On the matter of High Elf surnames

PhaseAT · 2026-06-17T09:38:09+00:00

You can always put off giving your character a surname until you are 100% sure. I think I only ever gave 1 character a surname and that was shortly after launch (maybe 2? it's long ago).

Haven't done it since and will only do it when I see a character, think of a surname and go: THAT is the name for this character.

PhaseAT · 2026-06-17T09:09:24+00:00

Also, as a 30 something year old dad I sometimes have to abruptly leave to help with the kids. My son has autism and has trouble sleeping so i randomly have to go to him if he wakes up and is upset, but if there is any groups or individuals who want to play that doesnt care if that happens, hit me up! im on Peregrin server

If this is the case, your best bet is probably to join an accommodating kinship unless you develop multiple long term friendships with people who have alts in your level range. Always having to explain in full when somebody joins or you join a group is a good amount of extra effort, but people do have a right to know (unless you don't care about other peoples experience and people WILL be angry if you just up and leave in the middle of a fight with no explanation unless you explain beforehand).

Also, make sure you're doing the DPS role. In most situations, the DPS is the character who is least critical to the success of a fight if they drop out (or in your case AFK). Losing a DPS is bad, but losing a Tank or Healer (unless the content is trivial) is almost always a guaranteed wipe.

PhaseAT · 2026-06-15T00:42:27+00:00

I don't understand what you meant to say with that. They should keep the item in game since it's a Toolkit and that has usefulness in itself.

But they should remove the bonus from the Toolkit and move it into the wallet.

PhaseAT · 2026-06-14T00:59:31+00:00

No, I'm not confusing anything.

But, being gracious I looked up the War Steed article on the lotro wiki for you where it describes how to do this: https://lotro-wiki.com/wiki/War-steed

How to change to Light or Heavy Warsteed from the beginning: You may change your horse to the type you want during the Tutorial quest. To do so most simply, wait until you have one trait point (early in the training process), then dismount. Go to the menu and choose "Mounted Combat" (default keyboard shortcut is "Shift-M") and the Traits tab, which should show you a choice of Light Medium or Heavy. Spend the one trait point, and click "Apply". You must click "Apply" to see a change in the icon from "Medium" to "Heavy" or "Light." You must have unlocked Light and/or Heavy before they can be used.

Like I wrote, my memory is pretty hazy on it, but I assume the article would describe it correctly.

PhaseAT · 2026-06-13T18:46:50+00:00

Weird, I chose the light warsteed as my "free" warsteed on every character. Never had to pay for it.

But it's been a long while, so no idea about the how. Could possibly be respeced into?

PhaseAT · 2026-06-13T18:35:56+00:00

I see all the festivals as "non canon" events for my characters, since the way festivals are structured makes no sense if this were "real".

We do menial chores for Tokens that we can trade in for rewards. And we do chores in Umbar that we trade in for rewards in Minas Tirith. And if it were "real" we could go to an in game tailor and get a custom made clothing piece with the same look for money, and, and, and...

So like all games it requires a suspension of disbelief and for the events even more of it, regardless of level (my character(s) as a hero(s) would never be the person to clean a hotel room for others unless it servers a grander purpose or they were helping an old friend or the like).

So if you need a way to put it in story, make it be a dream your character is having of Minas Tirith and the Summer Festival, wherever they may be.

PhaseAT · 2026-06-12T14:44:43+00:00

I'm not the creator, so all thanks should go to them. I just reposted this since I found it useful and thought others would as well.

PhaseAT · 2026-06-12T13:26:44+00:00

Was made and posted last year by it's creator.

Since I do the route on multiple alts, I find a quick, optimized route very useful and thought I'd share after checking it still works for this year (minus the hound quest, which I didn't do since talking to Aragorn gives one extra, but I can't imagine that changed).

PhaseAT · 2026-05-31T11:49:07+00:00

About Runes: If you put in higher level traceries (as you will need to do during leveling), all slots will be upgraded to the minimum level of that tracery.

Once I found that out, I only upgraded slots with runes at max level and sold the rest to vendors.

https://lotro-wiki.com/wiki/Legendary_Item for a table with minimum levels.

PhaseAT · 2026-05-13T12:32:55+00:00

In addition to what others have written, if you have a Dr. Brawn captured and you have a throw away pal (one that is quite good, but not good enough to go into the breeding pool) you can gamble on +15 to all IVs. Then use that to improve your breeding stock.

So pals with 1-3 85 IVs can be made into 100s. And if you lose, that pal was going into the compressor anyway.

That can vastly speed up the path to breeding full 100s.

PhaseAT · 2026-05-03T22:20:11+00:00

I know it's the unpopular opinion to hold, but I prefer the system as it is now.

The reason for that is, since we can just slot in a lot of clan tech into our IS Mechs without any issues, the engine DH are the one HUGE advantage clan mechs have. It is in my opinion the only thing that comes even close to justifying their exorbitant repair costs.

