Helpful Resources

[Greebo]

Sticky thread for any useful resources for learning/playing LotRO.

[Greebo]

Official Forums (http://forums.lotro.com/forumlist.php)
Of Particular Interest - in the class forums, there are "What we wish other classes knew about us" threads as well as guides for players of those classes.

As I play a Captain as my main, I would encourage you to read What We Wish Other Classes Knew About Captains (http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?t=33286).

[Aananla]

System requirements? ...not that I am considering playing or anything...

[Greebo]

System requirements? ...not that I am considering playing or anything...
Anticipated Retail Minimum Requirements:
Processor: Intel Pentium? 4 1.8 GHz or equivalent
Video: 64 MB NVIDIA? GeForce? 3 or ATI? Radeon? 8500
DirectX: DirectX? 9.0c
OS: Windows? XP
RAM: 512 MB
Disk Space: 7 GB available
Internet: 56kbps Modem
Optical Drive: 2x DVD-ROM


Recommended System Requirements:

Processor: Intel Pentium? 4 2.8 GHz or equivalent
Video: 128 MB NVIDIA? GeForce? FX 6800 or ATI? Radeon? X850 DirectX: DirectX? 9.0c
OS: Windows? XP / Vista
RAM: 1 GB
Disk Space: 10 GB available
Internet: Broadband DSL/Cable
Optical Drive: 2x DVD-ROM

My own setup is an AMD X2 4400+, 2GB Ram, GeF 8600 (i think, i know its an 8xxx). I run at pretty high video settings.

Carol has a lower grade machine which I'm thinking of upgrading. Her vid card is really nothing special, and she runs at low level graphics.

[Greebo]

Fellowship Maneuvers (http://www.lotro.com/article/317)

[Serani]

Middle Earth Headquarters (http://mehq.net/) - maps

LOTRO WarCry (http://lotro.warcry.com/) - Lots of stuff.

The Brasse (http://www.thebrasse.com/lotro/) - some maps, guides and quest walkthroughs.

The Doorway (http://www.thedoorway.co.uk/maps.php) - Map of Middle Earth built on Google Earth. If you click on "The Doorway" at the top, you can go back to the main Doorway site with some basic guide information.

LOTRO Vault (http://lotrovault.ign.com/) - at IGN. Lots of good guides and maps, including some info on how to use the packs to customize your UI.

Allah's LOTRO site. (http://lotro.allakhazam.com/) - 'nuff said.

LOTRO Crafting (http://www.lotro-crafting.com/index.aspx) - Linked from EQ Traders and recommended by the Denmother. Haven't looked through it yet, though.

I'll stop here, for now. ;)

[Charinida]

Oooooh, Denmother is still around? That's great!

For those that want to venture ... There's stratics as well. ;)

LotRO @ Stratics (http://lotro.stratics.com/)

And to hammer more stuff in... LOTRO - Ten Ton Hammer (http://lotro.tentonhammer.com/)

And no, this doesnt' mean I'm going into LOTR... I mean, I just finally now installed GW:Nightfall, and reinstalled GW:P and GW:F after finding the CDs... :*

[Sir Rubi]

Found this (http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Lorebook_home), which includes a specific breakdown of how Fellowshipping and experience works as well as a bunch of other tidbits.

[Sir Rubi]

I can vouch for LOTRO-crafting. Great site! (and accessable from work :P)

[Sir Rubi]

Also The Forge of Kaa (http://www.lotro-craft.com/) is a great site for crafting.

[Asharad]

Those brasse maps are very helpful

[Sir Rubi]

I've meant to mention this...

The Lorebook is an excellent resource for almost anything, sans direct spoilers. NPCs, gear databases, quest primers... You can get almost anything you'd get from a fansite at the Lorebook.

It's run by Turbine, to boot :D

http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Lorebook_home

[ruaduck]

There is also a good forums for LOTRO at http://uoforums.com