LOTRO : Ok, now who's buying a house?

[Maeve]

Because I will totally pitch in on the keg....

LotRO has never taken itself too seriously - like chicken play - and as part of the new housing features, they added beer kegs. These come complete with permissions set by the owner of who can use them, but Turbine encouraged my character to partake in some spirits. Unfortunately, I over indulged, fell over and woke up in a random location chosen from a pre-defined list somewhere in Middle-earth. It's hardly a functional feature, nor do I anticipate people doing it all the time, but it adds some fun and is a nice, low-cost touch for them to add.

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[Thrakus]

rofl, did the patch come out yet? My account is still active till the 16th and I would totally just sell everything on all my chars just to get a house for a week and have everyone over for a keg!
That's funny.
(My wife's account is active till the 15th, but she's not 20)

[Aberrant]

My account is still active, did the 3 month thing, just haven't had time to play.

I would love to get a house.

[GrilledCheese28 (aka Aruth)]

Beer kegs? fun!

[Macaubre]

I need to seriously take a look at buying a house. But its more or less 1g to buy the cheapest ones...

Tell me it ain't true! *1g* is a fortune in Lotro.

[Thrakus]

really? I thought it was like 200s a week or something.

Man ok even if I sold everything on all chars I doubt I could hit 1g. Probably not even 500s lol.

We should pool it together and give it to whomever wants to maintain it*shudder* then have a kegger! whohoo!

[Maeve]

thrakus said:

rofl, did the patch come out yet? My account is still active till the 16th and I would totally just sell everything on all my chars just to get a house for a week and have everyone over for a keg!
That's funny.
(My wife's account is active till the 15th, but she's not 20)

Patch is going live today. You can get a house at level 15 actually. The house is approximately 1 g to purchase. There is a weekly upkeep that you have to pay after that. Yeah, they are expensive. A horse is much more practical, and yet I know I'm going to have to seriously try to resist the urge to buy a house...

*Edit*
I was wrong about the upkeep costs. It is cheaper for the basic house. I think these prices are right but I believe that I read they are increasing the "hooks" for each house with this update. That allows more goodies to be placed. But I am not 100% sure about that.

Prices
There are 3 different types of homes in each race neighborhood:

* Tier 1 - Standard: A small private home, usually 16 in each neighborhood, price around 1g, with a 50s upkeep per week, 1 Chest, with 19 Interior/5 Exterior placeholders for objects.
* Tier 2 - Deluxe: A deluxe private home, usually 10 in each neighborhood, price around 7g, with a 150s upkeep per week, 2 Chest, with 45 Interior/7 Exterior placeholders for objects.
* Tier 3 - Kinship: A house available to a leader of a kinship, usually 4 in each neighborhood, price around 14-17g, with a 300s upkeep per week, 3 Chest, with 71 Interior/10 Exterior placeholders for objects, (but purchasing limited to Kinship Rank 7)

If you don't pay the upkeep your house will vanish and the items can be retrieved from Escrow.
If you abandon your house you will get no money back!

[Zeli]

I'm having trouble getting the urge to log in.
this game seems to have a max life of 2 weeks with me.

[Macaubre]

zeli said:

I'm having trouble getting the urge to log in.
this game seems to have a max life of 2 weeks with me.

That's what happens when you're a WAR fangirl. Symptoms like that are typical really. No need to worry.

[Wrasse]

macaubre said:

zeli said:

I'm having trouble getting the urge to log in.
this game seems to have a max life of 2 weeks with me.

That's what happens when you're a WAR fangirl. Symptoms like that are typical really. No need to worry.

Typical reply from a LOTRO fanboi.

Two can play at that very boring, worn-out, repetitive, uninspired game.

[Macaubre]

typical Wrasse level quicky reply deleted.

You need to level up your replies skills. They're getting boring and obvious.