#corbous itzli

[rannadylin]

Ranna in Middle-earth...*frequently* in Middle-earth

After that poll with the "over 300 hours logged on a video game" bit I got curious about my LOTRO play time so I did the /played check on the ones I play the most...

That's on Evernight Lennidhren, who's at level 140. (There's also Landroval Lennidhren, who was around...85-ish, maybe, last time I played on that server?) If my math is correct that comes to almost 1393 hours logged in on my elven librarian lore-master.

Alts under the cut as this could get long...

Up next is Corbous, level 112 Hobbit Brawler:

So that should be about 286 hours of punching things. :-D (Also, he's that close to level cap and less than a quarter of the time it took Lenni to get there? Brawlers, man. Although of course I've been spending less time on underlevel quests with him and just moving on when quests in a zone turn grey because I've seen them before on Lenni anyway, after all. And I haven't done any festivals and such on him yet either, just zooming to Mordor.

Next highest leveled is Ianthina, level 53 high elf Runekeeper, the LOTRO incarnation of my Pillars of Eternity inquisitor past-life of Watcher Violet (as Corbous is the LOTRO incarnation of Vi's older brother Corbus Itzli...). Note how she's, you know, less than half of Corbs' level? Note how long it took her to get there:

Brawlers, man. In 286 hours he gets to level 112, and in over 330 hours my Runekeeper is just up to 53?

Let's take one more example...my high elf minstrel Fjiola (LOTRO incarnation of Fjóla Reinert who's a Pillars chanter/cipher for a PoE ttrpg we...may or may not ever get around to actually playing, but it's been a while since I first started making her) got to level 35 before I discovered the magic of speed-leveling a Brawler and abandoned her until Corbous, like, single-handedly punches Sauron or something:

So a bit over 31 hours...For a total of over 2000 hours logged in just to the four characters I've played the most overall and recently on one server. I should probably revisit my Landroval and Crickhollow (formerly of Nimrodel...er...I think Crickhollow was where that server got merged to long ago?) and see what their play time was like, too, but anyway. It's a lot. I've been playing since about half a year after LOTRO launched except for a few years when I burnt out on Landroval and didn't play until more recently on Evernight. I guess this does confirm that I chose wisely to buy my lifetime subscription to this game back when they still offered those...I think I've gotten my money's worth after more than 2000 hours! :-D

#lotro #lennidhren #corbous itzli #ianthina #fjola reinert #ranna in middle-earth #i think when i finish leveling corbous i'll probably go back to playing fjiola #or maybe hobbit lore-master lottie? i may wait till hobbits have the CC upgrade so she can have the braids she deserves though :-D

[rannadylin]

Very, VERY big city. Very tiny Hobbit.

#minas tirith #corbous itzli #lotro

[rannadylin]

Well. At least there's one child in Minas Tirith shorter than Corbous!

#lotro #minas tirith #corbous itzli

[rannadylin]

Very big Grond. Very tiny Hobbit.

Also, Derufin and Duilin have the right idea; we should standardize Mûmakil as a unit of measurement. :-D

#lotro #corbous itzli #osgiliath #grond

[rannadylin]

Very tiny Hobbit. Very big rock.

#corbous itzli #lotro #hill of erech #stone of erech #gondor

[rannadylin]

The dream team! Now on our way into Rohan!

And that means...time to get this Tiny Hobbit a Tiny War Pony!

But also, time for some lovely Anduin scenery...

#lotro #corbous itzli #rohan #hurray!

[rannadylin]

While I'm going through recent LOTRO screenshots, here's Corbous once again enjoying his Little Wonder title while meeting a Very Big Tree. :-D

And here he is enjoying the flowers on Dol Baran (and showing off his new Ranger garb! Of course he dyed it blue, though. Grey Company gotta grey, but Itzlis gotta blue. And here's the Ranger outfit and another very dapper one to demonstrate that!)

Also, Dunland has some really pretty little lakes...

#lotro #corbous itzli

[rannadylin]

Corbous is looking very dapper in Dunland these days!

#lotro #corbous itzli #the top hat is from the winter festival i think #it's been in my wardrobe for a while #the jacket was a quest reward he got recently in dunland #the boots are from the ranger cosmetics :-D he has not yet earned them but lennidhren has so they're in the wardrobe #and seem suitable while he's being the grey company's errand boy and all #rangers my beloved <3

[rannadylin]

Corbous has reached a deeply significant achievement in Moria and may now be considered Well-Travelled! :-D

#he's jumped down that well twice today in fact #because it was quicker than all the non-swift travel goat rides... #moria #lotro #corbous itzli #ranna in middle-earth

[rannadylin]

Corbous made it out of Moria today!

And then he went back in and had an odd...vision?

Also, he hit level 62. I've got a few more quests to wrap up back in Moria but then it's on to Lothlorien!

#lotro #corbous itzli #ranna in middle-earth #games

[rannadylin]

Harwick!

Corbous has been vindicated and allowed to move freely about the town and named a Knight of the Wold, but honestly he quite enjoyed having to sneak around and avoid notice of its suspicious Aldor's guards. He is known as the prankster (and Audie's Nemesis) of the Itzli siblings, after all. :-D And he did not have to use Hobbit Stealth even once in all that sneaking!

He has also acquired a Fancy War Pony!

And I spent most of the council meeting about whether he was allowed to move freely about the town zooming in to take Fancy Freckles pictures while he was seated in a Fancy Chair. :-D

Anyway, it's about time he moves on from Harwick and regroups with the dream team!

They're not quite as Fancy, but they are very Fine Friends.

#lotro #corbous itzli

[rannadylin]

It's been a while since I first quested through Gondor with Lennidhren, and I had forgotten just how beautifully LOTRO does the Battle of the Pelennor and Ride of the Rohirrim. Both in the striking landscapes in the midst of all the war and chaos, and also in the cinematics for key moments e.g. Eowyn.

And how delightful it is to meet up with the Grey Company again by the end of it!

(Well, delightful and also a few points of heart-breaking, of course...)

Anyway! Rangers! And some other old and new friends too!

#lotro #battle of the pelennor #corbous itzli

[rannadylin]

Hehehe...At last I can say:

Very tiny city. Very BIG Hobbit!

#lotro #minas tirith #corbous itzli

[rannadylin]

So I take it the Ent-draught doesn't actually make you (*Pippin) grow taller, it just makes you look taller by floating a few inches off the ground?

(Also, does that mean Bergil had been drinking Ent-draught too?)

#lotro #peregrin took #corbous itzli #so many npcs Essek-ing in this game lately...

[rannadylin]

Oh how nice, they have a tavern here named for him!

#lotro #minas tirith #corbous itzli

[rannadylin]

Excuse me, Bergil, are you actually floating in the air just to be able to say you are taller than the second Hobbit you have met this week?

OK OK, fair enough, even with his feet firm on the ground he's still taller than Corbs. What do they feed these kids in Minas Tirith?!

Almost five feet tall?! OK, Corbous is slightly impressed. :-D

#lotro #bergil #corbous itzli #minas tirith