I was never high-level enough to participate in Raids. Hell, even if I started playing back when Evendim was introduced, it was only last year that I finally finished the Epic Story and started the Black Book of Mordor. Therefore, my Raid choice is simple. Ost Ringdyr. Few gaming experiences so far have compared with PvMP back in 2008, and raiding Ost Ringdyr as an Orc Reaver was amazing.
That's a tough one! I've been playing off/on since pre-launch. Helegrod (can't remember the name?), Carn Dum, Watcher, Turtle, etc... heh. I like skirmishes and some Epic Battles, as well:) Great job on the video! My heart goes out to you for your family❤🩹.. lost my mother a few months ago. Great job and I'll be keeping my eye on you🙂
Throne of the Dread Terror - everyone had to be very disciplined and every single one of the bosses was so unique. I really loved that one and always begged my kinnies to run it with me even when we were 130!
Thank you for this trip down memory lane. I was a heavy duty raider for a long time (minstrel healer, and for B team, lore-master), but switched over to music community immersion sometime after Isengard. Really appreciated your summaries! Most important, I listened with deepest empathy about your brother, and am so sorry. Understand completely. For my part, when my beloved LOTRO bandleader died, I carried on with the band 3 1/2 more years, but for the past year have instead been honoring LOTRO friends from the music community with filmed collections of music they made or loved, and reimagining the music of Geoffroi and others, and my accompanying lyrics, onsite in Middle-earth, as best I can here on You Tube and within LOTRO. Glad we both found ways to deal with the grief that leaves something behind for those we loved and lost.
I’ve enjoyed the music community and appreciate all the work that goes into performing. I performed in the BTC production of Grease this summer as an actor. It was so much fun! Sorry to hear about your band leader. Loss is hard.
This was a real nice story! Thank you for sharing it. I've never really played LoTRO beyond the trial but nothing else compares to the nostalgia of playing an MMO for years.
Just became level 99 on my highest leveled character. Started 2022 when lots of content became available for new players, I don't want to hurry but I hope I get to the cap before it's raised again! What an ordeal Rohan was, being in Gondor feels indeed better. To me the best updates since I started have been Yondershire and the Landscape difficulty.
Back in the day i was young and broke when this game launched. I had a notebook full of info i wirked out of the deeds i needed to do on multiple characters to earn enough points to purchase quests and regions to hit the lvl cap if 50. I did buy Moria with real money and stopped playing a year or two later. I was shocked when i came back. The lvl cap being at 150 blew my mind lol
This was a well thought out video!! Thank you for making it. I remember when I first join around the end of 2010 to 2011 I entered Moria and was amazed on how huge it was and how some places were kinda creepy but really fun. I also remember getting killed at the gate before entering lothlorien and i laughed so hard xD lol
The launch of Moria was incredibly fun. When they let us in, early, many of us raced from stable to stable if at all possible, only to die in the lava 🙂.
I played LOTRO at launched when you had to pay a subscription, I still remember the feeling of the gold edition, the metalic box and the huge book inside of it, I have so many memories and I did not even reachef level 40 back in the days. I was 10 so did not even understand what a mmo was, now I'm always struggling to come back, also my character is stucked in the limb of turbine database and I cannot recover it, played it back a few years ago and it was a lot of fun. I'm mainly chilling at Bree now or in the Shire, listening to music etc. Thank you for this, lovely to see what is happening in the rest of the game :)
I am so glad you enjoyed it. LOTRO is unique in the sense that there are soo many ways to play this game. I have a large group of friends that don't even play the content, instead they get together weekly for roleplay and theater and music. Love that there is this diversity in players.
This is an awesome video for someone like me who started LOTRO in beta and played religiously up thru mirkwood but kind of faded in and out since then. I was always curious what the updates looked\felt like, kind of lingering in the shadows keeping an eye on the game and I would pop back in for a few weeks at a time a few times a year. Thanks!
