Isanni
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Did You Know…
Nov 24th
As listeners of the LOTRO Reporter podcast may know, I am well and truly hooked on PvMP. My warg feels like an extension of myself, and whenever a coworker is starting to bother me, I wish I could run behind a tree, pop into Stealth Mode, dash out and Pounce them to shut them up, Maul them to really get my point across, and then Disappear to confuse and annoy them…..
Anyway, this post is not all about my confusion between the game and reality! I am here to talk about the Destiny Points system, a system that may be underused by a large population of players. Destiny Points (DP) are gained on the Free Peoples side (that’s dwarves, elves, men, and hobbits) by gaining levels for your characters. So, if you are an alt-a-holic and are leveling many characters, your DP will go up fairly quickly. DP is very useful before a big fight to gain temporary buffs, such as increased speed, morale, or power. I once cashed in a bunch of DP on increased speed so that I could run into the Trollshaws and Rivendell at an insanely low level, leaving my enemy pursuers in the dust. (That’s not to say that I didn’t squeal in terror like a little girl as gigantic bears tried to chase me down!)
On the Monster Player side (that’s wargs, spiders, orcs, and uruks), the DP is more liberally doled out. All quests completed as a creep gain DP, since DP is the main source of currency for gaining new skills and abilities for your creep. Again, DP can also be used to gain temporary buffs to speed, morale, power, and so on.
Now, here is the really cool thing. Did you know that DP is shared amongst your characters? All your characters. Both freeps and creeps. So, here is the thing, if you want to take advantage of the buying power of Destiny Points, you need to maximize their influx. Before I became a creep, the DP was coming rather slowly. I enjoyed using the points for buffs before big boss fights, or for making sure I always had the “rested XP” bonus (a bonus that allows your character to gain experience points more quickly), but I didn’t have a steady supply of them.
But playing a Monster Player changed all that. As I mentioned, every quest you complete gains you DP, from 125 DP for simple solitary quests to 2000 DP for fellowship quests. For the quests that give 2000 DP, Monster Players generally keep several alts just to make multiple runs at those quests. If you’re at all serious about Monster Play, you will spend a lot of that DP on your creeps, but you can save some for your freeps, too! If you really want to!
The Looking Glass
Oct 28th
It’s been a long time since we posted a new LOTRO video, so I thought I’d add something. Here is a great video about a hobbit burglar’s financial trouble. **Caution** the music has some “adult content” words!
Did You Know…
Oct 11th
I have a confession to make: I am a good little healing minstrel who also loves to *thump* the heads of baddies!
Now obviously, when I am playing in a fellowship, and my fellows are counting on me to be the dividing line between glorious victory and head-hanging, foot-shuffling defeat, my main focus must be on strumming my theorbo for all it is worth, keeping those morale bars nice and fat.
So, what’s a mini to do when they really, really just want to sneak in a Ballad of Resonance or a Piercing Cry? First of all, I recommend that you not — I repeat, not — give in to this urge if you are pounding those heals as fast as you can till your fingers are bleeding. However, if the pace is a little more leisurely and you are able to throw a few damaging spells in between keeping your companions enheartened, using the following options might help to streamline the process for you.
Options –> Combat Options –>Show the Vitals of Your Selection’s Target — Allows you to select a target, such as the tank of your group (who should be attracting most of the aggro), and see which mob s/he is targeting and what that mob’s morale and power are at. Useful for keeping track of bosses and other bothersome mobs without switching the focus of your attention from your fellows to the mobs and back.
Options –> Combat Options –> Enable Skill Target Forwarding — Here’s the REALLY useful little trick. This option allows you to bang off healing skills intermingled with damage skills without changing targets, saving you time and potential confusion! How does it work? Well, if you have your tank targeted, you are already throwing heals that way, but if you are desperate to flex your big, strong minstrel muscles and want to toss in a Ballad of Steel or whatnot, you perform the offensive skill and (in my imagination) that skill flows through your target, not harming or healing him/her, to their own target, the enemy, and then executes. Another way I have found this option useful is during soloing. I can be bashing away at a mob and need some healing, so instead of changing my target to myself and performing the heal, I simply keep attacking and sneak in a heal when needed, never breaking rhythm or a sweat. The heal passes unnoticed through the enemy and comes back to me!
Did You Know…
Sep 21st
A very handy little feature I discovered today while chatting with a brand new player to LOTRO is the option to add a “note” beside someone’s name when you add them as a friend. To add a friend, go to your Social panel –> Friends –> Add, type in their name, and presto! To add a note, simply select their name, click ‘Note’, and type in something weird and wonderful to remind yourself why the heck you added that person’s name in the first place!
Yaaarrrrrrr!
Sep 16th
Avast mateys! Gather round ‘n ye shall hear the tale of the shipwrecked Mariner, and a tale of woe and trouble it be! Enjoy piratey fun all weekend long! (Click Here) for more information.On Sale at the Turbine Store
Sep 10th
- Get 6900 Turbine Points for $49.99
- 50% Off the Writ of Special Passage
- 20% Off All Travel Maps
- 20% Off Monster XP and Item XP Boosts
- 20% Off Skirmish Boosts
Messages from Turbine re: Turbine Points
Sep 9th
- Known Issue with Turbine Point Balances
- Sep 08, 2010 04:00 EST
- We are currently investigating an issue with incorrect Turbine Point balances in some players’ accounts (balances are lower or higher than they should be). We’ll have this fixed as quickly as possible! Thanks for bearing with us!
- Loyalty Rewards
- Sep 09, 2010 04:00 EST
- Reminder: Loyalty rewards may take 7-10 days to appear in your account after the launch of Volume III, Book 2. VIP Points should appear within 2-3 days after your billing date.(Click Here) for more information on account status, points, or other Free to Play related questions.
Did You Know…
Sep 6th
Here is a bit of interesting random trivia: Did you ever notice, when playing an Elf character, that wild animals, such as foxes and hares, do not run away from you the way they run from Dwarves, Men, and Hobbits? Also, Elves are unable to harm those innocent creatures, while the other races may (if they desire to be so cranky and mean!) I thought that was a cool testiment to the lore of Tolkien’s world, where Elves are basically a peace-loving people, thoroughly at harmony with nature and the creatures of field and forest.
Speaking of harmony and peace, did you realize that if you do not want to see blood and guts during gameplay, you can turn that function off? Go to Options –> UI Options –> and uncheck “Enable Blood Effects”. I don’t need to see all that messy stuff!
New servers coming to a game near you…
Sep 2nd
Sapience of Turbine, in trademarked Incredisoon style, announced yesterday that Turbine will be opening four new servers for our gaming pleasure!
The servers will be named as follows:
- Riddermark
- Crickhollow
- Dwarrowdelf
- Imladris
These servers will be available on a first-come, first-”served” basis, starting September 8th for Head Start players, and September 10 for all others. (Check here to see if you are eligible for the earlier start date.) Sapience also noted that the forums for the new servers are up and running, in order to help the flocks of people organize themselves and their friends. For those of you with 67 alts who just NEED to have 9 new characters to love, head on over to the new servers, make some new friends, and bring our well-renowned LOTRO community spirit to some new players arriving soon, very soon, ultra soon, uber soon….. You get the idea! ;)
Happy gaming!
