Back to Wow and I’m a AEK

I took all three quizzes at GuildCafe today, and I guess I’m not surprised at the results (although I did find some of the questions challenging and even a little unfair).

Also, we’ve moved back to WoW, even though it’s supposedly not the game of choice for AEKs like myself.  (But I missed the colors . . .)

Lotro cooking recipes – where tah find em?

Well, having given up on music-making for a while on Lotro (just couldn’t take the frustration), I’m focusing a lot on cooking.  Liadan is now a cook, and Bilba and kinsman Dengo are farmers, so supplies of veggies and grains are enormous.  Unfortunately, I can’t cook them all up  . . . because I have so few recipes.  I guess I’m not the only one who’s experienced this challenge, but that doesn’t make me feel any better.

I checked All-a-kha-z-am (sp??) for tips, but that was pretty futile.  So I took the Preview Release of Turbine’s own Lotro Lorebook for a spin instead.   Immediately, Crafting->Recipes->Cook Recipes looked promising.  However, the first one I clicked on told me about the recipe, but, sadly, not where to find it.  (Now, if you’re clicking on this in The Future, that may have changed, fyi .)  However, in, say, this recipe, you can clearly see that it is a quest reward.  That’s promising.

I expect the ability to find recipes – or at least to find information about them – will improve over time.  In the meantime . . .  what to do with 789 raspberries and 631 rhubarbs . . . . . . . . ?

(Grrr . . . .  where to find this?!)

My Lute Takes Damage

and Other Atrocities

Following my initial excitement over having the ability to play a lute in Lotro, I discovered that the [gosh darn] thing takes significant damage and requires repair on a regular basis.

However, I haven’t yet determined what causes the damage.  Does the playing of the lute wear it out, or is it merely being damaged because it’s in my bag when I fight mobs?  I suspect the correct answer is “both.” 

If so, I might be able to stem some damage by leaving my lute in the bank all the time . . . but then, how much fun would that be?

Shortly after I noticed this issue, I realized that my bronze tools, such as my bronze mining pick and jeweler’s tools, may as well be made of putty. 

They constantly require costly repair, even when I’m not farming nodes or making jewelry, but simply minding my own business working on quests.  (Of course, soon I hope to find a good way to acquire more durable tools.  I’ll report back later on whether that helps.  Still, I’m skeptical that I can find a more durable lute . . .).

Speaking of instruments, here is the expensive “harp” acquired, at long last, by Bilba.

Bugged, apparently.  Perhaps like this poor NPC girl’s hair.

(Is it related to her playing . . . the lute?)

Well, if the . . . recorder-type thing . . . ever morphs into an actual harp, I’ll post again with the update. 

In the meantime, I must play on.  One slightly-blistered footstep at a time . . .