Quite spoiler-y in places and not quite the 'explainer' video for beginners, but from what I've watched so far, it's a rather fun historical rundown of the content releases. I'm stopping for now at the beginning of the Isengard section as none of my characters have yet to get there - even though I've been playing since 2013, haha - and putting this on my Watch Later for when/if I catch up so I can watch this fully in the future. 😅
@@mgerards I've never played on Laurelin, but I'm told it is more of a role playing server, as opposed to a raiding server. If you do switch, you can join our community server discord.gg/PGGVnH2Y There are a lot of kins part of the server, and we can get you connected with an active group.
2004 was a good year for games. Bioware game out with my 2nd all time fav NeverWinter Nights in 2002. That game and that era of gaming was very special to me. I love the gfx from that era. Sure compared to now its not aged well at all, but i love it. Sure these old games seem to run on an ancient code of honour, refusing to change with the times, but i like that. That's where i come from as a gamer, my happiest moments as a gamer. LOTRO brings me back to those times where care, love and craftsmanship were poured into games. I like that the old skool games repel modern gamers who only know the triple A gaming industry's constant churning of flashy (but utterly souless) games. In our corner, we remember the times of slow paced plays. We remember when games required us to use our brains, rather than constantly flashing arrows and shiny markers, spoonfeeding us on HOW to play the game. We remember how game immersion wasn't influenced by shiny graphics. We spent time reading books in game, we spent time listening to music in game, and we loved it. Lotro is absolutely wonderful. The devs have kept to Tolkien's vision and made it a reality in the gaming world. The Devs have stuck to the source material vigorously and that's where the charm comes from. Sure it's an old game with "archiac" mechanics and graphics, but don't let that deter you, as the magick lies within. This is the beautiful of old school MMORPGs, or RPGS in general. As a WoW (hoping you have tried classic or even Turtle WoW) player you will appreciate the spell mechanics/queue system in combat, which follows the traditional tried and tested format. Each area in the game is expertly hand crafted with precision and love. The writing, the voice acting, the narrative and pacing of the story is very well done. The music is phenomenal! You may find yourself completely immersed in the beautiful music whilst wandering Middle Earth. I recently made my way to Bree (i'm a new player) and ended up spending about 40mins just chilling there, not doing anything, relaxing to the music in the Tavern, whilst i was smoking a bowl of pipe weed in real life at my computer desk. I can only ever remember my three all time fav games (Fallout New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights and Kingdom Come Deliverance) giving me this relaxation and vibe. LOTRO has quickly become my 4th all time fav game. In speaking about immersion, this game does it VERY WELL. You will feel it as you slowly pace through the game, doing each quest, getting to know the story and the world, which has very little inconsistencies. I find myself caring about the world, even the trivial things. Actually just yesterday I ended up in a small town called Staddle, and found a questgiver by a Hobbit called Himloc. Well...his whole quest line is about how his pipe-weed has been stolen by local brazen fools that must be dealt with. As a pipe tobacco smoker in real life, this quest was important to me as you do not mess with a man's pipe and his pipe weed. These are some of the small pleasures i find. The community, whether you decide to play on the free servers or legendary VIP servers (I wholesomely recommend you get on the VIP servers, you will NOT regret it), the community is just amazing. It's a mature community of old school adult non toxic players, who care about the world of Middle Earth, who care about Tolkien's legacy, and who want to be part of it. Also we want to find Frodo in game, to give him some lembas if we can. So that's it. Now stop reading and get on LOTRO!
