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I never mentioned interfaces/skins in the op because I never used one before, but holy gently caress is this simple and some look really good. http://www.lotrointerface.com/downloads/info581-JRRSkinscollection-Atributetomiddleearth.html Click the download button, make sure you grab the Erebor one too. Go to your LoTRO folder, the one with all your screenshots, make a folder called UI there, in that one called skins. Extract the JRR skins collection there. In the game just go into interface options on each character, select a skin you think suits that character and it'll save forever per char. The Erebor one is great, Durin's Folk is the other good dwarf one, there's also one just called JRR type A I think that is good for minimalists, and some Rohan horse ones I liked.
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Lars posted:Just did a test "15 minutes in Foroshel" - no rubberbanding, no lag, ping 99-103 from Denmark on a 500mbit fiber. Last night eurotime was unplayable though. Southwest Angmar and Western Misty Mountains are both in that range. You could probably go to Eregion at 44-45 (you for sure want to go at 45 and get your first legendary weapon from the quest at the gates of Moria).
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The game has been really laggy since the patch  I wasnt able to login at all on Landroval before the hotfix, now I can but there is intermitant rubberband.I'm sure they'll fix it, they always do.
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Yeah, you need to do a few levels in Angmar, Misty Mountains, or skirmishes after Evendim before hitting up Forochel; Forochel is a 44-50 zone.
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AskYourself posted:I'm sure they'll fix it, they always do. They fix most things, however rubberbanding on your war-steed still hasn't been fixed after more than 3 years. Lum_ posted:Yeah, you need to do a few levels in Angmar, Misty Mountains, or skirmishes after Evendim before hitting up Forochel; Forochel is a 44-50 zone. My last few times through the 40s I definitely had to gently caress around a little in Angmar and Misty Mountains to bridge the gap before Eregion. Thankfully these days you can pretty much skip all of the annoying quests in those zones.
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Lum_ posted:Yeah, you need to do a few levels in Angmar, Misty Mountains, or skirmishes after Evendim before hitting up Forochel; Forochel is a 44-50 zone. You can start Forochel at 42. Eregion is startable at 44. You'll have a bunch of orange enemies and maybe an occasional red but it's doable and better than Angmar.
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Angmar rules, FreezinHell drools. The three raids in Angmar are worth the price of admission themselves.
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I ended up throwing some turbine coins into Misty Mountains, and really enjoying that zone so far. No regrets. I rubberband like crazy today though //ProgressReport: 45,4. Enjoying the world and taking it slow. (Hey, wait - 45! I should probably look into Moria right now...) Appropriate  
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Transfers are open again. It automatically put in me in the kinship, that was cool.
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Lagging and rubberbanding like crazy in Rivendell despite my 81ms latency. NPCs are skipping as they walk along their paths. I thought this new hardware was supposed to fix the lag?
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Lars posted:I ended up throwing some turbine coins into Misty Mountains, and really enjoying that zone so far. No regrets. I rubberband like crazy today though If you're 45 drop whatever you're doing and head to Moria. Once you finish the Moria intro and have your pair of starter LIs you can go back to whatever you were doing (or start Eregion if you haven't yet). Moria's still one of the best areas, if not the best. The instances are fun and Grand Stair has 22 or so quests so you can get a full level and change from those, especially if you use an XP pot and/or turn them in on a welcome back weekend.
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Evil Fluffy posted:If you're 45 drop whatever you're doing and head to Moria. Once you finish the Moria intro and have your pair of starter LIs you can go back to whatever you were doing (or start Eregion if you haven't yet). Moria's still one of the best areas, if not the best. The instances are fun and Grand Stair has 22 or so quests so you can get a full level and change from those, especially if you use an XP pot and/or turn them in on a welcome back weekend. Yup, 46 and got my LI staff. Just finishing up NE Misty, and I'll be on my way to Foroshel for just another level - then starting Eregion. 
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ruffz posted:Lagging and rubberbanding like crazy in Rivendell despite my 81ms latency. NPCs are skipping as they walk along their paths. I thought this new hardware was supposed to fix the lag? It is - but I think there are some server interconnects that was poorly set up - it seem like when you transfer zones (that might reside on another server) or go into an instance, the transfer either messes up and you freeze in place, or you enter a server with heavy load. I mean, I got into a 1 NPC instance in MM and I got the reduced awareness notice. Still pretty poor that they didn't stresstest the new datacenter enough, but datacenters can be a tough setup with a lot of moving parts - esp. if they are "old".
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Finally have some time to play, and now the servers are down. Again. Please come back, server.
