Designer of Worlds! http://my.lotro.com/astrall Designer of Worlds! Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:59:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en Hello World http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/11/11/hello-world/ http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/11/11/hello-world/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:59:32 +0000 Astrall http://my.lotro.com/astrall/?p=94 Hello World! I took a break to play some Eve Online but now I am back.  It turns out I am crafting in Eve and slashing in LOTRO. I have the best of both worlds. I have missed Middle Earth and it is good to be back. I even signed up for 3 months. I am tempted to do life!

]]> http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/11/11/hello-world/feed/ Conversions from SWG! http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/08/12/conversions-from-swg/ http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/08/12/conversions-from-swg/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:50:06 +0000 Astrall http://my.lotro.com/astrall/?p=90 Where have I been lately? In Moria of course! Into the depths I have plunged my dwarf body and mind. Into the depth of Moria I go. Hi ho! And even so I must say the conversion continues with the addition of two close friends I played SWG with over a year ago before entering Middle Earth. So without further sputter or speeches or promises of no- layoffs\ for ~Moria~ employees in the mines, I would like to welcome Othi and Demonae of Brandywine to our humble community in LOTRO. May the freedom from SOE bless your hearts and bandwidths! Welcome to Lord of the Rings Online.

~Lateris~

]]> http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/08/12/conversions-from-swg/feed/ 7 Ways to Make Your AI Smarter http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/06/25/7-ways-to-make-your-ai-smarter/ http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/06/25/7-ways-to-make-your-ai-smarter/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:29:42 +0000 Astrall http://my.lotro.com/astrall/?p=88 Programmer and designer Robert Hale has several general principles on improving artificial intelligence, or at least the appearance of it. It’s a useful set of pointers for an area of game design that is frequently criticized. For a good read click here.

]]> http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/06/25/7-ways-to-make-your-ai-smarter/feed/ Armor Guide http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/05/28/armor-guide/ http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/05/28/armor-guide/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 17:11:22 +0000 Astrall http://my.lotro.com/astrall/?p=84 Now that I am three levels away from level 60 I have been looking for guides about armor. My goal is to make my character more unique within the LOTRO armor system.  I came across Dravil’s Armor Guide.  The site is divided into 2 categories. Crafted and non crafted armor. All information is up to date as of Volume 2, Book 7. Set bonuses are based on the number of pieces of each set worn at a particular time. The bonuses are cumulative with other bonuses, and apply once per set.   You can view information on Crafted armor and Non Crafted Armor by clicking the links.

Crafted Armor

Non Crafted Armor.

]]> http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/05/28/armor-guide/feed/ Misc Guides for LOTRO http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/05/15/misc-guides-for-lotro/ http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/05/15/misc-guides-for-lotro/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 16:36:25 +0000 Astrall http://my.lotro.com/astrall/?p=77  

I found a posts over at MMORPG.com by Virtuella on guides to LOTRO. I thought I would copy and paste it here for any of us in the community. I plan to update this as time goes by. I am the collector! 

Sites and Forums.
Official US forums - forums.lotro.com/
Official EU forums - community.codemasters.com/forum/forumdisplay.php
The online official Manual - www.lotro-europe.com/PDF/LOTRO_Manual_English.pdf
IGN lotrosite with lots of info - lotrovault.ign.com/
Allakhazam http://lotro.allakhazam.com/
7 day free EU trial www.lotro-europe.com/trialkey.php
7 day free US trial www.lotro.com/trial

Maps
interactiv Mapdatabase - www.mehq.net/dynmap/index.php
Some very nice handdrawn maps www.thebrasse.com/maps/LOTRO
Notated map over breeland - img100.imageshack.us/img100/7813/breeareavx9.jpg

Guides
Guide to interface - www.lotrointerface.com/index.php
Download userinterfaces - lotrointerface.com/
GroupConjunctions explained - www.lotro.com/gameinfo/feature-articles/412-feature-article-fellowship-manoeuvres
Shortcut/makro tutorial - lotro.warcry.com/content/guides/alias_macros
A scholars guide from US forums- forums.lotro.com/showthread.php

Overview of various things

Spawns for crafting,recipes etc - www.lotro-rares.com/
Racial traits - vnboards.ign.com/lotr_online_general_board/b5042/102305068/p1/
Thottbot alike database - lotro.mmodb.com/
Crafting database www.lotro-craft.com/skills-en.html
Misc Guides lotro.tentonhammer.com/index.php
ABC Songs/Music that you can download and play in lotro lotroabc.googlepages.com/songs
LOTRO Wiki- lotro-wiki.com/




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]]> http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/02/27/still-loving-the-game/feed/ Quote of the moment http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/01/31/quote-of-the-moment/ http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/01/31/quote-of-the-moment/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:11:13 +0000 Astrall http://my.lotro.com/astrall/?p=64 Wanting to make up for a mistake is a good thing. Getting depressed about it is not. After all, mistakes, like everything else in the world, present crossroads in life–and you can take them up or down.

]]> http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/01/31/quote-of-the-moment/feed/ A LOTRO Pod Cast called “Ring Cast”. http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/01/31/a-lotro-pod-cast-called-ring-cast/ http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/01/31/a-lotro-pod-cast-called-ring-cast/#comments Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:39:33 +0000 Astrall http://my.lotro.com/astrall/?p=59 Recentlly I have found a podcast that I have been enjoying over at Virgin Worlds. The name of the podcast is “Rings Cast“.

]]> http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/01/31/a-lotro-pod-cast-called-ring-cast/feed/ I have a Pony http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/01/24/i-have-a-pony/ http://my.lotro.com/astrall/2009/01/24/i-have-a-pony/#comments Sat, 24 Jan 2009 16:48:59 +0000 Astrall http://my.lotro.com/astrall/?p=61 Yes! I made it to level 35 and have purchased a pony for my dwarf. What a relief it is to have a sense of free transportation. I feel like it is an achievement that was worth the leveling.

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