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Welcome on Lotro Gold! I read that Turbine will release “The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood”, the digital expansion for our Lotro! Expansion will enlarge the game and we will be able to join forces to press further eastward into the dark forest of Mirkwood and take part in the final part of the Lotro “Volume II”.

What is so cool in this upcoming expansion? Well, probably the most important thing is increased level cap, some major enhancements to combat and” Legendary Items”, the introduction of Skirmishes, awesome new region including the evil fortress of Dol Goldur and a new system where we will be able to train customizable NPC soldiers and take them into exciting battle against Sauron’s horde!

Gameplay Enhancements – some changes to the combat and Legendary Items systems. We will be able to craft our own 2nd and 3rd Age Legendary Items from special materials and grow their weapon’s power to level 60. Sound awesome isn’t it?!

Increased Level Cap — Now level cap will be raised till level 65, gaining access to new traits, virtues, skills and class quests.

Skirmishes – this new feature will offer action in randomized and repeatable instances where we will be able to lead customizable soldiers into battle, train them as they earn victories against the forces of evil.

Dol Guldur – Well, we will be able to visit and beat everyone at Dol Guldur – The fortress of the Ringwraiths. With three and six-player instances and awesome 12-player raid with the Nazgûl Lord! Oh yeah Witchking himself! Do Witchking “break you”?! We will find out later.

This expansion will be released exactly 1st December so we must wait only 2 months!

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Welcome on Lotro Gold. Well, Ive found interesting news related to Lotro, will be released in China. From my knowledge, Chinese market is gigantic, so its very nice business move. From rumors I know that they are planning to enhance Player vs. Player features. Well, I must admit that Lord of the Rings Online has poor PvP mode… “We are very excited about the anticipated launch of Lotro in China,” said James Crowley, president and CEO of Turbine, Inc. “With CDC Games’ expertise in the online game market in China and its first class marketing, online game gaming platform and support operations, we are confident of the long-term success of this game.”

Lord of the Rings Online, released in China will be a little bit different then version launched in North America and Europe. CDC Gamed, which holds the exclusive distribution rights, will make significant changes to evolve game into local customers preferences.
What is very interesting, they are planing to launch Lotro as a subscription based and later they plan to implement a hybrid model, where we will add some micro-transaction capabilities.

In China, the most popular are free-to-play games like World of Warcraft which is pay-for-play game just like Lotroe are many times less popular. In comparison, World of Warcraft have around 900 k gamers (I wonder how many Lotro gold farmers…). Games for free are far more popular, for the example the leader, free-to-play MMORPG, Maple Story have around 50 millions gamers in Asia and 92 millions gamers worldwide (World of Warcraft have around 12 millions gamers worldwide).

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Welcome on Lotro Gold. Today I would like to present all classes available in Lotro. Check them out!

Captain
The Captain is proud and strong leader, a commanding presence who strengthens allies, but is also skilled in the use of two handed weaponry. Captain is very useful at PvE (player vs environment), because of awesome buffs + he can eventually heal his party mates.

You can play as Captain, if you are Man

Champion
The Champion is the consummate warrior, unrelenting in battle. His fervour allows him to make increasingly powerful attacks. Champions are very effective melee DPS class, he is also quite tough so you don’t need to worry about his survival on the battlefield. Brutal, fast and master of dual weapon combat. I must admit that Champion is my favorite class in Lotro. It’s easy to farm Lotro gold as a Champion.

You can play as Champion, if you are Dwarf, Elf or Man

Burglar
The Burglar is a master of stealth and misdirection. Burglars are able to confound foes with a variety of clever and debilitating tricks. They can stun, they can run, they can do what they can ;-). Basically is tricky bastard! It’s good that he doesn’t steal any lotro gold. They use as a weapon daggers.

You can play as Burglar, if you are Hobbit or Man

Hunter
Hunter is great as a main ranged attack force, he can also set traps. His armor make him very vulnerable to all kind of attacks, but it’s still very useful during tough fights.

You can play as Hunter, if you are Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit or Man

Lore-master
Lore-master is supporting class, with all kind of buffs and useful stun spell, he can also debuff enemies and summon pet for combat (dog, cat, snake etc.). The Lore-master is a seeker of knowledge and a guardian of wisdom.

You can play as Lore-master, if you are Elf or Man

Guardian
Tank class. Hard as a rock. Well, you need really powerful firepower to charm Guardian is his heavy armor. Of course he isn’t so effective like as damage dealer, but his great armor make him almost unstoppable. He uses one handed weapons and shields.

You can play as Guardian, if you are Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit or Man

Minstrel
Minstrel is basically healer class, he can heal use healing skills on one target or all fellowship and also resurrect fallen comrades. Well, fellowship without Minstrel is hard to imagine, of course Captain can also heal, but he is less effective then Minstrel.

You can play as Minstrel, if you are Dwarf, Elf, Hobbit or Man

These classes has been added in Mines of Moria expansion

Warden
Warden wear medium armor and specialize in ambushing enemies. Well, if he pick one target, he just tear apart it apart with great combo attacks. As weapon he uses a spear.

You can play as Warden, if you are Elf, Hobbit or Man

Rune-keeper
Mystical linguists and masters of true names, Rune-keeper attack enemies with his powerful magic, or heal allies. RK start their adventuring careers with a Rune-stone, this weapon is far more versatile than anything a smith could create in his forge.

