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Grats but my recommendation is, if you intend to try this game, don't make the same mistakes here that you made in WoW. (I have the best of everything and now I'm bored)

This game is not about "farming end game content" so if that is your game plan, it may be best to just walk away now. In point of fact, we really have no end game content to speak of. I believe there are currently a total of 2 or 3... oh, wait... maybe it's 4 end game raids and the gear derived from them is not all that much better than what you can craft, buy or get from drops off of mobs elsewhere. Again... LOTRO is not about high level raiding..

min/max-ers are scorned and in many cases shunned like child molesters so I'd walk away from that strategy as well.

LOTRO is also not about PvP so if you're hoping to work on the size of your E-peen, once again... save yourself a few months of disappointment and just walk away now.

What LOTRO IS about is the journey... (not the destination). It's about following in the footsteps of "The Nine" and experiencing the world of Middle Earth as envisioned and created by JRR Tolkien. It is not a requirement that you have read the trilogy but it helps! Having seen the movies makes no difference and in fact could be viewed as a liability.

Best of luck in whatever game you end up with but based on your original post, it sounds to me like WoW is the right place for you.

Oh...and I don't PvP at all. I play a Prot Paladin...I like tanking bosses and doing PvE. So I am not into the whole epeen ****. I get my jollies off of finding skilled players who know what they are doing and work well together to work through content, be it quests or stories or whatever...

For crafting do you HAVE to pick a vocation? What if I want to be a weaponsmith, armorsmith and whichever gathering professions that would complement the two? I read the vocation page and there doesn't seem to be that combination but is it possible to do it or must u pick a certain vocation?

For races, which one has the best defense racials or do they all compliment each class their own way? To me, it seems like Elf hunters would be the best option lore wise...but do the racials beg to differ?

Edited, Mar 18th 2009 11:36am by TOdoubleDNery

This game can make it tough for min/max builds. For example, Dwarves seem perfect for guardians and champions, but there is a racial trait only available to Men that gives an ~3000 morale in-combat heal, so many people feel Men make the best choice for any class available to them. Personally I've tried to pick different races for each class I was going to play, just to keep things interesting.

Not really such a bad thing if they happen to be girl humans and girl elfs...

So they're kind of like the vampires in Twilight???

Your trial characters can be carried forward if you'd like. You can upgrade from the trial.

Based on your listed computer stats,

I don't think you'll be anywhere near the top end in performance. 2GB is below recommended for vista (you should have 3 or 4GB). The 8600, while ample for WoW is a little bit weak for this game (an 8800 is considered the default minimum card here). Your CPU will do fine and the hard disc stat is not relevant.

This is not to say you can't play with your rig... only that you won't run smoothly at higher display levels. If you set up in high or extreme you'll likely see low FPS with lots of hitching and plenty of lag! (so I'd say hold off on DX10 till you have more computer to push it with)

There is however an auto function built into the options panel so you can have the server examine your system and give you an optimum setting to run in. you might try that and see where it takes you...

Yeah, we're on Meneldor. Kinship is named There is No Fifth Star. And I'm probably the resident min/max endgame raider of the group at the moment. We don't really do many raids as a kinship right now, although I think we're about to start. Everyone is pretty helpful.

You should come play with us because we have pie. Lots of pie.

Oh, and I only have one special item, the radiance pipe, it is marginally useful. I never tried the others.

Edited, Mar 19th 2009 8:04pm by ArrowMonkey

Are the special items only good for one character? Are the items bound to that character or can u transfer them to all of your characters?

Any word on any special achievements that are level specific? Anything I should watch for a list someone can point me to so I don't miss something along the way and have to reroll my character? Again, sorry for being a little **** retentive but I like to try to do everything with my characters that they can possibly do.

I am currently level 8 and I am loving it. I love the combat system, a lot! My Guardian is named Toddrick if anyone could message him or just let me know who to message to maybe snag an invite if I could.

Don't worry about leveling past achievements. You can go back and complete low level deeds to your heart's content. The only exceptions are the titles you get for not dying through your first 20 levels. Every area has specific deeds (kill X amount of wolves in the Shire, complete X amount of quests in the Misty Mountains). The first phase of completing the deed generally gets you a title, completing the advanced portion of the deed usually rewards you with a virtue (justice, discipline, etc.). Virtues help to strengthen and customize your character. If you're really interested in min/maxing you're going to probably focus on virtues quite a bit.

There are also achievements that don't open up for us until we reach a certain level. These are usually our race enmity deeds. Every race has a couple mob types they're particularly hostile toward. For hobbits, for example it's wolves and spiders, for humans it's wights and wargs. Every race has one stat that's pretty weak when we begin. These racial enmity deed completions generally reward you with a trait that brings that weak racial stat into balance.

The color ranking on gear will be easy for you to figure out. Grey = very common. Yellow = might be worth using, purple = check it out before you vendor it, teal = yay!

Some items are bind on acquire, many are bind on equip. This helps quite a bit to keep crafting gear a viable way to spend time. There is no single crafting vocation that makes heavy armour and weapons, sorry. Supply the components and you shouldn't have much trouble finding a kinsmate to craft nice goodies for you.

Yes, you can change your virtues by visiting a bard. Cost a little coin, but you can change up depending on what the situation is going to call for.

Is there a way to look to see a kinship's online members if u aren't in the kinship? I tried to do a /who tisnfs but that didn't work. I feel bad cause I was getting sick of the whole tank and spank with the guardian (cause I raid with my prot paladin still) so I decided to try out the hunter and I am liking it. Toddarcus is his name, if anyone could send me a message to invite me. I did a /who on all those officers names but I can't find one on. Thanks!