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Musings on the Rise of Isengard | A Casual Stroll to Mordor
So here are my thoughts on the ROI expansion, mostly as they relate to my play time on my minstrel. These are just some thoughts as they come to mind; …
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At level 12 as of today (these might change before RoI goes live):
Charity
+2070 resistance rating
+388.8 physical mitigation
+240.6 non-combat power regen
Compassion
+648 physical mitigation
+360.9 non-combat power regen
+162 tactical mitigation
Confidence
+2070 resistance rating
+18 will
+32.4 in-combat power regen
Determination
+36 agility
+67.5 in-combat morale regen
+86 maximum morale
Discipline
+36 might
+1034 resistance rating
+216 physical mitigation
Empathy
+540 armour value
+18 fate
+621 resistance rating
Fidelity
+486 tactical mitigation
+18 vitality
+37 maximum power
Fortitude
+647.1 non-combat morale regen
+18 might
+621 resistance rating
Honesty
+145 maximum power
+324 armour value
+9 fate
Honour
+2070 resistance rating
+292 tactical mitigation
+9 vitality
Idealism
+36 fate
+1034 resistance rating
+9 will
Innocence
+648 physical mitigation
+1034 resistance rating
+162 tactical mitigation
Justice
+90 in-combat morale regen
+170 maximum morale
+324.4 non-combat morale regen
Loyalty
+36 vitality
+73 maximum power
+180 armour value
Mercy
+480 non-combat power regen
+292 tactical mitigation
+9 agility
Patience
+64.8 in-combat power regen
+1034 resistance rating
+216 physical mitigation
Tolerance
+486 tactical mitigation
+18 agility
+45 in-combat morale regen
Valour
+338 maximum morale
+486.5 non-combat morale regen
+9 might
Wisdom
+36 will
+48.6 in-combat power regen
+621 resistance rating
Zeal
+338 maximum morale
+388.8 physical mitigation
+180 armour value
- Mitigations and resistances have been consolidated.
- Ranged and melee attacks fall under Physical Mitigation except when they have a damage type such as Shadow, Flame, Frost, Acid, or Light.
- All tactical attacks and all attacks with damage types such as Shadow, Flame, Frost, Acid, or Light fall under Tactical Mitigation.
- Some deeds that gave +2 to a given virtue now only give +1.
- Some deed give +1 to two different virtues.
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.
Geek Girls’ Commandments
- Thou shall not covet thy neighbor’s 20-sided die.
- Thou shall not coyly mention your female status in forum posts, lest thee be courted for photographs of your bazooms.
- Thou shall not begrudge non-geek women for entering the geekdom; for by increasing our numbers shall our collective strength grow.
- Thou shall represent all of girl geekdom when attending conventions, shopping at comic book stores, and cosplaying.
- Thou shall not exclude thy non-geek friends from thy social life, for when thou shall seek to convert, to whom shall you preach?
- Thou shall defend any geek that requires assistance, even if she is of the Trek persuasion and you have pledged your allegiance to the Wars.
- Thou shall listen to the word of nerd as geeks from other faiths share their messages.
- Thou shall not feel shame for not looking exactly like a character while cosplaying, for screen-accurate uniforms rarely obey the laws of physics.
- Thou shall respond with thanks to all who accuse you of doing something “like a girl.”
- Thou shall not fake knowledge in geeky area, for thou shall be found out and rightfully smote.
In the name of the Scully, the Connor, and the holy Ripley, Amen.
Geek Girl Bill of Rights
- I have the right to be taken seriously for my interests and not be accused of getting into video gaming, comic books, science, or other traditionally male-dominated geek interests to impress a guy.
- I have the right to enjoy non-geeky things without losing geek cred.
- I have the right to send angry emails to retailers that only offer geeky shirts in men’s styles and sizes.
- I have the right to bare arms, abs, and legs. I can dress as any superhero I want to without being touched, harassed, or being accused of inviting sexual advances. I also understand that dressing provocatively will draw attention, and I will deal with unwanted but harmless attention with class and dignity.
- I have the right to enjoy all geek movies, whether they have strong and interesting female characters or they don’t even pass the Bechdel Test.
- I have the right to sneak geek books into formal occasions in case things get dull.
- I have the right to use my feminine wiles to my advantage without being a tease or a jerk.
- I have the right to stand up for myself when my geekiness is mocked. I also have the right to walk away from the situation if I don’t think the bully is worth my time.
- I have the right to cut and dye my hair to match whatever character I am cosplaying, and I have the right to totally botch the job once or twice before I get it right.
- I have the right to engage in heated debates about geek topics without personal attacks or holding grudges.
- .I have the right to select male video game characters whenever I wish. My gender shouldn’t automatically limit my choices. (Jill Tooley)
Originally from the site, Force of Geek. Written by Jana Quinn. Additions by others noted where added.
Turbine has announced that the Rise of Isenguard expansion will be released on September 27, 2011. Pre-orders will be handled directly thru Turbine at this link. This is a digital exansion only and there will be no boxed copies available. Special in-game items will be given to those who pre-order. You can views pictures of the pre-order cosmetic items here.
- The expansion does not come with the VIP subscription, so even VIP and Lifetime members must purchase it. Pre-order period lasts until Septmember 26, 2011. It will not be put into the LOTRO Store for purchase with points until sometime AFTER September 27.
- If it’s prompting you to create a new account when you’re purchasing the expansion (and not applying your product key), that’s the creation of a Digital River store account, and is unrelated to your Turbine account.
- Pre-order codes are sent to you via email and you must login to you account on the Turbine account page and add the code to your account there. Make sure you are logged in to your account BEFORE you add the code or it will create a new account instead of adding it to your existing account.
- Log into https://myaccount.turbine.com/
- Enter your key in the box. (I suggest you use Copy and Paste from the email.)
- Select “YES” to upgrade.
- If you are on a reoccurring VIP subscription, simply select that plan again, agree to the TOS and submit.
- If you are Premium or Free and don’t want to upgrade to VIP:
- Select “Game Card or Other Payment Option”
- On the next page, check off “I don’t have one now, I’ll give you one later.”
- Agree to the TOS and submit!
- If you accidently put your key onto the wrong account or mistakenly make a new account, submit a ticket to Account Management.
- You get the bonus items for all existing characters and all future characters as soon as you add the key to your account.
- The cosmetics come in boxes (one for each color set) but opening will release the 5 items into your inventory. The cloaks were separate items from the boxes. The cosmetic items cannot be dyed.
- The first horse is auto-granted as a skill. The other 2 will be in your inventory and you have to click/right-click on to convert it into a skill.
- The bonus XP is granted via a pocket item, so you don’t have to use it if you don’t wish to. This bonus seems to stack with rest XP. It only works for characters under level 65.
- Steed of the Gap: 200 morale, +62% speed
Expansion Highlights
- New areas: Dunland, Gap of Rohan, and Nan Curunir
- New 24-man raid
- Class changes
- Area “phasing”
- Mobile questgivers
- Level cap raised to 75
- Virtues cap raised to 12
- Instances will scale up to level 75
- Tier 7 crafting
- F2P PvMP access
- Creep LOTRO Store access
- 400+ new quests
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