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Lars posted:Yup, 46 and got my LI staff. Just finishing up NE Misty, and I'll be on my way to Foroshel for just another level - then starting Eregion. You should have two LIs, not just a staff. I think the 2nd one is given by going inside Moria and talking to someone at the entrance. Unless LM is weird and only gets one.
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Finally wrapped up Lone-Lands today (thank you hoboknife for the run through GA and getting the Troll-slayer deed done!). I liked the tone of the zone a lot, a sparsely-populated frontier somewhat perplexingly covered in swamps and yet very dry overall. After adventuring in Bree fighting bandits, it becomes clear much more powerful and organized forces are building in the wilderness nearby. Those poor Eglain are hopelessly outgunned in the face of it, so you feel especially good helping them out. By far my favorite location in my new play-through has got to be Agamaur, the Red Swamp. Such a moody and well done area, getting across a strong sense of both decay and malevolence, which are also the themes of the Red Maid you eventually confront. My favorite quest is where you and Radagast wander around the swamp and eventually encounter Ivar. Not only is he an extremely powerful individual as he single-handedly kills epic monsters and walks around with 20k morale, but he also stops to chat with animals along the way and gets a good train of them by the end. Its a good framing moment for the game and your place in it - no matter how many orcs you've killed, the Wizards are in a class all of their own (at least at level 30) as far as power goes. Next up is North Downs. Trollshaws is tempting because I'd like to see a lot more green right now, but this is the way its gotta be!
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North Downs is pretty green and is cool since it puts you in the thick of battle. Also the swamps aren't so weird when you realize they somehow border a river on the Lonelands eastern fringe.
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The Bramble posted:Finally wrapped up Lone-Lands today (thank you hoboknife for the run through GA and getting the Troll-slayer deed done!). I liked the tone of the zone a lot, a sparsely-populated frontier somewhat perplexingly covered in swamps and yet very dry overall. After adventuring in Bree fighting bandits, it becomes clear much more powerful and organized forces are building in the wilderness nearby. Those poor Eglain are hopelessly outgunned in the face of it, so you feel especially good helping them out. By far my favorite location in my new play-through has got to be Agamaur, the Red Swamp. Such a moody and well done area, getting across a strong sense of both decay and malevolence, which are also the themes of the Red Maid you eventually confront. I agree with everything in this post. This feeling of helping people who are completely outgunned is really strong while playing. You simply can't beat the atmosphere of LOTRO, thanks to its foreboding Middle-Earth setting. It's amazing how much fun I am having once again. It probably helps that I never played anything but my LM from launch through Moria. There were no alts. Which means everything feels familiar (I enter a zone and instantly remember its layout and landmarks) but fresh at the same time. I hit 36 yesterday, and it was a funny moment when I realized that hitting 50 won't be the end of the road, that there are 64 levels to go. That means I am going to hit tons of completely new content rather soon, which I am really looking forward to. Also, I am constantly amazed how pretty this game is. After I realized that my laptop fans will make a lot of noise no matter what, I cranked the graphic settings back up again, and it's so worth it. Jack's Flow fucked around with this message at 11:22 on Jan 18, 2016 |
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Jack's Flow posted:Also, I am constantly amazed how pretty this game is. After I realized that my laptop fans will make a lot of noise no matter what, I cranked the graphic settings back up again, and it's so worth it. It's simply beautiful. It's the best part.. so much atmosphere. I'm on level 48 with my LM now if any of you need help on the way up (like the lovely parts of Annuminas). I'm camped out in Goblin Town at the moment, but will likely be moving on to Foroshel/Eregion in a matter of 2-3 quests. Lars fucked around with this message at 12:13 on Jan 18, 2016 |
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As said earlier, the isolation you feel in zones like Evendim, North Downs, LL, and Trollshaws is what makes such a peculiarly satisfying ambience and game experience. by the time you reach Rivendell or Esteldin there's a relief which is hard to replicate in an MMO. It's what makes this game so great. Maybe I'm engaging in some chronological snobbery here, but I really don't think southern Eriador and Rohan do a good job of this. I just don't get the same feeling - when you are finished with one town, jump to the next, kill some orcs, help the townspeople, head off for the next town, lather, rinse, repeat. Question for some of you: I iust hit 83, and I'm finding myself growing pretty tired of Sutcrofts (I'm in Garsfeld ATM). Is there anything compelling in the Sutcrofts quest chain /Hytbold quests, or should I just pick up with the epic quest in Broadacres?
