Lord of the Rings Online | Most fun melee solo class?

Most fun melee solo class?
UI animations reverted: tomorrow's patchnotes
“New” player coming from WoW.
Are endgame wardens alright?
Casual player looking to enjoy the game with someone else
What do you think is the most valuable Middle-Earth object?
Help! Not connected to General Chat!
Really want to get back into the game
Need Some Advice
Store is broken, so is Contact US. Any suggestions?
VXP, Deeds, low-hanging fruit, and lvl 130
New Player Recommendations
Warden leveling - Melee vs Ranged

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 07:09 PM PDT

I've played this game off and on for years but never made it all that far. I want to commit to playing through a toon all the way but was looking for some advice. I want to play a melee class and I'm leaning towards champ or captain. I would prefer heavy armor but if a compelling argument can be made for warden or burglar I'd consider. Which melee class would you suggest for a player looking to play solo primarily for the main story?

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UI animations reverted: tomorrow's patchnotes

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 08:43 PM PDT

https://www.lotro.com/en/content/update-2901-release-notes

Quests and Adventure Areas

Fixed Tom Bombadil's size in "The Woe of the Willow".
The cooldown of Gulmúk Dampmould's skills has been slightly increased.
The yellow eye effect from Gulmúk's Corrupted Pool effect has been removed.
The quest "Cultivating the Wildwood" no longer requires "Retribution of the Trees" to have been completed.
Thornmane now has the ability to grant side quests if his main quest lines have advanced.
Fix issues with Thornmane and Minda phasing at the wrong times.
Minda Heathertoes will no longer give two quests at once and then vanish, making turn-in impossible.
All Wildwood Hoppers are now able to be collected. Happy hunting!
The quest "Punishing the Poachers" now has a shorter respawn time.
The NPC Laugi will stick around to bestow "Clearing Enemies in Zarkul-sulûn even if "Scouting for the Scout" has been completed.
Farewell to TBD BRAWLER, who was entirely too eager to see Trader's Wharf.
Non-physical ruins in the Weather Hills now have their proper physics.
Fixed a floating edge of the shipwreck in Forochel.
Corrected a texture issue in Cirth Ungol.
Placed a missing post in the Kingstead Meadows neighborhood.
Grounded floating ballistas in South Ithilien.
Corrected a rock placement issue in Wildwood.
Fixed an issue where a resource node was not displaying corectly in Malenhad.
Corrected stuck spots in Erebor and Glimmerdeep.
Corrected a terrain issue along the water's edge in Ered Mithrin.
Landscape treasure chests in Minas Morgul have had their respawn timers set to be in-line with other landscape chest spawns.
Enemies in The Circle of Sorrow are no longer trapped below ground.
Fixed a radar issue in Celondim.

UI

New UI animations released in Update 29 for active abilities in the quickslot bar have been reverted for now. In the future, we intend to make a toggle available for players to select between the older UI animations and our newer UI animations.

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“New” player coming from WoW.

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 11:53 AM PDT

Hello. I am a player that has been playing WoW classic for a while now. I recently found this game again, and really enjoy it! I played it a while back, and got to around level 30 ish and bought the warden for free before I quit. Coming back about 4 years later, I started playing with a group of about 5 other friends. Anywho, in classic I am a tank, a warrior tank to be precise. Since I love warden and using the gambits, I decided to play another warden with them and be their tank! I just hit level 20, got addicted to farming and cooking stuff, and am now prepping to tank the great barrow which is 20-24 if I read that right. Any tips for warden tanking I need to know? So far I just use my 10-man taunt ability and use heal gambits.

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Are endgame wardens alright?

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 10:37 AM PDT

Hey everyone. Like many I'm a returning player and just have a quick question. I love the play style of wardens, but looking at forums it seems that warden tanks are quite meh currently. If I were to roll dps would It still be viable in a group/raid setting? Or would I get passed over for other dps options. Thanks in advance!

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Casual player looking to enjoy the game with someone else

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 01:11 PM PDT

Going to keep this short in case it gains no attention. I am looking to enjoy the game at a slow pace. When I say slow pace I mean I want to actually read quests and take in the lore and the zones. I'd love to do it alongside someone else.

I am on Arkenstone. I am currently a level 7 elf.. taking my time. I hear we can meet up at the Bree so that's my goal.

Please leave a comment with your discord or feel free to DM me.

Hope to see you in Middle Earth.

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What do you think is the most valuable Middle-Earth object?

Posted: 25 Mar 2021 12:24 AM PDT

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Help! Not connected to General Chat!

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 01:35 PM PDT

Since this evening I haven't been able to be connected to the general chat. I can't send or read messages on World or Kinship channel, when I sent a message to World channel, a message of "you are not in a world channel" jumped out; and when I sent a message to Kinship channel, it said "general error". But I was able to send private messages to someone in my kinship. Does anyone know what happened and how to fix this?

Edit: I tried restarting the computer. It didn't work.

Edit again: okay... I restarted my router. I was still not connected initially but after 15 mins or so the chat was back on. Apparently it was the server issue.

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Really want to get back into the game

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 06:01 AM PDT

Suddenly gone on a LOTR kick and really want to try the game again... but I can't seem to get myself playing. For reference I quit just before Mordor (Filthy blue line hunter. I hear red is the thing now?7

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Need Some Advice

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 07:53 AM PDT

So I played LOTRO last year. I got to the Lone-Lands, thought it was a slog, then quit. I've never played a MMORPG before and it's something I usually don't play, but I love LOTR. I still really want to experience the story and fun of exploring locations, but I don't want to slog through months of grinding. I don't have lots of time to play games like these, but I really want to experience the world.

Is there any way that I can skip the grinding and leveling up while just playing the main story, or is that not possible with this game?

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Store is broken, so is Contact US. Any suggestions?

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 01:52 PM PDT

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VXP, Deeds, low-hanging fruit, and lvl 130

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 08:07 AM PDT

Am I going to be cursing myself at some advanced lvl by being a completionist with the deeds? I know VXP from deeds is the best source and also finite.

I have done my research and there's like 5-8 virtues worth slotting for a Champ. Right now I'm level 50 and have them all capped. If I continue completing all the Eregion deeds I'm gonna be capping out pure garbage. I know I'll want to max them anyway to get the passive benefits but I don't want to do so at the expense of keeping my slotted traits maxed as I hit even levels

So I guess what I am asking is this: if I stay locked at 50 and finish up the deeds left undone (about half of SoA remaining) am I going to be gimping myself on easily available VXP down the line?

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New Player Recommendations

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 02:10 AM PDT

Hi all,

Is there a particular class that's more beginner friendly?

I'm thinking of giving lotro a go and would welcome any insights.

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Warden leveling - Melee vs Ranged

Posted: 24 Mar 2021 02:34 AM PDT

I have a warden alt I made when Moria was released I want to level.

He's sitting at 35 in Trollshaw right now, with traits resetted.

Since the last time I played it the class was overhauled at least two times, so now I don't know how to spec him.