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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

[QUESTIONS] Can you gain access to areas where you haven't bought the quest pack? Is there a minimum level for

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 [..] View

Thinking About Coming Back - Purchase Advice Needed!

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 [..] View

The most populated and active server right now? And what classes uses channelling skills?

11:05 am, November 27, 2014 Hey guys, New here, I like to play on an active and the most populated server, so which server is this? I notice a tonne of servers which is just pointless. Also, what classes are restricted to ch [..] View

New-ish player, have some questions.

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 [..] View

out a seven-game homestand

1:05 am, November 26, 2014 Toronto which is closing out a seven-game homestand is allowing just 934 points per game while going 7-1 at Air Canada Centre The Bucks are averaging a minus-06 margin in the fourth quarter though th [..] 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

[Forum] A First Steps-Guide would be nice

11:05 am, November 19, 2014 While I post this thread, I'm still registered as a 'Newbie' in this forum. That's because I had to create a new name for the forum...my old one from 3 years back wasn't accepted anymore. (During tha [..] View

has the game become a little bit more difficult...

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 [..] 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

Dol Amroth training

11:05 am, November 7, 2014 Ok, I give up. I've tried searching the web for some hints, but I'm trying to do the Library training instance, which is to gather 4 books and to find 4 books, but since it's full of signature mobs [..] View

Central Gondor: Requirements for Roving Threat Quests?

1:05 am, November 7, 2014 Hi all; As discussed here and here, there are Rare Arch Nemesis mobs in Central Gondor that are attached to Roving Threat quests for each region. Does anyone know what the requirements are for each [..] View

The sound of a thousand musicians just vanished

1:05 am, November 6, 2014 I am a musician from the Landroval server - Les Beaux Chapeaux kin. We are only one group among many who make music on the server. In our kin alone, there are easily 750-1000 different songs transc [..] View

Loosing stances when dismounting

1:05 am, November 6, 2014 Anyone else notice that your minstrel, hunter, or other classes which still have stances drop out of ALL stances when they dismount? Or does that occur only from a warhorse? Can anyone confirm my t [..] 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

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

I have LOTRO hobbit questions

11:05 am, October 30, 2014 Which hobbit nationalities make the best Yeoman jobs of cooks, farmers, and tailors? What nationalities were all the hobbit characters of Bilbo, Frodo, Samwise, Merry, and Pippen? I know that Bil [..] View

Champion "The joy of battle" gives no reward???

11:05 am, October 29, 2014 I just got my legendary book quest for champion. One of them, "The joy of battle" shows that after the exceedingly difficult task of collecting all the missing pages you are 'awarded' the [..] View

Can't post on Bullroarer forum.. re: beorning appearance

1:05 am, October 29, 2014 So posting here! In re: to the beorning appearance - a lot of people seem to like version 2, a lot like 3, etc. etc. The short version is that you'll never please everyone, so.. Perhaps some items [..] 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

Which Man nations have most forests?

1:05 am, October 28, 2014 I want my first character to be a Man Lore Master, I'm currently still downloading LOTRO. I've noticed the race of Man has 4 nations to choose from. Which one out of three would have the majority [..] View

lineup will soon make an exit from retail

1:05 am, October 27, 2014 "I check out the SOHO photos every day, and was fortunate enough to catch this massive ship as it was exiting or entering the sun. This UFO is solid as you can see."Eagles vs Cardinals Live [..] 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

First Impression

1:05 am, October 26, 2014 So, let me start out by saying that this has been the funnest game I've played in a while! I recently got in with a kinship that roleplays, and although I haven't roleplayed with them yet I've spoke [..] View

Rune Keeper or Minstrel?

12:05 pm, October 25, 2014 The title pretty much explains it. I have had trouble choosing between a Rune Keeper or Minstrel lately and have been advised to play them both to around level 20 and see what I like best. So, I hav [..] View

Best expansion

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 [..] View

Behaviour of Hytbold random Dailies

2:05 am, October 24, 2014 Hello, i missed some quests from the Hytbold Dailies, which I now want to do for the deeds. For example for the deed "Aiding the Entwash Vale" i have one quest missing "The Beacon of [..] View

Crafting Guilds Useless????

