Post edited 10:57 – Sep 24th 2010 by mikeydredlox

(totally re-edited this post to fit in with the rest of the forum)

***Tolkien Tuesday – Lord Of The Rings Online – PC***

We like to go Helms Deep every Tuesday, repeatedly killing wild animals in the name of Frodo,Strider,  Gandalf and all good citizens of Middle Earth

Hook up – regular night, Tuesday 8pm or thereabouts, usual meeting place the Prancing Pony in Bree, other adhoc nights in between

Server is – EN-Shadowbourn

Regular players

mikeydredlox (Dredorin) – Kin Founder

cagedthunder (Mavine)

ancientgamer (Kodachi) – Officer

mixindave (Roychubbybrown) – Officer

altered_ego (Deanen)

dragonbait (Shilia)

and more to come no doubt when freetoplay goes live (whenever that may be)

See you in Middle Earth

i would. are we all starting from level 1? i used to play but stopped playing for some reason??? i have the the mines of moria too but didnt really get to try it. i think i have a level 50 something…  hobbit hunter

Yeah, I'd be up for it, although Monday isnt exactly my best day.

Think I'll hit the 14 day free trial to get a feel for he game and then start a new character once every else is in.

Bumping the thread to see if we can get a bit more interest, 6 would be ideal to make up a full group – the day does not have to be Monday I just thought 'MMO Monday' had a snappy ring to it

heres a link showing you lotro f2p comparisonbetween free, VIP and premium

here is the FAQ

former subscribers automatically become premium players and get three characters per server (still no monthly fee)

free players are limited to one character per server

I chose eu-laurelin as it is a role-playing server. I have played here before, there isnt much role playing going on but the rp status tends to scare the kiddies off so you get a generally more mature bunch of players. You just have to be careful when choosing your character names

For those who dont know the first few levels are completed in a different instance to the rest of the server population, it takes about an hour to complete and will get you to level 6-7 approx

I went dwarf, theres no problem mixing up the races, I suggest we all get the starting zone completed then perhaps meet up in Breeland as theres a ton of quests around there

dont let me dictate though, just chucking ideas around

I have resubbed as I couldnt wait – particularly as I have just upgraded my graphics card to a Geforce gtx460 – I wanted to check out how it looks on maxed out graphics settings

pretty blown away by the improvement over my old card, getting between 60-120 fps on maximum graphics, and it is looking amazing – (although it still looks pretty good on lower settings)

admittedly the card did cost me the same as a brand now xbox slim, oh well – PC gaming ftw

great – we have 5 now which is really promising – it would be nice if we could get a decent mix of classes, what do people prefer to play – I usually go healer or mage class but am trying out guardian (tank) at the moment. I'd happily play minstrel (healer) though if someone else wants to tank

heres a list of classes from the lotro wiki which might be helpful

http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Class

Post edited 22:02 – Aug 31st 2010 by mikeydredlox

looking good, so far we have 6 interested – if anyone feels strongly about Mondays then we can try another day, Tolkien Tuesday perhaps or Fellowship Friday?

mikeydredlox – Dredlin, Guardian

Cagedthunder – Vagel, Hunter

altered_ego – Deanen, Hunter

craigieh – Sparco, Minstrel

anceint gamer – Vixana, Burglar

duggydarko

mixindave

oldroo

the mage class in lotro is the runekeeper which is a ranged dps caster / healer – however it is one of the two premium classes which you have to pay extra for (the other being warden) – my main character is a runey, a really fun and challenging class to play imho

butcher???

I am pretty sure there is no butcher class, although arm yourself with a meat cleaver I am sure you could do some pretty hefty damage

burglar is a fun class, you get a nice amount of dps, stealth which is great when dungeon crawling, and you get to trigger fellwoship maneuvers which are awesome for a group

http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki….._Maneuvers

When I said I was going to rock with a Dwarf I c hanged my mind and decided on a female elf hunter because she looks fine

if people want to post their character names here I will edit the post above and add them next to your mlg name

I've played a few hours this afternoon hit level 6 playing as a elf/hunter and its pretty good, I have to get used to using the keyboard after spending so much time on a console and it might take me quite a long time before I use the shortcuts.

Character name :Vagel

yep still very tempted to get subscription again lol. my pc recommends  ultra high but runs smoother at very high.     as for a mix of classes, im  very used to the hunter, a change would be nice, say a captain or something. i dont have the balls to be a healer mind lol. yep im pretty sure i will get vip but will try out the free premium first to see my real limitations.