11:05 am, December 2, 2014
Been a while since I've played LOTRO. Have a lowish-level (20) Warden (lost interest in) & Champ, but not tied to them. Particularly keen on playing a DPS class with some group utility for 3- [..]
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1:05 am, December 2, 2014
Hi, I played about a year ago on a free account but I'm maybe looking to start again, I really enjoyed the game.
Anyway I wanted to ask a few questions before starting.
I'm looking to sub this time [..]
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11:05 am, December 1, 2014
Just 2 questions:
1. Can you gain access to areas that you haven't bought the quest pack?
2. Is there a minimum level for quests? I ask this because after I finish all the free quest areas which w [..]
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1:05 am, December 1, 2014
What if I am not a new player neither have "first" impressions?
I guess I'll just salute everyone, it's nice to be back after an almost-4-years stop.
I have some "second" impr [..]
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1:05 am, November 30, 2014
Hey all. I played LOTRO back in the day before any expansions. I even participated in the Beta which blew my mind at the time. I'll never forget seeing that rainbow over the Shire. Anyway, I am think [..]
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1:05 am, November 29, 2014
So, first my account is magically missing, and Turbine can't explain how my characters were initially linked to my e-mail, despite that they claim it was never on my account. (It's currently on my hu [..]
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11:05 am, November 28, 2014
Hello all,
I bought the stuff that was on sale over Thanksgiving and now I'm ready to get back into the game. Tried out some of the old stuff and looked around. I used to play on a few ~lvl 20-30 ch [..]
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1:05 am, November 27, 2014
Well, I'm kind of a returning player, but the last time I played, I played for about 1-2 days before quitting because the computer couldn't handle the game so it was just a lag fest and this was abou [..]
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11:05 am, November 23, 2014
I used to play lotro about 5-6 yrs ago, i'm just wondering if the game is still thriving like it used to, or is the player base on the decline? and what would be the best server to run to for a decen [..]
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1:05 am, November 23, 2014
Last night I had a horrible experience with players who THINK they know something. A boss would not spawn and I really wasn't concerned with is because I was getting Troll slayers done. But after 150 [..]
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1:05 am, November 21, 2014
Hello everyone :)
I just came back on lotro from a really long long break (I think I left just before the game got transfered to Turbine from CodeMasters ) and I would like to know the actual state [..]
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1:05 am, November 18, 2014
Yes, another Central Gondor rep thread :) Took my first character through CG with no rep acceleration, not knowing how badly it would be needed. Lesson learned or future alts, but for now I'm finishi [..]
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1:05 am, November 13, 2014
Greetings, everyone! I have a curious problem I've tried to resolve a few months ago, to no avail. I had to take a few months off, but here I am again, with the same question. So, this is the problem [..]
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1:05 am, November 13, 2014
I see no call for other than r5+ or r6+.
I'd love to learn more about these big battles.
My experience so far is that a BB will randomly bug out during side quests or end in the middle of a side qu [..]
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11:05 am, November 11, 2014
..or is it just me?
greetings friends!
i´m just wondering about an effect that i came upon, after u15. my minstrel keeps dying all the time! if i do quests in dol amrtoth with exactly the [..]
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1:05 am, November 10, 2014
Hi all,
I am (relatively) new to the forum, as in I've read a lot, but not posted yet...
Just thought I'd send a message to ask about kinships: any suggestions on what the best way to find one is?
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1:05 am, November 9, 2014
I have not gotten a chance to really deal with the new area yet so I cannot comment on that. Most of the bug fixes did not affect me because I am new but I ALWAYS welcome bug fixes and appreciate the [..]
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11:05 am, November 6, 2014
When i play for 2-3 minutes my game minimizes and maximizes itself very quick can't even do anything
about it, is it because of new update? It was working fine i have played like
for days. I had [..]
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11:05 am, November 6, 2014
Dear Devs,
Thank you for the new update. I know you do the best job you can but I'd like to ask a favor. It appears you have brought back the cappy aggro bug in the moors. I mean, one rare NPC aggro [..]
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1:05 am, November 6, 2014
Hello there as you can tell im a first time player of lotro. what i wanted to ask is where does the F2P ends and where i may have to pay for, mainly i mean these "quest packs" do i run out [..]