@@Miloascape Thanks Milo! My hopes is that through the influence you have on your audience, you can continue to educate and encourage people to delve back into older games, in order to distinguish between what a good and bad game is. You're doing a fantastic job yourself. You have a great voice for storytelling and a you have garnered good support, due to the soul you put into your work. I only came across your channel like next year, but i can feel the passion you have for your craft. You are an artist, not just a gamer, remember that. As an artist we have to pass on the ability to be amazed, to see beauty, and maintain it. Otherwise we'll lose it. Your work on your channel does just that. Don't confine yourself to the computer, or in game videos. Your voice is perfect for reading Tolkien. I am a Chinese man born in England and it kills me to see how the English youngsters these days can't speak their own language properly, they cannot articulate thoughts without swear words, nor do they have an appreciation for their elders. I'm talkin bout people like Shakespeare and Tolkien. Without Shakespeare there would be no great works of fiction in our modern times. Without Tolkien there would be no MMORPG. Tolkien's the OG. I hope that you can do his legacy justice, and perhaps through his work, we may glimpse another side of you, most wonderful and tender. Take very good care of yourself and i look forward to your next video. Your friend, Brave-Smoke the Yellow.
Ty for the flashback 🎉, been here since day 1 but don't play much did finish the epic up to umbar with my hunter but has changed so much I'm weary of getting back into it
@@danielson_9211 Just set really small goals for each day you can play. Maybe decide to begin questing in an area new to you, or decide to do the location deeds in an unknown area. Welcome back to LOTRO.
5:20 let's not forget how great the Stairs and everything was before the nerf. With a good raid group you could gear up an alt within two hours of running all the Moria instances, good old times without a currency for everything. Oh an the shortcuts, how I loved to jump down the stairs...
I was always tempted to play this, but I always used to think it looks a little 'old' in terms of graphics, but looking now it's actually not bad and I still crave / want to play it! Does it still get updates now and have an active player base? Thanks for sharing
Hi yes! It is still an active game and gets regular updates. We had a massive expansion this year where they updated the graphics. They are also testing out their 64 bit servers with some brand new servers starting this month. It's not as big as say WoW or FF14, but it has a solid community that has been showing up year in and year out. If you want to test it out, you're welcome to come join us on Brandywine. They have f2p on Brandywine. But if you want the high quality servers, you'd have to sign up for VIP. We're on the Angmar server, and have about 50 people in our kin along sign on every day to run content.
How did i miss this 15 years ago, i would have totally got lost for years in it🤣🤣 32 now and been playing non stop for a week and will play many more hours
When i started playing . The content was all locked for me so i unlocked a quad-pack expancions and started leveling till max lvl 130 Tree Peaks was what i started doing as group content. So all lower areas i judt passed by and havent played as much as i wanted. The Legendary server are something i will eventualy get into just to participate in those instances with a big group of ppl at same time
There is SO much more to the game than what was presented here. What I am saying is get in the game and experience it yourselves! It's one of THE best games i have EVER played.
Just a quick not, about the dragon in Isengard being the first dragon fight. Iirc you also fight an undead dragon in the 24 man Helegrod raid in the Misty Mountains
LotRO wiki: Thorog, once known as Thorog of the North, was the brother of the even mightier Hrímil and likewise a great Dragon of the First Age who maintained a certain enmity with the Dwarves up until the early Third Age.
The thrill of entering combat on horseback? Mounted combat was terrible at launch. It made over half my guild (over 40 members) quit the game within two weeks!
Great question. I was one of those fortunate to get life time vip access for $300 back in the day. So that plus the basic for multiple expansions??? Probably $600 over 12 years at the most.
You don't need to buy the vip, but will need to buy the expansions. If this if your first time, I highly recommend just playing the free to play until you are max level and ready to buy the expansions. VIP is a nice to have for quality of life, but is not needed to play.
@Miloascape I *THINK* my minstrel is on Gladden, but after it finishes downloading I'll have to check! I'm well behind you, but your way of describing the game has lit a fire under me to keep going.
The UI has gotten pretty chunky I agree. But I think that is not something the existing player base would go for since we know exactly where everything is hehehe
Lotro just launched their legendary server and I rolled a fresh toon. It’s 64 bit and I’m enjoying it all over again. One possible answer to your question is that the community is great. Thanks for watching
@@Supadrumma441 One bad apple doesn't represent the entire community. The group of 100+ people I play with is great. But yeah I agree... the angmar world chat has been more spicey than I'm used to.
