As you play along you'll find your bags filling up with all manner of things, Bent Claws, Dirty Filth, Broken Shortswords etc. and assume you've collected LotROs versions of vendor trash. You'll pull up at a vendor, ready to have this cheery fellow purchase all this junk and free up your precious storage space. Then as you mouse hover over an item, set to sell it, you'll notice red text near the bottom of the item tooltip "This item may be turned in for Tasks". To your dismay (or delight), you'll find this text on every single snippet and part you've looted.
What are tasks? Where are they obtained and turned in? Do they really want all this stuff and how much of it? What do I get out of it? These, if you're like me, are the questions that will immediately come to mind. So today we'll discuss Tasks and Vendor Trash.
Saturday 7 September 2013
Friday 6 September 2013
Turbine Points and You - a Primer
So What the Heck are Turbine Points
Turbine Points (TP) are the currency used in the LotRO cash shop. They can be used to purchase a variety of things from temporary character enhancements right up to expansion content and everything between. The cash shop can be accessed either within or outside of the game and purchases are immediately applied to your account or your character depending on what you have purchased.
How Do I Get TP?
Turbine Points can be acquired in four ways: they can be earned in game, they be can purchased as points cards from retailers, they can be purchase online, and a designated amount (500 TP) is granted every month to subscribers.
TP are earned on a per character basis, but are available account wide. TP that you earn with Character A can be spent by Character B, and TP that you purchase or are granted is also account wide.
Turbine Points (TP) are the currency used in the LotRO cash shop. They can be used to purchase a variety of things from temporary character enhancements right up to expansion content and everything between. The cash shop can be accessed either within or outside of the game and purchases are immediately applied to your account or your character depending on what you have purchased.
How Do I Get TP?
Turbine Points can be acquired in four ways: they can be earned in game, they be can purchased as points cards from retailers, they can be purchase online, and a designated amount (500 TP) is granted every month to subscribers.
TP are earned on a per character basis, but are available account wide. TP that you earn with Character A can be spent by Character B, and TP that you purchase or are granted is also account wide.
How Time Flies - Let's Get Started
Well, I got sucked back into WoW for quite some time, but I've decided to take a holiday from it, and a friend has decided to see what LotRO is all about, so I reckon it's high time to actually kick this off.
I've been toying with the idea of running two blogs, one specifically set up to diary a completely F2P experience and a 'normal' blog, but after some research and consideration I rejected the idea. It's entirely possible to do darn near everything in the game without spending any cash, but it's a long and grindy road. As a new player with a highly completionist bent I am facing quite a grind no matter how I play, but the surest way for me to get bored and quit is to take on two grindapaloozas at the same time, so I decline. I salute anyone who does play sub-optimally and conquers hurdle after hurdle to emerge victorious, but since I have a paid account I shall just stick to that. I still have multiple accounts for the purpose of keeping my vanity Kinship alive, and for reference purposes.
Since I take a ridiculous amount of notes while I play, and I love resources, I plan to compile as much as I can for the benefit of the new LotRO player (yes, they do indeed exist). Resources are far and few between these days with more established bloggers leaving the game, and the excellent site MMorsel has finally come down. It was a well crafted and thorough source of information, even though it had long since been abandoned, but the domain finally expired on the 23rd of August, and it is no more. I could never hope to match it in breadth and ease of use, but I will give it a darned good try. I'm going to play through the game and update as I go along, so please understand that lists I generate are a work in progress.
So, we'll start at the beginning.
I've been toying with the idea of running two blogs, one specifically set up to diary a completely F2P experience and a 'normal' blog, but after some research and consideration I rejected the idea. It's entirely possible to do darn near everything in the game without spending any cash, but it's a long and grindy road. As a new player with a highly completionist bent I am facing quite a grind no matter how I play, but the surest way for me to get bored and quit is to take on two grindapaloozas at the same time, so I decline. I salute anyone who does play sub-optimally and conquers hurdle after hurdle to emerge victorious, but since I have a paid account I shall just stick to that. I still have multiple accounts for the purpose of keeping my vanity Kinship alive, and for reference purposes.
