***OFFICIAL***Lord of the Rings Online Thread (1 Viewer)

[Mad Cow]

Shawn, I will be on later this evening to get that treated rowan back and start crafting myself.

Check my PM. I goofed a little, but I'll make good on it.

I saw. Hence my little story.And, in the words of a wise man,Get crack-a-lackin'!

I got your wood, and some of the money. Money will come slower than wood.

I will happily take the wood now and the money later. I want to get master tonight.

 

[Gator Shawn]

This ####### game.

 

[falconeyed]

Oh yeah, I'm a journeyman woodsman almost mastered apprentice with the 400 points. I think we should really work together oint he crafting. It seem all professions are equally rewarding and most rely on others to really make anything useful. Only a few of the professions can take raw materials found in the world and make end items.

Let me know what the Guild needs and I will take on that profession. I crafted a lot on SWG when I played it.

Tark - What's the comparison between LOTRO and SWG? I'm talking SWG pre the profession changes and the combat changes. I played SWG for a good amount of time but got out when it started going south. Kind of a broad question, I know.TIA.

 

[Gator Shawn]

Oh yeah, I'm a journeyman woodsman almost mastered apprentice with the 400 points. I think we should really work together oint he crafting. It seem all professions are equally rewarding and most rely on others to really make anything useful. Only a few of the professions can take raw materials found in the world and make end items.

Let me know what the Guild needs and I will take on that profession. I crafted a lot on SWG when I played it.

Tark - What's the comparison between LOTRO and SWG? I'm talking SWG pre the profession changes and the combat changes. I played SWG for a good amount of time but got out when it started going south. Kind of a broad question, I know.TIA.

Get the game, join us.

 

[falconeyed]

Oh yeah, I'm a journeyman woodsman almost mastered apprentice with the 400 points. I think we should really work together oint he crafting. It seem all professions are equally rewarding and most rely on others to really make anything useful. Only a few of the professions can take raw materials found in the world and make end items.

Let me know what the Guild needs and I will take on that profession. I crafted a lot on SWG when I played it.

Tark - What's the comparison between LOTRO and SWG? I'm talking SWG pre the profession changes and the combat changes. I played SWG for a good amount of time but got out when it started going south. Kind of a broad question, I know.TIA.

Get the game, join us.

This would require me getting a new desktop computer to properly run games. I'm on the fence about putting together a new one.

 

[Gator Shawn]

Oh yeah, I'm a journeyman woodsman almost mastered apprentice with the 400 points. I think we should really work together oint he crafting. It seem all professions are equally rewarding and most rely on others to really make anything useful. Only a few of the professions can take raw materials found in the world and make end items.

Let me know what the Guild needs and I will take on that profession. I crafted a lot on SWG when I played it.

Tark - What's the comparison between LOTRO and SWG? I'm talking SWG pre the profession changes and the combat changes. I played SWG for a good amount of time but got out when it started going south. Kind of a broad question, I know.TIA.

Get the game, join us.

This would require me getting a new desktop computer to properly run games. I'm on the fence about putting together a new one.

Not neccesarily, what are your specs? This game is being run on soem older PCs.

 

[Mad Cow]

This ####### game.

 

[Gator Shawn]

This ####### game.

I just can't wait until I get a chance to play it today.

 

[Mad Cow]

This ####### game.

I just can't wait until I get a chance to play it today.

lol

 

[Nick Vermeil]

I'm hopping on now for a little bit. Thanks for the bow MC. It makes a pretty big difference.

 

[snogger]

This ####### game.

:X

I just can't wait until I get a chance to play it today.

Had to go over to my Dad's yesterday to fix his other computer. Was over there for about two hours and told him.. I'm having withdraw anxiety this better get fixed soon I need to get home and get my fix. :XHe laughed, fired up the game on his computer and asked: "Does that help?" :X Hey, after my last strike at farming pipeweed and selling I was over 300S

 

[Gator Shawn]

This ####### game.

I just can't wait until I get a chance to play it today.

Had to go over to my Dad's yesterday to fix his other computer. Was over there for about two hours and told him.. I'm having withdraw anxiety this better get fixed soon I need to get home and get my fix. He laughed, fired up the game on his computer and asked: "Does that help?" Hey, after my last strike at farming pipeweed and selling I was over 300S

I looked at your flickr pics. You're a very good photographer.

 

[Mad Cow]

So Snogger, tell us the best way to make $ with farming.

 

[snogger]

So Snogger, tell us the best way to make $ with farming.

