Orchida posted this on August 25th, 2010.
Categorized as General, Guide, Guides, New Player Advice, Tips, advice, how-to, photo, screenshot.
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Lord of the Rings Online is a very rich, detailed world. The developers put a lot of effort into capturing the essence of real life in the game, so naturally you want to take screenshots and share the beauty with others! Here is the first in a series of posts with some beginner tips and tricks to help you get the screenshot you want.
Taking the Screenshot
Right off the bat before we go into anything else the first thing you need to know is how to take a screenshot. That’s easy!
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Elborigorn posted this on July 26th, 2010.
Categorized as Dungeon Guides, Guide, Guides, dungeon, how-to, raids.
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A set of fair and well-enforced rules help build a structure for your raid that helps keep people on the same page and will do well in earning you the respect you need to do your job effectively.
This is the second part in the series on leading a raid. See Part 1 on Communication if you missed it.
Guidelines for Fair Rules
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Elborigorn posted this on July 19th, 2010.
Categorized as Dungeon Guides, Guide, Guides, dungeon, how-to, raids.
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The biggest key in raid success and especially in succeeding as a raid leader is communication. Everything from basic rules and strategy to who needs to go AFK and when needs to be communicated. If nobody knows anything because nothing has been communicated then the raid will inevitably fail and the leader will have failed as a leader.
In the topic of communication we’ll be covering the following subtopics: Quality Voice Software, “Keeping the Air Clean”, “Setting the Table” and Troubleshooting.
Quality Voice Software
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Merric posted this on June 1st, 2010.
Categorized as Guides, Outside LOTRO, how-to, podcast.
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First off, let me say that I am not an expert in podcasting or in sound recording (both of which use the same equipment). I have done quite a bit of research on how “professional” podcasters record and what equipment they use so I feel that I do have some idea of what it takes to create a quality recording. That being said, I feel that podcasting is simply able to be done with a microphone and a computer. You most likely will not have the best quality sound, but it is possible. If you do want a podcast with high quality sound be prepared to learn more about how audio equipment work and to invest some money.
Lately we’ve had a lot of requests about what tools we use to record and edit the show. So, after writing several emails to individuals I thought it would be good to go ahead and make a formal post about what equipment the two of us at CSTM use to record the show, my thoughts on our equipment, and our future plans on expanding that equipment.
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Goldenstar posted this on May 7th, 2010.
Categorized as Barad Guldur, Dar Narbugud, Dungeon Guides, Guide, Guides, Vile Maw, Watcher, calculator, how-to, raids.
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Our raiding readiness calculator will help you determine if you have acquired enough radiance items to join in raid dungeons that have gloom auras. The ready to raid determination is based off guidelines we found in various dungeon guides. In all instances, you will still need to bring with you hope tokens and may require additional hope from destiny points to prevent yourself from cowering too much.
See our Radiance Guide for more information on these calculations. We also have information on Hope and when you start to cower.
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Goldenstar posted this on April 29th, 2010.
Categorized as Guide, Guides, New Player Advice, how-to, loremaster.
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Every time I see a Lore-master and his pet I turn a little green with envy at their fortune to be able to call cuddly animals to their side. I have a Lore-master back on Gladden that has been sorely neglected since I moved to Landroval and I must admit the draw to roll a new one just to play with the pets is very tempting thought to me.
Sure there a lot more neat things Lore-masters are able to do other than just summon a pet but their summoning of a pet is very unique. I also feel it fits my personal play-style a bit better than the Captain and his pet as I do not enjoy melee combat. I’m not trying to belittle Lore-master’s other talents in any way but this post is purely devoted to their furry companions and how to “catch them all”!
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Goldenstar posted this on March 24th, 2010.
Categorized as Events, Festival Guides, Guide, Guides, costume, event, festival, how-to, in-game, mounts, quest, spring, walkthrough.
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Spring has arrived and 2010 has some new events in store for the Spring Festival. This guide is here to help you discover all the fun to be had and help you earn those seasonal goodies!
The main bartering item for this event are called Spring Leaf. The quests to earn these tokens are repeatable so you can in fact earn enough tokens to get all the goodies the festival offers (granted you have enough time).
There is a deed called “Spring is Dandy” for most of these quests and completing them all will grant you the title of “Spring Dandy”.
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Merric posted this on February 6th, 2010.
Categorized as Guide, Guides, Rewards, Skirmish Guides, Skirmishes, how-to, new player.
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In this section, we take a look at the new Cosmetic Items for sale through the Cosmetic vendors that are located in the Bullroarer Skirmish camps. In order to find them, set the “Filter by Profile” drop-down menu to read “Rift Cosmetic Clothing”. These new items include a cloak, a top hat, a fisherman’s backpack and the Rift helms! All of these items are wearable by all classes (even the Rift Helms) but are not purchasable with the existing Campaign Marks. It looks like with the new skirmish “Rift Rescue” we will also be obtaining a new Campaign, and along with it a new Campaign Mark, the Lefnuilan Campaign Mark. This campaign currently only contains “Rift Rescue”, but I would assume that there will be future Skirmishes that will fall into this campaign released as Volume 3’s books are released.
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Veneration posted this on January 29th, 2010.
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In part II of the “The Records of Battle”, we will go over recording game play using XFire! You can go back and read Part I about Fraps if you missed it.
XFire is a program used by millions of gamers worldwide and is considered by many to be the most used gamers aid available. With Features like Live Chat overlay, Game stat tracking, Gamer Profiling, Screenshot and Live Video Streaming as well as strong community and events interest. XFire is a favorite of many gamers both MMO and FPS oriented. XFire will also allow you to see what games your friends are playing and enter the server or game (if it’s installed on your computer) with a click of a button. On top of all of that its got the best feature of all…. Its 100% free! Click here to download XFire now! XFire also comes with skins and themes to help set the mood or fit your current desktop look.
Once you’ve installed XFire and set it up the way you’d like, you’ll need to look at a few settings to make sure everything is set up correctly for video recording or streaming.
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Veneration posted this on January 28th, 2010.
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Xfire is hosting their first ever Video Capture Awards, and we are going to show you how you can make your own video. Ever wonder how people record game play or even stream it live online? Well wonder no more! In this three part article we will go over recording game play to a hard drive as well as streaming it live!
Before we get started lets get a little more familiar with the terminology used in these programs.
- FPS – Contains the frame rate value for each second of the benchmark
- frametimes – Contains the time (in milliseconds) of every frame that was rendered in the benchmark
- minmaxavg – Contains the total frame count, benchmark duration, minimum, maximum, and average frame rate values.
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