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Tip Time: Naming Help
Tony posted this on January 10th, 2010. It has 2 Comments »
Categorized as Tip Time.
Tagged as Names, Sindarin, Tip Time.
Shorthand Link: http://mmeow.net/tw2539
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Tip Time: Shadowfoot’s Paw?
Tony posted this on January 4th, 2010. It has 3 Comments »
Categorized as Tip Time.
Tagged as Crafting, Shadowfoot's Paw, Tip Time.
Shorthand Link: http://mmeow.net/tw2521
One of the nice things about the search function on MMeOw is that I can tell what people look for once they get to our site. I thought it’d be smart to base some of our Tip Time entries on these searches.
Today’s Tip Time involves [Shadowfoot’s Paw].
Shadowfoot is a named wolf that wanders around the Old Forest. For most he’ll be a push over: he’s only level 13 and doesn’t have any obvious strengths. What’s unusual about him is that he consistently drops multiple [Shadowfoot’s Paw]s. These are not grayed out as vendor trash.
A while back, items used for critical success chances while crafting were largely gathered from mobs. Some of these were extremely specific and came from certain notable enemies. Things have been streamlined since then. You might still have some of these items, but they can be traded in for the current critical crafting items with various NPC traders. I spent some time looking at what they offered and Shadowfoot’s Paw wasn’t on the menu.
It’s not for crafting. I’ve yet to find a quest that specifically asks for [Shadowfoot’s Paw] either. I thought that perhaps this was one that managed to slip by unnoticed; however, I also found a thread on the European LOTRO forums from 2008 that discusses the general uselessness of this item.
Maybe it’s just playing off our assumption that everything in a MMORPG has to have a real use. Someone wants barghest eyes, after all. Don’t ask me.
Has anyone found out something about this I’ve missed?
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Tip Time: Advanced Quest Guide and Tracker Usage
Tony posted this on November 21st, 2009. It has 2 Comments »
Categorized as Tip Time.
Tagged as Quest Guide, Quest Log, Quest Tracker, Tip Time.
Shorthand Link: http://mmeow.net/tw2425
Today’s Tip Time involves the Quest Guide and Quest Tracker. Through normal gameplay various quests will be added to your Quest Tracker. Most people know that you can control the appearance of quests in the Quest Tracker through your Quest Log. A quick way of getting there is just by clicking the rings next to your quests in the Tracker.
What you may not know is that you can also right click the rings next to your quests.

Sub-menu for the Quest Tracker
This gives you a small menu of additional options:
- Show in Quest Log: Opens up the Quest Log with this quest as the focus. This is the same as left-clicking the quest ring.
- Lock: Locks the quest in the Quest Tracker and prevents it from being replaced automatically as you collect new quests or finish objectives.
- Set Who Note: Sets this quest as your note in the Looking for Fellowship display. This way others can see what you’re focusing on.
- Find Others on Quests: Finds others through the Looking for Fellowship display that are currently doing this quest. Helpful if you need a group, but it presumes they’re paying attention to the LFF display. Unfortunately, many people do not.
- Set as Quest Guide Focus: Sets the selected quest as the focus on the Quest Guide, meaning that the arrow in the radar will focus on that quest instead of whatever it was focusing on previously. This is quite useful because otherwise the Quest Guide will automatically change focus depending on your position.
- Remove: Remove from the Quest Tracker and Guide, but not from the Log.
- Remove All: Same as above, but affects all quests in the Tracker and Guide.
I didn’t realize all of these options were available early on, but they can be quite useful.
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Docholiday, the Warden’s Warden
Hobbit and Redhead posted this on November 2nd, 2009. It has 1 Comment »
Categorized as Guides, Tip Time, Warden.
Shorthand Link: http://mmeow.net/tw2341
His blog has been mentioned before but bears repeating. If you play a Warden, you should be reading Docholiday’s blog.
Today’s installment on tanking gambits is pure gold — Auction House gold, the best kind.
Cheers,
Hobbit

