The following items are on sale from April 27th – May 3rd. Below you will find the sale listings as well as our recommendation on purchasing.
Free Sample of the Week
Minstrels and Rune-keepers have skills to remove dread and VIPs have the option to spend destiny points on removing dread. The rest of you mere mortals (remember, I play a mini) may be interested in purchasing one of these now and then. Well this week you can get one for free!
Remove Dread Tome will … remove dread. Pretty clever name for the tome if you ask me. It’s a one time use consumable item (meaning it will sit in your bag until you need to use it).
This code will allow you to pick up a single tome (not the stack of 5) normally priced at 100 Turbine Points. Place the tome in your cart and use coupon code TOM769 to pick it up for free!
Tier 7 Stat Tome until May 3rd
The tier 7 stat tomes were available back in March and they have returned until May 3rd. It is important to point out here that this is not a sale, just a limited time release.
Like the other tiers of stat tomes, tier 7 tomes are 295 Turbine Points each. They are not included in the tome bundles you find in the store.
Weekly Sale
Virtues*
*Excludes Tier 13 & 14
Custom-tailor your character’s strengths based on your play-style or fellowship need by equipping stackable Virtues. Experience increased morale and power, mitigate various damage types, and more!
Store Location: Character → Virtues
Levels: Varies 
295
236
CSTM RECOMMENDATION: These get a “meh” simply because you can earn these in the game grinding them via the deed system. A nice short-cut to a long grind but not a necessary purchase. If grinding is the thing that gets on your nerves then no harm in buying them at all.
Update 6 increase virtues to go up to rank 14 (previous limit was 12). The new ranks of 13 and 14 are not included in this sale.
For more information on the usefulness of virtues, see Ketani’s article “Are Virtues Worth the Grind?” or her latest post on Virtue Changes in Isengard.
Trait Slots
Customize and make your character more powerful by unlocking additional Virtue, Class, Race or Legendary Trait Slots to use with your virtues, traits, and legendary abilities.
Store Location: Character → Upgrades → Trait Slots
Levels: Varies 95-195
76-156
CSTM RECOMMENDATION: First it’s important to note that this is only for free and premium players. VIPS have access to all their virtue, class, race and legendary trait slots, however they unlock at specific levels so it may not look like they are not available.
These may not be an important buy at the earlier levels but those nearing end game will want to consider buying these. They are like equipping additional stats that otherwise you’ll be missing out on. I’ll make a guess and say they may start coming in pretty handy around the level 40+ range.
Slayer Deed Accelerators
Increase the size of your quest log, earn virtues, titles, and even Turbine Points by completing deeds! Earn double-rewards for slaying Goblins, Spiders, and more for 30-60 minutes! Single & 5-stacks available.
Store Location: Buffs & Boosts → Advancement → Deed
Levels: 5+ 75-450
60-360
CSTM RECOMMENDATION: These are great ways to finish up deeds quicker and reduce the grind. If you’re like me and find the idea of killing 320 wargs to earn a virtue a chore than you will definitely like these little boosters.
See Merric’s Store Explorer post on the Slayer Deed Accelerators.
April 27, 2012 at 4:48 am
I’d recommend (if you haven’t been and are not planning on being a subscriber) to get the class and legendary slots first, racial traits and virtues will depend more on the person
while I’m talking about racial traits (before I forget), Smuso got Hobbit-Silence!!! first hobbit-flop for me! (Warden aggro-dump FTW!! (especially when the warden is has no healers [this makes hunters die fast]))
April 27, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Flops are not aggro dump skills but more of ignore threat list entry skills because as soon as you get up anything that was aggroed onto you will come right back unless some else actively attempted to get aggro on the ones that left you alone.