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Returning Player: LF Solid Solo/Small Group Class

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- [..] View

A new player question out of curiosity, regarding outfitting

1:05 am, November 30, 2014 Hello everyone, I started playing quite recently, and so far I'm really enjoying the game. For my whole time in LotRO there was nothing I longed to see more than the plains of Rohan, and since I fi [..] View

Game keeps switching from home to game/over and over again

11:05 am, November 26, 2014 I don't know how to explain this perfectly....so let me try. So I am playing the game...for like half and hour. Then for someone reason my game switches from my homepage to game to home to game to [..] View

Patch Client Help

1:05 am, November 26, 2014 Hi Everyone, I'm new to this game. I started the installation yesterday and launched the game when it reached minimum buffer. But when I click on the launch game button on the installer to start pla [..] View

Downloading the game..

11:05 am, November 25, 2014 Downloading the game right now. I'll be playing on US realms, but first is the game worth playing or should I "turn back now"? I'm a huge Tolkien fan and love the lore and actually played t [..] View

Returning after a 2-3 year brake; what server?

1:05 am, November 25, 2014 Hello everybody :D! After playing various games (mostly MMO's) I decided to return to LotRO. The server on which I used to play seems pretty empty, so I decided to start from scratch and my quest [..] View

for 14 points in the fourth

1:05 am, November 25, 2014 Ramirez, who will turn 31 on Dec. 23, has primarily played shortstop throughout his 10-year career but has also told teams he would be willing to change positions. Ramirez was originally projected as [..] View

Laurelin Server

11:05 am, November 24, 2014 I've just recently come back to the game from an extended absence and made a character on the Laurelin server. Not that I'm an experienced RP'er but because I've heard that the server's community is [..] View

A few questions about lotro nowadays

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 [..] View

what is the new end game stuff ect?

1:05 am, November 21, 2014 i quit playing lotro soon after they raised the level cap to 75. i did the raids and grinds for the (at the time) top armor for my warden, the spearshaker armor set. now im getting back into it and a [..] View

What do I do?

11:05 am, November 19, 2014 So i've had an account for quite a few years now and have long been a fan of the books. I really enjoyed the game when i downloaded it during 2010 and even had a level 20 or 30 something character. I [..] View

Need help - can't log in

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 [..] View

First time player with a technical issue

11:05 am, November 10, 2014 Hello, I'm Unorthod0x and this is the first time i've downloaded LOTRO ( on mac ), and im having a recurring issue, upon trying to log into the game on my F2P ( Free to play ) account a message pops [..] View

Update 15 Impressions

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 [..] View

havnt played in years. just restarting

1:05 am, November 7, 2014 I last played when the rohan expansion was new. i had a few level 65s and two 75s. Warden, captain, lore master, and rune keeper. Shortly after that I quit playing due to my military obligations in n [..] View

Hello,new player on Brandywine :)

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.. [..] View

I'm actually new...

1:05 am, November 5, 2014 Despite having an account here from a loooong time ago! I've never really got to play far into the game before. I think level 20 is when I stopped playing. I had no friends, no kinship/community, [..] View

New players: a server nearest to your heart

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 [..] View

Attention all new players!!

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 [..] View

Thinking of getting Mithral and had a couple questions

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 [..] View

Returning player questions

1:05 am, November 1, 2014 I haven't played in a few months and I decided to come back and just do the f2p route for a little while. I purchased some of the expansions when I first started, up to RoR I believe. I got up to aro [..] View

UI issue

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 [..] View

A few question from a new player

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 [..] View

I tried playing LOTRO

1:05 am, October 30, 2014 I'm a lore-master of the race of Man, I like playing and like having a bear as a friend. There is an error that occurred when I tried the Wolf Master quest, he just stood there and I wasn't able to f [..] View

No Access to Store or Help

1:05 am, October 29, 2014 Hi there - I've been playing the game for a couple of days now, and like it very much. Only problem is that I cannot have access to the LOTRO Store or the Help section. Any link I use in the game f [..] View

Need help choosing my next toon!

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 [..] View

logged in for 1st time since like 2008...

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. [..] View

Are there Leagues or Guilds?

12:05 pm, October 24, 2014 Because it was so long ago I played I could not remember if there were in fact a League or Guild system. I plan on getting my gaming group on and playing and I was hoping that there was some kind of [..] View

Account Upgrades

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 [..] View

Hey there, and oldie returning!

12:05 pm, October 21, 2014 Hello everyone and how are you all doing? :) It's been to long since I've played this game and I would love to start playing again! Since all my characters are gone (no idea why..) I'll have to resta [..] View

Lost Epic Quest - cannot find the NPC quest giver Halbarad

2:05 am, October 17, 2014 I've done the Defence of Trestlebridge instance - succeeded the first time in spite of playing solo, maybe because I was level 34 and a Minstrel so I could heal the NPCs. Then I went to Halbarad as s [..] View

What am I doing wrong?