2:05 am, October 23, 2014 I have my metalsmith up to apprentice level metalsmith in the guild which means I can craft the Guild Expert Level recopies, but in order to craft the only versions worth having, the critical success [..] View

Stuck in Stock

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 [..] View

Gramps Shakes a Finger

2:05 am, October 20, 2014 OK, first thing... this is not meant as abusive, snobby, nor accusatory. I play on Landroval and I originally chose it after researching online that the server has a high proportion of older playe [..] 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

How long do your heroes stay around?

12:05 pm, October 16, 2014 Haven't played this game in a great deal of time. I started on one server (don't remember which) and then went to Brandywine (I think). Would my heroes till be around? I think the last time I played [..] 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

Why do will and might give both physical/tactical mastery but agility only gives physical

2:05 am, October 13, 2014 Why exactly are agility classes denied their tactical mastery which will help with what healing skills they do have when will and might classes are given both types of mastery from their main stat? A [..] View

Few questions from new player.

2:05 am, October 13, 2014 Hello everyone and thanks for opening my thread! I just started to download the game and now i have feq questions and i hope someone can answer asap! : ) 1. Which server i should choose? I can only [..] View

OLD player might return

2:05 am, October 12, 2014 OK, I just remembered my old password, seems I have not played since 2007, so..... I am a new player again I guess. I have NO idea where to start but have recently been bitten by the LoTR bug and wa [..] View

Rune Keeper VS Minstrel healing pvp

2:05 am, October 9, 2014 Hi all just got some questions. Which is the better overall healer, I know Rks are proactive healers do they have enough for big spike in PvP 6mans -12+ raids, can they mainheal effeciently compared [..] 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

Garthwen in Sardol - I am a VIP, what am I supposed to be buying?!!

2:05 am, September 28, 2014 OK, got to Sardol, did some quests, and Garthwen NPC has some more quests for me. And this unlocks quest pack - West Gondor. Which also says 'Free for VIP's' But, I am already a VIP player, just c [..] 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

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

How to exchange gift mathoms for reputation?

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 [..] View

Evendim slayer deed trigger

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 [..] View

Server

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 [..] View

Help needed with instance group finder

2:05 am, September 20, 2014 Hi - I am a very new player - I have been trying to use the group finder for the instance which I think you get at level 10- in the simple tab when I try it give me the message; "You are not el [..] View

Better Soloer - LM or Cappy

2:05 am, September 20, 2014 Which of these two classes performs better solo in the following scenarios? - General Leveling - PVMP - Higher Difficulty Content (dungeons, bosses, etc) I appreciate any responses. Thanks! 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

Does LOTRO have a macro system?

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 [..] View

Hunter Travel Skills

2:05 am, September 18, 2014 As a hunter, I've been automatically receiving travel skills to various locations throughout Eriador, but I have yet to receive ones to Forochel or the Misty Mountains. I checked the Wiki and it say [..] View

So just making sure — Brandywine is the "it" server?

2:05 am, September 17, 2014 Hey so with a new game, I always try to make sure I roll on the right server, because in MMOs choice of server can be game-changing. I'm a type of player who likes:Big crowded serversBusy serversBig [..] View

Combat Attack Rounds

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 [..] View

Totally new player

12:05 pm, September 14, 2014 Hello all. I am a completely new player to this game. I have played many mmo's throughout the years but have gotten bored with them all over time and I am looking for something that has a lot of dept [..] View

It's been too long

2:05 am, September 14, 2014 It's been probably 3 years since I did any serious questing in Moria. I seem to remember an instance that was very helpful for prospectors. Does anyone remember which one it is? Someone told me &q [..] View

This doesn't seem like 50% to me, for some reason.

