Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 7

[Shamus Young]

Shamus Plays: LOTRO, Part 7

Lulzy slaughters bandits for an assortment of trinkets.

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[Swaki]

not as funny as the previous but still a lot better than most things out there, but i guess lulzy getting back home should resolve in hilarity, so carry on good sir.

 

[The Great JT]

Competent NPCs who give good rewards? Not until you're up to Mines of Moria content, young bard!

 

[Flying Dagger]

I thought you did recover the tree diary, you just said that the quest was challenging...

 

[mechanixis]

Man, these quests are just getting progressively lamer and lamer. These goddamn NPCs need to get their priorities straight!

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

You're lucky you didn't wander across the level 25 Elite Warg that roams that area Shamus. Anyone who's met the Griffin in EQ's East Commonlands will know what I mean.

 

[Galad]

and so the ridiculity continues..

at least you make enough fun of it

 

[Jared]

Competent NPCs who give good rewards? Not until you're up to Mines of Moria content, young bard!

lol...an NPC that useful...only ever met one...ONE! XD

 

[Judiah]

Ah... the obligatory Chetwood shot.

 

[Otterpoet]

Ugh... who writes for this game? Killing people for a snot-rag?! I mean, I understand the narrative difficulties posed by the MMORPGer structure, but holy crap! And those names !

Still, great writing by Shamus!

 

[SaunaKalja]

I don't know who are crazier: the brigands who steal random worthless items or the people who long after them. I mean a fishing pole? That's basically just a stick, right?

Anyways, good stuff once again.

 

[Galad]

I don't know who are crazier: the brigands who steal random worthless items or the people who long after them. I mean a fishing pole? That's basically just a stick, right?

Anyways, good stuff once again.

What if the guy's family were all fishermen/women for as long as they remember? And this particular fishing pole was a family heirloom?? Oh, the angst!

*cue tragic music*

 

[DeadlyYellow]

I really must stop drinking (regular fluids) while reading this. It was going pretty well, but that last bit about the bandit's loot really struck me.

Good show.

 

[ucciolord1]

This is so great.
Just hurry up and get to the quests that make sense, LotrO's losing a lot of respect...
On the other hand, don't. It's really difficult to make fun of the perfectly competent parts of a game.

 

[The Great JT]

Competent NPCs who give good rewards? Not until you're up to Mines of Moria content, young bard!

lol...an NPC that useful...only ever met one...ONE! XD

Yeah, Tirion Fordring on line 2, Darion Mograine on line 3, Thrall on line 4, Sylvanas Windrunner on line 5, Jaina Proudmoore on line 6, Varian Wrynn on line 7, Brann Bronzebeard on line 8 and Bolvar Fordragon on line 9.

World of Warcraft NPCs at least show some competency.

 

[i64ever]

Why can't an MMO have quests that make sense? Like not asking you to kill people for worthless piece of trash? Are the writers trying to be funny, incompetant or does nobody who plays MMO's ever read these things?

 

[matrix3509]

Why can't an MMO have quests that make sense? Like not asking you to kill people for worthless piece of trash? Are the writers trying to be funny, incompetant or does nobody who plays MMO's ever read these things?

Most people don't read quest text, therefore they don't care why they need to find Maguffin #3 or whatever. I used to read the quest text when I had my trial account, I found that I couldn't stand doing most of the quests because they were so meaningless, so I stopped reading the quest text altogether, and the game immediately became 100% more fun, at least for me.

EDIT: Oh, and Shamus, you win infinity internets with that Blade Runner quote at the end. It made me want to jump for joy when I read it.

 

[Andronicus]

As much as I'm glad Lulzy just gave up on the tree diary quest, I'm a little disappointed that she went ahead with the handerchief one. I mean, there's silly quests, and then there's this. Even with Lulzy's inexplicable attraction to items of clothing, which doesn't even really apply here anyway, exactly what possible motivation could anyone have to do this? I can imagine a real person going through most of these quests, and poking fun at them as they go, but I simply cannot accept the idea of someone fending of hordes of brigandes for the sake of a lost handkerchief, especially when there isn't even any apparent reward for doing so. It's just unjustified.

Otherwise, still hilarious stuff. Keep it coming Shamus!

 

[Kill100577]

Not to be picky but Cole is a Sig not an Elite. Love this series tho!

 

[Lucifron]

Most people don't read quest text, therefore they don't care why they need to find Maguffin #3 or whatever. I used to read the quest text when I had my trial account, I found that I couldn't stand doing most of the quests because they were so meaningless, so I stopped reading the quest text altogether, and the game immediately became 100% more fun, at least for me.

EDIT: Oh, and Shamus, you win infinity internets with that Blade Runner quote at the end. It made me want to jump for joy when I read it.

I can understand that notion. I mean, seriously, are the writers on crack? I've come up with better stories in my sleep.

Also, Blade Runner quote? Where?