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1:05 am, November 6, 2014
I have been playing lotro off & on for the last few months but now I am playing more. I am a "free to play player",I don't plan to ever use actual money,since I don't have any lol.. [..]
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11:05 am, November 3, 2014
I think it a sad loss that many who come to the game due to their love for the books (and/or Middle-earth role play) do not get to learn from the very beginning about the nature of the Laurelin serve [..]
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1:05 am, November 2, 2014
Okay so I realize that the recommended server for new players is Gladden, but forget that. My recommendation is for ALL new players to join Brandywine, and here's my reasoning why:
So gladden and Br [..]
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11:05 am, November 1, 2014
Next week I should have some cash so I can get couple upgrades to my free account and I have a couple questions about buying mithral. First is it worth it? Seriously, should I use any turbine points [..]
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11:05 am, November 1, 2014
My Mithral question made me think of something else related, is it worth getting the variant summoned animals for a loremaster? Is there a difference between the base bear and ....a polar bear or bea [..]
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1:05 am, November 1, 2014
I read the LOTRO wiki about the Beorning, but I don't see it-them as an included part of character creation in the game. How do I unlock the ability to make a Beorning character? Is it something that [..]
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1:05 am, November 1, 2014
Hello all!
I've been playing around with some UI skins from lotrointerface yesterday.More specifically I tried Delving Hills,JappMeUI_Isengard and EA Rohan. Mostly the last two though since yesterda [..]
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11:05 am, October 31, 2014
I lost some Mithril Coins to at bug or something about the silver hobbit gift being "free"
I logged in for the first time in a couple of days to collect my hobbit gifts. After opening the [..]
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1:05 am, October 31, 2014
Good evening all
I have tried playing this game a few time , but could never really find the time , but now i feel i have enough free time to commit
to playing most nights for a few hours so i ju [..]
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1:05 am, October 30, 2014
Hi! Running the current festival to some extent (read: frantically:D) I have seen the same character farming in the same spot and in the same manner (plant one, harvest one - the slowest possible met [..]
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1:05 am, October 29, 2014
Do Beornings have their own story and intros like the other races do?
What types of weapons and armor do they use?
Would they use mounts?
What skills would they use?
I'm curious about the beo [..]
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1:05 am, October 29, 2014
Hi there,
Having trouble copying a character from live to Bullroarer, anyone knows about it or having same issue? It tells me that i need to be logged in and i do log in and tried different combinat [..]
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1:05 am, October 29, 2014
So, I have been playing lotro for a while now on a few different servers (I an currently settled on Brandywine) and I have decided that I want to make my 5th and final toon on this server.
I current [..]
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1:05 am, October 28, 2014
I have think that are lotro player base gone smaller or is it growing. I know its less than its "glory" years, but now i have played different servers and feel somekind there are again more [..]
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1:05 am, October 27, 2014
So ever get those moments where you wanna play a game for your past you really enjoyed? Well I got that feeling for LotRO. Saw it on steam and said lets give it a whirl, I used to love that game. [..]
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12:05 pm, October 24, 2014
Ok I am planning on getting the Mines but out of the account expansions for someone who hasn't played in about two years, and will be paying for my account and my daughter's, which are the best to ge [..]
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12:05 pm, October 24, 2014
Since I am back and will have a couple to play with this time I was thinking about buying some of the game content such as the Mines of Moria. I really wanted to play the Runekeeper (caster?) last ti [..]
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2:05 am, October 22, 2014
Sorry to spam yet another new thread but (since I'm locked in here atm) it's the only place I could respond. Like my Sig thread, I will also ask for this thread to be deleted when the time is right.
[..]
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12:05 pm, October 21, 2014
Over the last while, I've been growing more and more concerned about the development of the game. Now, some of what I'm going to describe is really nitpicky, but I think it points to a larger proble [..]
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2:05 am, October 21, 2014
Yep, hafta create another new thread here because I cannot post in General Discussion yet. That's OK--I'm patient. Also, I will delete this thread when it has served its purpose.
I've read the posts [..]
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2:05 am, October 20, 2014
> Humor on.
