DocHoliday posted this on February 2nd, 2012.
Categorized as beta, Bullroarer, F2P, Free to Play, legendary items, lord of the rings online, lotro, Patch Notes, relic, store, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/02/02/lotro-update-5-2-coming-to-bullroarer/
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After all the anticipation of the patch notes coming down JUST before a server hiccup at Turbine brought down the website, the actual patch notes for Bullroarer are quite tame.
I think the biggest thing in there (other then sound to the /toast emote) is the change to the Lockboxes:
Read the rest of this entry »Bill posted this on January 26th, 2012.
Categorized as armour set spreadsheet, damage types, General, lotro reporter, podcasts, stat armour, store, wardens, Yule Festival.
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DocHoliday posted this on January 25th, 2012.
Categorized as F2P, Free to Play, kinship, lord of the rings online, lotro, Servers, store.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/25/character-transfers-and-more-with-turbine-points/
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One thing I never understood once Turbine came out with the LOTRO store was why I couldn’t pay for the various “normal” micro-transactions through the store with my Turbine Points. Well I’m quite happy that Turbine has finally figured this one out and put many of their “Paid Services” available for purchase via Turbine Points. Full details are available in the FAQ, and for now you still have to submit a ticket and go through that process as opposed to just buying off the store. But that makes some sense as they do need a little information from you 
Here are the specifics:
DocHoliday posted this on January 24th, 2012.
Categorized as Equipment, F2P, Free to Play, gear, lord of the rings online, lotro, Raids and End-game, store.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/24/turbine-finally-talks-about-the-store-armor-issue/
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Sapience today put up quite a lengthy post on the armor store issue today, and while there’s quite a bit of PR-speak in there he does address a couple issues. I honestly don’t think this will change anyone’s perception of things, but at least this is a post from Turbine acknowledging the issue and admitting that they went a bit too far.
First off, he pretty much admits that they never intended to say “we’ll never sell armor in the store” like many are upset about. I imagine many will take issue with this statement, but as I talked about earlier (my podcast discussion) I firmly believe they were planning this all along. Not to mention that he also references DDO (just like the Massively interview) which further reinforces my belief that they just poorly communicated their intentions from the start.
Read the rest of this entry »Goldenstar posted this on January 24th, 2012.
Categorized as armor, Armour, LotRO News, Sapience, store.
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I’m very pleased to point out to everyone’s attention, this post today by Sapience giving an official stance of their reasoning for putting low level store armour in the game as well as some responses to the most common fears and comments about the store items and in fact about Turbine in general.
This is exactly what I think we all needed to hear. An explanation, reasoning and fear reducing verbiage about what this new store offering means for LOTRO.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on January 17th, 2012.
Categorized as F2P, Free to Play, gear, lord of the rings online, lotro, screenshots, store, turbine, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2012/01/17/lotro-store-armour-update/
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As a quick update to the Store Armour Issue, after today’s patch, I popped onto a few characters today and noticed the following:
Merric posted this on January 11th, 2012.
Categorized as LotRO store, Opinion, opinions, store.
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Item Name: +5,000 Enhanced Reputation Supply
Regular Price: 225 TP
Store Location: Buffs & Boosts → Advancement → Reputation
Store Description: Gain a bonus to all earned faction reputation until a total of 5,000 bonus reputation has been added. This bonus does not have a time limit, and only expires when the 5,000 bonus reputation points have been depleted.
DocHoliday posted this on November 11th, 2011.
Categorized as F2P, Free to Play, lord of the rings online, lotro, Servers, store.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/11/11/turbine-opens-up-lotro-character-transfers/
Thanks to Kurgan Nazzir for tipping me off to this (among others on Twitter) but Turbine has subtly made a change that many have been waiting for. In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone in the way they actually did it, Turbine instead of making a big announcement about it just updated forum thread concerning Paid Premium services to include the announcement.
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DocHoliday posted this on October 27th, 2011.
Categorized as Draigoch, End Game, Equipment, expansion, F2P, Free to Play, gear, group, Instance, isengard, lord of the rings online, lotro, Raid, Raids and End-game, Rise Of Isengard, store, Virtues.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/10/27/lotro-draigoch-guide-rant/
Normally I’m a pretty big fan of the things Turbine puts out and am generally not too bothered by the LOTRO store, however this last “guide” from Turbine really annoyed me. I’m sure you’ve all seen mention of it as it was blasted out to everyone as part of their normal email communications. It wasn’t until we started chatting about it on twitter that I really started to realize why it was bugging me so much and decided to rant about it a bit.
The guide starts off with some actual decent spoiler free tips, so I thought this would be good. But then it derails quickly into a bunch of store items that can help with your fight without any mention of the fact that many have craftable equivalents. I don’t have a problem with talking about the store, but when that becomes the focus of the article, it really rubs me the wrong way as it makes it seem like Turbine wants you to believe you need these items to succeed in the raid.
Read the rest of this entry »DocHoliday posted this on September 19th, 2011.
Categorized as Equipment, isengard, legendary items, lord of the rings online, lotro, Raids and End-game, Rise Of Isengard, Skirmishes, store, Update 5.
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Full link: http://docholidaymmo.com/2011/09/19/legendary-item-barter-clarification/
I just wanted to pass along a quick clarification posted by Graalx2 today as I know many are worried that this was a sign of things to come from the LOTRO Store. Scrolls of Greater Delving were accidentally missed in the reward scheme implemented with Isengard, and will be added to the skirmish barter system after the launch of Isengard. Graalx2 didn’t go into any more details, so hopefully this will make it in before Update 5. These scrolls area needed to upgrade your new higher level LIs (level 66+) for the additional 10 levels, and yes I will admit I had to double check which scroll this was as I always have this one and the Legacy improvement (Empowerment) scroll confused. I know many (including me) were a little worried that this might be a Store item, so I’m glad they clarified this was just an honest mistake.
