Hail and Well Met!

Greetings to all free people of Middle-Earth. Join Kirvay, Lalinreth, Jazdeia, Drakorin and Sylwin as they travel through Middle-Earth and offer hints, tips and opinions on the lands, people and characters they meet along the way.


This is a blog about 5 characters that I play in the game Lord of the Rings Online. LOTRO is an MMORPG which stands for Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game. LOTRO is based on the great books written by J.R.R. Tolkien:
The Hobbit
The Fellowship of the Ring
The Two Towers
The Return of the King
The Silmarillion

In this game you interact with real people as well as NPCs, or Non-Playing Characters such as Bilbo, Frodo, Strider, and many others. You can visit the Shire, Bree-Land, and even find your way to Rivendell and continue to the Misty Mountains!

There are four races that you can choose to create a character from; Humans, Elves, Dwarves and Hobbits. Dwarves are male only, but you can create either male or female characters with the other races. There are also several classes to choose from, but not all classes are available with all races.

The classes are: Burglar, Captain, Champion, Guardian, Hunter, Lore-Master, and Minstrel. Each class has it's benefits and it's drawbacks, but no matter what you choose to play you will have a great time exploring Middle-Earth.

So, follow along with me as my adventures take me far and wide. You never know what I might run into or finally get accomplished.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Housing coming to LOTRO

When I heard that housing would be a part of the next update for Lord of the Rings Online I got excited! Not only will I have a house where I can go to store even more things (I'm a pack rat) but I will be able to decorate it too! Everything from the floor color to furniture and trees outside! Its going to be great!

Not only will there be personal houses, but Kinships can also buy houses for the group to use for meetings, material trading, storage, and so much more. Company of Red Dawn will become a Lifespan Rank 7 Kinship a week or two after housing is released, and we will then be able to buy our Kinship house, which we have already saved enough money for.

So, here are a few details for those that like personal/group housing in MMORPGs. There are two types of houses, personal and kinship. There are two types of personal houses, simple and deluxe. To purchase a personal house, you must not only have enough silver/gold, but the character must have reached level 15 too. One house per account also, so if you play with more than one character, they would have to share the personal house, and the character that bought the house would have to set up user permissions for the other characters.

A simple house has two rooms and one storage chest. A deluxe house has more space and the option of two storage chests. All houses can be decorated on the inside and the yard outside, so it is possible to make your house show your personality (to an extent). You can also set your house's permissions to allow "anyone" to come in and view your house (I really like this feature, and may have it turned on for the Kinship house).

I have already "played around" with a personal house on the "preview" server and just can't wait until this is released for everyone. What a blast it's going to be!!!

Kirvay Windwalker

1 comment:

brandykruse said...

Two rooms and one storage closet? Sounds like my apartment!
I think I have exactly one gold: will that be enough?