2:05 am, October 17, 2014 I started playing today and somehow keep messing up my view. I end up looking down at my character from above and can't figure out how to change the view back. If I completely exit the game and open [..] View

Feedback need, A desire to raid

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 [..] View

Long time no see Lotro :D

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 [..] View

Random Newbie Questions

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 [..] View

IM' Coming Back!

2:05 am, October 6, 2014 Hi everyone. I am getting nostalgic after playing Middle earth: Shadow of Mordor and I thought , HEY, ill sub to Lotro again and get my Lord of The Rings gaming on. Just one thing though. Do people s [..] View

Burglar vs. hunter

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 [..] View

Bought a house by mistake

12:05 pm, October 2, 2014 This is for my wife, because for some reason she wasn't able to log in to the forums. She was looking at a "For sale" sign, then she hit the button at the bottom of the window, out of habit [..] View

Is 1H + Shield discouraged for a Captain tank?

12:05 pm, October 1, 2014 OK. I know this probably sounds silly. But, like, I just feel better tanking with a shield. It makes me look cool and feel sturdy and it's a "bad habit" from too many years of MMOs to feel [..] View

Attn. New Players - First Impressions on Early Leveling

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 [..] View

returning player looking for info..

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 [..] View

Quad Pack for friends a good buy?

2:05 am, September 26, 2014 I have some friends of mine looking into playing the game. I found this https://store.lotro.com/en/expansion...dalone-bundle/ Is that a good deal for them to get or is there a better use of their mo [..] View

Installing LOTRO and choosing your server type.

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 [..] View

Might want to let people know where they CAN post...

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 [..] View

Music Folder - Permissions Problem

2:05 am, September 22, 2014 Hi, i'm fairly new to LOTRO and am experiencing difficulties playing the ABC and TXT music files for my dwarf minstrel. When i try to save to the Music folder google tells me i have insufficient pri [..] View

How to get Physical Mastery and Morale Essences?

2:05 am, September 21, 2014 Looking at the AH on Eldar I'm not the only one with this problem so how do you get Physical Mastery or Morale essences? Much as I'd be happy to make fun of LOTRO's infamous RNG I'm actually curious [..] View

Burglar questions

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 [..] View

Recommend me a server?

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 [..] View

A Thank You to the GM's.

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 [..] View

Can you please help me choose a server?

2:05 am, September 18, 2014 Hello, I am very new to the game, and the first thing I have to ask, so I can actually start playing, is which server do you think would be best for me? Some personal information: I live in Europe [..] View

Stealth levels?

12:05 pm, September 16, 2014 Hi, Question from a mid-level burglar: Other than making one more difficult to detect, what is the point in increasing your stealth level? Do higher levels of stealth allow for more damage, or a h [..] View

Returning player so new again

2:05 am, September 14, 2014 Hello Middle Earth. I logged in again wondered around for bit and found I was completely lost. I think I stopped playing around the release of "Rise of Isengard". So its been a while. I wil [..] View

This is getting out of hand

12:05 pm, September 13, 2014 For years I've been playing, and for weeks I've been waiting to be able to properly use my forum account. This is ridiculous Turbine. What do we have to do to get permissions? View

Expansion Quests vs. Expansion Pack

2:05 am, September 13, 2014 Hi everyone. I see that the LOTRO store is running the sale I've been waiting for, but I have a question before I make my purchase. What is the difference between the Expansion Quests vs. the Expan [..] View

for high level TAILORS : Not really new....But first time in forums

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 [..] View

Timeline & RP

12:05 pm, September 9, 2014 Okay, having returned after a year, finding out that my account has been reset on the forums (no idea why that happened. I had almost 200 posts), I have a couple of questions for roleplayers if they [..] View

Mushroom Hunt proper protocol

2:05 am, September 8, 2014 When I do the Mushroom Hunt quest (Farmer's Faire), I look mainly at the mini-map and rarely at the full screen. I hit the del + u keys and only turn away if it's taking me towards the dogs. I have [..] View

Wanted: Pcs that want to family link with me in personal story

2:05 am, September 8, 2014 Fellow gamers I am looking for 3 characters to play a huge part in my personal history and story. I am playing on the RP server of Laurelin. In short: I am looking for a brother, uncle, and daught [..] View

Hi all... :o)

2:05 am, September 8, 2014 Hi.... Just wanted to say "Hello"...just started playing the game, it's looking good so far! And there is so much to it! I do have one quick question tho....I have the book that came wit [..] View

Playing 1 Character

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. [..] View

Lost Lotro account

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 [..] View

I think many people would agree with me...Dark Side should be playable

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' [..] View

I'm new! :D

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 [..] View

My piercing cry suddenly disappeared

2:05 am, August 28, 2014 My character is a Minstrel, most often I use piercing cry as it does a lot of damage to the enemies. Today, I was playing and clicking on it a lot, and suddenly it totally disappeared from my bar, an [..] View

Newbie reflections on slaying quests and deeds

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 [..] View

How to turn off halos?

