Since September 2014

Since September 2014 I have slowly rerolled all my toons - I am now playing on 2 servers instead of the 4 that I had for a long time. Why did I reroll even my level 89 Hunter named Faron? I even rerolled Taure who was right at level 70. Well in all honesty 4 severs with 11 toons on each was simply too much! 44 characters across 4 servers had me a bit overwhelmed.

What I did was to pick out my favorite characters out of the 44 and recreate them on 2 servers: Crickhollow and Riddermark. I now how 20 characters on two servers (10 toons per server). I have to admit that I like having just the 2 severs to play on - I can now concentrate on my favorite characters and it's less time consuming and confusing this way.



What else has happened since I last blogged in September?:

 I  became a VIP for a month and now I'm a Premium member. I prefer to be VIP any day of the week - and maybe one day I can up my status back up to a VIP. It's worth it!!  I've been bumping and grinding as a F2P member for far too long - and I did open up A LOT as a F2P member. I even opened up the Rohan Great River pack as a F2P - no kidding! That was back in June of 2012!  LOTS and LOTS of bumping and grinding with 44 characters as F2P member to do this.

Is LotRO F2P - YES! It will take you a long time to grind to open up all you need, plus other things like more vault space, horse-riding skill etc.. but you can do it as a F2P member.

Is LotRO more fun as a VIP? Yes in a way. As a VIP you get special privileges and things much easier because of it (not to mention the 500 TP each month!) So it is WORTH becoming a VIP! But as a F2P member I had "bragging rights" because I did things the hard way to make it. I guess I still have my bragging rights - but I feel better as a Premium member - and still prefer to be a VIP.

Taure Level 40 Champion in Evendim

Well Before The Rerolling of The Characters

Taure Level 27 Champion in The Lone-Lands

After the Rerolling of Characters

Yes Taure is still the same Champion even after the reroll - in fact he might be even better after rerolling  him since LotRO has updated the classes.

I LOVE My LotRO! <3

F2P Purchases

 LotRO IS Free-to-Play:

Below is an up-to-date overview of the F2P TP earned in-game and how it was spent.


Auction House:                            2@ 95 TP = 190 TP (Full Price)
                                                      1@ 195 TP = 195 TP (Full Price)

Character Slots:                          4@ 595 TP  = 2380 TP (Full Price)

                                                      2@ 476 TP =   952  TP (Sale Price)

 Clothes:                  

    Traveller's Hood                       1@ 195 TP =  195 TP (Full Price)

     Wood-wanderer's Cloak        1@ 195 TP = 195 TP (Full Price)

     Traveller's Hood                       1@ 146 TP = 146 TP (Sale Price)

     Carpenter's Robe                    1@ 222 TP = 222 TP (Sale Price)

     Visage of the Goat                  1@ 195 TP = 195 TP (Full Price)

     Ceremonial Ajokoira Armour 2@ 295 TP = 590 TP (Full Price)

     Ceremonial Ajokoira Shoes   1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)

     Robe of Leisure                       1@ 236 TP = 236 TP (Sale Price)
     Ferrier’s Robe                          2@ 295 TP = 590 TP (Full Price)
     Decorative Hauberk                 1@ 150 TP = 150 TP (Full Price)
     Cloak of the Algraig                  1@195 TP = 195 TP (Full Price)
     Helm of Rohan                           1@195 TP = 195 TP (Full Price)
     Adventurer's Hat                        1@ 150 TP = 150 TP (Full Price)
     Bearskin Winter Cloak             1@195 TP = 195 TP (Full Price)

Guild Access:
     Metalsmith Crafting                   1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
     Weaponsmith Crafting              1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
     Jeweller Crafting                        1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
     Cook Crafting                             1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
     Scholar Crafting                          1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
     Tailor Crafting                              1@ 236 TP = 236 TP (Sale Price)
      Woodworker Crafting                1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)

Misc:
    Task: Reset Daily Count               1@ 100 TP = 100 TP (Full Price)
    Task: Reset Daily Count               1@  50 TP =  50 TP (Sale Price)
     Sturdy Steel Key                           1@ 100 TP = 100 TP (Full Price)
     Dye: Black                                     1@ 100 TP = 100 TP (Full Price
     Quest: A Little Extra Never Hurts 1@  10 TP =  10 TP (Full Price)
     Currency Cap                                  1@ 495 + 495 TP (Full Price)
    

Monster Play:
     Blackarrow                                  1@ 795 TP = 795 TP (Full Price)
     Trait Slot: Legendary/Appearance 1@ 195 = 195 TP (Full Price)


Quest Pack:
     Lone-lands                                     1@ 350 TP = 350 TP (Full Price)
       *Before the LL became a F2P area