You can play as Rune-keeper, if you are Dwarf or Elf

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What is ultra cool, in Mines of Moria expansion we will be able to build awesome items, according to official releases, in Mines of Moria, we can build items such as Gandalf’s Glamdring or Bilbo’s Sting. Brilliant idea is that our legendary equipment gain experience and level alongside with our character. So more we are using them, more powerful items will become! Good job Turbine!

Turbine’s employee, Mr. Jeffrey Steefel revealed also plans about Lotro in the future. It’s sure that Turbine is currently investing lots of money in Lord of the Rings Online which is very good information, for us, players. They are hoping that Lotro will be one of the top online game in the world and i ‘m very glad about that They are planning to add other part of Middle-Earth in future expansions. Lotro really has chance to get large piece of market because this game deserves it!
Now we must be patient for next updates for Lotro and new expansion, Mines of Moria. Release in planned on 17 November 2008, so we are very close.

Welcome on Lotro Gold. Today all list of US servers with small explanation…

North American Worlds

Arkenstone
Arkenstone was the Great jewel of the ancient Kings of Erebor. Now this jewel lies with Thorin Oakenshield deep at his grave at the Lonely Mountain. This Jewel was part of Smaug treasure– hobbit named Bilbo Baggins of the Shire stole it.

Brandywine
Brandywine River is like all land of Shire, very calm and almost still, with big fishes. Hobbits like to go fishing in the morning and sleep nice mean while fishing pole is already in water. Brandywine is perfect place for this kind of “active rest”. This server is named after this river.

Elendilmir has been voted to be the unofficial Oceanic Server
The object this server’s name is derived from is also known as the Star of Elendil, which name was given to two white precious jewels. The first jewel was attached to a circlet of mithril and was worn by Elendil and his heirs instead of a crown. It was lost in the Gladden River when Isildur died, and a second was made which was worn by the Kings.

Firefoot
This server is named for the steed of Éomer, the Third Marshal of the Riddermark. One of Rohan’s finest horses, Firefoot bore both Éomer and Gimli to Helm’s Deep, and later led the charge against the mûmakil at the Pelennor Fields.

Gladden
This server has the name of two important places in Middle-Earth, Gladden Fields and Gladden River. Gladden Fields was once a place where Hobbits lived and the place where Sméagol (or Gollum), and Déagol came from. Gladden River was the river where Isildur was ambushed and killed by Orcs, and where centuries later Déagol found a shiny new ring…

Landroval
Landroval is gigantic and powerful Great Eagle. He is the one who saved Frodo and Sam after destruction of the One Ring, with his brother Gwaihir. They are very large and can fight with nazgul beast mount. They are one of the biggest flying creatures in all Middle-Earth. Landroval is also name of the Lord of the Rings server.

Meneldor
Meneldor is server named after Great Eagle. Two mighty eagles saved Sam and Frodo from certain death after destruction of the Ring of Power, near Mount Doom. Second eagle was Gwaihir (this one also saved Gandalf from Saruman the White prison).

Nimrodel
There was once, Lorien maid named Nimrodel, he loved very much elven King of Amroth. Her story is very sad and it’s mentioned in Sirmarillion about this. Nimrodel is also cold spring in western part of the Misty Mountains. There also server for Lotro called Nimrodel.

Silverlode
Server is called after river called Silverlode, it run from Dimrill Dale, secondly through Lorien and it flow to the Anduin River. Silverlode is common name of this river, in Elvish language is called “Celebrant” and in dwarven is called “Kibil-nâla”. There are many silver mines near the river, controlled by dwarves.

Vilya
Vilya is name of most powerful from all Three Rings, given to the elves by Sauron, ring is also called the Ring of Air. This one was owned for long time by elf, Gil-galad, who gave ring to noble Elrond. Elrond is using power of this ring to preserve all Rivendel. Ring is beautifully crafted with large sapphire.

Windfola
Rohan has unique horses, known for their strength, agility and toughness during full gallop. Windfola is Lord of the Rings server named after horse of Éowyn, this steed carried Éowyn and Merry during the Battle of Pelennor Fields. He wasn’t enough brave to stay when fell beast of Witch King approached, Windfola just run away.

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Welcome on Lotro Gold – Blog. Today Lotro system requirements. Well im not quite sure about this system requirements, Ive taken them from official website but i dunno how you can play on 64 Video card and 1,8 Ghz. Really. Ive got better PC then minimum requirements and i was really pissed of sometimes, because of low frames per sec. Well to enjoy game you need something more then minimum, i tell ya.

Recommended Specifications
HDD: 10 GB
RAM: 1 GB
CPU: 2.8 GHz or Athlon equivalent
DVD: 2x
Video Card: 128 MB

Minimum Specifications
CPU: 1.8 GHz or Athlon equivalent: 1800
Video card: 64 MB, DirectX 9.0c
HDD Space: 7 GB
Internet connection
RAM: 512 MB
DVD drive: 2x

Lotro is really beautiful game and playing on minimum details it’s just pointless. I played some time on very poor PC and when i changed it, on better one, game became fantastic. On higher details it’s perfect, I just discover Lotro again ;)
Well i hope everyone now has stronger PC then Recommended Specification says. My laptop is on similar level.

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