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Annath posted:So this game has mods/plugins. Generally speaking, know that 'modding' within LotRO is insanely limited. They barely allow any access to the game through LUA, so the vast majority of plugins sit on top of the existing UI rather than replace them outright. The only thing that can be 'replaced' is the UI skin, which is mostly just basic palette swaps with minor flair, not functional layout changes. A number of plugins are useful specifically because they bring outside text/resources into the game's UI as 'lookup' tools, so you can check where a quest objective is, look up how to make a thing, etc. But if you're coming from WoW, XIV, etc, definitely lower your expectations for what you're gonna see here. Also of note, a lot of plugins haven't been updated for years. Doesn't mean they don't work, just know that the community is relatively small so there are various plugins that may or may not actually function.
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Get the JRR Skins Collection, it’s a bunch of themes that makes the UI more bearable to look at than the horrendous blue default design.
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Who does Elrond's voice in this game?! Its maddeningly familiar, but I can't place it, and IMDB is no help - most of the cast isn't listed/listed as "additional voices". ChatGPT thinks its John Rhyss-Davies which is hilarious and also definitely not it. (at least not in the tutorial quest which is what I'm referring to).
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Sep 25, 2023 22:47
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Supposedly it's Harry Chase and I think I believe it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxqCW0hNrlc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isj6x4iAnvs
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Cutedge posted:Supposedly it's Harry Chase and I think I believe it. Hmm... I don't hear it tbh. He sounds too old to be doing Elrond in the tutorial. Also, I don't know if something is broken or what, but I started the tutorial, but had to log out, and when I logged back in I was back at the beginning? Then I played through it again, until I got to Rivendell and got the message I was no longer level scaled, and figured surely it was OK to log out, and nope, back at the beginning of the mordor battle thing 
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Sep 26, 2023 00:02
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Comrade Koba posted:Get the JRR Skins Collection, it’s a bunch of themes that makes the UI more bearable to look at than the horrendous blue default design. Thanks for reminding me to check this out. Some nice themes in there. Ended up settling for the gray standard translucent one, but the shire theme was pretty amazing.
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Glory to Italia!
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Annath posted:Also, I don't know if something is broken or what, but I started the tutorial, but had to log out, and when I logged back in I was back at the beginning? Yeah, that sucks but unfortunately isn’t a bug. I did the exact same thing on my high elf. I think it’s due to the intro being set in an instance tied to your character, which for some reason isn’t saved when you log off. You need to complete the whole thing until you get teleported to Ered Luin (the elven starting zone). Which server are you playing on? There’s a goon kinship (guild) on Landroval that’s not very active but a bunch of us still log on regularly.
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Comrade Koba posted:Yeah, that sucks but unfortunately isn’t a bug. I did the exact same thing on my high elf. I think it’s due to the intro being set in an instance tied to your character, which for some reason isn’t saved when you log off. You need to complete the whole thing until you get teleported to Ered Luin (the elven starting zone). I'm on Landroval.
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I am also levelling a character on Landroval and have been invited to Nazgun. People mostly play this game solo but if there's any chance for me to help with little 3-person quests or instances it would also be cool to play together sometimes!
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Sounds good! I'm busy tonight, but I might log on for a bit to at least get past the dumb tutorial lmao. I'll be on more Wednesday though.
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Started my regular scheduled autumn return to LOTRO - I'm playing on Landro mainly as Osrandir, my created-in-beta-but-still-hopeless-level-8x during EU evenings. Are there any new must-haves, that makes sense for me to buy/wait-for-sale for? There's usually a catch-up bundle for $20 that's worked out quite nicely for me before. Current datadump: Signup Date 4/20/2007 Game Version History Lord of the Rings Online™ Beta Shadows of Angmar™ Guest Shadows of Angmar™ Open Beta Shadows of Angmar™ Pre-order Shadows of Angmar™ Trial Rise of Isengard™ Mines of Moria™ Standard Siege of Mirkwood™ Mithril Edition Riders of Rohan™ Lars fucked around with this message at 09:28 on Sep 27, 2023 |
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Lars posted:Started my regular scheduled autumn return to LOTRO - I'm playing on Landro mainly as Osrandir, my created-in-beta-but-still-hopeless-level-8x during EU evenings. Are there any new must-haves, that makes sense for me to buy/wait-for-sale for? There's usually a catch-up bundle for $20 that's worked out quite nicely for me before. From last page Mr. Pickles posted:Nowadays a F2P account unlocks a crapton of content for you as well as some expansions, but I suggest you get at least 1 month of VIP sub. Once you pay 1 month of VIP your account will automatically upgrade from F2P to Premium account, meaning that some of the QoL upgrades of VIP will stay with your account forever, even if you cancel your subscription
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Oh, neat! Totally missed that post - that's great!
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Lars posted:Started my regular scheduled autumn return to LOTRO - Lol glad I'm not the only one. Something about October starting just makes me slide right back in. Leaves turning, Starbucks selling pumpkin lattes, time to go back to middle earth and finally finish Rohan.
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After not playing this for literally over a decade, I was getting the itch to see the 50 different expansions I never did and try out Brawler. How is the new player experience currently? Mostly wondering if you just level through zones normally or there's just a fast track that yeets you to certain level caps.
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PrinnySquad posted:After not playing this for literally over a decade, I was getting the itch to see the 50 different expansions I never did and try out Brawler. How is the new player experience currently? Mostly wondering if you just level through zones normally or there's just a fast track that yeets you to certain level caps. There’s paid level boosts that take you to certain levels, I think they’re available for level 50, 95, 105, 120 and 130.
