Adarel posted this on March 22nd, 2010.
Categorized as emote, LM, Lore-Master, loremaster, lotro, pet, pet class.
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I love my pets. Everytime I play an alt these days, it is inevitably a pet-less class (since I have no captain) and I feel like I’m missing something as if I were leaving the house without my cell.
It doesn’t seem to be specific to a certain pet either. I typically use my Lynx when in MoNF, my Bog-Lurker when in KoM, my Sabertooth when in a skirmish, and the others when the situation requires. Just that presence of another (pretend) being next to me is what I miss.
Pets don’t make me feel like I’m not playing solo though. They are no substitute for a human being (at least not in Middle Earth). Still, when I come back to my LM after an alt excursion, I pull out my pet and just want to give him/her a good cuddle. Imagine if he/she could then /purr back at me! Or /cuddle or /snuggle! Maybe I’m getting a little too excited about this, but it would be nice if my pet could return the affection I give him/her so freely.
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Adarel posted this on March 11th, 2010.
Categorized as combat, CStats, General, LM, Lore-Master, loremaster, lotro, miss chance, physical resist, resistance, tactical resist, testing, theorycrafting, vol3 book1.
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In the latest book update, Turbine made some changes to the levels of resistance that mobs have. They seem to think that a 10% miss chance is perfectly acceptable before resistance reduction stats and legacies are taken into account. I don’t necessarily disagree if we are able to make up the difference with gear and maybe virtues or traits. However, I’m not sure that is quite possible.
The LM community on the official NA forums are rather perturbed by the fact that Turbine really gave us no warning about this and seemed to be unaware of the “resistance bug” for ~2 months (the bug being that resistances were much lower than they had intended). I would think some very simple combat parsing would have shown this problem immediately. I truly wish the LOTRO community had more tools at their disposal for judging DPS, misses, resistances, and various other variables. If so, it would have been obvious at least to us even if the developers were out picking wildflowers.
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Adarel posted this on February 27th, 2010.
Categorized as book 1, caster, gear, General, glowing aureate, jewelry, LM, Lore-Master, lotro, oath of the rangers, sublime dawn-rose, upgrade, vol 3, volume 3 book 1, volume III.
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Since I’m sure we are all eagerly waiting for Volume III, Book 1 to hit on Monday, I thought I’d give you a heads-up on what jewelry to get once servers are up. Aside from new patterns and whatnot, there are also changes going into effect for the level 60 teal jewelry pieces (Sublime Rose and Glowing Aureate). There are now multiple versions of these items, tailored to specific roles. For the full listing of them, see this post on the official forums.
For Lore-masters particularly, there are some great changes. Let’s break it down by jewelry slot. I have only included here those which are itemized for casters.
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Adarel posted this on February 18th, 2010.
Categorized as flanked, General, LM, lord of the rings online, Lore-Master, loremaster, lotro, LRM, master of the staff, pet, pet class, raven, trait.
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Many folk who first start a Lore-Master have never played a pet class, particularly one which specializes in fellowship support. (Is there any other class in a game that does this?) This week, I’d like to talk about the first pet you receive as a Lore-Master and how you can use her best.
You first receive a pet at Level 4 with the spell “Raven-Lore”. Her name is simply “Raven”. If you are like me and prefer to name your pets unique names which you come to know them by, read below the cut for instructions on how to name change and a detailed discussion of the Raven’s abilities and strategies to best use them.
1) Summon your pet by casting Raven-Lore.
2) Right-click on your pet’s vitals (they are located right under your own).
3) Choose “Rename Raven” and enter the name you’d like her to have.
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Adarel posted this on February 4th, 2010.
Categorized as air lore, LM, Lore-Master, loremaster, lotro, LRM, spell.
