I’ve been back to LOTRO for roughly two months-ish and have been dabbling with Arwellyn’s progression in a few areas. She’s been kindred with the Galadhrim in Lothlorien for some time now, though other than wearing the armour as a cosmetic outfit I’m not really seeing where kindred is any advantage. I’m sure I’m missing something somewhere?
One of Arkenstone’s best Lore-masters, Hexhazzard (Arwellyn used to be included in that elite group; not sure where she stands now after being gone a year) leads Filikul raids every Monday and Thursday when the locks expire so I’ve done every one of them and this past Monday, Arwellyn had enough Bright Emblems of Nimrodel to barter for her first level 60 First Age legendary staff!
I gave it the same name as the Second Age staff which was crafted for me awhile back since I had a Relic Master NPC deconstruct that staff.
I spent some time using IXP runes to level the staff then spent the legacy points, so here are the beginning stats on the staff so far:
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Wow, nice. Wouldya look at the stats on that baby! I wonder if I’ll ever get one of them… How does one get Bright Tokens of Nimrodel?
Shame that a 65 third age is better than a 60 first age now, though
I’ve only had a single 65 drop so far, and it was a book. I haven’t seen enough other LM’s running around with 65′s to determine if they’re actually *that* much better or not. Either way, I’m fine with it for now; it’s not like LM’s are a DPS Factory anyway.
If only I could get one with great legacies *and* reduction to cooldown on Staff Strike for soloing…
The DPS difference between a 65 3rd age and 60 1st age is about 6-8%, depending on how your other things stack up. It would be a little bigger, probably 8-9% with a 65 2nd age.