OK.. This is copied from messageboard fo the Guild I am a member of. It is long but works like a charm.. I am now up to 500s as of last night Before You Begin Farming ChecklistYou'll need a character with the Farming Trade. The vocations which include Farming are Historian, Woodsman, and Yeoman.You will need a set of Farming Tools. You will get a starter set but I recommend buying Bronze Farming Tools as soon as funds permit. They are quite inexpensive and can easily be purchased at low levels.You should have "Seed Money" (pun intended) to start out. The consensus indicates that 120-140S is an appropriate amount. Fields & MaterialsNext you'll need to go to one of the Farming Fields. For the purposes of this method, any level field will suffice. They appear on your Radar as an Anvil. They are located at: * Staddle, just East of town * Hobbiton, Northeast of Bridge * Delving Fields, Michael DelvingOnce you get to a Farming Field, locate the Novice Farmhand. This is where you will buy your Farming materials and here is your shopping list:Buy 6 Seeds Buy only six Lowbottom or Southlinch Seeds. If you already have 6+ Lowbottom or Southlinch Seeds from another source then skip this step. Never buy Seeds unless you are forced to!Buy 2 Fertilizers You will always need 2 Fertilizers for each and every Field that you plant.Buy 1 Water You will always need 1 Water for each and every Field that you plant.Your First FieldGo to a Pipeweed Field You will find one very close by. A Vegetable Field will not work for Pipeweed.Open your Crafting Panel/Farming Tab and select the Field variety that you want to Plant. If the option is not enabled make sure you have all your materials, have your Farming Tools equipped, and are standing in a Pipeweed Field.Now go ahead and Plant your Field with the Make button. Your character will do an animation and then your crop will appear. You will see a normal Loot window which will display your crop's yield. It will contain one or both of the following:----------Poor Plant: These plants are not good enough to produce Pipeweed that is good enough to sell. You will use your Poor Plants to replenish your Seed supply. Do not discard or sell your Poor Plants.Fair Plant: These pants are suitable for making Pouches of finished Pipeweed that you will sell to the Vendor. Selling Fair Plants to the Vendor is where you will realize your Profits.----------Go to a Workbench: You will find one nearby. This is where you will process your Harvests. On your Crafting Panel/Farming Tab you will see the choices to make Seeds and Pipeweeds.To make Seeds: Select the Seeds Recipe and push the Make button. This will take a Poor Plant and create 3 Seeds of the same variety. You will use these Seeds for your future crops.To make Pipeweed: Select the Pipeweed Recipe and push the Make button. This will take a Fair Plant and create 4 Pouches of Pipeweed. You will sell the Pipeweed to a Vendor for your profits.You may also notice that you may Plant multiple Fields by using the counter at the bottom. At this stage I recommend never Planting more than 3 Fields at a time. The reason is because the first Fields planted can time-out before you get around to Harvesting them. The animation is quite long. I personally always do 1 Field and thereby limit my risk of loss to just the 1 Field. Most say that 4 Fields can be done as long as you're being attentive.Congratulations! You have just planted and processed your first Pipeweed Field and are on your way to a nice income...in time.Expanding the ProcessIn order to actually make money you'll need to advance your Farmer to the Expert Mastery Level. And to do this you'll want to process greater numbers than one Field at a time. Here is how to grow your business (again, pun intended):Seeds: From your first Harvest you will probably have some Seeds recovered. It may be 0, 3, 6, 9, 12, etc. Hopefully it is at least 6. If not you will need to purchase more Seeds. If that is the case only purchase exactly what you need. Usually you will not have to purchase more than 3 Seeds at a given time, and there's a good chance that you will never have to buy that type of Seed again. The goal is to build up your Seeds so that you can Plant more Fields. When you get 12 Seeds, Plant 2 Fields. 18 Seeds? Plant 3 Fields, and so on.Materials: In the beginning I recommend buying just the ingredients needed for the amount of Fields you are about to Plant. It will help to familiarize yourself with the process. You will soon outgrow that need and when you're comfortable then by all means, buy larger quantities and even Stacks. The ratio is always 2 Fertilizer and 1 Water per Field.Advancement: Now you simply repeat the above process until you have reached Mastery for each Level. There are three levels to advance through for this method and they are Apprentice, Journeyman, and Expert. For each you will first achieve basic Proficiency and then Mastery. To move from one level to the next:Journeyman: When you have completed your Apprentice Mastery you will then proceed to the Journeyman level. At this time you will switch to the Southern Star variety for your Fields. Again, buy just 6 Seeds to start with and repeat the above steps. At this time you may also sell any remaining Seeds from the Apprentice level. You may want to keep a few for future farming as they can be used for Cross-Breeding (not covered here).Expert: Now switch to the Sweet Galinas variety and sell all or most of your remaining Southern Star Seeds.Tools: At some point you may want to consider upgrading to Iron Farming Tools. They are currently 8% faster but slightly more expensive to repair.Getting DirtyAt the Expert Mastery Level you will start to realize profits. Once you have built up a good supply of Sweet Galinas Seeds (I recommend at least 50) you can consider using Soil. It is called Soil of Rivendell and is available from the Novice Farmhand. It is costly but will increase your profits and it is recommended that you learn how to apply it.The concept of Soil is simple. It enhances your Fields so that they yield a greater number of Fair Plants relative to the number of Poor Plants. This is great when you have plenty of Seeds and are maximizing your profits. Earlier on in a new level you will want to refrain from using Soil until you've stockpiled some Seeds. Remember two important things: Never buy seeds unless you are forced to, and the Poor Plants are how you replenish and build up your Seeds. That being said, once you have ample Seed supply here is how to use Soil:To use Soil you'll need to buy 3 Soil of Rivendell for each Field that you want to improve the yield for. Basically, using Soil will give you a 100% Critical Success for the Field it is used on. To use the Soil on a Field you must select the Mastery Options Tab at the bottom of your Farming Tab on your Crafting Panel. On that Tab you check the Use %100 box to apply Soil to that Field and push the Make button as usual. That's all there is to it!Once you are not just at the Expert Mastery level but have completed it you should be using Soil on as many Fields as possible. Only stop using the Soil when you want to increase your Seed count. I probably now use Soil on over 90% of my Fields. It increases your profits dramatically.The Big PictureIf you decide that you want to Farm for profit and would like a larger scaled yet simplified process here is what I do now:My Farming routine is to Plant/Harvest 50 Fields in a single run. I maintain a level of 300 Sweet Galinas Seeds to Plant the 50 Fields (6 Seeds per). I buy 1 Stack of Water (50), 2 Stacks of Fertilizer (100), and 3 Stacks of Soil (150). These materials will allow you to Plant exactly 50 Fields with no remaining materials, and every Field will have a Critical Success applied to it. Expect a long processing time because you will usually reap around 100 Poor Plants (maybe less) to replenish your Seeds, and more importantly at this stage, you will have about 200 Fair plants to process and sell. My current record is 255. This routine will take 90 minutes - 2 hours and will net a profit usually in the +200S range. I have made in excess of 150S per hour when I refrain from too much chatting.