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A blast from the past | What is your favorite LOTRO raid of all times?
I was never high-level enough to participate in Raids. Hell, even if I started playing back when Evendim was introduced, it was only last year that I finally finished the Epic Story and started the Black Book of Mordor.
Therefore, my Raid choice is simple. Ost Ringdyr. Few gaming experiences so far have compared with PvMP back in 2008, and raiding Ost Ringdyr as an Orc Reaver was amazing.
@anastasiolabropoulos sound like a lot of fun
That's a tough one! I've been playing off/on since pre-launch. Helegrod (can't remember the name?), Carn Dum, Watcher, Turtle, etc... heh. I like skirmishes and some Epic Battles, as well:) Great job on the video! My heart goes out to you for your family❤🩹.. lost my mother a few months ago. Great job and I'll be keeping my eye on you🙂
Throne of the Dread Terror - everyone had to be very disciplined and every single one of the bosses was so unique. I really loved that one and always begged my kinnies to run it with me even when we were 130!
@@slz987 that one was super cool. I still don't have challenge mode completed because of the 4th boss fight lol.
Great video! Sorry for the passing of your Brother and Father may they rest in peace
thank you. it was the hardest thing I'd ever went through, and it changed my hole perspective. Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this trip down memory lane. I was a heavy duty raider for a long time (minstrel healer, and for B team, lore-master), but switched over to music community immersion sometime after Isengard. Really appreciated your summaries! Most important, I listened with deepest empathy about your brother, and am so sorry. Understand completely. For my part, when my beloved LOTRO bandleader died, I carried on with the band 3 1/2 more years, but for the past year have instead been honoring LOTRO friends from the music community with filmed collections of music they made or loved, and reimagining the music of Geoffroi and others, and my accompanying lyrics, onsite in Middle-earth, as best I can here on You Tube and within LOTRO. Glad we both found ways to deal with the grief that leaves something behind for those we loved and lost.
I’ve enjoyed the music community and appreciate all the work that goes into performing. I performed in the BTC production of Grease this summer as an actor. It was so much fun! Sorry to hear about your band leader. Loss is hard.
This was a real nice story! Thank you for sharing it. I've never really played LoTRO beyond the trial but nothing else compares to the nostalgia of playing an MMO for years.
Too true! Thanks for watching
00:46 "With the level cap set at *unleashes a deamon* fiftyyyyy" top video btw 😂❤❤
hehehe helchgam was a beast
Just became level 99 on my highest leveled character. Started 2022 when lots of content became available for new players, I don't want to hurry but I hope I get to the cap before it's raised again! What an ordeal Rohan was, being in Gondor feels indeed better. To me the best updates since I started have been Yondershire and the Landscape difficulty.
Yeah I really enjoyed Yondershire simply bc well hobbits :). Enjoy the journey.
Back in the day i was young and broke when this game launched. I had a notebook full of info i wirked out of the deeds i needed to do on multiple characters to earn enough points to purchase quests and regions to hit the lvl cap if 50. I did buy Moria with real money and stopped playing a year or two later. I was shocked when i came back. The lvl cap being at 150 blew my mind lol
I know right. It has definitely come a very long way!
Thanks for taking us on your adventure! You have a beautiful Nordic accent that makes the narrative flow wonderfully.
Awe thanks for the compliment! Thanks for watching
thiss mmo has got to have the biggest world of any mmo its so huge
Yeah it is ginormous and they keep adding to it every year.
This was a well thought out video!! Thank you for making it. I remember when I first join around the end of 2010 to 2011 I entered Moria and was amazed on how huge it was and how some places were kinda creepy but really fun. I also remember getting killed at the gate before entering lothlorien and i laughed so hard xD lol
The launch of Moria was incredibly fun. When they let us in, early, many of us raced from stable to stable if at all possible, only to die in the lava 🙂.
