Archive for April, 2011

Obtaining LOTRO Legendary Shards

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9 months ago
by DocHoliday in ,

Scott asked in the comments on the new community relics about the best way to obtain shards to create the various extraordinary relics for your Legendary items.  I figured I’d put up a quick post with the information to make it a little easier to find.  Sadly there really isn’t an easy way to farm shards as they’re only available from refining (breaking down) existing relics.  The return is as follows:

  • Tier 1 – 1 shard
  • Tier 2 – 2 shards
  • Tier 3 – 9 shards
  • Tier 4 – 32 shards
  • Tier 5 – 79 shards
  • Tier 6 – 192 shards
  • <Tier 7> – 464 shards
  • <Tier 8> – 1119 shards
  • <Tier 9> – 2696 shards
  • Crafted – 158 shards (Varies based on Tier)

I included the old tier 7-9s as some (like me) do have them laying around.  I ended up breaking down old 7s and 8s that I wasn’t using but that’s not necessarily accessible to everyone.

Now if you don’t have many relics to break down, you need to go out and get some more.  I prefer the skirmish route as you can barter for the relics using your marks.  You can barter for Tiers 1 through 5 costing between 23 and 1534 marks, or less for tier 5s if you use third marks.  Looking at the shards per skirmish mark you get the following:

  • Tier 1 – 23 marks per shard
  • Tier 2 – 43.5 marks per shard
  • Tier 3 – 20.1 marks per shard
  • Tier 4 – 8.5 marks per shard
  • Tier 5 – 19.4 marks per shard

If you’re going this route, Tier 4s are the best value you can shoot for.  It also is a better value to barter for Tier 4s and combine them for Tier 5s then to barter for Tier 5s as you’ll save 712 skirmish points that way.  All other tiers you’re better off bartering for the higher tier as you’ll save versus the combining return.

Previously I had posted that gathering tier 1s was the best bang for your buck which isn’t necessarily the case (until Update 3) as you only get 1 relic per combination.  Knowing this you’ll probably either want to wait for Update 3 or buy higher tier relics.  This becomes even more tricky when you consider how much is costs to combine relics:

  • Tier 1 – 2s
  • Tier 2 – 6s
  • Tier 3 – 22.5s
  • Tier 4 – 82.5s
  • Tier 5 – 240s

So while it is easier to get to the Tier 6s, it will cost you a hefty chunk of coins (720s per Tier 6) to do it.

The last option of course is that you can buy tier 1-4s via the store.  Personally I don’t like this option, but it is there for folks that want to take advantage of it.

In summary, if you’re looking to farm shards go out and get higher tier relics.  The best value seems to be Tier 4s but depending on how things work out after update 3 that may change.  But you might want to wait until Update 3 hits live before doing too many combinations.

 

Sally Forth in LOTRO – Episode 12

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9 months ago
by DocHoliday in ,
Sally Forth in LOTRO - Episode 12 [ 32:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (190)

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This weeks episode focuses on the Anniversary with a little bit of a trip down memory lane.

News:

Topic:

  • My week of Raiding Ost Dunhoth
  • Looking back on the past 4 years

 

New Items Coming with LOTRO Update 3

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9 months ago
by DocHoliday in ,

<Update> Some of these have changed, check out this post. <Update>

As always, keep in mind these are all subject to change but here are the new shinies coming, as published to Bullroarer.  I only captured the level 65 items, but there are a whole slew of new items available at all appropriate level ranges.  The skins are the armor are pretty generic and it is possible the barter amounts might shift but we shall see.