12:05 pm, September 13, 2014 If, like me, you don't happen to have Moria, Mirkwood, Isengard, Rohan or Helm's Deep yet, and you get an email that they are 50% off, you get sort of excitable. So I discover this is only in the Lo [..] 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

Best quest packs and extensions for solo player

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 [..] View

Extensions "bought" with Turbine Points - are they available to all characters?

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 [..] View

What do we do now? Windfola the dying server, one of many.

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 [..] View

Is this game a good match for a Group-oriented MMO player?

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 [..] View

Help !!! Cannot Login so VIP sub being wasted !!

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 [..] View

Why remove level 100 worn symbols of the elder king from OD T1 now?

12:05 pm, September 3, 2014 As someone who does not have a lot of time to spend gaming, I was a little tweaked to read that 100 first age symbols will be removed from the T1 OD loot table in 14.2. I'm not arguing that they sho [..] View

Lotro Mithril edition PATH OF THE FELLOWSHIP Included

12:05 pm, September 1, 2014 Hey, I bought the Lotro Mithril Edition and I'm a level 29 Hunter. Does the Path of the fellowship include quests I can do in like trollshaws and stuff. Or it's it just a discount bundle pack which [..] View

Dol Amroth - Training Exercises broken - no really

12:05 pm, August 31, 2014 Ok, I realize you changed the Training Exercise quests to have no cooldown so people resetting the instance with Mithril coins would get side quests every time. However, now that the cooldown is gon [..] 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

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

Question regarding classes

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 [..] View

Is there any teal level 192 agility 1h weapon with fate on it?

2:05 am, August 25, 2014 Hi, Im upgrading my hunter main, and so far replaced most of my old lv176 items with teal lv192 / essence armor. The only level 176 item I still got is my second-hand weapon. Sure that i found lv19 [..] View

Loremaster vs Burglar

2:05 am, August 25, 2014 So I've recently returned to the game from a long hiatus and am having troubles deciding between leveling a burglar or lore master. I raided with both during Moria, but they are both incredibly diffe [..] View

Switching Keyboard-Layouts (American/German)

2:05 am, August 25, 2014 Is there a shortcut to switch between different keyboard layouts? From time to time I manage to switch my german layout to the american one, but I don't know how I do it. Most likely I'm pressing a [..] View

Golden Dol Amroth tokens

2:05 am, August 24, 2014 Just as the title says, but how do I get them? I have a bunch of silver tokens but no golden ones, which I need for the level 100 armor. Thanks. View

Fantastic fellowships and where to find them - that is the question ;)

2:05 am, August 23, 2014 I am totally new to the idea of MMOs - I have never played any before LOTRO. I cannot quite get the hang of fellowship, and understand how it works. When I'm looking for a fellowship, I can post it i [..] 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

Most populated servers today?

2:05 am, August 15, 2014 I recently got back into Lotro after a year long break and im going to start up a new character, my other characters are over on Brandywine. But I wanna play on a server which is very populated. Is [..] View

Question: "BPE, Resistance and Finesse" Calculations

12:05 pm, August 14, 2014 Does someone know how these stats are exactely calculated? I did some testing in the moors (freep hitting creep with auto-attacks and vice versa) but I was not able to draw clear conclusions from my [..] View

How to hand in gift mathoms to the mathom society

2:05 am, August 14, 2014 I have gathered a lot of mathoms, now I wanted to hand them over to the mathom society to get reputation. I have seen a film on youtube in which the mathoms are simply handed to the hobbits standing [..] View

Bottom toolbar is not visible

2:05 am, August 11, 2014 Hi Firstly, sorry if this is posted in the wrong forum Due to my screen being a large TV type monitor, not all of my UI can fit onto it, so I moved all the interfaces around to fit which works well [..] View

Healing Frustrations

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 [..] View

Quickslot page up and page down

2:05 am, August 8, 2014 I would like to experiement with this so I'm asking for other players that use this to please add your experience with this system. I'm guessing that it's here for a role swap, ie... dps to healing, [..] View

Best pack/expansion to buy for new players?