Me too lol😝My friends let me walk right into it without any warning!!! They rezzed me and we had a good laugh!
Hehe 😉 yeah the lava was fun! I was so in awe the first time I stepped into Moria!!
I played LOTRO at launched when you had to pay a subscription, I still remember the feeling of the gold edition, the metalic box and the huge book inside of it, I have so many memories and I did not even reachef level 40 back in the days. I was 10 so did not even understand what a mmo was, now I'm always struggling to come back, also my character is stucked in the limb of turbine database and I cannot recover it, played it back a few years ago and it was a lot of fun. I'm mainly chilling at Bree now or in the Shire, listening to music etc. Thank you for this, lovely to see what is happening in the rest of the game :)
I am so glad you enjoyed it. LOTRO is unique in the sense that there are soo many ways to play this game. I have a large group of friends that don't even play the content, instead they get together weekly for roleplay and theater and music. Love that there is this diversity in players.
That brought back a lot of good memories. My favorite is just listening to the ambient sounds of Moria. It's really impressive for 'creepy,' lol.
too true. it's eery in some places. I was so scared the first time I went in hehehe
Walking into Moria the first time was the most epic sensation in any game I have ever had.
Fantastic video, makes me even more excited to be exploring this game. Thank you!
i'm so glad you enjoyed it!
I'm sorry for your loss.. been there and I know how hard it is. May they rest in peace!
Thanks for this amazing video!
Thank you for those kind words and I’m glad you enjoyed the video
Great video, I only started playing aroung 2017. so seeing this is really cool
I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
great video, always wanted to know the timeline and lore behind each expansion, this was fun!
i'm so glad you enjoyed it!
This is an awesome video for someone like me who started LOTRO in beta and played religiously up thru mirkwood but kind of faded in and out since then. I was always curious what the updates looked\felt like, kind of lingering in the shadows keeping an eye on the game and I would pop back in for a few weeks at a time a few times a year. Thanks!
You’re welcome! I’m glad that you enjoyed the video!
This was very interesting and very moving. I'm so sorry for your loss. Happy adventuring.
Thank you for the encouragement and stopping by.
This was such a nice journey I am so sorry for what you had to endure, hope your travels brought you joy aswell.
Awe thanks for the encouragement!
0:30 let's not forget the international Publisher for LotRO from 2007 to 2011
true :)
Quite spoiler-y in places and not quite the 'explainer' video for beginners, but from what I've watched so far, it's a rather fun historical rundown of the content releases. I'm stopping for now at the beginning of the Isengard section as none of my characters have yet to get there - even though I've been playing since 2013, haha - and putting this on my Watch Later for when/if I catch up so I can watch this fully in the future. 😅
Isengard was so much fun!!! One of my favorite expansions!
@@Miloascape An LM of mine has been parked in Dunland, but I'm looking forward to playing him more and getting to Isengard eventually~
I stopped at around 14:00, due to not getting spoile(re)d too much :-D
I recently started to play Lotro again, I sadly am playing the game solo but I am still enjoying it. I am almost at Moria for the first time.
You’re going to love Moria. It’s my favorite part of the whole game. If you’re on Brandywine server you should join our merry band of friends :)
@@Miloascape I am currently on Laurelin, but I could try switching to Brandywine and see how that goes.
@@mgerards I've never played on Laurelin, but I'm told it is more of a role playing server, as opposed to a raiding server. If you do switch, you can join our community server discord.gg/PGGVnH2Y
There are a lot of kins part of the server, and we can get you connected with an active group.
2004 was a good year for games. Bioware game out with my 2nd all time fav NeverWinter Nights in 2002. That game and that era of gaming was very special to me.
I love the gfx from that era. Sure compared to now its not aged well at all, but i love it. Sure these old games seem to run on an ancient code of honour, refusing to change with the times, but i like that. That's where i come from as a gamer, my happiest moments as a gamer.
