The Cranky Sysadmin A world of technology, fun, and ignorant rants.

I don’t know what possessed me, but yesterday evening, I plunked down 7 gold and bought a house in the Shire. If you come visit, it’s 6 Myrtle Ct in the Berrybridge neighborhood (Riddermark server). I’ve already filled the house with junk.
LotRO housing

As a change of pace, I decided to start leveling a tank character in LotRO. I picked the warden, mostly because the gambit system looked interesting. My poor hobbit minstrel now sits mostly abandoned in Endwaith while I level my new favorite, Ghah the Hobbit Warden o’death.
Oh great, another Warden

I believe the original meaning of this phrase is that most people work to the metric, not the outcome. I plan to use it in the more motivational way. If you measure yourself, you can improve yourself. The game I currently play, Lord of the Rings Online, allows some basic measurements, but it lacks some of the sophistication in self measurement that other games have.
Measuring Performance in LOTRO

I’ve been doing a lot of skirmishes lately. My sidekick of choice has been the warrior since Minstrels don’t do a lot of damage, even in war cry mode. I’m at level 39, so my soldier doesn’t get a lot of traits; 2 offensive skills, and 2 miscellaneous skills (defense and buffs mostly) at the moment.
Abusing my poor skirmish soldier

It’s a little odd trying to quest in Lord of the Rings Online for me. The epic quest seems to demand urgency, but the quests ramp up pretty quickly. While doing the epic quest, you come across tons (and I mean tons… at least up to level 20) of side quests to help this person move goods here, or help that person avenge the death of his whatever.
The Levelling Surprise