LOTRO Basics will be returning
in 2020! Due to my apparent need to make content for LOTRO and my inability to work
on videos or streams as I have in the past, I decided to resurrect LOTRO Basics
after it fell in battle a couple years ago. This post will go over my plans for
the website and series.
LOTRO Basics History
LOTRO Basics, this website and
a series-type guide I created for the Lord of the Rings Online, has
waxed and waned throughout my content creation for LOTRO. For a period during
2017-2018, I was working on these guides and this website before focusing more
on my YouTube channel in late 2018 (coinciding with the release of the
Legendary servers for LOTRO). As I concentrated on my channel more and making
content there, I was trying to figure how to incorporate LOTRO Basics into it,
and how I could continue the website. After attempting to clean out the website
and work on it again, I decided it wasn’t feasible and was taking too much of
my time for little progress, so LOTRO Basics was planned to not continue.
Then, in late 2019, I became unable to work on videos
and decided I needed a break from LOTRO for a period. A little over a month
ago, I started playing LOTRO again, and still have my drive to make content for
the game – even though I cannot work on my traditional videos or streams. After
a while, I found the LOTRO Basics website and thought now would be a good time
to work on content for it and basically make it a thing again.
Before making this post, I had to make sure that I
would have actual content to share – unlike my “plans for 2018” with the
website, where nothing happened… so, what’s coming up?
Upcoming LOTRO Basics Content
I am primarily working on class guides and
resources.
Class content for LOTRO is scarce, spread out in a lot of different places, and
is not always entirely up to date. I want to both create and share quality class
guide-like content for players to be able to easily find! I would also like to
work on other guide-like content for LOTRO, including deeds, which were often
neglected by me. Below is a detailed list of projects in creation or planning.
1.
Class Mini-Guides - My goal is to make up to date mini guides
on every class and each of their specs that covers the basics of the class/spec
and how they play. If feasible, I would like to venture into making these mini
guides for each spec, individually, focused more on building and somewhat
advanced gameplay mechanics.
2.
Create Class Resource Databases –
I plan to create class pages on this LOTRO Basics website that will serve to
link quality content on class guides, builds, information, etc. This is largely
a community-invoking project, as I rely on other peoples’ creations to share
and point players to.
3.
Deed Guides – I
have started the process to make some content relating to deeds. While explorer
deed maps are not too rare for LOTRO, slayer deed maps and locations can be
hard to find. There are a few areas that I could go by for deed maps/videos and
locations, hopefully to help completionists or those
looking to get virtue XP.
4.
Legendary Server Content and Guides – Unfortunately,
legendary server activity has gone down since before my break. However, for
players still there, like myself, I plan to make content and guides for players
on these servers. Some ideas I have including update/patch guides, and
potentially instance/”end game” content guides.
5.
Other/Miscellaneous –
Other content I have thought about working on includes resource farming
location (e.g., Ancient Iron Ore, Pristine Hide, etc. locations), virtue
guides, and other general guides that may not fit the above categories. Any
suggestions for content/guides is appreciated!
What Is Next
I have been working on basic class info for the past
couple weeks, and will be publishing:
·
A
mega-post on the classes of LOTRO. Set to release Friday, 04/24/2020 at
noon EDT.
·
Catch-all class resource pages to go along with
the mega-post. Set to release at the same time.
·
Finally,
I will be preparing an “About the Class” page for each class, giving
basic information on the class. These a planned to be daily starting the week
of April 27.
Closing Thoughts
I have cleaned up a lot of the old LOTRO Basics posts
and look forward to making new ones to replace those! A lot of the new content
will take time to build up, but as I have finished working on a lot of the
class pages, everything should be functional and streamlined from my end
shortly.
If you have suggestions or thoughts, I would appreciate
the feedback! You can comment below or reach me elsewhere.
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