 

[snogger]

This ####### game.

I just can't wait until I get a chance to play it today.

Had to go over to my Dad's yesterday to fix his other computer. Was over there for about two hours and told him.. I'm having withdraw anxiety this better get fixed soon I need to get home and get my fix. He laughed, fired up the game on his computer and asked: "Does that help?" Hey, after my last strike at farming pipeweed and selling I was over 300S

I looked at your flickr pics. You're a very good photographer.

Thanks!! I'm Buying a new camera this week which will take me from my current 4mp HP Point & Shoot to a Canon Xti 10mp DSlr.. Can't wait

 

[Gator Shawn]

So Snogger, tell us the best way to make $ with farming.

You should have "Seed Money" (pun intended) to start out. The consensus indicates that 120-140S is an appropriate amount.

Is that all? That's required to get to expert master farmer without stopping, right?

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

I am in, but not sure for how long. Hasn't done much for me yet.

Without the threat of PvP, no real motivation to grind it out.

 

[snogger]

So Snogger, tell us the best way to make $ with farming.

You should have "Seed Money" (pun intended) to start out. The consensus indicates that 120-140S is an appropriate amount.

Is that all? That's required to get to expert master farmer without stopping, right?

If you follow the instructions as written it should be more than enough.. I started with about 125s.. Now at 500s and can make 100s+ each run( takes about 45-60 minutes).Nice thing is after harvesting the fields I can now get to making 100+ Pipeweed bags..

I set my character up to create the pipeweed and then go do other things around the house.

 

[Mad Cow]

Mother - I wanted to do a little this AM and servers are freaking down till 11 AM MST.

 

[Mad Cow]

I am giving farming a try between patients. I only started with 107 silver, so will probably have to go kill some stuff in a bit when I get low. We shall see.