     Evendim                                          1@ 595 TP = 595 TP (Full Price)
     North Downs                                   1@ 149 TP = 149 TP (Sale Price)
     Angmar                                            1@ 795 TP = 795 TP (Full Price)
     Forochel                                           1@ 595 TP = 595 TP (Full Price)
     Eregion                                            1@ 556 TP = 556 TP (Sale Price)
     Enedwaith                                       1@ 174 TP = 174 TP (Sale Price)
    Lothlorien                                          1@ 695 TP = 695 TP (Full Price)
    Misty Mountains                                1@ 348 TP = 348 TP (Sale Price)
    Trollshaws                                         1@ 595 TP = 595 TP (Full Price)
    Great River                                        1@ 795 TP = 795 TP (Full Price)

Expansion:
  Mines of Moria                    1@ 1996 TP = 1996 TP (Sale Price)
  Mirkwood                             1@  796 TP = 796 TP (Sale Price)
  Isengard                               1@ 3250 TP =3250 TP (Full Price)


Recipes:
  Black Pudding Recipe                      1@120 TP = 120 TP (Full Price)


 Riding Skill:                                          43@ 95 P = 4085 TP (Full Price)
                                                                1@  49 TP =  49 TP (Sale Price)
                                                                2@ 48 TP =   96 TP (Sale Price)

Storage:
  Inventory: Bonus Bag                           1@ 495 TP = 495 TP (Full Price)
  Inventory: Bonus Bag                           1@ 396 TP = 396 TP (Sale Price)
  Premium Wallet Upgrade                    1@ 995 TP = 995 TP (Full Price)
  Shared Storage (20 Slots)                  1@ 796 TP = 796 TP (Sale Price)
  Shared Storage II (10 Slots)                1@ 595 TP = 595 TP (Full Price)
  Shared Wardrobe Space (10 Slots)   1@ 396 TP = 396 TP (Sale Price)
  Shared Wardrobe Space II (10 Slots) 1@ 495 TP = 495 TP (Full Price)


   Traits:
     Class        18@ 95 TP = 1710 TP (Full Price)
                       7@ 76 TP =    532 TP (Sale Price)
                       2@ 67 TP =    134 TP (Sale Price)

    Virtues     15@ 95 TP =    1425 TP (Full Price)
                      8@ 76 TP =       608 TP (Sale Price)
                      2@ 67 TP =    134 TP (Sale Price)

    Race       10@95 TP =       950 TP (Full Price)
                     3@76 TP =        228 TP (Sale Price)

   Legendary   3@195 TP =     585  TP (Full Price)


  

*I am currently saving up my TP for Riders of Rohan coming out in Autumn (September 5th 2012). I am hoping they have an online version of the Legendary Edition of the expansion for purchasing.

*Next I will open up Trait slots for all my characters.

Creep

Well I now have a new Creep to add to the PVMP side of LotRO. You will start with one free creep (Orc: Reaver)  and you may purchase more types of monsters for 795 TP and is account wide.

Meet my creeps: 

 Kish: Uruk: Blackarrow

Fargash: Orc: Reaver

Erat: Orc: Reaver

Monster Play, Guilds and Isengard

The next items I would like to obtain are listed below:

Isengard Expansion Pack: 3250 TP 

I have 3 Guilds left to access:

Jeweler's Guild Access: 295 TP 

Weaponsmith Guild Access: 295 TP

Metalsmith Guild Access: 295 TP

5 monsters to choose from:  Monster Player: 795 TP

Also would like to get a couple more clothing items from the LotRO Store.


Other Items: Trait Slots, Skirmishes, Stat Leveling, & More Shared Vault Storage.

Conclusion: I have more deeds to pound out! I may have to create a handful of "dummy" or temporary toons to pound out low level deeds. These "dummy" toons will be deleted once the starter area deeds are completed.

Character Slots

As a F2P LotRO player I have pounded out enough Turbine Points to open the final two Character Slots for every server. There is a total of 10 Character Slots per server that is avaliable - which means I am maxed out of slots to open. Each Character Slot one purchases will open a slot on every single server.

Each extra Character Slot is 595 TP at full price. I purchased the 9th slot @ 595 and the 10th slot I was able to catch on sale for 476 TP.

And I managed to stamp out enough TP for all my final toons the Riding Skill (95 TP each).

The final family members on each of my four servers are created.

Crickhollow
Minwyn: Female Human Minstrel
Laleiah: Female Elf Rune-Keeper

Riddermark
Farhaan: Male Elf Warden
Kalmed: Male Elf Minstrel

Imladris
Linlorien: Male Elf Rune-Keeper
Ottavia:  Female Human Warden

Arkenstone
Dontao: Male Hobbit Minstrel
Jalgrim: Male Dwarf Hunter

I will post final overview of each server full of characters later today.

The Trollshaws

I did it! I opened up the last quest pack today: The Trollshaws @ 595 TP (full price).  I did not deliberately deed grind to open it - instead I simply quested. Yes it is very easy to obtain TP (Turbine Points) as a F2P player.

