Kinship House

[WondaWoman]

I think we can seriously consider purchasing a Kinship house with so many new players. Upkeep isn't as expensive as I initially thought (about 300 silver per week). The purchase price is quite a bit though, but nothing we can't start saving for (17 gold and 250 silver for the most expensive one)

Here is a link you can check out:
http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Housing

I'm keen for a kinship house in Fathalorn (Ered Luin) which is an elf homestead, as the majority of our players are elves and it's really pretty :D

The big plus is housing means extra storage :D You are given a map to port there directly.

The only thing is the Kinship leader must purchase the house, and that is Ga55ie, who is no longer actively playing. We'll have to lure him back somehow :psycho:

If we don't get a kinship house, I will prob buy a small homestead myself :D It's just a diff aspect of the game, I'd like to explore.

[TotalWar]

That does sound good, but still having trouble getting into the game. You have been speaking about a house for a while now. I have about 50 silver for you. :)

[WondaWoman]

I'll go around and check out the homesteads in each of the areas and see what is for sale. Availability might also be an issue - there might not be any more for sale :shrug: I think the main contributors will prob be the higher level players as we can raise the money more easily. So their feedback will be what counts for now. Otherwise we can just postpone the kinship house purchase for now, until the other players level up, and we can see which players are going to continue to play LOTRO into the high levels.

[Flatty]

I don't mind contributing. I'm sure I can get some Gold together. It's all going into overflow anyway.

[Stool]

I need to get the game to open up the auction house for me before i get anywhere.

Still struggling through the lower levels.

Flatty mentioned the items dropped and money awarded for quests at higher levels much better. Only then I'll be able to pay rent. Any chance gassie can transfer his leadership to u wonda?

Other than that I'm all for it

[WondaWoman]

I don't know about the leadership transfer thingy Stool, Ga55ie will have to decide.

[Ga5can]

I actually logged on this weekend to transfer the Kinship but you were not in. I will do it tonight.

[WondaWoman]

You're not coming back? :sad: Srsly, I don't mind taking it over. I don't have the terrible choice of choosing between WoW and LOTRO - I know you vested a lot of time into both. As long as you're okay with it, I'm okay with it.

[Ga5can]

I am coming back to LOTRO. Comparing WoW and LOTRO does not do justice to each of the games but the lore, the graphics and the game play is so much fun in LOTRO. Passing the Kinship is just admin :)

I stood back from it due to the "smaller" number of people playing it and making it a bit more difficult to progress through the instances but the group is growing nicely.

[WondaWoman]

I meant the choice as in time. Which to choose to spend your time playing. I've never played WoW, so I can't really compare game play.

Yeah I know what you mean about higher level quests. I'm super keen to do the BG's in the higher level areas :drool: They look so challenging!!! So keen to have you back :D

[TotalWar]

I got some good news from my ISP today, as you know the new expansion is coming out for WoW, but I really like the game play and graphics of LOTRO, also the people playing are not bad either. :D

So I will be splitting up my time between the two. I do not think it will take long untill WoW settles down again. It will be nice to be online again. I miss Middle earth, I got killed by horde so many times in the last week I actually want to stop playing. At least I have a sniper watching my back in LOTRO. :)

[Punky3025]

I think Wonda will make an awesome Kin leader. She puts in a lot of effort to make folks welcome and is almost always online. Nice suggetion Stool.

[Drusky]

I'll contribute to the Kinship house.

Flatty you will raise gold pretty quickly by selling ore. Tin ore is very valuable, as is Gold, Silver and Rich Iron ores. This goes out to all the lower level guys. Please do not sell your vauluable ore off. The only ore that is pretty much vendor stuff is Copper Ore and Barrow Iron.

If you do not have space for the ore, send it to me, I can store it/sell it and pass the moolah on to Wonda.

[WondaWoman]

Ga55ie made me Kin leader this afternoon. Thanks Ga5. :D I am now your LEADER!

mwuhaha mwuhahaha mwuhahahahahahaha :psycho:

I went house shopping today. Found a nice semi empty neighbourhood with a kin house that stands on top of a hill overlooking the valley with mountains in the distance *sigh* It's 15gold (I know! What a bargain!) and the upkeep per week is 300 silver. Address is 8 Haven way Mithuinan, Fathathlorn, Ered Luin. If you okes want to look at it together, I can port us there :gyes:

[TotalWar]

Hail our new leader Wonda :bow:

8 Haven Way, is there anything with a sea view?

[Stool]

scratch that I'm starting to figure out nice ways to make money for rent. not all there yet for purchase price but I'll do my bit. just let me know how much :)

[Nitty]

Wow, that is so cool. I never knew you could buy real property in LOTRO. With an address nogal! :hmmm:

[TotalWar]

Wow, that is so cool. I never knew you could buy real property in LOTRO. With an address nogal! :hmmm:

Yes, you could be a property Tycoon Nitty, does that mean you might start playing again?

