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That maze looks awesome, is that new?

I hope the maze stays even after the festival, it's pretty cool.

So you get the keg and maybe some rep for the maze?

Assuming you can get the quest in the first place (need to be an Inn League member I think), you get a choice of the keg or 2 leaves (barter item). And some rep with the Inn League.

That is shitty.  EU--.

Related, I got the Amazeing title last night.  Go go 25 years of videogames training me to run mazes! :awesome_for_real:

We might start playing this again for a bit because we're very bored lately and I like festivals.  I say we because I have a Righ in me pocket.   I know there's some guild on one of the servers but do we still have an f13 Bat Country guild?  I'll be disappointed if there are no Eaaster eggs during this festival!  The website account pages is uncooperative today, too.

I'm glad to see I still have mad flower picking skills for the Bree quest. One hour, 270+ flowers, ten gift boxes. A perfect way to spend lunch.

* Disable landscape frills so they don't obscure the flowers.

* Flower patches have a very close LoD fadeout - use a zig-zag search pattern and be sure to look around (half the time I'm strafing).

* Nen Hilith (the Howling Wolf cul-de-sac) in Ered Luin has a very concentrated number of patches. It's like the mountains cluster them up or something.

Wait. This is nothing to brag about, is it?

Did you get anything good out of your boxes? I only got 2 boxes and got a tart recipe and a recipe for a corsairs legs and tunics.

What is the cat lady quest people refer to?

I have no idea. First I'd heard of it.

The Cat Lady's apartment is on Scholar's Walk in Bree. I'll check it out tonight, maybe there's something there.

* Disable landscape frills so they don't obscure the flowers.
* Flower patches have a very close LoD fadeout - use a zig-zag search pattern and be sure to look around (half the time I'm strafing).
* Nen Hilith (the Howling Wolf cul-de-sac) in Ered Luin has a very concentrated number of patches. It's like the mountains cluster them up or something.

I don't even know where to turn in my hedge leaves

I did the "cat lady" one, too, so I just need to bite it and go pick flowers.

I don't know what my problem was, but even with getting the Amazeling title I still somehow missed out on a ton of rewards.  I must have just not been looking at the quest rewards or something.  I don't even know where to turn in my hedge leaves, but I could probably use them to construct a new maze.  I should have done something other than play tag for half an hour.

Blueberry Tart Recipe = Coal

I honestly think they replaced all the junk crafting item drops from last year with that recipe.

Oh, and if anyone cares, they made it slightly easier to get rep with the Inn League in this festival.  The sinister keg quest is repeatable and gives 700 rep  per run and takes like 5 minutes, vs the pub crawl which gives 500 per run and takes like 15 minutes if you have a horse.  If anyone had been considering doing it, now would be the time, in case they don't reactive the hedge maze again until the next spring festival.

Once you have the faction, there are random Inn league members all over the world that need a beer STAT! those also give good rep. (They are only around during fests)

I thought you only needed to be a member to do that, and that it wasn't repeatable?  I finished it off a few days ago, but all the non-repeatable stuff that I know puts you around 4k shy of Friend.

Tag! You’re it!

The festival grounds in northern Bree-land play host to the many seasonal festivals celebrated in Middle-earth. Well-traveled adventurers know the fun doesn’t stop in Bree-land when the vendors strike their tents after seasonal festivals. The ancient ruins to the southwest of the festival grounds play host to games year round!

Tag

Tad Hollyway can be found just inside the first set of ruins just slightly to the south and west of the Bree-land Festival grounds, manning the Tag marker (25.6s, 50.9w). Speak to him to start the game. The first player to touch the marker will become “It.” All other adventurers inside the ruins are fair game. How long can you avoid being tagged and made It?

If a player steps past the entrance arch they are removed from the game and are ”safe” - no one can tag them. If the person who is It steps out of the arch, the game ends and a new player must click the marker to start the game again.

For those looking to mix up the classic game of Tag, why not try Keep Away? Instead of the person who is It trying to tag another person as quickly as possible, the game becomes a challenge to remain It as long as possible instead!

If you’re really looking to mix things up, be creative! You have a horse, right? Try Tag on horseback!

Freeze Tag

Tag a bit too tame for you? Just beyond the Tag ruins, you’ll find another set of ruins. Biddy Dogwort can be found to the back side of these, just inside the arch. Speak to her and learn the rules of Freeze Tag. The person who clicks the marker (26.15s, 49.7w) will be It, and everyone inside the ruins is a target. When the It player touches you you’ll be frozen in place. Once all players are frozen the game will announce that the It player has won, and rest. But don’t despair if It seems to be winning! You can unfreeze a frozen teammate by standing next to them for 3 seconds. Keep a sharp eye out though, as players standing in one place too long risk becoming a target themselves! And unlike normal tag, you can play in three dimensions. Sometimes the battlements are safer than the ground.

As with regular tag, leaving the play zone removes you from the action, though you can still watch!

So now that you know the secret in the ruins, why not create your own mini-festival? Grab some friends, set up a Freeze Tag ladder and see who comes out on top!

I don't know what my problem was, but even with getting the Amazeling title I still somehow missed out on a ton of rewards.  I must have just not been looking at the quest rewards or something.  I don't even know where to turn in my hedge leaves, but I could probably use them to construct a new maze.  I should have done something other than play tag for half an hour.

Other than Nan Hithlin (which is 90% primrose, 7% daffodils(? something yellow) and 3% violets), where are people most gathering?

Nan Hithlin was great, but a regular romp through Bree and the Shire was a complete waste of time.

So far there's only 2 spots I know of for good spawns:
1) Nan Hithlin and the road up to it
2) rez circle and near orbits around it in West Bree

where else?

2) for VIOLETS go to stone rez circle at West Bree

What would have been a good one?

Hah and now they've shut the quest down because it was supposedly "putting too much strain on their servers." I guess it's easier to say that than to admit they've learned absolutely nothing about PvP in the last 10 years.

Not sure how your seeing this one time chicken thing as serious PvP business.

A static spawn for players entering a PVP instance with no protection at all from players on the other side?

Mind-bogglingly retarded.

Whatever you like. God forbid I bring on the wrath of the local fanboys with my over the top outrageous criticism of what all thinking men must agree is the single best MMOG ever to be produced.

I can't imagine what I was thinking.

That suck-ass chicken quest has knocked out the whole LotRO farm, including lotro.com.

:facepalm:

I think Turbine is doing a good job in general, but right now they really need to get their shit together.

all in all, pretty stupid to do a free weekend and a welcome back with a DC move at the same time. 

That issue almost sounds like a video card overheating or something.

Nvidia? Look for an error in the lower right on your taskbar referring to a driver nvddlkkm has stopped responding or something similar. It's an issue with Vista, RAM and some Nvidia configurations which nobody will own up to. Nothing to do about it.