My next goals are:

A) Get one more character slot: that way I can enter the cooking guild and try playing a Warden.

B) Open the rest of the guild access that I do not have opened.

C) To get  skirmishes opened besides the two that are F2P (The Siege of Gondamon and Trouble in Tuckborough)

D) Open traits on my characters as I am able.

E) Access to the Auction House for each character.


 The hard part is deciding what to open next.  =)


As a side note: I also opened Faron's last Legendary Trait Slot @ 195 TP (Full Price)

LotRO F2P Purchases

 Below is an up-to-date  list of  my current LotRO F2P purchases:

Traits:                           23@ 95 TP = 2185 TP (Full Price)
Traits:                            6@ 76 TP =    456 TP (Sale Price)
Traits:                            4@ 67 TP =    268 TP (Sale Price)

Legendary Trait:             1@ 195 TP =  195 TP (Full Price)

Currency Cap:                1@ 495 TP =  495 TP (Full Price)

Bag Space:                     1@ 495 TP =   495 TP (Full Price)
                                         1@ 396 TP =   396 TP (Sale Price)

Task Reset:                     1@  50 TP =     50 TP (Full Price)

Guild Access:
   Woodworker:              1@ 295 TP =   295 TP (Full Price)
    Metalsmith:                 1@ 295 TP =   295 TP (Full Price)
    Weaponsmith:            1@ 295 TP =   295 TP (Full Price)
    Jeweller:                      1@ 295 TP =   295 TP (Full Price)
    Cook:                           1@ 295 TP =   295 TP (Full Price)
    Scholar:                       1@ 295 TP =   295 TP (Full Price)
    Tailor:                           1@ 236 TP =   236 TP (Sale Price)

Character Slots:              2@ 595 TP = 1190 TP (Full Price)

Auction House 5 slots:    1@   95 TP =     95 TP (Full Price)

Clothing:
Bearskin Cloak:             1@  195 TP =  195 TP (Full Price)
Adventure's Hat:            1@  150 TP =  150 TP (Full Price)
Helm of Rohan:              1@  195 TP =  195 TP (Full Price)
Cloak of Algraig:            1@  195 TP =  195 TP (Full Price)
Traveller's Hood:             2@  195 TP =  195 TP (Full Price)
Wood-wonder's Cloak   1@  195 TP =  390 TP (Full Price)
Carpenter's Robe           1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
Visage of the Goat         1@  195 TP =  390 TP (Full Price)
Ajokoira Armor               2@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
Ajokoira Shoes               1@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
Robe of Leisure               1@ 236 TP = 236 TP (Sale Price)
Ferrier's Robe                  2@ 295 TP = 295 TP (Full Price)
Decorative Hauberk        1@ 150 TP = 150 TP (Full Price)




Lone-Lands       350 TP (Full Price - Before the LL became a F2P area)
Evendim             595 TP (Full Price)
North Downs     195 TP (Sale Price)
Angmar              795 TP (Full Price)
Forochel             595 TP (Full Price)
Eregion               556 TP (Sale Price)
MoM              1,996 TP (Sale Price - Included Warden & RK class, 2 character slots and skirmish traits)
Mirkwood          796 TP (Sale Price)
Enedwaith          174 TP (Sale Price)
Lothlorien           695 TP (Full Price)
Misty Mountain  348 TP (Sale Price)

Last Quest Pack

I have one last Quest Pack to open: Trollshaws!

I remember a few months back when the announcement came that Lord of the Rings Online was going Free-to-Play I was thrilled but wondered how I was going to ever save up enough TP (Turbine Points) to open up QP (Quest Packs). I asked on the LotRO Forums how F2P players would earn enough TP. Sapience told me at that time Deed Grinding. I remember thinking "Yes but most deeds will only give you 5 or 10 points. It will take forever for a F2P player to ever save enough TP to open Quest Pack" ---> I was WRONG and I now see exactly what Sapience meant and how right he is!  During that time I forgot just how fast the points add up and I'm down to one last QP to obtain.


I keep all my LotRO Ordered Delivery Notifications as a receipt of purchase. I can also see how much TP was spent for each QP and if I got the item on sale or not.

My QPs and how much TP I ground out for each:

Lone-Lands       350 TP (Full Price - Before the LL became a F2P area)
Evendim             595 TP (Full Price)
North Downs     195 TP (Sale Price)
Angmar              795 TP (Full Price)
Forochel             595 TP (Full Price)
Eregion               556 TP (Sale Price)
MoM              1,996 TP (Sale Price - Included Warden & RK class, 2 character slots and skirmish traits)
Mirkwood          796 TP (Sale Price)
Enedwaith          174 TP (Sale Price)
Lothlorien           695 TP (Full Price)
Misty Mountain  348 TP (Sale Price)


I'm a F2P player and I'm proof that you can play LotRO for Free! TP does add up fast!  And I'm looking forward to getting my the last QP opened: The Trollshaws!