[Nitty]

Nitty the [-]ra[/-]tycoon. I like that :slide: I don't think I will play again this year TW. Maybe next year :)

[GeroW4lll]

Ga55ie made me Kin leader this afternoon. Thanks Ga5. :D I am now your LEADER!

mwuhaha mwuhahaha mwuhahahahahahaha :psycho:

Since no one did and it had to be done...(it is the interwebz after all)
I, for one, welcome our new tyrannical super powered overlord, um, overlady.

[Nitty]

Hail our new leader Wonda :bow:

8 Haven Way, is there anything with a sea view?


Since no one did and it had to be done...(it is the interwebz after all)
I, for one, welcome our new tyrannical super powered overlord, um, overlady.

:hmmm:

[Flatty]

Since no one did and it had to be done...(it is the interwebz after all)
I, for one, welcome our new tyrannical super powered overlord, um, overlady.

BUT, can she speak Spanish?

[Arbythep00nage]

Im on leave from next week so I will have some decent time to sink into the game. Will be lvling like crazy. I hope then I will be able to contribute a bit.

[WondaWoman]

I'm going to leave buying a kinship house until the New Year. I need to see how many ppl are seriously sticking around. Otherwise the costs will fall on a few of us. If there are only a few of us, we might as well buy little houses each, as the upkeep is only 50 silver per week, and they only cost like 1 gold.

[WondaWoman]

So we have enough gold for this, with contributions from Flatty, Drusky and myself. So now? Do I just go buy one? Or do we go group shopping? Or what?

[Stool]

I say you lot that made the money together go shop together?

I'll be more social this evening. Gimme a shout if you want another set of eyes scouting places.

[Flatty]

So we have enough gold for this, with contributions from Flatty, Drusky and myself. So now? Do I just go buy one? Or do we go group shopping? Or what?

I'm easy when it comes to stuff like that, just do it. I can't wait to put my rat in the house :D

[Org]

I trust you guys to buy us a beautiful home :)

[Stool]

dibs on top bunk

[Arbythep00nage]

who wants to bet flatty will be walking around in his underwear on the first day you move in?
:D

[Gypsy]

who wants to bet flatty will be walking around in his underwear on the first day you move in?
:D

:rofl:

[Flatty]

who wants to bet flatty will be walking around in his underwear on the first day you move in?
:D

You're just jealous that I can lounge around the whole weekend in my jocks, not shave, and basically succumb to my neanderthal instincts, while you have to be all proper laak because of the missus. :p

[Nitty]

Flatty in his undies and RB in his stokeys. Big brother here we come :D

[Thumponius]

Or Jerry is gonna call.

[Punky3025]

Flatty in his undies and RB in his stokeys. Big brother here we come :D

RB is no longer mentioned by the LOTRO players. He is dead to us !

[Nitty]

RB is no longer mentioned by the LOTRO players. He is dead to us !

Ban, ban, ban, ban :p

[Arbythep00nage]

You're just jealous that I can lounge around the whole weekend in my jocks, not shave, and basically succumb to my neanderthal instincts, while you have to be all proper laak because of the missus. :p

I know, im crying on the inside :(

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Flatty in his undies and RB in his stokeys. Big brother here we come :D

Wow! you never forget anything!

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RB is no longer mentioned by the LOTRO players. He is dead to us !

:(

[Nitty]

:console: We're just messing with you :D

[TotalWar]

:flame: When Nitty burns someone, she goes all out. I would hate to have her at my roast.

I have said it before but the song Firestarter was dedicated to her. :p

[Nitty]

:flame: When Nitty burns someone, she goes all out. I would hate to have her at my roast.

I have said it before but the song Firestarter was dedicated to her. :p

:psycho: You've all been warned :) Thank you TW. Now where is that ice cream?

By the way, I haven't received my invite for Sunday yet. I think it got lost in the post :sad:

[TotalWar]

SA mail, what can you do?

[Punky3025]

:console: We're just messing with you :D

Speak for yourself

[Darnit696]

Interesting... send a woman shopping and you get the following thread tags... check,expensive,extra,give,gold. :gno:

[Thumponius]

And this would be different from any other time?

[Drusky]

I want my own toilet. If it has no door and a view of the valley I'm fine with that.

