Don't like your founder's cloak? Change it! (For Darqflame)Follow

So I preordered my copy from EB, which means that I got the super-common and uglier-than-sin founder's cloak. Well, I was a bit disappointed with the EB/Gamestop one, but the nearest Best Buy is an hour away and the nearest Fry's is half a continent away, and I didn't want to preorder my game with either of them (especially not online, when god only knows when I'd get my game after it goes live).

So what I did is I went to Best Buy and preordered a copy there to get THEIR key (ten bloody dollars, extortionists!). I was hoping that I could preorder for their key, then when I got my full-version from EB I could upgrade to that copy (thus saving me a trip out of town to go back to Best Buy). Last night I went to the LOTRO account management page and saw where it had an option to add a key to an account.

Well, I typed in my Best Buy key and submitted it as an account upgrade. The awesome thing? Now all my characters have BOTH founder's cloaks. And being a prestige-item ***** like I am, I'm 2/3 satisfied. Now if only Fry's would open up shop somewhere in my part of the country in the immediate future, then I'd be REALLY happy. Ironic that the easiest-to-get preorder comes with the ugliest cloak and the hardest-to-get has the best cloak. But anyway, I figure there's bound to be at least two or three of you who, like me, don't want to miss out on all the founder's cloaks while they're available. Apparently Turbine expected people to want the different cloaks, since you have the option of adding multiple preorder keys to your account, allowing you to have multiple founder's cloaks.

So, Darq, you're not stuck with lime green and bird vomit. =D

I have the Fry's founder's cloak but my key came from Amazon.com. I've actually never even heard of Fry's before, lol.

Is there a place we can see what they look like? I'm curious to know the difference. My buddy has the EB cloak, and I'm thinking I find it a bit fugly.

[EDIT]: Nevermind, I found Mistress Darqflame's post. ^^.

Edited, Apr 8th 2007 9:46pm by CrownDefender

Well, I believe the Amazon.com cloak is the same as Fry's... So try ordering online there?

I heard Amazon was sucking with pre-order codes, someone go get me one! ROFL

With gas near $3 a gal and I drive a 5.0 Stang with enhanced features driving to Texas or Illinois just for Fry's would be insane!

I have been there thanks, and considering what you guys get paid versus what I do, it ain't all that bad.

Yeah I already know about your holidays, your healthcare blah blah blah, my boyfriend lives there, so nothing you can say will bother me or make me jealous... ROFL

Okay, so far we know that the Cloak of the Peace-Keeper is the EB/Gamestop one.

Do we know which one is the fry's and which is the best buy one? The other two are the Cloak of Easeful Thought and the Wayfarer's Cloak.

I got the wayfarer's cloak from GoGamer.com.

I wouldn't worry too much. My cloak was obsolete by about lvl 12.

I'm more interested, at this point, in being able to destroy them to save inventory/bank space. Attempting to "drop" them just bounces them back into my inventory.

First, all your characters get the items. All the characters you create now and forever.

Second, while a +18 cloak seems pretty buff at first, it does soon pale in comparason to higher level loot.

However, I did hear that the devs original plan was for the stats on the founder's cloak and ring to improve over time so go ahead and stash them... maybe they have some future plan in mind to let us bring them out of mothballs...