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Rate Lord of the Rings Online explains skirmish rewards

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Nov 5

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By Eliot Lefebvre Let's be honest, people play new content for the rewards." Perhaps not the most uplifting or metaphorical way to start off a developer diary, but if nothing else you need to give Lord of the Rings Online credit for being so direct about it. But with the most recent developer diary regarding th...

Rate Lord of the Rings Online extends special pricing offers to November 18th

Original at Massively external link    Mon, Nov 2

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By Rubi Bayer With the Siege of Mirkwood expansion less than a month away from launch, Turbine is keeping an eye on it's current Lord of the Rings Online players with their special pricing deals. Each deal includes the phrase "and get Mirkwood for free!" and they've included something for every pricing...

Rate Review: Lord of the Rings Online (Lotro)

Original at thegamespit (WordPress) external link    Sat, Oct 31

By mrmcblonde I could choose which quests I wanted and leave the ones I couldn’t be bothered with which suits my nature.  You can just run about exploring and/or killing monsters but that can get boring.  Most of the quests are either killing stuff, finding items or people or a combination of the two.  I foun...

Year 2009

 

Rate The unbearable lightness of stat boosts

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Oct 23

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By Eliot Lefebvre While the post is specifically talking about Lord of the Rings Online, it can easily apply to many other games, and we can all think of rewards that were similarly important and yet less than overwhelming. Part of the reason behind this, of course, is that MMOs need to have a power curve ramp-...

Rate Disappointment of the Rings Online

Original at worldsofwordcraft (WordPress) external link    Thu, Oct 15

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By alecsj So, Lord of the Rings Online has some pretty cool things going for it. You can gossip with Hobbits. You can explore the depths of Moria. You can fight hordes of orcs. But there is one thing LOTRO seriously lacks that in my opinion makes the game a gigantic disappointment.

Rate Second LotRO expansion, Siege of Mirkwood, dated

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Tue, Sep 29

By Mabie A. A new expansion for Turbine Inc.'s MMORPG, The Lord of the Rings Online has...

Rate Mirkwood Guilt

Original at The Ancient Gaming Noob external link    Mon, Sep 7

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By Wilhelm2451 Posted in entertainment, EVE Online, Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft Tagged: Mines of Moria, Siege of Mirkwood Turbine has announced the next expansion for Lord of the Rings Online, the Siege of Mirkwood. Being something of a partisan of the game, I ought to be happy to see a new i...

Rate Opinion: The Daily Grind: How many MMOs do you play at one time?

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Aug 18

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By Lesley Smith MMOs tend to have dedicated fan bases and everyone has their favourite: Aion, City of Heroes, WoW, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online ... the list goes on and on. Everyone has their own personal favourite or the hip one that everyone and their pet goldfish is currently engrossed in. For example...

Rate Lord of the Rings Online: Book 8 Instances and Raiding

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

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Per Amlug, players can look forward to the following: A ton of new quests for the instances and raids - opportunities to gain Galadhrim reputation, Rare Drops, and Legendary Item XP. The Vile Maw is now a little bit easier than the 2.0 current version. ...

Rate Get guided on LotRO's Destiny Points

Original at Massively external link    Thu, May 28

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By Kyle Horner Pretty confusing, right? That's why Turbine has this handy-dandy guide covering all the essentials about Destiny Points, how they work and what you can use them towards. If you're new to Lord of the Rings Online, or you're just the kind of player who shirks destiny and its silly points, rea...

Rate Opinion: One Grind to Rule them All

Original at chessack (WordPress) external link    Sat, May 23

By Chessack The fact is that by the time I got to level 40, I started to realize that almost all the content in LOTRO is grind-based. The Epic Quests are not, because they are story based, but you only do a few of those relative to all the non-story quests that are just grinds. Let’s look at the kinds of grind in...

Rate Game Review: Lord of the Rings Online

Original at chessack (WordPress) external link    Sun, May 3

By Chessack Clearly, the developers at Turbine set out to re-skin WOW with Middle-Earth. Assuming that was their goal, they succeeded admirably. And as you’ll be able to tell comparing the two reviews, I don’t like the stuff I hated about WOW any better in this game.  Their crafting system is laughable;...