[TotalWar]

There is only one room upstairs, and I thnk it will be our leaders. I just want a pool table and a pool for those hot lazy days. :)

[Flatty]

Anyone steps on my rat, there'll be hell to pay!

[Nitty]

Anyone steps on my rat, there'll be hell to pay!

Then you better keep it far away from TW. He's got the tendency to step on small creatures (i.e. Mr Bigglesworth et al) :wink:

[Drusky]

It's a pity Flatty only has one rat. You can't make a pair of slippers with one rat.

[TotalWar]

I was planning on doing some major fumigating before we move in. So even for a few weeks after no creature would survive. Also they have a nice big front garden for a small dog. :D

[Thumponius]

But that's where Nitty is...

[Nitty]

I don't mind sharing my garden with a dog :shrug:

[Punky3025]

Well if you actually played LOTRO ( which would be awesome) we MIGHT let you in the garden

[Drusky]

You can't call excessive flatulence "fumigating". It's known as chemical warfare.
This is exactly why I want my own loo with a view!

[Gypsy]

You can't call excessive flatulence "fumigating". It's known as chemical warfare.
This is exactly why I want my own loo with a view!

:rofl: This house is going to be very very intresting

[Nitty]

Classic Dru! :rofl: Can't rep you again though, so you'll just have to accept this in stead :kiss:

[TotalWar]

Are we going with ADT as our security company? We need to keep the Riff Raff out.

[Nitty]

Are we going with ADT as our security company? We need to keep the Riff Raff out.

:chair: They said I'm allowed in, so don't you stir the pot now.

[TotalWar]

:rofl:

I was not reffering to you. :console:

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Besids if I wanted to keep you out I would bring my puppies to guard. In fact then I could get the top room all to myself. :hmmm:

[WondaWoman]

The house has been bought :woohoo: Thanks to all who contributed money towards this cause.

I have given permissions to all kinship members to decorate, maintain, store goods etc.

To decorate:
On your minimap a small toggle button will appear when you are on the lot. You can toggle between decorate mode and normal mode. Right click on a space and drag your deco item to the small box that appear. To remove, just pop the icon back in your bag. Decorate as you like. I might shift stuff around etc. We'll see how it goes. I've already made stuff for the house, some stuff looks odd (like the bed I made, so i popped it in storage).

To pay maintenance:
I will send you a mail to tell you it's your turn to pay maintenance. Simply open your character panel (C) and choose the house tab. Click on the maintenance button and pay until you cannot pay anymore. If you have cash flow issues, simply send me a mail saying you're bankrupt atm, and I will mail the next guy. Obviously only active players will be mailed.

Storage:
There are 3 chests dotted around the house. We can discuss what should be stored here???? I have no clue.

[WondaWoman]

Some pics of Punky settling into our Kinship House :D
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Punky lounging about in the "parlour" :cool:

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Doing what Punky does best....sleeping. :D

[WondaWoman]

A request please regarding decorating:
Please do not change paint colours. This is something that is not really necessary, and simply a waste of money. Esp if everyone does it, we'll have diff coloured walls everyday.
Otherwise feel free to put your deco stuff in the house, it may be moved around simply to accomodate other pieces that fit better. If you change the ambient music in the kinship house, please put the current music in the storage chest, do not throw away!! Think of it as changing CD's in the CD player.
If you find you cannot locate your deco piece, mail me. Depending of what deco is put up, I may make a veto decision to rip it off the wall and throw it in the box. Call it autocratic leadership. My vote is the only one that counts :D

[Org]

Just remember - my Warg trophy isn't really dead ... if you move him, he WILL bite you ;)

[Drusky]

I plonked some statues from Rivendell down in the front yard. They are bound to me. If you want me to move them you'll have to give me a shout... where did that great big sundial come from?

[WondaWoman]

:psycho:

It's not a sundial buddy. Have a closer look.

[Arbythep00nage]

:psycho:

It's not a sundial buddy. Have a closer look.

phallic statue?

[Nitty]

Pictures please :)

[WondaWoman]

A stone dais, and if you logged in Nitty, you could even walk over it.

[Nitty]

I tried logging in over the weekend, but I forgot my password & I couldn't even reset it via e-mail :sad:

[_ENiGMA|z|A_]

I don't like the house because it stole mine and sheeps paintings..... :sad:
i worked hard for that painting you know....

[Nitty]

Is it haunted?

[Stool]

haunted by the unkitch witch

[WondaWoman]

I'm hoping that is not a subtle reference to me? :baseballbat:

[Arbythep00nage]

I'm hoping that is not a subtle reference to me? :baseballbat:

:giggle:

[Thumponius]

I don't think there was anything subtle about it.