Quick Update

I'm still "grinding" to get all my new characters their horse riding skill (trait) opened up - not too many left to go!! I will post the pictures and information on the changes I've made soon very soon (next couple of days I hope).

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)

Snow, Character Slot and MoM

First off, the internet keeps going in and out around here. Netgear internet service keeps going down and back up again - so for the last 5 days we've hardly had internet in this area of Missouri. So says the snow causing it but how do people in Russia, Canada and even Greenland keep up their internet then with all the snow in their area? LOL. Okay lets blame the weather then; we might have 3 inches of that white stuff on the ground without ice. At any rate, the Netgear service can't handle it here - thus leaves us with barely any service so venturing in Middle Earth ain't happening to much and most likely won't until spring time. I can barely post or look up  anything online as it is.

Anyway, during what time I was able to get online for the last 5 days: I broke down and ground out 595 TP (took 2 1/2 - 3 days to get it with internet going in and out) in order to open up a third character slot on the servers. Easy way to grind this out is in the Shire I found out! A total of 35 TP for completing 75 (easy) quests in the Shire plus the Pie, Post-Master and Brew-master quests give 15 or 20 TP for the 3 of them. Not including the slayer-deeds, Sights of the Shire and the Farms of the Shire deeds.  I believe it was 120? TP in the Shire per toon and can be ground out within about 4-ish hours (with a higher level toon). At any rate - not too long to pound out the 595 TP in-spite of the horrible wintertime Netgear service.

With that 3rd toon slot:  Faron and Abelia's son Ahron has decided to join them on the Crickhollow server. He's a level 13 Hunter and aspiring Yeoman. I still have to grind out 95 TP now for his horse trait skill.

Next will be to grind out TP for MoM. 1495 TP for just the area (without all the the extra goodies).  The other choice is to 2495 for MoM area plus opens up the Rune-Keeper, Warden, Skirmish Traits maxed out (Rank 15) and 2 extra character slots on each server.  So I'm trying to decide which to do - take just the MoM quest pack for 1000 TP less OR do I keep on grinding out deeds for that full deal. I would love to have the extra 2 toon slots per server plus that Rune-Keeper which is 795 alone! Would be cheaper in the long run to keep pounding out deeds but oh boy that is a lot of TP to stamp out and longer to wait to get to Moria!  I have a feeling I'm going to grind out the full 2495 but we'll see.

Faron is actually my only toon ready to go to Moria -- so I could simply grind, grind and bump and grind some more to ready my other toons for MoM as well. They all need the Traits anyway.

And speaking of Faron - I just started him in the Woodworker's Guild. For some reason I kept thinking I had to make a choice between the Guild and my Kinship - but someone recently said "NO - they are different"..... so to make a long story short Faron is way behind in the Guild - so I can continue to have him make emblems for the guild until he makes kindred standing with them for to gain his legendary recipes for his legendary weapons as well as fish and finish his unfinished deeds. In a way, Faron is NOT ready for MoM anyway. So I might as well grind out the full 2995 TP for the full package deal  for MoM.

Anyway if Netgear will ever get it in gear and keep the net on around here we might have internet service so me and my BF can do something again online. LOL. In the meantime I guess I'll stare at the ceiling some more - nothing else to do. I've read all my books at least 3 times each, seen all my movies several times each and never anything on TV.  Yep 7:42 in the morning and ZERO to do but to post a little on the net in between it going out and stare at the walls.

To the other players online now - have fun and kill at least one Warg for me will ya. :) And stay way from Netgear if ya want internet service in the winter. LMAO!

The Latest

Well I finally opened up Forochel for my toons. Faron has been enjoying it quite much. I only find one disappointment with Forochel: No cool winter clothing to buy or to gain from quests. I have not finished my questing there and I have only gained jewelry from the quests thus far. I was hoping that this would be the place to gain winter clothing - if only for cosmetic purposes. I am loving my quests in the area in-spite of the clothing disappointment.

