Over this long weekend I had some extra gaming time, which then led to me commenting out loud (to no one) about the games I was playing as well as games I was reading about. Talking to myself is bad enough, but not recording the conversation so I can listen to myself at a later date is just wasteful.
So, I decided it was time to once again put my thoughts on to virtual paper.
First up: My dead Xbox 360.
It went sort of like this:
- Sit down. Grab Controller. Turn on Xbox. Red flashing lights. *sigh*
- Turn off. Unplug. Cross fingers. Plug in. Turn on. Red flashing lights. *Deep sigh*
- Turn off. Unplug all plugs. Let sit. Read support site. *sigh* Plug back in. Turn on. Still red lights. *tear for my wallet*
- Call nearby Best Buy. Out of stock of new 250gig model. Target. Out of Stock. Walmart. Out of stock. 3rd Gamestop called. *yay* One left, but we close in 10 minutes. Drive. Pick up. But no transfer cable. *sad*
- Start calls again. Yay. Best Buy has one. Drive across town. Pick up cable. Drive home. *happy*
- At home. Unpack and set up new box. Shiny, quiet, lots of drive space. *Very Happy*
- *wallet still sad*
Yes I could have repaired the old one, but it was going to cost $100+ and I would have still been left with a 1st gen 360 with a puny 20gig HD, and loud DVD drive. I would have easily been able to wait if not for the upcoming Halo Reach, and Dead Rising 2. Which leads to …
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While I was thinking about a quick post about things I was playing, watching, listening to, all the talk about Lord of the Rings Online going F2P helped tipped my hand. Thus here I am actually sitting down to type out words on the blog.
LOTRO F2P
I have not even started to read everything people have said about this move to F2p, but I see there is a lot of conversation about it. From a quick glance there is some positive, some negative, some a bit crazy, and a few of my friends believe its a sign of the future; F2P is the way “all” future MMOs will use.
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Since I have yet to actively work with scholar’s and jewelers I have had a bit of trouble identitfying which compents are used at which levels in those professions.  This lack of knowledge leads to confusion when trying to clean out my bags, so I did a bit of research today and put together a quick list of components for these to professions.  Posted here to so my friends I am playing with will also get some use from it.
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My lotro minstrel is into his 30′s I figured it was time to update my list of crafting trophy items. I is posted after the break and updated last on 03/30/09.   Do note that I do know I don’t have them all, and they are not sorted very well, so I am again passing along some lorebook searches; Item level 1-20 and Item level 20-40
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I am still having trouble focusing on a single thought to bring to my blog, but I want to stay in the habit of writing something.  Thus after putting it off for a couple of days here are some more random thoughts from Me:
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I have had a bit of writers block this week, even though there has been plenty to chat about. I guess I just have not been able to gather any subset of my thoughts up into a cohesive chunk. So instead, since this is my blog and I can make up the rules, I am just going to jot down some thoughts on several topics.
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Looks as if the next Lord of the Rings Online content patch is going to go live next week.
I have only briefly mentioned the patch in my posts for two reasons. First, and mostly, because I don’t have enough experience in the game to really understand how most of the changes will affect me. Second, because my characters are still enjoying content that shipped in the original box.  Though there are a few items in the patch notes that stand out:
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I keep collecting trophies items with tooltips that say on them “used in crafting”. With such a wonderful descriptions I just kept hording them all and figured I would figure out their true use some day. Well that day is here, they appear to be most often used on the mastery tab of an item in order to increase your chances of a critical success.
So with a bit of searching in the Lore Book, I made a quick list (which I will update over time) of the items I had and which professions use them:
Torn claw = weapon smith / woodworker / tailor
blackened claw = weapon smith
Delicate wing = woodworker
delicate horn = woodworker
clouded eye = scholar
Dark eye = scholar
blackened tail = metalworker
small intestine = cook
crushed intestine= cook
torn intestine = cook
Dismal treasure = jeweler
copper salts = Scholar
I also refined an advance search on the Lore Book site to list all the rare trophies from level 7 to 20. You can use that list to find an item and see what items it is used in.
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