I've read and understood the posts which address the issue of why new members are restricted as to where & when they can contribute to the discussions at large. I read thr [..]
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12:05 pm, October 16, 2014
I am opening at least 12 armoury boxes and only have 3 armoury tokens for my trouble. Is there some issue that makes the armoury tokens my tank needs to get essences not dropping from these boxes? I [..]
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2:05 am, October 16, 2014
Hello there again LotRO!
I posted one thread a day ago about returning, and some question about compatibility with win 8.1 and loading screen time*. I could say I had no probelms at all with win 8.1 [..]
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12:05 pm, October 14, 2014
Hey,
Like a lot of posts on this forum I am returning after a LONG break.
I am looking to do all the content including raids. Now with that being said it is my philosophy to play something that is [..]
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12:05 pm, October 14, 2014
Hello people!
I'm just passing by, firstly with a few questions, and only then I'd be trying to get back in the game.
I stoped playing some time before the cap lvl went 85. I remember playing a mon [..]
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2:05 am, October 14, 2014
i'm new player here on the lord of the ring i dont know play in the game its the first time i play the game but i have only hunter lvl5 and idk if its a classe can resist and hit nice nvm i wanna as [..]
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2:05 am, October 9, 2014
I'm interested in some advice from more experienced players. How important is it to complete slayer deeds? I have spent the past week or so going through the Eriador areas trying to at least finish [..]
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2:05 am, October 8, 2014
Hello all. I'm patching the game as I post. I thought I may try a walk in Middle Earth once again. I can't remember exactly when I quit but it's been a few years since I played. Would y'all say t [..]
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2:05 am, October 7, 2014
Hi!
I just started playing again. I started a few years ago as an Elf (can't remember the class), and I didn't enjoy it much. But, I returned after getting a suggestion that this game will run on m [..]
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2:05 am, October 4, 2014
Hi....I can't quite decide which of the two I want to play. In most games I generally play an elf with ranged skills. So the first character I created was an elf hunter and only got up to about lvl 1 [..]
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2:05 am, October 3, 2014
Hi all,
Just wondering if there is a thread out there discussing the new class that hasnt devolved into 17 pages of bickering about pricing and what lvl it will start at? I tried reading throug [..]
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12:05 pm, October 1, 2014
im level 28 and when i spent some money and get turbine points i got a outfit and missed it up and unquiped stuff and i spent money on some of those and i cant use my robes on cosmetic help please.
[..]
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2:05 am, October 1, 2014
Hi im just asking , Is this game getting bigger only by updates or they also put new stuff in the game? :confused: Or they are making always great new stuff ? What is your rating about this game ? W [..]
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2:05 am, October 1, 2014
Returning player but cannot post anywhere but here (former and current VIP player and now paid up for 3 months). Yesterday I purchased the quad-pack in the market. I did not get a download link. D [..]
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2:05 am, September 30, 2014
Hello there please can anyone answer thank you.Here are my questions i know i can have free 24 hour mounts.
1 how do i get enuff tp points to get the 95 tp riding skill on a free account?
2 what i [..]
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12:05 pm, September 27, 2014
Considering how many players are stuck in this forum (with all the spambots, which makes for awkward company), I thought I would give them a helping hand. And this can go for players who have alread [..]
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12:05 pm, September 26, 2014
Hi guys,
I am thinking about returning to LOTRO but I have missed so much. When I stopped playing edenwaith was the end pve content. yes its been a long while. I was wondering if you guys have an [..]
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2:05 am, September 25, 2014
Ok IM confused about something. I am a monthly sub. Why do I still have to buy virtues from the lotr store? I have a ranked 9 virtue that I use. I was wanting to put it back in but it says I need to [..]
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2:05 am, September 24, 2014
Greetings
Thought I would share a couple of my first thoughts, maybe someone want to fix the errors or at least other new players might find some of it useful.
First thing I stumbled on was during [..]
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2:05 am, September 24, 2014
When my VIP sub expires, how exactly do I go about cancelling my sub so it doesn't auto renew? I certainly don't want to give them anymore money as a reward for their lack of hospitality toward new p [..]
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12:05 pm, September 23, 2014
Spent about half an hour trying to find a place where I can actually post.
