Vol.3 Book 1: Jewelry Upgrades to Get Now and Later

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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Captain Awesome! Or is that Awesome Captains?

posted this on February 9th, 2010.
Categorized as book 1, captain skills, captains, lord of the rings online, lotro, oath of the rangers, shield-brother, volume 3.

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Volume 3, Book 1 brings us captains some joy for a change. I was pleased, then dejected, and am now pleased again – pleased enough to blog about the changes as a lifelong lover of Captains (especially my own!).

So, what changes are we getting?

Captain skills requiring an OnDefeat event will now generate an OnDefeat event themselves if they kill a monster.

This is something Turbine have been working to give us for a while, I believe it’s how the mechanic was always meant to work. It seems all our waiting may have finally paid off and we can now chain an on-defeat event by killing something with another one. Won’t happen all that often, but I’m not looking this one in the mouth. A hearty hurrah!

Captain heralds will no longer gain 100% absorption from Shield of the Dúnedain.

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Volume 3, Book 1

posted this on February 5th, 2010.
Categorized as book 1, captain changes, crafting, legendary items, level 64 skills, lotro, Mirkwood, Patch Notes, shield-brother, Skirmishes, volume 3.

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So, new content is almost upon us and Bullroarer is open for those in the US to go play with it and discover bugs, spelling mistakes, and what they think of the changes.

There’s not TOO much different, but there’s definitely changes of interest. The preliminary release notes can be read here – they’re not that long, so I suggest you go read through them all.

Headline stuff seems to be level 64 skills, 2-man skirmishes, new crafting recipes for certain crafts, and you can add notes to friend/ignore lists (so a year on you may remember why you ignored someone – something we were discussing only the other night). Oh +fate/+will food in the crafting stuff. Will have to hunt down my cooking friends!!

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