LOTRO brings me back to those times where care, love and craftsmanship were poured into games. I like that the old skool games repel modern gamers who only know the triple A gaming industry's constant churning of flashy (but utterly souless) games.
In our corner, we remember the times of slow paced plays. We remember when games required us to use our brains, rather than constantly flashing arrows and shiny markers, spoonfeeding us on HOW to play the game. We remember how game immersion wasn't influenced by shiny graphics. We spent time reading books in game, we spent time listening to music in game, and we loved it.
Lotro is absolutely wonderful.
The devs have kept to Tolkien's vision and made it a reality in the gaming world. The Devs have stuck to the source material vigorously and that's where the charm comes from.
Sure it's an old game with "archiac" mechanics and graphics, but don't let that deter you, as the magick lies within. This is the beautiful of old school MMORPGs, or RPGS in general. As a WoW (hoping you have tried classic or even Turtle WoW) player you will appreciate the spell mechanics/queue system in combat, which follows the traditional tried and tested format.
Each area in the game is expertly hand crafted with precision and love. The writing, the voice acting, the narrative and pacing of the story is very well done.
The music is phenomenal! You may find yourself completely immersed in the beautiful music whilst wandering Middle Earth. I recently made my way to Bree (i'm a new player) and ended up spending about 40mins just chilling there, not doing anything, relaxing to the music in the Tavern, whilst i was smoking a bowl of pipe weed in real life at my computer desk. I can only ever remember my three all time fav games (Fallout New Vegas, Neverwinter Nights and Kingdom Come Deliverance) giving me this relaxation and vibe. LOTRO has quickly become my 4th all time fav game.
In speaking about immersion, this game does it VERY WELL. You will feel it as you slowly pace through the game, doing each quest, getting to know the story and the world, which has very little inconsistencies. I find myself caring about the world, even the trivial things. Actually just yesterday I ended up in a small town called Staddle, and found a questgiver by a Hobbit called Himloc. Well...his whole quest line is about how his pipe-weed has been stolen by local brazen fools that must be dealt with. As a pipe tobacco smoker in real life, this quest was important to me as you do not mess with a man's pipe and his pipe weed. These are some of the small pleasures i find.
The community, whether you decide to play on the free servers or legendary VIP servers (I wholesomely recommend you get on the VIP servers, you will NOT regret it), the community is just amazing. It's a mature community of old school adult non toxic players, who care about the world of Middle Earth, who care about Tolkien's legacy, and who want to be part of it. Also we want to find Frodo in game, to give him some lembas if we can.
So that's it. Now stop reading and get on LOTRO!
Well said! I agree that LOTRO does a phenomenal job with immersion, and I think it's one of the reasons still enjoy playing it.
@@Miloascape Thanks Milo!
My hopes is that through the influence you have on your audience, you can continue to educate and encourage people to delve back into older games, in order to distinguish between what a good and bad game is.
You're doing a fantastic job yourself. You have a great voice for storytelling and a you have garnered good support, due to the soul you put into your work. I only came across your channel like next year, but i can feel the passion you have for your craft.
You are an artist, not just a gamer, remember that. As an artist we have to pass on the ability to be amazed, to see beauty, and maintain it. Otherwise we'll lose it.
Your work on your channel does just that. Don't confine yourself to the computer, or in game videos. Your voice is perfect for reading Tolkien.
I am a Chinese man born in England and it kills me to see how the English youngsters these days can't speak their own language properly, they cannot articulate thoughts without swear words, nor do they have an appreciation for their elders. I'm talkin bout people like Shakespeare and Tolkien.
Without Shakespeare there would be no great works of fiction in our modern times. Without Tolkien there would be no MMORPG. Tolkien's the OG.
I hope that you can do his legacy justice, and perhaps through his work, we may glimpse another side of you, most wonderful and tender.
Take very good care of yourself and i look forward to your next video.
Your friend,
Brave-Smoke the Yellow.
