In this epside Chris, Josh and I discuss the new expansion announcement, the near apology for stat armour in the store, fashion tips for the fanshionless and more!
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Bill posted this on January 26th, 2012.
Categorized as cosmetics, expansion announcement, General, lotro reporter, more stat gear in the store, podcasts, Riders of Rohan, subscription select.
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Robe changed appearance
Cosmetic Lotro posted this on January 19th, 2012.
Categorized as cosmetics, Jacket of Resolve, Latest news.
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Today a post from Moranae on the Lotro Forums alerted me to an undocumented cosmetic change on the new purple Minstrel robe, Jacket of Resolve, Isengard instance reward. So I checked my minstrel and indeed, the robe has changed in … Continue reading 
“New” armour in the Lotro Store
Cosmetic Lotro posted this on January 13th, 2012.
Categorized as COSMETIC NEWS, cosmetics, LotRO store.
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The Lotro Store just announced some new armour will be added to the store. I was excited and went over to check it out, but from what I can tell all these items are easily available in game, at least … Continue reading 
30% off Head Cosmetics ~ December 22
Cosmetic Lotro posted this on December 22nd, 2011.
Categorized as 7 - Other, cosmetics, LotRO store, Sale.
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There are two really nice store exclusive hats in the store that are worth getting. Other than that I don’t care much for all the masks, but that is very personal.
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Current Cosmetic Outfits: Part 4
thekhazadguard posted this on December 19th, 2011.
Categorized as cosmetics, Dwarf Adventures.
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Inspired by a couple of the new cosmetic pieces in Isengard, I have been outfitting a few of my characters with a different cosmetic appearance utilising some of these new pieces. One of the first was my Dwarf Hunter; Tyri, in an attempt to revitalise my interest in a class I have always found a bit dull. So armed with a wardrobe full of items and a head full of ideas I set to work.
The intention here was to create a heaving looking skirmisher. Whilst Dwarves were not all plate mail, then were still a doughty and hardy race, well armoured in battle. Sadly outfitting dwarves can be very tough, many players who do make cosmetic outfits are into otherworldly elves, or cute hobbits, and this means cosmetics are often geared towards those body forms, particularly the light and medium armours. There are many many issues of clipping or distorition of designs due to stretchin with armour on dwarves, clipping particularly on gloves, cloaks, and helmets that completely remove their beards, and in addition to this the light and medium armour are often very unflattering. It often takes some time bugging all the faults. However we are getting a bit of an eye for finding something appropriate that will work, and I think in this I have a very nice compromise.
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thekhazadguard posted this on December 13th, 2011.
Categorized as cosmetics, Dwarf Adventures, Games and Guard News and Events, Just for Fun.
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I have been particularly lucky in the lotteries lately and was very excited to see that I had won the new store exclusive mount on one of my main characters, Haki. And if I do say so myself, the Fleet Footed Goat is absolutely stunning. I know that I have said in the past that I objected to the 2k Turbine Points for the store exclusive mounts, but with this one I could have been seriously tempted. I could still be persuaded to treat some of my other alts to it. It’s very eye-catching in its simplicity – all over bright, pure white, with elegant metal wings and spiral motif, accentuated with what appears to be turquoise gemstones. Just the ticket for the heir to the Khazad Guard, descended from the Broadbeam Dwarf Lords of old. Adam was extremely jealous when he saw it, especially as he entered me in the lotteries when I was having a late sleep on Sunday morning. First I knew of it was when I checked the lotteries at lunchtime and saw that Haki had won. I know for a fact that if Adam doesn’t win it in a lottery he will be purchasing this for Izbaruk. Like the other store exclusives it is one of the fastest and sturdiest mounts in-game, with 68% run speed and 250 morale, and like all store exclusives, this goat will only be available for a limited time. I’m not sure when this will be going live in the store, but my guess would be soon. My advice is to keep checking those lotteries, and in the meantime go grind some TP’s, because this would make a perfect christmas present for all your favourite alts!
I could stretch this out a bit more, but I’m sure you all want to see some screenshots, so here goes!
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Goldenstar posted this on December 13th, 2011.
Categorized as Barter, cosmetics, emotes, Events, mount, Rewards, treasure hunt.
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For those of you who missed last night’s Treasure-hunt, first I want to assure you that it was a sneak peak! This event was short intentionally and I’m assuming the time selected was probably set just for convenience of Turbine monitoring the sneak preview event.
I do not know what the duration of the full event intends to be but I’m guessing longer. Possibly a weekend event since they’ve been fond of doing these things recently.
Read the rest of this entry »A Whole Lotto Horses
thekhazadguard posted this on November 22nd, 2011.
Categorized as cosmetics, Just for Fun, Non Dwarf Characters, Thoughts and Musings.
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Got to say that I love the lotteries! As an EU player they still have the novelty value, and both myself and Adam check them regularly on all our accounts. So far we have been pretty lucky, but this last weekend Adam came away with a Worn Symbol, and I got a shiny new horse on two of my alts. The lucky ladies were Emsibelle, my little Hobbit Tank, who won the Steed of the Guardian in a Guardian only lottery, and Fearien, my Elf Loremaster, who won the Cremello Steed. I was pretty excited, and had to rush off and design new outfits to match.
When I first saw the Cremello Steed on A Casual Stroll to Mordor back in March, I wasn’t sure that I liked it. But when I saw it come up in the lottery, I entered it anyway. It is actually quite a difficult horse to outfit with I thought, as it has quite a busy pattern on it and the reds and blues on it can be difficult to replicate on some items. Cosmetic LoTRO have recently done their excellent version of a matching outfit for this horse, so I decided to do my own something simple and elegant suitable for a noble Elf lady.
Read the rest of this entry »Outfit: Prized Angmar’s Free Peoples Horse
Fyurae posted this on October 28th, 2011.
Categorized as cosmetics, mounts, outfits.
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This is definitely my favorite horse. It first caught my eye in a news post several months ago. At that time the mount was bugged, and using the same skin as another mount in game. While that mount was pretty awesome as well, the new artwork for it made me decide it was just the mount I wanted.
It wasn't too hard to work up the rep for it, once I levelled a character up high enough. It didn't help any that I quit playing for a while, and couldn't afford a subscription during some of the...
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Outfitting a Dwarf – Ganin
thekhazadguard posted this on October 25th, 2011.
Categorized as cosmetics, Just for Fun.
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Adam has done a series of posts looking at some of his cosmetic outfits, and I thought it time that I joined in. Having got our first characters to 75 a few weeks ago (we meandered to 75), and looking at every quest reward and crafted item for both its stats and cosmetic value, I had a lot of choice. The designers with this expansion have gone to town on cosmetics, and as a result I had a vault full of stuff that I liked the look of. Saying that, it can be very difficult to outfit a Dwarf – the proportions do not lend themselves well to many outfits which would look great on one of the other races. Dwarfs have thick, slightly bowed legs, large forearms, broad shoulders and a thick chest, and often depending on the build, a paunch too. All of this means that many armour and cosmetic items distort too much as they are stretched to fit the Dwarf physique.
I’ve always struggled to find an outfit on my legion of Dwarfs (other than the Khazad Guard Uniform) which I really like, but now utilising the new armour quest rewards and new Tier 7 crafted items, I’ve found one that I’m pretty happy with. Most of the new quest rewards in Rise of Isengard have a medieval feel to them, which suit the bulky Dwarfs, although beware of some of the helmets- while they look good they completely remove the facial hair of the wearer. Now who wants to play a beardless Dwarf?
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