Rate Lord of the Rings Online Second Anniversary Promo

Original at PC World external link    Fri, Apr 24    14 related articles

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It's been another incredible year for LOTRO and Turbine," said Lord of the Rings Online Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel. "Being named both 2008 MMO of the Year and Best Expansion of 2008, coupled with the overwhelmingly positive response to the ...

Rate Opinion: LOTRO: Fat Tunes

Original at biobreak (WordPress) external link    Tue, Apr 14

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By Syp In my growing rediscovery of Lord of the Rings Online — which is feeding my malnourished PvE soul in splendid ways — I bumped back into one of the most touted new features when the game released a couple years ago: the music system. In my growing rediscovery of Lord of the Rings Online — which is...

Rate Explaining LotRO Volume II: Book 7 crafting instances

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Mar 5

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By Kyle Horner If, as a Lord of the Rings Online player, you're either confused or completely in the dark where it concerns the upcoming Volume II: Book 7 crafting instances for Lord of the Rings Online, LotroLife has got you covered. The guide is pretty in-depth about everything an aspiring crafts-pers...

Rate LotRO releases new PTS and preliminary Book 7 patch notes

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Feb 27    7 related articles

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By Shawn Schuster Turbine has just announced a brand new public test server for Lord of the Rings Online called Bullroarer. This test server will allow plays to experience content before it is ready to go live, allowing the players to help test the content and give their feedback. You will need to download Bul...

Rate Opinion: LOTRO: living the fanfic dream?

Original at spinksville (WordPress) external link    Sun, Feb 8

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By spinks Quick LOTRO update: I think that Lord of the Rings Online is one of those games that you either love or hate. They do some things brilliantly, awesomely, incredibly well … and others are painfully lacklustre. So how you feel about the game will depend very much on:

Rate Player review of Runes of Magic open beta looks promising

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Feb 3

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By Brooke Pilley You may not have heard, but Runewalker's Runes of Magic is a free-to-play/free-to-download fantasy MMORPG that features a large world, avatar appearance customization, dual-class specialization, interesting combat mechanics, player housing, crafting, high-end PvE raiding, a...

Rate My CheatCC Review: LOTR Online: Mines of Moria

Original at alextaldren (WordPress) external link    Mon, Jan 12

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By Alex Taldren After some difficulty, I’ve rung in 2009 with my first video game review of the year.  This time, I invade the expansion to the popular MMO, Lord of the Rings Online.  You can read my official review over at CheatCC.com, but if you’re looking for something a bit shorter and more to-the-point, l...

Rate Opinion: A ding world: Heroes, shards and middle earth

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Sat, Jan 3

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The next fantasy game I play is in some ways similar to Chroncles of Spellborn - that is Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO). Also fantasty setting with with a beautiful environment and less exciting character models, lots of travel time and a solid backstory and lore. But LOTRO is more familiar...

Rate The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria

Original at Play.tm external link    Fri, Dec 19

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VG-Reloaded.com  UK - Dec 19, 2008 What could be better for the stereotypical PC gamer than an MMO set in the world of JRR Tolkien's classic books? Well it seems, as usual, it was World of ... PC Review: Lord of the Rings Online - Mines of Moria VG-Reloaded.com all 2 news articles

Rate How To: Lord of the Rings Online @ TenTonHammer.com: Echad Dunann Quest Guide

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Tue, Nov 25

At The Outskirts of Khazad Dum The Elves of Rivendell tell you all the help they need with the LotRO Mines of Moria Echad Dunann quest guide. Learn how to help your fellow free people against the attacks of Saruman's folk upon Eregion! Read the guide here or in our Mines of Moria Portal with all...

Rate How To: Lord of the Rings Online Hunter Guide | WoW Guide

Original at ecommerce.ee external link    Wed, Nov 12

The Lord of the Rings Online Hunter Guide tackles these questions with professional insights and killer how-to’s from our game experts. Covering everything from the basics to advanced strategies, the LotRO Hunter Guide is a reference ...

Rate Patch: Mines of Moria Updater Available - Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Mon, Nov 10

By Morvelaira In an effort to make the launch of their first expansion, Mines of Moria, go as smoothly as possible Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine Entertainment has released an updater on their website. This is the normally dreaded expansion patch that everyone has to download the day of laun...

