Post edited 01:40 – Sep 1st 2010 by mixindave

daveyboy  is my name lol, im just refreshing myself with the game. it seems like they hold your hand a bit more since i played, eg.. showing you on the map where the quest location is.  to be honest i did prefer reading the quest log and finding it myself. 

but no worries it wont put me off.  

Having googling (without trying to spoil it) the Epic Prologue for the Elf/Hunter it appears I maybe about 7 quests away from reaching the point where I have to go and see strider.  So looks like I might be looking at trying to do some fast travel in order not to level up to much.

Post edited 12:41 – Sep 1st 2010 by mixindave

lol ive only just found out what a roleplaying server is lol.  sounds fun though. im happy to give myself a lotro sort of name lol, i can start again, i didnt do much anyway last night.

got any suggestions for a name?  i would like it to starts with a D at least though lol

still trying to download the client. 43 mins left. This is the 3rd time iv downloaded it lol. I even went to the shops today to try and get a copy but nowhere seems to sell PC games anymore

Finallly installed. Character – Dullaghan – Champion

I might start putting some tips in here for those new to lotro – feel free to contribute

one useful thing to know is that if you press ctrl and # you undock various parts of the UI which you can then drag around the screen and position wherever you like

its not as cutomisable as wow but this certainly helps

another thing to check out is deeds and character traits – you may often see little rosettes and medals popping up on the bottom right of your screen, when you click on these you will be taken to your deeds log – when you achieve a certain number you are awarded with traits eg patience, courage etc – which give you some nice stat bonuses – you have to visit a bard to allocate these – eventually you will find you have filled up all your slots, but will gain more as you level, enabling you to swap traits around according to your situation eg a guardian might trait more defensively for a group, then change to a more attacking higher dps build when soloing – bards can be found in the larger towns eg bree-town, gondamon, they have a lute above their head

lev 54 eh, I think you need to be dishing out the tips dave

oh and if anyone has noticed I got the thread name changed to Middle Earth Monday – now time to think of a name for the new kisnhip

utter genius

it took me a few seconds but then the penny dropped

I'll go and get the guild charter now

I got my ass handed to me doing some of the epic prologue today, well I say me it was more like the NPC that I was with.  This one in particular….

I'll have another go tomorrow still loving it though.

so Helms Deep is now the new offical MLG Lotro guild – make sure to get yourself an invite from Dredlin or Captain Dramorian – including any alts you may have to get the numbers up

let's go Helms Deep!

"when its time to go balls deep, our helms will be deeper."    

Sorry for being a noob but how do I join kinships / add friends. Still rounding up those introductory quests. nearly level 7. quite enjoying this! Will be on at weekend at some point.

I should be on tomorrow anytime after 1pm. Just let me know what's good for you and I'll be there. Craigieh I'm a noob to all this aswell so your not on your own.

yikes – breaking news!!!

it appears that Helms Deep has been disbanded – I received an email yesterday to say we had 5 days to recruit a total of 8 members or it would be disbanded and it appears some weird time shift has occurred

anyways not to worry its easy to start it up again, but I suggest we do it when we are all online and if possible get any alts in as well just to make sure

I would suggest our first meet up should be this coming monday – dont worry if you havent all finished the prologue, it might be best just to get some side questing done so we can get used to grouping up together

if all 7 of us are online at once we will need to split into 2 groups as 6 is the maximum fellowhsip size

free will only be 1 char per server, you might want to read the faq and comparison table I posted a link to earlier in this thread

it should be pretty easy to get to premium status though – you become this automatically if you have been a previous subscriber OR you purchase turbine points – presumably you trade these in for in game goodies

its a way of getting your credit card details essentially so you are more likely to pay for content

premium is definitely worth having as you get:

1. What is a Premium player? How will I become one?
   You are automatically upgraded from Free player to Premium player
   status with your first purchase of Turbine Points in the LOTRO Store.
   LOTRO grants all Premium players 2 extra character slots, extends the
   maximum amount of gold you can carry from 2 gold to 5 gold, and provides
   you with a higher login priority, more mail and chat options, full
   access to all of LOTRO's Community features, and 30 days of full
   customer service from the time of your last purchase.

   Are you a former subscriber to LOTRO? Did you purchase and play the
   game in the past but never subscribed? In either case, you are
   automatically upgraded to Premium status when you come back to play.

   To learn more about the Premium player benefits click here.