Ty for the flashback 🎉, been here since day 1 but don't play much did finish the epic up to umbar with my hunter but has changed so much I'm weary of getting back into it
Yeah it took me a bit to get used to all the changes, but I have enjoyed Umbar surprisingly a lot. Glad you enjoyed the video.
@Miloascape spent a couple months in the hospital want to get back into it but seems overwhelming
@@danielson_9211 Just set really small goals for each day you can play. Maybe decide to begin questing in an area new to you, or decide to do the location deeds in an unknown area. Welcome back to LOTRO.
Loved this, thank you!
You're so welcome!
Thank you to share your story. May your brother and your father rest in peace.
thank you for your kind words.
Glad you made it back , im sure that is what your brother would want you to do. Tough story 😥🥰
I love the game, been playing for 4 years and taking it real slow! Was about to start Helms Deep but, decided to get my crafting skills higher!
Wonderful! It’s all about the journey! Glad to hear you’re enjoying it!
5:20 let's not forget how great the Stairs and everything was before the nerf. With a good raid group you could gear up an alt within two hours of running all the Moria instances, good old times without a currency for everything.
Oh an the shortcuts, how I loved to jump down the stairs...
Hehehe.... leroy jenkins!!!
This game is very underrated!
I completely agree. I've tried other mmos, but always come back to LOTRO.
11:00 first Dragon encounter? 2007 is callling, screaming Did you forget about Helegrod? The big 24-man Raid? We fought a dragon there :-)
Hahaha I blocked it from my memories too many scars ;)
Server first on Brandywine- Triumph kinship main tank...it was quite the achievement and sporting the title for all to see.
@@davidkrause8374 nice!! grats
Thank You this was great !
so glad you enjoyed it!
I was always tempted to play this, but I always used to think it looks a little 'old' in terms of graphics, but looking now it's actually not bad and I still crave / want to play it! Does it still get updates now and have an active player base? Thanks for sharing
Inspired by all the videos i've seen online and with a group of buddies who all loved LOTR I will try and report back what I find.
Hi yes! It is still an active game and gets regular updates. We had a massive expansion this year where they updated the graphics. They are also testing out their 64 bit servers with some brand new servers starting this month. It's not as big as say WoW or FF14, but it has a solid community that has been showing up year in and year out. If you want to test it out, you're welcome to come join us on Brandywine. They have f2p on Brandywine. But if you want the high quality servers, you'd have to sign up for VIP. We're on the Angmar server, and have about 50 people in our kin along sign on every day to run content.
How did i miss this 15 years ago, i would have totally got lost for years in it🤣🤣 32 now and been playing non stop for a week and will play many more hours
Its a shame there was nothing on the "In their absence" qeustline/dungeon line. it is my favorite in the earlier days.
When i started playing . The content was all locked for me so i unlocked a quad-pack expancions and started leveling till max lvl 130 Tree Peaks was what i started doing as group content.
So all lower areas i judt passed by and havent played as much as i wanted.
The Legendary server are something i will eventualy get into just to participate in those instances with a big group of ppl at same time
So far I'm enjoying getting into the legendary servers. I'm rolling out a 100% complete series for the legendary servers, so that's gonna be fun.
I might try it again.
you definitely should. It's free 2 play for a lot of the content :)
There is SO much more to the game than what was presented here. What I am saying is get in the game and experience it yourselves! It's one of THE best games i have EVER played.
100% true!! There is sooo much to experience in LOTRO, I had a hard time deciding what to actually talk about!
Oof! Right in the Nostalgia! 🤣
Hehehe 😂 glad you enjoyed it!
Just a quick not, about the dragon in Isengard being the first dragon fight. Iirc you also fight an undead dragon in the 24 man Helegrod raid in the Misty Mountains
So yes Helegrod did have drakes which Is a subclass of dragons, but drakes aren’t full dragons.