 

[Gator Shawn]

I am giving farming a try between patients. I only started with 107 silver, so will probably have to go kill some stuff in a bit when I get low. We shall see.

I am collecting money for farming. Up to almost 80. I'll pay you back out of my first batch of profit. I';ll even pay you interest.

 

[Mad Cow]

I am giving farming a try between patients. I only started with 107 silver, so will probably have to go kill some stuff in a bit when I get low. We shall see.

I am collecting money for farming. Up to almost 80. I'll pay you back out of my first batch of profit. I';ll even pay you interest.

Awesome - jsut the normal will get me all the silver I need to get through the buildup

 

[Mad Cow]

On to the journeyman stuff

 

[Mad Cow]

OK, I am getting to Expert journeyman and am almost broke.

 

[snogger]

OK, I am getting to Expert journeyman and am almost broke.

It takes a bit.. I think I ran back out adn hunted teh goblins North of Hobbiton for easy Drops.. They drop lots of recipes adn things taht sell for 4s+ a piece..

 

[Mad Cow]

OK, I am getting to Expert journeyman and am almost broke.

It takes a bit.. I think I ran back out adn hunted teh goblins North of Hobbiton for easy Drops.. They drop lots of recipes adn things taht sell for 4s+ a piece..

Dang - I am sowing in Staddle - gotta hope for neekers and bears

 

[snogger]

Hey.. I think i'm out there .. or maybe in bree..Either way I'm about to setup another run for farming so I'll try adn find ya and give you a few S to help you along.

 

[Mad Cow]

Made it to ekspurt without needing more silver. Now and slowly making it up in small increments.

 

[Gator Shawn]

Made it to ekspurt without needing more silver. Now and slowly making it up in small increments.

I'm about 1/3 the way to master journeyman 180/560

 

[snogger]

So close.. made two 20 Pipeweed field runs and am now at 700 Silver..

Hopefully by tomorrow I'll hit 1,000 Silver which = 1 Gold...

Then I'll have enough money to start cooking food.

 

[JerseyToughGuys]

Created a new Loremaster on Gladden.

Krellborn.

 

[Gator Shawn]

So close.. made two 20 Pipeweed field runs and am now at 700 Silver.. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll hit 1,000 Silver which = 1 Gold... Then I'll have enough money to start cooking food.

What is your main character's name?

 

[snogger]

So close.. made two 20 Pipeweed field runs and am now at 700 Silver.. Hopefully by tomorrow I'll hit 1,000 Silver which = 1 Gold... Then I'll have enough money to start cooking food.

What is your main character's name?

Well, this may come as a but.....................Snogger

 

[Mad Cow]

So Shawn, are you done with master expert? I am about 300 shy of that mark, then will be making SHIPLOADS of silver.

 

[Mad Cow]

So Snogger - talk to me about strawberries. Is it worth it going for the artisan, or not? I am making SHIPLOADS of silver now and am curious how far I can take it.

 

[snogger]

So Snogger - talk to me about strawberries. Is it worth it going for the artisan, or not? I am making SHIPLOADS of silver now and am curious how far I can take it.

Even cross-breeding Pipeweeds to make the stronger types doesn't pay.

Here is a chart on Cross-Breeding:

Cross-Breed your weed

Right now, short of selling on AH the sweet Pipeweed is the only true Money maker.

 

[Mad Cow]

Is there any advantage to becoming an artisan at this point?

 

[snogger]

Is there any advantage to becoming an artisan at this point?

Depends on what you want to do. To make ? If you plan to become a cook then Once the 24th rolls around food "should" start selling on the market and then you will be able to make money with the artisan levels by selling the food you harvest to the cooks, if you are not going to cook yourself.My plan is to first get to 1 Gold.. Then get my cooking levels up as high as possible, which means farming a few times to get money to support the cooking. Would love to be at least Master Cook, if not Master Expert Cook before the 24th.. But then again I want to get my other character to 15 and get him started on his scholar carfting so guessing cooking will be to journeyman and I'll go for the Master after I have scholar up to at least 15 & Journeyman.So much to do, so little time(2 weeks to live).

 

[Gator Shawn]

Is there any advantage to becoming an artisan at this point?