Since I take a ridiculous amount of notes while I play, and I love resources, I plan to compile as much as I can for the benefit of the new LotRO player (yes, they do indeed exist). Resources are far and few between these days with more established bloggers leaving the game, and the excellent site MMorsel has finally come down. It was a well crafted and thorough source of information, even though it had long since been abandoned, but the domain finally expired on the 23rd of August, and it is no more. I could never hope to match it in breadth and ease of use, but I will give it a darned good try. I'm going to play through the game and update as I go along, so please understand that lists I generate are a work in progress.
So, we'll start at the beginning.
Saturday 22 September 2012
Hello!
Innkeepers Welcome
Welcome to the Inn. Take a seat and stay awhile. The fire is warm, the ale is cold and if you've corners still to fill we've lots to nibble on.
I am Eccentrica your innkeeper and I hope to keep you amused and informed. Having recently moved to Middle-Earth from Azeroth I felt compelled to open this modest establishment to better acquaint myself with the inhabitants of my new home, and perhaps to provide a refuge to other newcomers to this bold new world. Coming to a new world can be a daunting experience, even to the well seasoned traveller, and as I find my way and explore the corners I will pass on what I have learned.
I hope to provide guidance and advice to new emigrees, entertainment and stories aplenty and a good belly laugh every now and then.
About Me
I don't play MMOs, I play an MMO, that is to say I'm a one a time kind of girl. The games to which I've been attracted have drawn me in completely and held my fascination for a long time. The depth of complexity of Lord of the Rings Online excites me and the more I discover, the more I yearn to discover. I've been a Tolkien fan since I first opened The Fellowship, well on 30 years ago. I read the book in it's entirety at least three times a year, and love every moment spent wandering there.
I am a wife and a mother, I educate myself in those things that interest me (and there are many many things that do). I view life as a buffet to be sampled with curiousity and care. I'm rather like a hobbit that we all know and love, respectable yet curious, with an appreciation for the well ordered countryside but having an adventurous heart, and of course possessing a deep appreciation for good food and drink
About the Green Dragon
I can't predict how this will turn out. Perhaps I will find this little enterprise only a personal journal, perhaps not. I tend to take a lot of notes while I play. I am an unrepetant atltoholic. On first characters I read, explore and do everything. I soak it all in. Then I tend to want to be efficient. I will cover a range of topics, that much I know, although I very much doubt that I will ever raid again having found that experience in my last MMO to be more demanding across a spectrum of factors than I wish to deal with again. I am here to relax and enjoy the other facets of the game.
In any case, welcome to the Inn. I hope you enjoy your stay no matter the duration.
Cheers,
Eccentrica
Welcome to the Inn. Take a seat and stay awhile. The fire is warm, the ale is cold and if you've corners still to fill we've lots to nibble on.
I am Eccentrica your innkeeper and I hope to keep you amused and informed. Having recently moved to Middle-Earth from Azeroth I felt compelled to open this modest establishment to better acquaint myself with the inhabitants of my new home, and perhaps to provide a refuge to other newcomers to this bold new world. Coming to a new world can be a daunting experience, even to the well seasoned traveller, and as I find my way and explore the corners I will pass on what I have learned.
I hope to provide guidance and advice to new emigrees, entertainment and stories aplenty and a good belly laugh every now and then.
About Me
I don't play MMOs, I play an MMO, that is to say I'm a one a time kind of girl. The games to which I've been attracted have drawn me in completely and held my fascination for a long time. The depth of complexity of Lord of the Rings Online excites me and the more I discover, the more I yearn to discover. I've been a Tolkien fan since I first opened The Fellowship, well on 30 years ago. I read the book in it's entirety at least three times a year, and love every moment spent wandering there.
I am a wife and a mother, I educate myself in those things that interest me (and there are many many things that do). I view life as a buffet to be sampled with curiousity and care. I'm rather like a hobbit that we all know and love, respectable yet curious, with an appreciation for the well ordered countryside but having an adventurous heart, and of course possessing a deep appreciation for good food and drink
About the Green Dragon
I can't predict how this will turn out. Perhaps I will find this little enterprise only a personal journal, perhaps not. I tend to take a lot of notes while I play. I am an unrepetant atltoholic. On first characters I read, explore and do everything. I soak it all in. Then I tend to want to be efficient. I will cover a range of topics, that much I know, although I very much doubt that I will ever raid again having found that experience in my last MMO to be more demanding across a spectrum of factors than I wish to deal with again. I am here to relax and enjoy the other facets of the game.
In any case, welcome to the Inn. I hope you enjoy your stay no matter the duration.
Cheers,
Eccentrica
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