Rate So is LotRO coming to the 360, PS3, Wii? Turbine to confirm or deny early 2009

Original at Qj.net external link    Thu, Nov 6

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By Jon G. According to Steefel, Turbine is currently focused on working with platform holders to pave the way for the first wave of console MMOs, and that Turbine's console plans are still early. They're trying to see exactly what they can expect from an MMO-to-console port and where the consoles a...

Rate Turbine Expands to West Coast

Original at 1up.com external link    Tue, Oct 14

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By Shawn Sines The growing developer has several MMOs to its name, including Asheron's Call, Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, and Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. The first LOTRO expansion Mines of Moria is out next month, and Turbine expects to have a social gaming network up and...

Rate Turbine to Launch MMO Social Gaming Network By Year's End

Original at 1up.com external link    Mon, Oct 13

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By Stephany Nunneley Jim Crowley, Turbine's president and CEO, revealed some interesting news last week at the Tokyo Game Show that should get Lord of the Rings Online players pretty excited. According to an interview with Eurogamer, The company plans on adding social a networking site to the their massivel...

Rate Lord of the Rings Online Dev Gets New Studio, Former Flagship Staff

Original at Shacknews external link    Mon, Oct 13

Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine has opened a new west coast studio in Redwood City, CA, to support the expansion of platforms the company supports. Along the way, the studio announced it picked up a few noteworthy recruits from the defunct Flagship Studios, developer of Hellga...

Rate How To: Lord of the Rings Online @ TenTonHammer.com: LotRO Guide to ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Tue, Jul 29

Also Known as the Guide to Grinding.. It can be a real challenge to get all the ore you need for crafting, but prospecting can be made more efficient, and can be very profitable. Learn all about prospecting and how to best to do it from ...

Rate Lord of the Rings Online new player guide wrapup

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Jul 22

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By Shawn Schuster Filed under: At a glance, Fantasy, Lord of the Rings OnlineWe've created a nice range of guides for Lord of the Rings Online so far, from the very basics to some rather intermediate. While these guides will continue to get more advanced, we wanted to take this opportunity to catch readers up...

Rate Patch: LotRO's Book 14 release date announced

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Jul 18

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By Shawn Schuster After several months of preparation, tons of screenshots, videos and more, Lord of the Rings Online's Book 14 has a set release date. According to the official site, the servers will be down on Tuesday, July 22nd from 6AM - 12PM Eastern time for the latest content update, Book 14: The Ring-f...

Rate QJ.NET's MMORPG Weekend Warrior: Mystery MMO speculations, patches ...

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Sun, Jul 6

By Tim Y. For the Tolkien fans, there's Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar's Book 14 patch, where players can now journey to the place of origin of the Elven Rings. Funcom is also hard at work with Age of Conan, rapid-firing a couple of ...

Rate Massively Speaking Podcast Episode 12

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Jul 4

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By Michael Zenke Filed under: World of Warcraft, Podcasts, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Star Wars Galaxies, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 12 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of June 25th - July 1st. This week Colin Brennan and Adrian Bott up the respectabi...

Rate Patch: LotRO Book 14 on Test Server! at Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Tue, Jul 1

By Morvelaira Lord of the Rings Online has released it's latest patch, Book 14: The Ring-forges of Eregion, on it's test server Roheryn. The patch notes are also now posted on the Lorebook. In the extensive patch notes are some very interesting things, including:

Rate Massively Speaking Podcast Episode 2

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Apr 24

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By Michael Zenke Filed under: World of Warcraft, Betas, Podcasts, Age of Conan, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, PvP, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 2 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of...

Rate Patch: Book 13 preview offers new screens and avatars

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Apr 15

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By William Dobson Filed under: Fantasy, Galleries, Screenshots, Lord of the Rings Online, Patches, Previews

Rate LotRO Book 12 Patch 1 pushed back a day

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Mar 11    5 related articles

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By William Dobson An update has been made to the original message detailing the patch downtime at the website. Those waiting anxiously to get their keg will need to wait just one extra day, as the Lord of the Rings Online scheduled downtime has been pushed back to Thursday, March 13th. The time of day will remai...

Rate Notes for LotRO Book 12 Patch 1 available

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Mar 7

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By William Dobson Filed under: Fantasy, Lord of the Rings Online, Patches The Lord of the Rings Online test server has been patched, and the notes have been made available for viewing. The patch should end up on live servers after a testing period on Roheryn, so it's a good heads up for what is ahead.

