Dwarf Invasion at the Kinhouse
Lighting: I'll make this brief. Something was included in Wildwood
update that forever changed house interiors. The addition of "Per Pixel
Lighting Attenuation" has added specific lighting details to the
overall ambience of houses. This can be seen at entranceways and inside
the darker hallways. This new feature has also modified the way
wallpaper and floor surfaces are seen. The reflective properties of the
"Memory" application makes it appear more like a layer of slime and the
fluffy carpet items you get from the Homesteads and Evendim now look
like sprayed-on paint.
"I've been slimed." - Peter Venkman
Decorations: There is also a wide-range of new decorations I now had access to since War of Three Peaks was released for lotro points on February 18th, the Wildwood Update on March 17th, and the Spring Festival out the following day. Filbert Fig is also offering Ered Mithrin decorations for Figments of Splendour.
That isn't to say that all the decorations are considered "good" or
"obtainable" in my book. Without using any reputation tomes, it will
take you approximately four weeks of completing the 3-mission dailies to
reach the level for bartering those lovely warmarks at the
quartermaster. At the very least they managed to include those wonderful
paintings from the mission barterer over to the coin quartermaster in Update 28.2. Wildwood added a few decorations from the factions (including a nice Trader's Wharf boat), the instance quest, and the instances themselves. Unfortunately, the "Gammer House" set from Spring Festival is just way too mundane and ugly to be included anywhere.
"That's my boat." - Forrest Gump
Remodel: When it came to the remodel of the
kinhouse, I kept things rather simple. Despite my attempts at adding a
few yard decorations outside, there was no change to the outside. However, the themes inside have been swapped. The dwarves have now made their place at the entrance while the beornings have settled with things upstairs.
There has also been a few other modification:
- Entrance: Gem Wallpaper, 3 New Dwarf Paintings, 3 Weapons from Anvil of Winterstith, Map Table more prominent, Erebor weapons by chest, map table with dwarf guard, Moria crystals, Throne of Isengard moved back in, Obsidian Dwarf Desk, Dwarf Bust.
- Hallways: 2 Gondorian Wall Braziers now placed in the center, decorative gourds in a better place for people to click on (and walk over if they so choose), Chest of the Spider Queen, Ornate Book closer to the Mordor Room, Replica of "Moon" moved to Mordor Room, Moria Geode also moved down, added new boat to the reflecting pool.
- Study Room: Summerfest Wallpaper with black trees, Obsidian Dwarf Statue, Door to Mazarbul with dwarf "ghost" guard, both Kidzul-kâlah head and Mordor statue brought down next to the bookcases.
- Upstairs: Added pet turtle, 2 great lilies, cleared out clutter on both sides and added planters, moved both of the pet mini-houses up from the entrance, fish pond and gem now prominently displayed in the middle with boulder and dragon chest, Secret Keyhole moved down by the stairs, falling flower petals added to ceiling.
"Hello. My name is Resolina, and I spend hours moving decorations inches at a time." - Anonymous
2021-03-24