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Edit: After trying out Bullroarer, I have discovered that the new Air-Lore is a toggle ability able to be used on one person at a time and consumes 4 power/second. The 1% chance to negate 24 damage has been changed to a 100% chance on Common Damage. I’m not sure how much Common Damage tanks are taking these days, but it looks to be useful for them when in raids and for our pets when solo’ing. Much better upgrade than I had originally anticipated in the post below.
Sapience released the preliminary patch notes to Volume III, Book 1 today. Within them are a few mentions of LM changes.
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Adarel posted this on January 29th, 2010.
Categorized as critical rating, General, legacy, LI, LM, Lore-Master, loremaster, lotro, Mirkwood, SOM, spell, storm lore.
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I have lately been getting my hopes up SUPER high that our next ability is going to be some new lightning damage spell. “Intriguing,” you say. “Please, tell me more.”
Well, first off, let me warn you by saying this is pure bloody speculation. If you quote me and yell at me when it doesn’t come true, you are dumb and fail at reading.
So then – our Lightning Storm is amazing. I adore that spell. I know it has a 5-minute cooldown (legacy to reduce that please!), but it is still amazing. I use it in skirmishes pretty much everytime its available and my kin is getting used to my laughs of glee as I flatten groups of mobs with my lightning of awesome. Just call me Storm, ok?
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Adarel posted this on January 28th, 2010.
Categorized as Barad Guldur, BG, crafting, General, legendary item, LI, lotro, sammath gul, SG, symbol of celebrimbor.
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Dear Symbol of Celebrimbor,
I think we need to have a talk and I just do better in writing than in person.
You’ve been really distant lately and maybe it’s because I’ve been a little more clingy than I should be. It’s just so hard to find quality time together. You’re sooo popular and it seems everyone but me is getting a piece of you. How do think it makes me feel? Do you even think of that?
I think I’m going to let you be. It’s one of those, if it’s meant to be, it’ll be. But I’m not forcing it. I’m not pursuing. You want me? Come get me.
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Adarel posted this on January 22nd, 2010.
Categorized as beacon of hope, General, legacy, Legendary, LI, LM, lord of the rings online, Lore-Master, loremaster, lotro, LRM, physical resist, pool A, tactical healing rating, tactical resist.
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Well I’ve been 65 for a good while now, but have still not managed to find a decent legendary book. Why is it so hard? Am I asking too much?
I used to want the super-uber LM book of awesomeness which would have these legacies.
- Target Tactical Damage Skills Resist Rating
- Target Physical Resist Rating
- Target Fire Damage Skills Resist Rating
- Non-damaging Sign of Power Durations
- Beacon of Hope Healing
- Fire Skills Critical Rating
This turned out to be nearly impossible. It’s not actually impossible, but going for five Pool A legacies is probably not going to net the best results. (See here for the LM legacy pool breakdown.)
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Adarel posted this on January 15th, 2010.
Categorized as General, LM, lord of the rings online, lord of the rings online reporter, Lore-Master, loremaster, lotro, lotro reporter, Raid, raids, Spec, Traits.
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As I’ve been adventuring in Mirkwood, I’ve been experimenting with variations of Lore-Master specs to find those which are most useful for whichever activity I’m currently engaged in. I thought I would share with you my preferences and ask for your own if they are different.
First, what are the three main specs? MoNF, KoA, and AM, all three corresponding to our three different trait trees. These are not set in stone. Although these are good for most situations, adjust them as needed. I am assuming you want the capstone legendary trait so have given 5 per tree. Make a hybrid build if you so prefer! These are only suggestions.
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Adarel posted this on January 8th, 2010.
Categorized as General, Immersion, lord of the rings online, lord of the rings online reporter, lotro, lotro reporter, morale.
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I recently was doing some research on metaphor in games for a class of mine. I decided to write a paper on the metaphor of morale in LotrO. This brought to light a lot of thoughts on health as a metaphor as well and I’d like to share with you the findings that came out of the research discussion.
I came at this question from the perspective of someone who had always found the morale mechanic in LotrO to be very shallow. It broke my immersion rather than deepened it, so I wondered why.
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