Lord of the Rings Online thread

[Grallon]

Reached lvl 31 today.  I got almost broke training, then buying coal for my smithing; and finally I decided to buy a house.  It's a small house (22 hanging slots) but it's an elven house    I've authorized kin members to visit.  GF you have the run of that house (6 Waterfront Road in Duillond - next to a waterfall) and half of the house chest - but I want half of the weekly mortgage (27 silver) in exchange.




G.

[crazy canuck]

Good job G.

I am still unclear about the advantages of a house but I have heard that the deluxe houses have more storage and so I will likely wait until I can get that.  Are hanging slots where you put those trophies I get from time to time?  Does that give you any ingame bonus or is it purely decorative?

I am half way to 31.

[Grallon]

Good job G.

I am still unclear about the advantages of a house but I have heard that the deluxe houses have more storage and so I will likely wait until I can get that.  Are hanging slots where you put those trophies I get from time to time?  Does that give you any ingame bonus or is it purely decorative?

I am half way to 31.

From what I could see it's purely decorative.  And the small house is really small - it's 2 rooms.  You can hang stuff, have furniture, paint the walls and the floors, plaster the walls and the floor.  The only advantage to the house is the 50 slots chest (you can have up to 3 per house) that you can buy for 100S.

Btw when you decide to put your pride aside do ask the kinsfolk for help with the gear.  Aestheny I think, the Guild Master anyway, made an entire set of dwarven steel armor (helmet, shoulders, chestplate, leggings, gloves - all purple) - for 100 high grade iron ingots.  I threw in 30 barrow iron ingots as a tip.  Imagine how much the whole set would have cost had I needed to buyit/have it made !




G.

[Grallon]

I forgot to mention one of the neatest feature of the crafting system I found so far: you actually have a random chance to produce superior items when you are making regular stuff.  Yesterday I was crafting steel greatswords and to my surprise, once finished, I discovered I had a purple of the same type called a 'fine steel greatsword'.  The game actually recognizes you proficiency live!



G.

[crazy canuck]

I forgot to mention one of the neatest feature of the crafting system I found so far: you actually have a random chance to produce superior items when you are making regular stuff.  Yesterday I was crafting steel greatswords and to my surprise, once finished, I discovered I had a purple of the same type called a 'fine steel greatsword'.  The game actually recognizes you proficiency live!



G.

Yes, that is the critical system.  Once you have mastered a particular level open up the critical tab.  It will tell you what a critical success will create and it will also tell you what item you can use to increase the chances of a critical success.

[crazy canuck]

Btw when you decide to put your pride aside do ask the kinsfolk for help with the gear.  Aestheny I think, the Guild Master anyway, made an entire set of dwarven steel armor (helmet, shoulders, chestplate, leggings, gloves - all purple) - for 100 high grade iron ingots.  I threw in 30 barrow iron ingots as a tip.  Imagine how much the whole set would have cost had I needed to buyit/have it made !




G.

Its not so much pride as the speed I have been levelling.  It doesnt make sense to ask them to go through the mats needed to create that gear when I will be out of it in a week or less.


Levelling is slowing down now so it makes more sense to ask for items at the next crafting level bump.  Which reminds me that last level bump was 27, when is the next minimum level for crafting items?

[Grallon]

Which reminds me that last level bump was 27, when is the next minimum level for crafting items?

Next minimum lvl ?  I'm not sure I'm following you.  I'm proficient expert weaponsmith - working towards master expert - but the speed depends entirely on the mats I have available to work with.

Anyhow the set of armor I spoke about is good enough to last me in my 40s.




G.

[Berkut]

31 is the next break point level for items.

I was going to get a full set of new armor for my Captain at 31, but by that time I had enough good stuff from quest rewards and drops in Garth Argawen that I didn't really need anything enough to justify it.

Just make sure you always have a very good weapon.

[crazy canuck]

Thanks Berk, I am in the perfect position then to ask for some stuff - I will probably hit 31 in the next couple days.

I finally have my first purple weapon so I am good on that now.  It is the one thing that I always try to upgrade if possible with quest reward when the option presents itself.

[crazy canuck]

Next minimum lvl ?  I'm not sure I'm following you.

In the crafting system there are various tiers of items that correspond to minimum level requirements.  I think they go 16, 21, 27 and now Berkut has told me 31.

So for example if you are level 29 it doesnt make sense to get somebody to craft level 27 purple items for you since you will soon be able to wear the level 31 items they can make.

[Grallon]

So for example if you are level 29 it doesnt make sense to get somebody to craft level 27 purple items for you since you will soon be able to wear the level 31 items they can make.

I see.  Well here's what I got:  http://www.northshield.co.uk/LOTRO/Heavy/Dwarf-Iron/dwarf-iron.htm




G.

[Berkut]

That is some seriously kick-ass armor. I want some!

[Berkut]

That is a really awesome site in general grallon. Great crafting info all in one place.

[Grallon]

That is some seriously kick-ass armor. I want some!

Ask the boss.

Btw, these outfits we can buy - are we supposed to put them on top of the armor and switch the view of the armor off ?




G.

[Berkut]

That is some seriously kick-ass armor. I want some!

Ask the boss.

Btw, these outfits we can buy - are we supposed to put them on top of the armor and switch the view of the armor off ?




G.

In your character screen, you will see some tabs along the equipment view. You can configure two outfits that you can elect to "show" instead of whatever equipment you are actually wearing.