Could you simply put an icon next to forums you/we are allowed to post inside of?
I wanted to post to a thread in the sugg [..]
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12:05 pm, September 22, 2014
I have 30+ gift mathoms, and I know they are reputation items that can be exchanged for reputation with the Mathom House. However, how to exchange them? I checked near Mathom House and inside, the NP [..]
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2:05 am, September 21, 2014
Anyone know how to trigger the undead of Evendim slayer deed...I've slaughtered about 80 oathbreakers but no deed has flagged up.
I've triggered the dead of Annunimas deed which according to the WIKI [..]
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12:05 pm, September 20, 2014
Hi All,
Since you guys were so helpful with my questions about stealth levels (https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthr...Stealth-levels), I thought I'd ask a few more:
1. Do all burglars have a posit [..]
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2:05 am, September 20, 2014
No, I'm not asking about what the biggest server is, but I am curious about the small (English speaking) servers. What is a small, decent non-RP server?? I don't care about which timezone the playerb [..]
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2:05 am, September 19, 2014
Hi, so I am finding this game quite charming so far. I'm trying to choose a class and trying stuff out. Usually I pick a Healing class in MMOs, so those are the ones I'm looking at most closely.
Now [..]
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2:05 am, September 19, 2014
Hey, Im not actualy a new player, I ve been playing since oct? las year on Evernight server. But I figured this subforum would be more suitable for what im asking.
Firstly I'd like a server with a p [..]
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2:05 am, September 18, 2014
I haven't played a game for awhile that has GM's. I have been playing SL since SWG shut down. My GF talked me into playing LoTr. It is refreshing again to play a game that when you have a issue the [..]
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2:05 am, September 18, 2014
Not the /alias thing that Google results from 2008 talked about, which was mostly for hotkeying RP emotes about putting on hats or spamming advertisements in chat or... something.
Like the ability t [..]
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2:05 am, September 17, 2014
Well I would like to post this somewhere better, like a Lore subforum, but since Turbine won't let me post anywhere else :mad: I hope the right people see it here. :/
Anyway ~ !
I am curious why Ca [..]
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12:05 pm, September 15, 2014
I mostly only play a hunter and have noticed some things in combat that I don't understand. The example that occurs the most often is when I use the melee skill Blindside and am unable to follow it i [..]
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2:05 am, September 15, 2014
Hello there! I am a returning player to the game after a year or so. I have my main towards the end of the Isengard quests, purchased just the quest pack. It is now about time for me to move into Roh [..]
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2:05 am, September 15, 2014
I'm getting close to 100 on my hunter and so am picking out gear and preparing LI's but ran into a confusing point. I've noticed that my level 85 2nd age bow and spear have the same DPS as the level [..]
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2:05 am, September 13, 2014
Hey all. I never knew about essence gear till now! This looks very cool and am I right you can start getting gear at level 50?
Also are they a random drop from any enemy?
Thanks for you're time!
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2:05 am, September 13, 2014
Hello, about 2 months ago I tried LotRo and I literally loved it. So I will going to buy the VIP status. Only one question, with the VIP status, with quest packs what it includes? Also the expansions [..]
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2:05 am, September 11, 2014
so sorry I am posting this here but apparently i cant post any where else for a while because I'm new to the forum...been playing the game for about 5 months now haha, but anyway
I was hoping to fin [..]
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12:05 pm, September 9, 2014
After a month or so of play, I am nearing the end of the free content, and it is time to earn enough points to get my first extension. Which one should I choose? I play only solo, and my character is [..]
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2:05 am, September 9, 2014
I am a free player, so I must depend on the Turbine Points to buy extensions and quest packs. My question is, if I buy a quest pack with Turbine Points, is this quest pack available to all characters [..]
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12:05 pm, September 8, 2014
Is anyone else getting spammed by the Hobnogians quests when logging in?
Yesterday I was switching between my main who was lurking in Bywater to do the festival mushroom / egg repeatables and an alt [..]
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2:05 am, September 8, 2014
Hello everyone I am rughbok R9 war-leader of windfola and I wish to share our servers biggest problem.
So For the past I don't know maybe 2 months our server has been dying off. Honestly we h [..]