Rate Patch: LotRO Book 12 update: outfit and hair customizations

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Mon, Jan 21

By Isaac C. Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has a rather aesthetic update for Book 12: character outfit and hair customizations. Well, to be more accurate, you'll be getting two new outfits and access to a barbershop. ...

Year 2007

 

Rate Patch: World of Warcraft Trial Account Limitations Enacted to Combat Spammers

Original at Gaming Today external link    Thu, Dec 20

By Shawn Sines South Park: Season 10 Features Warcraft Trial; Lord of the Rings Online Trial Now Available; Upcoming WoW Patch to Target In-Game Spammers; WoW In-game Voice Chat Raises Parental Concern; Blizzard Finally Sues Gold Farmers.

Rate VirginWorlds Podcast #93

Original at VirginWorlds MMORPG Podcast external link    Sun, Nov 11

By brent@virginworlds.com VirginWorlds seems to be back to the weekend shows, finding the mini-casts far too unpredictable and here is your dose of MMORPG news from the last week.  You'll never guess who the host is.  (nm, it's just Brent.)  Here are the news topics for the week:

Rate E3 '07: Lord of the Rings Online patch impressions

Original at GameSpot external link    Thu, Jul 12

We get a first-hand look at what's new in Middle Earth's only MMORPG.

Rate VirginWorlds Podcast #76

Original at VirginWorlds MMORPG Podcast external link    Mon, Jul 9

By brent@virginworlds.com Topics this week: Blizzard sets priorities. Auto Assault, things do not look good Be a chicken in Lord of the Rings Online Mythos, Hellgate's little brother Pirates of the Caribbean delayed Star Trek Online: some real info finally

Rate PC Game Review: Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, May 16

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By Kaonashi I've spent the past weeks traveling through Middle-Earth. Sometimes I wander around as a burly Dwarf, hacking and slashing my enemies with my trusty axe. Other times I'm a graceful Elf, swift and sure with her powerful bow. Recently I've been protecting my fellow Hobbitses in the Shire from...

Rate Monster Play classes in Lord of the Rings Online

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Wed, May 9

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By Enrico S. One of the coolest things in Turbine Soft and Codemaster's The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is the addition of Monster Play classes. In a recent developer's corner post on the main site, they covered the Orc-reaver, Spider-weaver, Uruk-Blackarrow, Uruk-Warleader, and bl...

Rate Opinion: Lord of the Rings Online: Day 1 and Other Things!

Original at http external link    Wed, May 2

By Radical So, I decided to pick up LOTRO seeing as I have been needing some MMO in my system, anyways, here are my feeling from the first day: LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE Shadows of Angmar Day 1: Radical So, I decided to pick up LOTRO seeing as I have been needing some MMO in my system, anyways, here ar

Rate Opinion: The Call on Lord of the Rings Online

Original at Slashdot external link    Fri, Apr 20

By Zonk The Beta has been going on for some time now, and for all intents and purposes Lord of the Rings Online has launched. Pre-order players will be able to move their characters to the live game when the title officially lights up on April 24th, and commentators on Massively Multiplayer games ha...

Rate New at LOTRO Allakhazam database: items, quests, geography, bestiary

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Tue, Apr 3

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By Tim Y. Given that Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar MMORPG is set in the massive world of Middle-earth, expect yourself immersed in all the fascinating adventures and creatures this realm will offer. Now, in case you may find yourself more lost in Middle-earth than the prove...

Year 2006

 

Rate VirginWorlds Podcast #8

Original at VirginWorlds MMORPG Podcast external link    Sun, May 14

By brent@virginworlds.com God's and Heroes from Perpetual Entertainment Darkfall from Aventurine SA Dark World Online from Tulga, makers of Horizons: Empire of Istaria Dungeons & Dragons Online Entropia Universe Eve Online Unleash the Fury by Auran Games Guild Wars Huxley Lord of the Rings Online

Rate VirginWorlds Podcast #6

Original at VirginWorlds MMORPG Podcast external link    Sun, Apr 30

By brent@virginworlds.com Weekly news podcast covering Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games such as World of Warcraft, EverQuest, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Eve Online, Dungeons and Dragons Online, and many many more. The main site can be found at http://www.VirginWorlds.com Show notes:

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