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Ignore Hytbolt, it's awful and I can't imagine doing that grind now that it's not level capped content. Rohan's atmosphere is hit and miss. Helm's Deep is neat at times but it also has some repetition, including moving from town to town.
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For me it was Moria. I don't think any other area in the game has quite the feel of Moria. And for some reason I always like Eregion...has that kinda stepping through history feel to it. BTW if people ever need help running a lower level instance, I can certainly help out.
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Cnidario posted:As said earlier, the isolation you feel in zones like Evendim, North Downs, LL, and Trollshaws is what makes such a peculiarly satisfying ambience and game experience. by the time you reach Rivendell or Esteldin there's a relief which is hard to replicate in an MMO. It's what makes this game so great. I would suggest just move on through Rohan asap, I didn't care for the area. Wildermore isn't too bad if you can be bothered/have it at 85. Otherwise just push on through and get to Gondor.
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I'm really liking Mirkwood, should I keep doing that or Eregion? (I realize I kind of answered that with the "I'm really liking" part of the sentence plus well, epic book quests anyway, but I'm still in just the opening instance elves-hitting-the-beach stage)
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And I am back to being stuck right here: It worked fine the whole weekend. So that's something. I guess.
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Jack's Flow posted:And I am back to being stuck right here: I've been losing connection to the server and getting kicked out mid-game. I'm having some problems as well!
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Lum_ posted:I'm really liking Mirkwood, should I keep doing that or Eregion? Uh, Mirkwood and Eregion don't overlap in level ranges... do you mean Enedwaith perhaps? If so, I would just keep doing Mirkwood if you like it, they are both pretty easy and well-organized for doing quests.
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I took a look at the LOTRO store today (while planting apple trees), and now I've got a question about those cosmetic outfits they are selling. Are all of those items only available via the store? Or do they also come as quest rewards or from loot-boxes over the course of the game?
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Jack's Flow posted:I took a look at the LOTRO store today (while planting apple trees), and now I've got a question about those cosmetic outfits they are selling. Are all of those items only available via the store? Or do they also come as quest rewards or from loot-boxes over the course of the game? Not certain, but they are labeled *exclusive* in the store, so I would assume they are?
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Lars posted:Not certain, but they are labeled *exclusive* in the store, so I would assume they are? See, I stared at that stuff for 20 minutes, but never read the word "exclusive". It was late. In the Shire.
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Jack's Flow posted:See, I stared at that stuff for 20 minutes, but never read the word "exclusive". It was late. In the Shire. Too much Old Toby.
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flowinprose posted:Uh, Mirkwood and Eregion don't overlap in level ranges... do you mean Enedwaith perhaps? If so, I would just keep doing Mirkwood if you like it, they are both pretty easy and well-organized for doing quests. Yeah, I did mean Enedwaith. Just wondering if there was a "gotcha" area I should avoid (kind of like Hytboldt). I'm consistently about 5 levels over the recommended level for the content anyway (thanks Moria!) plus being a man-bear-pig means most things are easy. (plus as a man-bear I can just make honey cakes while NPCs drone on at each other during quests.)
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Lum_ posted:Yeah, I did mean Enedwaith. Just wondering if there was a "gotcha" area I should avoid (kind of like Hytboldt). I'm consistently about 5 levels over the recommended level for the content anyway (thanks Moria!) plus being a man-bear-pig means most things are easy. You should be 3/4/5 levels below content for optimal fun. More if you ever team up with a friend and/or random.
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Update 17.2 is in meaning come 1v1 me mothrfuckrs see what happens https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?594805-Update-17-2-Release-Notes
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There was an old Mines of Moria LOTRO box at my local thrift store last week, still has all its inserts. I don't know if the expansion code has been used, but I'm not sure I can test it since I have that expansion, so I'm willing to give it to a newer player who's approaching level 50 and enjoying the game so far.
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I'll throw my hat into the ring for the expansion pack. I started playing some around this time last year and loved it, but I didn't end up having a lot of time to play and put it down for a while. I just started back up again a few days ago and even transferred to Landroval to play with goons. I'm nowhere near level 50, so if someone who is pops up, it's all theirs. Otherwise though, I'm very interested.
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Did the "place fish under window" quest in Tāl Bruinen today, and man, when Gollum appeared for some juicy fishes, I couldn't help myself, I was grinning like an idiot. Somehow I totally missed that quest eight years ago. I love these little touches and nods.
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here's a nod for ya
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Is there any interest in doing Helegrod, Goblin Throne Room, Cairn Dun? I'm approaching 50 fast soloing but I would love to see some group content. (Or would somebody take me on a guided tour with a 100 or 2?)
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