@@Miloascape the final boss wasn't a Dragon? But a drake? Oh... Always thought it was a dragon, undead tho he is :p
LotRO wiki:
Thorog, once known as Thorog of the North, was the brother of the even mightier Hrímil and likewise a great Dragon of the First Age who maintained a certain enmity with the Dwarves up until the early Third Age.
Huh interesting 🧐
Another expansion is coming later this year - four new regions beyond Umbar - Legacy of Morgoth
I’m looking forward to it!!! But sad that it won’t be a level cap increase.
Great video! Im wanting to jump in for the first time. Considering going VIP and playing on the Legendary server. Worth it as a new player?
Totally. If you’re interested in group content it’s the way to go. But more because the new servers are 64 bit making the experience much better
@@Miloascape Amazing thanks. Im gonna check it out. Great channel and you deserve a lot more subs! If I cover the game il shout you out - Luke :)
The thrill of entering combat on horseback?
Mounted combat was terrible at launch. It made over half my guild (over 40 members) quit the game within two weeks!
Oh no. That is so sad. My guild had a blast with it, we’d form daily groups to go destroy the war bands.
I hated it so much. That was also a Big reason why I stopped playing. That and the f2p
How much money have you spent on this game if you had to guestimate? Great video❤
Great question. I was one of those fortunate to get life time vip access for $300 back in the day. So that plus the basic for multiple expansions??? Probably $600 over 12 years at the most.
good one
Thanks for the visit
Hello i should buy all the expasions or only the vip? i will play on eu server
You don't need to buy the vip, but will need to buy the expansions. If this if your first time, I highly recommend just playing the free to play until you are max level and ready to buy the expansions. VIP is a nice to have for quality of life, but is not needed to play.
@@Miloascape i can play on eu server mordor free to play?
For the legendary server you just need vip no expansions yet.
@@Miloascape thank you
Well, I guess I'm playing again now.
Woohoo welcome back!!! What server?
@Miloascape I *THINK* my minstrel is on Gladden, but after it finishes downloading I'll have to check! I'm well behind you, but your way of describing the game has lit a fire under me to keep going.
There are a lot of great people on Gladden
*Sighs*
Fine, I'll reroll on Brandywine and start again...
Come hang with us and have some squid!
sorry about your brother
thank you for those kind words.
This game doesn't even Start just keeps saying Missing Files. It's the Steam Version tho that's Why.
Yeah I've heard the steam version can be finicky. I've never played it through stream, I always play it from the direct download.
Wow...22017 was a really bad year for you. Very profound.
Thanks for the kind words
with that old outdated UI I will feel shame to release new expansion without updating that damn Ui...even the vanilla WOW UI is looking better...
The UI has gotten pretty chunky I agree. But I think that is not something the existing player base would go for since we know exactly where everything is hehehe
Did you record seperate words, sentences and then put it together? This sounds very strange and is difficult to listen to.
sorry to hear that you're having difficulty. Know it's just me learning how to do audio editing. Still learning on how to optimize it.
Why does this sound like bad AI voice?
its because i'm still a noob at audio editing :) I'm getting better though, you should have heard the first videos I edited, they were sooo breathy.
is this AI voice?
Hehehe. No, it's my own voice.
@@Miloascape ahaha ok, mb
Why is this community so stuck with how good lotro USED to be? Game wont be that way again, nostalgia goggles are pointless.......
Lotro just launched their legendary server and I rolled a fresh toon. It’s 64 bit and I’m enjoying it all over again. One possible answer to your question is that the community is great. Thanks for watching
@@Miloascape I'm on that server and just watched world chat being toxic to some rando dude so "the community is great" is a stretch
@@Supadrumma441 One bad apple doesn't represent the entire community. The group of 100+ people I play with is great. But yeah I agree... the angmar world chat has been more spicey than I'm used to.
@@Supadrumma441 The Community IS great...if you stay off the world chat.
@PanzerShrek94 yeah it can be toxic at times. I personally play with it turned off most of the time