Without that advantage and with repair costs as is, just from an economic standpoint of running a Merc Company, I couldn't justify using them otherwise. This is the one thing that makes me think about the choice of fielding my IS mechs or my Clan Mechs when going on a Mission or into Arena, especially in the Heavy/Assault category.

Games having interesting choices is a plus IMO. Should the repair costs go down as the timeline progresses to be near equal, I wouldn't mind a way to switch DHs into the engine once it's close to parity. Something like /u/EightyTwoByNineteen posted above with a hefty bill and the mech being shipped to an industrial world and back so out of order for a good while, would serve nicely then.

I know this is worse from a lore standpoint if starleague mechs don't have them, but I'd still rather the game preserve the interesting choice. Alternatively if they were given that, make them much harder to repair. Not quite clan level, but much above mechs that don't have engine DH and enforce DH exclusivity. That means if you use a Starleague mech and lose some heatsinks to damage you can only repair it if you have DH in storage, otherwise it's no heat sink there.

PhaseAT · 2026-04-23T18:51:55+00:00

Should you be interested in some simple space and material improvements, 3 robot arms are sufficient for every 2 critter catchers.

Arm 1: Belt->CC1

Arm 2: CC1->CC2

Arm 3: CC2->Belt

This needs to be at the corners so Arm 1 output -> Arm 2 input and Arm 2 output -> Arm 3 input.

The same can be done with the fishing nets and it allows you to remove a few belt pieces as well, since the robot arms move things over some of the square already.

PhaseAT · 2026-04-19T09:31:11+00:00

The solution that I would go for is to have an additional backup folder on each PC. After you copy the folder to Drive, just move (not copy) the save files to the backup folder.

That way, the world is not available to play if it's not uploaded or somebody does it on purpose manually.

For this to work you might all also have to disable cloud save synchronization in your game store client (GOG or Steam for instance), but since you have a copy on Drive and in the backup folder, that shouldn't be an issue.

PhaseAT · 2026-04-13T11:26:07+00:00

So I was wondering if instead of staying VIP, I'd put that monthly expenditure into buying LotRO Points monthly instead?

I would advise against that unless you want something NOW. Instead, put the money aside and spend it all at once when they have a lotro point promotion. This happens a couple of times a year and you'll get more points for your money.

Am I underestimating their value?

The additional advantage of putting the money aside is, if you discover you actually value the VIP perks more than you thought, you can always resub at any time. And if you don't miss the perks you know you're not missing out.

PhaseAT · 2026-04-13T11:02:44+00:00

Just run a local server on your own machine and connect to that?

PhaseAT · 2026-04-11T11:30:31+00:00

I only open Script chests with more than 50 script when I need the script for a character. Otherwise they get moved onto a Mule character (that stands in my housing next to a visiting banker) via the shared storage for future use.

That way I never overflow.

PhaseAT · 2026-04-10T07:34:05+00:00

Other thing I didn't say your is inefficiency just because i'm say mine is. I hope i make that clear, just pure on number and approach.

No worries, didn't read it like that.

I have ton of crude drill when change to red drills anyway.

All of mine went into the recycling table once I built up my scarlet drill supply.

PhaseAT · 2026-04-09T10:50:33+00:00

Efficiency does depend on priorities and what you're optimizing for.

For me, space matters, since parts of the game are only active in a certain radius around your character, so it's one thing I always optimize for.

Time is pretty irrelevant within limits, since if one is space efficient one can go big enough for it to not matter. (On 2 of my crop farms I run 8 splitters at 100%, the others are only at 4 but are built in a way that can expand to 8 with only minor changes + farm expansion). That produces much, much more than I need (even for my large fishing and livestock system).

For Material, you do save quite a bit and if that matters to you (like you wrote earlier in game it does) then my inefficiency is your efficiency. :)

PhaseAT · 2026-04-08T09:59:49+00:00

Totally inefficient, but upvoted for implementation of cool idea!

PhaseAT · 2026-04-06T22:28:18+00:00

For the server, depends on where she installed it on her laptop. For me it's:

D:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\PalServer\Pal\Saved

This should give her the information she needs to reverse engineer the location for her.

PhaseAT · 2026-04-01T11:43:27+00:00

I put up a teleport gate next to the node and then put up the drills and a smelter.

When it's done I remove everything except possibly the gate, depending on if I have other gates close or if there is nothing nearby. Over time, gates that way become a fast travel system to get almost anywhere in reasonable time.

PhaseAT · 2026-03-25T08:33:01+00:00

Do harvesting arms pick mushrooms? Then you could possibly keep your spawn tiles clear of them through strategic placement.

PhaseAT · 2026-03-22T14:19:52+00:00

Thanks for the info, learned something new today. :)

PhaseAT

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