12:05 pm, August 27, 2014 I have just started playing in North Downs and have run into a problem I've not had in the Shire, Ered Luin, Bree or Lone Lands. Gold halos everywhere! I am playing with floating names off so I can e [..] View

LOTRO no longer working - AT ALL - after attempting to use SweetFX -- WAS working beforehand

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 [..] View

New to LOTRO. Where do I start???

12:05 pm, August 23, 2014 Hello All, I am wanting to start playing LOTRO. I have looked at the game for a long time now and have never given the game the opportunity. I have currently just accepted a promotion with my compa [..] View

Roleplaying in Middle-Earth

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 [..] View

Greetings!

12:05 pm, August 21, 2014 Good Evening! I am new here and would love to make new friends for a roleplaying server. Can anyone point me toward an active roleplaying area? All the best! Lady Levity View

just wondering... server question

12:05 pm, August 15, 2014 I just started playing a week ago decided to go VIP. I'm currently playing on Gladden server. Is gladden the biggest server? I met a few people but I enjoy raids and grinding lvling looting are there [..] View

A short rant as to why I am extra salty right now

12:05 pm, August 15, 2014 One of the dumbest things I've ever experienced while playing LOTRO just happened. A friend and I walk into a strangers home and start drinking out of his keg. My friend's character passes out and wa [..] View

Please update "Help! I've lost my character!"

2:05 am, August 15, 2014 The information in the locked sticky "Help! I've lost my character!" is great, but needs to be updated. The post mentions going to my.lotro.com for a list of characters per server. I rush [..] View

Helm's Deep Expansion/Lowbie Question

2:05 am, August 15, 2014 So I've come back to the game after a year or so off. I have the content all the way up to Mirkwood. Currently plan on playing my Level 43 Character, keep in mind that I don't plan on leveling all th [..] View

Hello Everyone, I am a returning player and have a few questions.

12:05 pm, August 7, 2014 Hi guys, I've decided to return to this game, I haven't played for a while I quit when it went f2p, (that wasn't the reason I quit) Anyway, I am a few expansions short and I just subbed to the game [..] View

Newbie on the horizon

12:05 pm, August 7, 2014 Hello everyone! I am as new as they come not only to this forum but to face Tolkien's world book masterpieces. I've watched only LotR movies so far and fell in love with Middle-Earth's story hence I' [..] View

Newbie Trying To Find People To Play With/Learn The Game

2:05 am, August 7, 2014 Hello everyone! Ive been wanting to get into LOTRO for literally years. I want to find a group of people or even just one person to level a character with and to explore the game. I am an MMO veteran [..] View

Trait Trees??! What the heck happened? Devs on crack?

12:05 pm, August 2, 2014 I've been away from the game since mid-November, just signed in yesterday, and WHAT THE HELL!?? TRAIT TREES and SPECIALIZATION? What the hell happened?! I already specialized when I picked a FRIKKI [..] View

Epic Quest Line Question

2:05 am, August 2, 2014 It's been decided by my Vanguard guild to come and play LotRO starting in September! I am excited about what the future will hold for us here. We run a weekly 5 or 6 man group and my question is .. [..] View

Absolute Beginner's Guide for a First-Time PC Gamer?

2:05 am, July 31, 2014 Greetings, all, I hope this is the right place to post this. I've been playing since launch but I haven't used the forums very much. I got my mother started on LOTRO with her own account last night [..] View

Group content and LM healing questions

12:05 pm, July 30, 2014 Hey guys, I just recently decided to give LOTRO another try and at first I had fun, yet the closer I get to the F2P restrictions the more worried I become. I really enjoy group content and healing. [..] View

Trying to redeem my Steely Dawn Starter Pack

2:05 am, July 26, 2014 Back in Nov I bought the WB Bundle from Humble Bundle and I never ended up playing LOTRO. Today I decided to give it a try, while Im downloading the game I decided to redeem my product key for the pa [..] View

Question about Burglar legacy

2:05 am, July 26, 2014 Greetings, as I cannot post in the Burg forums I'll ask here and see if I can get some help. I recently returned to playing after a long break and have managed to acquire some Legendary items for my [..] View

Myself and 2 Friends

2:05 am, July 25, 2014 We are looking to start playing in the next few days and were trying to figure out which classes would work well together in a triple. If anyone has a suggestion or two that would be great. Thanks. P [..] View

