Archive for August, 2011

Posted By Kalex

Doing the Deed

09 Aug 2011 @ 5:33 AM Comments (0)

Finishing a deed in LOTRO grants Virtues, Turbine Points, Titles, Reputation, Emotes, or Items depending on the deed.  Not everyone enjoys grinding deeds, but everyone appreciates the rewards. If you don’t like doing deeds, then don’t do them. If you get bored doing deeds, then take a break and do something else. Some of the title and emote deeds are hidden deeds that only show up in your deed log AFTER you complete them (kinda bullshit if you ask me, but that’s the way it is).

If you are looking to upgrade your Virtues:

  • Find out which Virtues are preferred for your class.  Ask other players in game, get opinions of people you respect, or research on the forums if you need help deciding on which Virtues you want.
  • Go to Burgzerg.com and find out which deeds give out the Virtues you are seeking and which zones they are located in. Some zones will have more than one deed giving out the same Virtue and some deeds give out more than +1 to a given Virtue.

Before heading out to do a deed session:

  • Empty your bags of everything you can. You’ll want a lot of room, so you don’t have to return to town as often to sell things.
  • Get out-of-combat regen food for power and morale to make grinding go faster. There are inexpensive  regen foods available from Reputation Vendors if you have Acquaintance rep. They have a longer duration than normal food (20 min). For example, Traveller’s Turnovers from the Wardens of Annuminas, or the Traveller’s Scone from the Iron Garrison Guards.
  • Team up with someone doing the same deed if you can. This can make deed-grinding go a lot faster.
  • Consider buying a deed accelerator. I personally only use these on the Elite mob slayer deeds.

Deeding Etiquette

  • Don’t steal somone else’s mobs.
  • Don’t tag a bunch of mobs and then try to scrape them off on someone in another part of the area who happens to be using AOE attacks.
  • Avoid killing Named mobs (except ones that state Rare in their tooltip – those are shard droppers) because it is probably required for a quest.
  • Don’t send blind invites. If there is someone else hunting in the area, /tell them to see if they would like to join you for your grind.
  • If you are grouped with others doing the same deed, stay until everyone in the group is finished with the deed.

 

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