Apelred L67

Apelred makes level 67 & Friend to the Aldraig by completing the Mincham series of quests in the Lich Bluffs - he only has the Mournshaws to go before resting while Grimberg does Vol 3 in Enedwaith. Then they will both set off to Dunland, one taking the high road and the other the low road.

Hunter struggles to solo Forsaken Road

Apelred struggles to complete Vol. III, Book 3, Chapter 10: Echoes of the Dead as it involves keeping Candaith alive during fights with 2, 3, 4 & then 4 elite masters. Hunters have no heals and few AOE or tanking skills so this kind of quest is really difficult to solo, he managed it on the second attempt by rotating round the oathbreakers getting their aggro and fearing whenever Bards Arrow was up. Then after all that Candaith goes and gets himself killed! To escape Apel just legged it and managed to talk to the quest giver just in time with about 12 oathbreakers in tow.

I expect this will be a breeze when Captain Grimberg tries it soon.

L66 for Apel

Apelred is back in action making level 66 after witnessing some quality cursing and attending the Council of Brehur in Enedwaith. Apel has been saving these quests until they added to his XP! Strangely after making level 66 he was advised how useful using a map could be - well I never, he thought!

Watchful Goblin

Apelred ventured into the haunted burrow, got spooked, then got this painting as a reward, ever feel like something is watching you?

Vol 2 Book 9 Dol Guldur

Grimberg completes the epic quest line in Mirkwood & sees Zigilburk entombed but not after it sees off that annoying Mazog. Here are some screenshots in Picasa.

Grimberg is trying a tank & spank setup using a shield & one handed sword and his Oathbreaker Archer. He has 5 Red (Lead the Charge) to get the pet buffs & oathbreaker pet, and Strength From Within for the self heal 600 morale every 30 seconds (down to 20 with emblem legacy). He has chosen Resistance (9.8%) and Mitigation (53.4% common) gear to reduce damage taken. Lets see how it goes.

Skumfil Spiders

Apelred comes out of retirement to join 4 other Flaming Halflings in an attempt to defeat the Skumfil Spiders but after many tries they only get to phase 2 of the final boss. All those spider kills were good for rep & deeds! Here are some screenshots on Picasa.

Supreme Master Scholar & L66

Grimberg is a Friend to the Malledhrim so can purchase the 'steeped' version of the potion recipes and making a set of these potions gave him the experience to call himself a Supreme Master Scholar. This position allows him to create a crafted relic for his L65 legendary two handed hammer Drambor, so off he went on a trip to Rivendell to the Scholars Guild. About 3 gold lighter he came away with lots of new recipes and a crafted relic. Nice to see he can craft a pocket item at L75.


Adventuring deeper into Mirkwood with the Hidden Guard brought Grimberg face to face with 3 Ring Wraiths, wisely he ran away and survived to make level 66.

Valandil's Tomb

The Flaming Halflings fight their way through to face Valandil but fail the last fight. We will regroup, get some Westerness damage and try again.

Forges

Forges The Flaming Halflings venture into the Forges to help Aeshac get his Lore Master class quest. Clip on the small pic to view the screenshots in Picasa.