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2:05 am, September 7, 2014
Hi, I wanted to put this in a more specific forum (the Raids / Instances one) but it won't let me post anywhere else, so I hope this is OK here. :p
So, I played LOTRO a little bit a long time ago (M [..]
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2:05 am, September 7, 2014
Myself and my son recently returned to LOTRO as we hadn't played since Codemasters ran the game and our old chars had gone due to not being transferred which didn't mind. We played on our respective [..]
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2:05 am, September 4, 2014
Am I crazy for only wanting to play one character? Everyone I've seen has alts at different levels, but I just don't have the time. It's hard enough to find time to play my character the way it is. [..]
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12:05 pm, August 30, 2014
When I was young .... SOM would totally fill my health bar. It allowed me to take on mobs I'd never usually attempt once every 30m - sometimes I'd even succeed.
Now this once proud and awesome abili [..]
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12:05 pm, August 30, 2014
Hey i used to play LOTRO about 2 months ago and recently ive been wanting to start playing again. When i stopped playing the game i uninstalled it. I never spent any of my mithril coins and now i hav [..]
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2:05 am, August 30, 2014
I am not sure if there has been any recent discussion about diminishing returns what with the advent of essence gear but I have seen quite a few builds amongst hunters and champs alike where they've [..]
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2:05 am, August 30, 2014
This game looks awesome but still could be much better if we... the clients that could spend some money for playing would have the choice of joining a side when you just create your account. Save ip' [..]
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12:05 pm, August 28, 2014
Hello everybody!
I've been playing DDO for about 6 years, now, and decided to come over and try LOTRO. I had a couple questions, though:
1. What's a good starter class? I love magic/caster classe [..]
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2:05 am, August 28, 2014
So I went VIP again last night and ever since then I've been disconnecting when porting using muster skills or map skills and also when I've just been simply going through doors. Haven't done many in [..]
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2:05 am, August 28, 2014
I have been playing LOTRO almost a month, at first I enjoyed it very much, it was awesome to be transported to Tolkien's Middle-Earth. I have never played any MMOs before, but since I have been a Tol [..]
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2:05 am, August 27, 2014
Hey, I'd like to start off by saying I'm not new to lotro. In fact, I've been a player for 4 years. But am excited to be joining the forum!
The problem facing me right now is I've found myself with [..]
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12:05 pm, August 25, 2014
Okay. So, basically, I started playing, got a couple levels and the world chat had a couple folks talking about LOTRO's nice graphics. Someone chimed-in and heavily recommended SweetFX and suggested [..]
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2:05 am, August 25, 2014
Since there seems to be much confusion about the restriction of the boards for new members, and it has been suggested that in order to gain access one needs a certain amount of posts, I thought why n [..]
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2:05 am, August 22, 2014
Hey Guys,
I feel like Role-playing in MMOs can be a huge aspect of the game and it seems that Middle-Earth is the perfect place for this. LOTRO seems to be pretty big and contains enormous amounts o [..]
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12:05 pm, August 21, 2014
I have a have a question about the VIP/subscription model. If I pay for the VIP every month do I have to buy stuff in the store or do I get the all of the game? I'm talking pacifically about riding s [..]
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2:05 am, August 21, 2014
first of all i apologise if this is not the correct place to ask this question but i have a doubt about my internet plan. my plan offers me a mobile conection with 5gb a month, this is , i can use up [..]
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2:05 am, August 20, 2014
I'm completely new to MMOs, jumped in purely for the LOTR aspect. Enjoying the game so far. I'm a free player about to finish the Lone-Lands, so looking for advice before I make any major decisions [..]
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2:05 am, August 19, 2014
it seems a few of us players have been whining about some log in problems for almost 4 hours already we have been complaining already in the FB page of lotro and it seems turbine or any admins wont r [..]
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12:05 pm, August 11, 2014
I am an overpowered minstrel, solo player. I like being op as it means I can enjoy the aspects of the game I love (story, environment etc) without worrying too much about grouping. However, sometimes [..]
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2:05 am, August 9, 2014
After arranging for our kin to get most of our players to Moria, we plunged in as a party. 2 DPS, one Champ tanking and me thinking I could heal on my RK. I've already leveled one RK to max as dps an [..]
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