2:05 am, August 8, 2014 Hi all, new(ish) player here. One of the first things I am interested in getting is a mount, but I heard that if you buy certain packs or expansions you will automatically get a mount on all new char [..] 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

Outgoing Healing Percentage

12:05 pm, August 7, 2014 In regards of Outgoing Healing.The wiki indicates that the cap is 70%.However my RK friend has 77% in Blue Line.I'm guessing there are some over-cap factors which work the same way over-capping works [..] 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

Pick of Mounts Box - Bind on acquire or Bind to Account.

2:05 am, August 7, 2014 Hi all, Firstly, may I say that I have just received a response from customer service saying that all is working as intended so I guess that's that, however I just wanted to ask if anyone else has b [..] View

What's the lowest level of quests in Lothlorien?

2:05 am, August 6, 2014 Not on which level you can go there, but the actual level of quests. Is it 58 or 60 (or another number)? Also, does Enedwaith start on 60 or 61? Thanks. View

General Error 0x0000000E - Vault and Mail frustrations....

2:05 am, August 4, 2014 Is anyone else having this issue? Whenever I try to take something out of my vault, or from a mail, or add something to either of them, or even open a letter or vault, or use the Auction House, Or u [..] View

List of outfitters & elven vendors + help with Skirmish trait slots please

2:05 am, August 3, 2014 Hi everyone! I am looking after some gear which would be good for a troubadour/bard, so I I would like you to help me list up some good places to buy such stuff (outfitters & light + medium [..] View

Choosing Expansions and VIP help

2:05 am, August 3, 2014 Hello all, I am a returning player who need's some advice. I have the base game and the Moira Expansion , I will also be going vip though I believe I am a premium member at the moment. So my questio [..] 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

Pleading to pause shield runs untill bug fix and give servers affected by turtle bug a 2nd chance

2:05 am, August 2, 2014 After watching the shield run video on twitch last night I would like to ask to really pause all scheduled runs and give that server another chance to make a clean run. Its not my server, I play on E [..] View

Hobnanigan's suggestions

2:05 am, August 1, 2014 2 suggestions for Hobnanigan's: 1.) disable pets on the field, cosmetic or otherwise. Painful to try to find the chicken with a bunch of bears and heralds running around getting in the way 2.) merc [..] View

Need to understand crafting levels better

2:05 am, August 1, 2014 I am new to LotRO. I have processed the ore and wood that I have gathered as a quest, and my Prospecting display shows:Apprentice: 64/400Journeyman: just an anvil, no sliding scale.Expert: 0/360 (I h [..] View

It was coming lotro to the fourth age

2:05 am, July 31, 2014 It was coming lotro to the fourth age, which was happening when it finishes the novel? It is necessary little to destroy the ring that happens then in lotro do we continue towards the fourth age with [..] View

Huorn pets from Fangorn

2:05 am, July 30, 2014 Heya, I hope this is in the right place...I've started up doing Fangorn dailies again to try to earn one of the huorn pets. However when I went online to try to find pictures of each of them to dec [..] View

Cannot finish Moria expasion-deeds without paying extra.. what is this?

2:05 am, July 27, 2014 Hi all A while ago I bought the Mines of Moria expansion at the ingame store for 2495 TP. Yesterday I was about to finish the last deed that this expansion has to offer but then I realized that this [..] View

Coming back - Couple questions

2:05 am, July 27, 2014 Hello all, I left LOTRO couple years ago but after chatting with some friends about the "old times" I got a sudden urge to give this game another go. So before I jump into the fray I'd lik [..] View

Forums

what class should i make? also which server should i play. Also looking for active Kinship

Jan 31, 2015, 1:58 am Old lotro member comming back to the game.. looking for suggestions as to which class i should make.. looking to solo for now and lvl as fast as possable. also which server should i play on looking f[..] View

Which Man nations have most forests?

Dec 3, 2014, 3:28 am I want my first character to be a Man Lore Master, I'm currently still downloading LOTRO. I've noticed the race of Man has 4 nations to choose from. Which one out of three would have the majority [..] View

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