  • Halls of Night (1476 Skirmish Marks, 3 Campaign Marks, 1 Third Mark)
    • Melee Ring – +46 Vitality, +23 Might/Agi, , +218 Morale
      • With Melee Bracelet – +95 Melee Offence Rating
    • Ranged Ring – +46 Will, +23 Agi/Vit/Fate, +97 Power
      • With Ranged Bracelet – +95 Ranged Offence Rating
    • Tactical Ring – +46 Will, +23 Vit/Fate, +6% Tactical Crit Mult, +136 Tact. Crit Rating
      • With Tactical Bracelet – +95 Tactical Offence Rating
    • Healing Ring – +46 Will, +23 Vit/Fate, +194 Power
      • With Healing Bracelet – +95 Outgoing Healing Rating
    • Melee Bracelet – +46 Agi, +23 Might/Vit, +218 Morale
      • With Melee Ring – +95 Melee Offence Rating
    • Ranged Bracelet – +46 Agi, +23 Vit/Will/Fate, +50.6 ICPR
      • With Ranged Ring – +95 Ranged Offence Rating
    • Tactical Braclet – +23 Vit/Will/Fate, +97 Power, +100.8 ICPR
      • With Tactical Ring – +95 Tactical Offence Rating
    • Healing Bracelet – +23 Vit/Will/Fate, +50.4 ICPR, +97 Power, +109 Morale
      • With Healing Ring – +95 Outgoing Healing Rating
  • Inn of the Foresaken (2460 Skirmish Marks, 5 Campaign Marks, 1 Third Mark)
    • Gilded Inkwell – Pocket
      • +73 Fate, +23 Will, +8 Vitality, +194 Power
    • Forgotten Jewel – Pocket
      • +23 Agi/Vit, +8 Might, +218 Morale, +136 Melee/Ranged Crit
    • Sailor’s Charm – Pocket
      • +23 Might/Vit, +136 BPE Rating, +816 Melee Defence Rating
  • Odothuilan Campaign Marks (4428 Skirmish Marks, 2 Ventran’s Third Marks, 6 Campaign Marks)
    • Light Armor
      • Hat of Twisting Storms
        • 190 Armor, +51 Will, +21 Vit/Fate, +260 Tactical Crit Rating
      • Robe of Harsh Winters
        • 632 Armor, +51 Will, +21 Vit/Fate, +176 Power
    • Medium Armor
      • Helm of the Ice Stalker
        • 269 Armor, +43 Might/Vit/Agi, +22 Power
      • Jacket of the Wayward Hunter
        • 895 Armor, +51 Vit, +43 Might, +21 Agi, +88 Power
    • Heavy Armor
      • Helm of the Frigid Peaks
        • 347 Armor, +51 Vit, +43 Will, +197 Morale
      • Haubrek of the Rugged Clansman
        • 1158 Armor, +51 Might, +43 Vit, +21 Agi, +88 Power
    • Necklaces
      • Lin Giliath Archivist’s Chain
        • +43 Will, +21 Fate, +197 Morale, +176 Power
      • Trestlebridge Sentry’s Chain
        • +21 Might/Agi/Vit, +197 Morale, +260 Evade
      • Othrikar Warrior’s Chain
        • +51 Might, +21 Vit, +197 Morale, +208 Incoming Healing

Some really interesting looking pieces that’s for sure and quite comparable to some of the other drops as well.  I know my Minstrel will be going after some of these and quite possibly my Captain.  I’m not sold on the items for my Warden, but I will have to double check.

 

Episode 12 of the Sally Forth in LOTRO Podcast

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9 months ago
by DocHoliday in ,

thaurlach144x144TGN Episode 12 is almost on time :) and the full show notes are up over on TGN-Stratics.

 

News for all EU LOTRO Players

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9 months ago
by DocHoliday in

For those of you on the EU servers (and I know there are quite a few) it was announced today (thanks to Twitter for this one) that Turbine is taking over full operations of LOTRO as of June 1st, 2011.  According to FAQ you will need to perform a one time “migration” process.  It seems like a seamless transition with everything coming over automagically, but as we all know there are quite a few places for “Murphy” to pop out of the box and cause some problems.

One thing I did notice was that the Codemaster’s forums are not getting transitioned, so if there’s any good nuggets you might want to move them somewhere else as it sounds like they’re getting purged :(

Take a look at the FAQ and if you’re on the EU servers, speak up to make sure all your questions get addressed.

 
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