You are here: Another benefit of owning a home is a discount of purchases from various vendors within the homestead. For those penny pinchers out there, your coupons never expire.
Also, don't fear that your stuck with one home for lifetime. If you feel like moving up in the world, you can remove your furniture, pack up, abandon your home, and buy a new one. The system is easy to use, fun to use, and adds a bit of entertainment when you feel like some downtime is in order.
Wealth
Personal wealth is always a big deal to most players in an MMO. More specifically, players need to know, or are interested to know, if it's easy, or difficult, to obtain money and not feel broke all the time. I can say with great joy that earning your copper, silver, and gold in LotRO is quick and easy.
The best and most effecient way of earning your currency is by simple looting of all corpses and selling back to vendors in towns. While you may feel you're not earning much through your first 10 levels, onwards you'll see a spike in the value of just common trophy drops that can add up quickly to thicken your wallet.
Taking your crafting into play is also an alternative. The Auction House will accept what you don't want, or need, and if the price is right, someone will happily buy your posting.
Of course, with an economy comes inlfation worries. LotRO counters this by ensuring skills, repairs, various equipments, and upkeep balance out. You'll notice your skills become quite pricey to purchase as you advance, as well as your equipment repairs and as expensive as they can become, they won't tax you to any notice unless you're a wild spender. Quick stable master travel also adds as a balance. Feeling lazy and don't want to run the short distance? 15 Silver it will cost you for your lack of energy, while long distance travel, more reasonable and obvious, just 1 silver.
Players who enjoy power trading, buying and selling, and playing the market will enjoy the opportunity LotRO presents. Players who aren't interested, but would like, at least, to afford items they require will be able to do so without being on the constant brink of saying, "I'm broke!"
Player Music
Depending on your class, players have the ability to pick up an in game instrument, such as a lute, harp, and drums, to quietly strum your own tunes under a shady tree, or jam out with your friends in the center of Bree. If you're not a musician, no worries. Playing is a simple as equipping your instrument and pressing your skill keys. Each key, 1-9, ALT 1-9, Shift 1-9, provides your pitches and notes. Find a beat and play away!
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