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Sep 28, 2023 20:19
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Let's play Lord of the Rings Online together
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I'm going to play this afternoon when I get home from work. I will make sure to actually complete the tutorial before I log off 
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Comrade Koba posted:There’s paid level boosts that take you to certain levels, I think they’re available for level 50, 95, 105, 120 and 130. My favorite content is level 1-65, and the XP flows freely, so you will outlevel zones faster than you can finish them (unless you're using the tortoise pendant that stops you from gaining XP). Many folks feel that the game starts to slow down and get repetitive in the 75-100 range, so in my opinion, that would be the time to use an auto-level item if you're going to.
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At this point, I think part of the reason I keep starting over is because I love hanging out in the Shire just that much. And with Yondershire, that really only goes up through lvl 23. If there’s ever a new LotR MMO, here’s to hoping they expand that range considerably.
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fenix down posted:Pretty sure if you purchase some of the expansions, you get gifted some of those items. I don’t think so. I’ve bought all the expansions and the only boosts I’ve received were the ones given out for free to everyone at the 15-year anniversary event. It’s possible they’re included in the more expensive collectors edition tier, I only bought the basic editions.
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Stagger_Lee posted:Let's play Lord of the Rings Online together Big if true. Over the past year-ish I've played on again off again super casually on a solo red captain. Sitting at level 48 now with Angmar nearly done. Group stuff might get me interested in logging in more than occasionally.
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I'm a level 45 Champion. I am up for whatever group stuff I can figure out how to do! I am only on "sometimes" because I have a job and I like to read books. Also, I am very dumb. I spend a full hour last night trying to figure out how to walk to Eregion.
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Comrade Koba posted:I don’t think so. I’ve bought all the expansions and the only boosts I’ve received were the ones given out for free to everyone at the 15-year anniversary event. It’s possible they’re included in the more expensive collectors edition tier, I only bought the basic editions. They are indeed in the more expensive packs. For every(?) expansion currently purchaseable on the website.
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I'm 86 on Osrandir now, will do group stuff even though it might mean I have to carry the day as a LM - the discord link is broken tho.
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I wish the map was better. Even with the map mod suggested, the map is worse than vanilla wow  It's very hard to figure out where to go. Is there a way to scale up the whole UI? Everything is pretty small on my 1440p monitor.
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If you're going to come back to LOTRO and replay with a new character, I would *strongly* recommend picking up Before the Shadow for $20. It's a new levelling path for levels 1-30 and the original new player zones haven't been updated in years. https://www.lotro.com/expansions
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Lum_ posted:If you're going to come back to LOTRO and replay with a new character, I would *strongly* recommend picking up Before the Shadow for $20. It's a new levelling path for levels 1-30 and the original new player zones haven't been updated in years. Ah, I might do that. I just finished the tutorial, and I definitely felt the zone it dumped me into was... dated.
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Annath posted:Is there a way to scale up the whole UI? Everything is pretty small on my 1440p monitor. Not very well, and that makes playing the game almost impossible in 4K, something like Lossless Scaling is a requirement. https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/
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Lars posted:I'm 86 on Osrandir now, will do group stuff even though it might mean I have to carry the day as a LM - the discord link is broken tho. https://discord.gg/6fpMe6tg
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I rolled a new character on Landroval to give the new starter zone a shot. It's really gorgeous. I'll see about getting an invite to Nazgun on my Burglar, Gearan. I joined the discord as well.
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Are the daily login rewards able to be mailed between characters on the same account? IE: can I mail the ones from my character to a new one if I want to do the new starting area?
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I think all the login rewards can go between same account characters. You can also use shared storage instead to make it easier than mailing. And to transfer money, but the sacks of coins from the vault keeper npc and pass that over to other character and have them sell the coins. Most of the leveling up rewards are bound to character now though, unfortunately. Those used to be account-wide which was nice since some of them that you get really early are much better on a higher level character.
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Lum_ posted:If you're going to come back to LOTRO and replay with a new character, I would *strongly* recommend picking up Before the Shadow for $20. It's a new levelling path for levels 1-30 and the original new player zones haven't been updated in years. Thanks for the heads up, I'll definitely give this a go.
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Man, the narrative dissonance between the book quests and sidequests is really amazing from time to time.  After infiltrating the occupied city of Osgiliath, I link up with the remains of the resistance led by the rangers of Gondor who have set up a base of operations in the city sewers. From there I wage a heroic one-woman guerilla war against the Morgul-host, sabotaging their siege weapons and freeing captive prisoners while slaying countless orcs and trolls in the process. At the same time I'm conducting a search of the ruined city to find the lost captain of the rangers, ending in a heroic assault on the Dome of Stars, where I battle through an army of evil spirits before reaching the roof of the building where I face down an actual Nazgűl in single combat - and win. My mission complete, I leave the city and ride for Minas Tirith at breakneck speed to inform the Council of Gondor. Having navigated the various tiers of the city I finally reach the top level, where I'm suddenly accosted by a civil servant who apparently needs my help with something. My next quest? To clear away dirty plates from an empty feast hall. 
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Comrade Koba posted:... You are the hero we've been waiting for! Now go kill 5 orcs, come back and we'll tell you to go kill 5 more.
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Haha, the reward for doing good work is more work.
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Comrade Koba posted:Man, the narrative dissonance between the book quests and sidequests is really amazing from time to time. That's some very immersive Faramir quest design
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fenix down posted:Haha, the reward for doing good work is more work. Now that's some realism
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