The only other thing was to buy more trait slots and horse riding skills for all my new toons. Trying to decide what major purchase comes next: extra character slot or save up for MoM. I do need to start saving up my TP for MoM but I think an extra slot would help me to create toons to help grind TP for that purchase.

The Toon List Updated:

Crickhollow
Faron - Hunter
Woodsman
(Forester-Woodworker-Farmer)

*Main Toon

Abelia - Burglar
Armsman
(Prospector-Woodworker-Weaponsmith)

*Alt Toon

Imladris
Augustinn - Captain
Armsman (Prospector-Woodworker-Weaponsmith)

*Main Toon

Marinus - Captain
Explorer (Tailor-Forester-Prospector)

*Main Toon

Riddermark
Taure - Champion
Armsman (Prospector-Woodworker-Weaponsmith)

*Main Toon

Phayel - Champion
Explorer (Tailor-Forester-Prospector)

*Alt Toon

Darrowdelf
Saeron - Champion
Armsman (Prospector-Woodworker-Weaponsmith)

*Alt Toon

Dalvron - Hunter
Woodsman (Forester-Woodworker-Farmer)
*Alt Toon

Traits

Trait slots are on sale now for 20% off so I finally did break down and opened 2 trait slots for my main toon Faron. Equipping just 2 extra trait slots has done him much good. Being a main toon I really need to open all of his traits. Makes a big difference in gameplay. 

As an F2P you have 2 Virtue, 2 Race, 2 Class and 1 Legendary Trait slots open for free. The rest you have to unlock from the LotRO in-game store. Regular price for a trait slot is 95 TP per slot per toon. Sale price (going on now) is 76 TP each. You have a total of 13 trait slots to unlock via the LotRO store per character as a f2p.

Virtues: 2 free slots open and 3 to unlock. 

Race: 2 free slots open and 3 to unlock

Class: 2 free slots open and 5 to unlock

Legendary: 1 free slot open and 2 to unlock

Cost of unlocking all of the Trait slots: 

   95 TP (regular price)

x 13 slots (to unlock) 

 -------------------------

1235 TP per character

 Acquiring the horse riding skill plus unlocking 2 trait slots has set me back a total of 200 TP towards opening up Forochel quest pack but is worth it.  I can't complain, at regular price it would have cost me 385 TP so I did save 185 TP and have 3 much needed skills for my main toon Faron. 

To clarify for those unaware: opening Forochel (and other quest packs) will benefit all characters on every server forever on your account.  Quest packs are a one time purchase only. The riding skill and unlocking trait slots are per character and does not benefit your other toons.  

To explain further: If I decided to create another toon or to reroll (remake/start over) a toon in the same character slot on the same server I will loose anything that is bought per toon. Thus, I decided to reroll Faron then I will loose the riding skill and the 2 trait slots purchased.

Tip: Make sure you have a toon you really really like  and want to continue playing before you decide to deed grind or pull out your wallet to spend TP for the horse riding skill or trait slot for a toon.

I've started back with my deed grinding after the purchases. As of the time of this post I have 135 TP in my account after deed grinding for little while last night.

Total earned TP to date is: 2720 TP

Total spent TP to date: 2585 TP (with catching some things on sale). I have saved 530 TP by catching sales on some items.

Lone-Lands Quest Pack: 350
Evendim Quest Pack: 595
4th Inventory Bag: 495
North Downs Quest Pack: 149 (On Sale, regular price is 595)

Angmar  Quest Pack: 795 

Riding Skill: 49 (On Sale, regular price is 95)

Trait Slot Virtue: 76 (On Sale, regular price is 95)

Trait Slot Class: 76 (On Sale, regular price is 95)

*The total earned TP does NOT include the 500 TP that Turbine sent me for participating in the Beta program. With that I spent 495 TP to lift off the currency cap.

Side note: I made a mistake on my TP and Harvestmath post... The total earned TP (for that date) should have read 2325 and NOT 5325. Wishful thinking? But the most likely answer just tired and a honest mistake that has now been corrected.