Depends on what you want to do. To make ? If you plan to become a cook then Once the 24th rolls around food "should" start selling on the market and then you will be able to make money with the artisan levels by selling the food you harvest to the cooks, if you are not going to cook yourself.My plan is to first get to 1 Gold.. Then get my cooking levels up as high as possible, which means farming a few times to get money to support the cooking. Would love to be at least Master Cook, if not Master Expert Cook before the 24th.. But then again I want to get my other character to 15 and get him started on his scholar carfting so guessing cooking will be to journeyman and I'll go for the Master after I have scholar up to at least 15 & Journeyman.So much to do, so little time(2 weeks to live).

You played the closed beta right?

 

[snogger]

Is there any advantage to becoming an artisan at this point?

Depends on what you want to do. To make ? If you plan to become a cook then Once the 24th rolls around food "should" start selling on the market and then you will be able to make money with the artisan levels by selling the food you harvest to the cooks, if you are not going to cook yourself.My plan is to first get to 1 Gold.. Then get my cooking levels up as high as possible, which means farming a few times to get money to support the cooking. Would love to be at least Master Cook, if not Master Expert Cook before the 24th.. But then again I want to get my other character to 15 and get him started on his scholar carfting so guessing cooking will be to journeyman and I'll go for the Master after I have scholar up to at least 15 & Journeyman.So much to do, so little time(2 weeks to live).

You played the closed beta right?

Had two character to 15.. Could have gone higher, but since I knew we'd be locked at 15 for Open I wanted to save the of lvls 15 and above for after it goes live.Oh and I have been told by others this game gets even better when you hit lvl20

 

[Mad Cow]

Should be able to start running my 50 field stacks when I sell the stuff I set my guy to create last night when I went to bed.

 

[Gator Shawn]

Two cool things:

1. If someone puts something on the auction chat channel, you can click on the text of the item and it will open a window with the stats on it. Good to use to familiarize yourself with stuff.

2. Iron tools are only available from a craftsman. I'm going to work on making enough for each OOTP Member (Order of the Pilum),. Update, oh crap the Iron Tools recipe is a drop on high level mobs. The silver tools cost about 100s each when you can find them and the recipe is selling (when you can find it) for like 400s.

 

[GamerBoy61]

Vacation is fun but I miss LOTRO

I wonder how long they will allow mailing stuff between characters on the same account??

It works great to have two or three characters with complementing professions.

I can make yew wood with my woodsman and then send it to my weaponsmith to make some pretty cool stuff.

I bet that will change, WOW does not allow you to send mail between your own "toons"

 

[snogger]

Vacation is fun but I miss LOTRO

I wonder how long they will allow mailing stuff between characters on the same account??

It works great to have two or three characters with complementing professions.

I can make yew wood with my woodsman and then send it to my weaponsmith to make some pretty cool stuff.

I bet that will change, WOW does not allow you to send mail between your own "toons"

Really??SWG, DAoC and EQ2 allowed it from what I recall..

Can't see why they wouldn't allow it.

I tend to just hand stuff over to someone to hold for me and then log in with my other Character. Saves Silver.

 

[Mad Cow]

Hoo boy. I have 250 fair pipeweed plants to process, so off to lunch and do some work.

 

[snogger]

Hoo boy. I have 250 fair pipeweed plants to process, so off to lunch and do some work.

Nicely done!!!

 

[Rhino]

Vacation is fun but I miss LOTRO

I wonder how long they will allow mailing stuff between characters on the same account??

It works great to have two or three characters with complementing professions.

I can make yew wood with my woodsman and then send it to my weaponsmith to make some pretty cool stuff.

I bet that will change, WOW does not allow you to send mail between your own "toons"

This is False. It absolutely does... try it some time, it works.

 

[Rhino]

Hoo boy. I have 250 fair pipeweed plants to process, so off to lunch and do some work.

Am I the only one that gets this mental picture of Mad Cow standing outside some virtual school-yard..."Hey kid, wanna try some pipe-weed? The first bag's free..."

 

[Mad Cow]

Hoo boy. I have 250 fair pipeweed plants to process, so off to lunch and do some work.

Am I the only one that gets this mental picture of Mad Cow standing outside some virtual school-yard..."Hey kid, wanna try some pipe-weed? The first bag's free..."

I am running a 16% off special - 10 bags of weed for only 5 silver.

 

[snogger]

Hoo boy. I have 250 fair pipeweed plants to process, so off to lunch and do some work.

Am I the only one that gets this mental picture of Mad Cow standing outside some virtual school-yard..."Hey kid, wanna try some pipe-weed? The first bag's free..."

I am running a 16% off special - 10 bags of weed for only 5 silver.

Just wait till he gets to cross-breeding his weed and starts making Wizards Fire or Eagles nest.