Kin members give input and thoughts.

[Stone of the Tortoise] required. PM Mordrig (or any officer online) in game for info and/or invite.

Love this guild

[KaosReigns]

The Way of the Tortoise is currently getting some adventure groups together, as of this writing we are getting the third group populated.

An adventure group is a Fellowship group of alts that start at the beginning of the game (right after intro) around level 6 or 7 and work though content together. Using the Stone of the Tortoise to cap until as a group it is decided to press forward. Ideally with orange or red quests, depending on group decision. Each group is independent from each other on where to start, how to level, when to cap, when to proceed, etc.

So, if you're interested in a relaxed and laid back kin environment that is no where near rushing through LOTRO. Then maybe The Way of the Tortoise is the kin for you.

We usually have at least one officer on covering about 20+ hours a day. Give a tell and hopefully we'll see you in Eriador.

[KaosReigns]

Updated with level cap change and other textual adjustments.