Kinship Help

12:05 pm, July 24, 2014 Hello & Greetings, I have been playing lotro for about a month now and i see many kinships around that are mostly themed in laurelin server, yep rp server where i play. Now i am thinking of m [..] View

Quest packs and expansions

2:05 am, July 24, 2014 Hi I started playing lotro about 2 years ago, I bought some expansions and quest packs back then, and now I'm starting playing again, and I'm wondering what I've purchased. What expansions I have an [..] View

Old LOTRO Player coming back

2:05 am, July 20, 2014 Hello everyone, I played this game years ago back when Mines of Moria came out and am interested in playing again... It was back in the day when you had to subscribe and get monthly charges, lol. So [..] View

Fincin...the Mary Poppins of Middle-Earth

2:05 am, July 19, 2014 Here are some rare screen shots of Fincin playing as Mary Poppins of MiddleEarth. Seems with update 14 we got some new bugs. Nothing we haven't come to expect but always annoying..well. most of the t [..] View

6 man group question

12:05 pm, July 15, 2014 Hello all, It looks like there may be a good chance that in September, a group of friends and I will be playing here on LoTRO and I was wondering about 5 and 6 man group content. I have played LoTR [..] View

Dream come true!

2:05 am, July 14, 2014 Hello LOTRO Community, I am so excited to start playing this game that I can barely sit here waiting for it to download. I am a die hard fan of LOTR and being ale to take part in the fantasy world i [..] View

Initial Impressions

12:05 pm, July 13, 2014 Hey, fellow LOTRO players. I just started playing yesterday, and I gotta say, this game is pretty fun. Hope to see you guys in game! Just wanted to say hi. View

Returning after a few years

12:05 pm, July 12, 2014 I started playing in 07 purchased Mines of Moria in 08. Took a bit of break and now I am returning. My characters are still there with all their gear (sort of). So I log into my main and it litera [..] View

Looking to return

2:05 am, July 12, 2014 Hi all :) So I've played LOTRO a few times in the past, never really getting into it for any length of time due to my friends all playing Warcraft, but every time I've played I've always really enjo [..] View

Returning soon

2:05 am, July 11, 2014 I've been away from LOTRO for quite some time. I started playing while still very much involved with WoW and while I enjoyed it I could never devote the time a second MMO needed. So with Warlords [..] View

Not new to the game but new to forums

2:05 am, July 11, 2014 Been playing lotro on and off for many many years, but this is first time posting in the forums. Would be appreciative if it was stated a little more clearly that one has to wait a period of time bef [..] View

Help me choose a server (EU)

2:05 am, July 11, 2014 Hi all, my first post in this forum (and hopefully the first of many). I have just started playing LotRO for the first time on the server 'Riddermark'. I've played through the first few levels whi [..] View

Server Question

2:05 am, July 11, 2014 I'm looking to come back to LOTRO after a small (4 year) break and will be buying a 3-6 month subscription to get myself going. I'm going to start from scratch as while playing a Minstrel was intere [..] View

Need a dps classes' overview pls.

2:05 am, July 8, 2014 I came back to LOTRO after quite a long time. With all the classes' change and Big Battle favour range dps and SH/Sam/Sch/Lib farming, I'm really confused. So here is the question: at the moment, wh [..] View

Questions from a Returning Player

2:05 am, July 8, 2014 My Girlfriend and I have started playing LoTRO. This is her first MMO and I played years ago when the level cap was 65. We moved to the Brandywine server for the population so we are fresh starting [..] View

I left this game right after my Kin (Misadventurers) beat Ost Dunhoth

2:05 am, July 5, 2014 I left the game because Orion changed the essence of the Minstrel Class and I could not come to terms with it. In my opinion, the ###### should have just created a new class considering how much he c [..] View

Forums

Playing a Champ for 3 Months, some gameplay suggestions?

Dec 15, 2014, 4:04 am Greetings to all! I go by the name of Dugrenog on the Landroval server. I have tried to research as much about the game as I could before chosong...[..] View

Role-playing

Dec 13, 2014, 6:20 pm I'm playing LOTRO for almost two years now and I LOVE IT!!! But I read about the roleplaying servers and I must confess that I have no idea how to do...[..] View

Playing 1 Character

Dec 5, 2014, 12:57 am 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. [..] View

Roleplaying in Middle-Earth

Dec 4, 2014, 1:35 am 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[..] View

Playing with Hughesnet?

Dec 3, 2014, 6:51 pm I would like to get any feedback from anyone who uses the ISP of Hughesnet Gen 4. Like how the game plays, is it rough, ect. I would have posted this...[..] View

I tried playing LOTRO

Nov 29, 2014, 7:58 am I'm a lore-master of the race of Man, I like playing and like having a bear as a friend. There is an error that occurred when I tried the Wolf Master quest, he just stood there and I wasn't able to f[..] View

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