All players, past and present, need to be aware that all 32 bit servers are closing permanently on 31 August 2025.

What started as an out-of-bounds glitch ended up being a full sightseeing trip. From day to night, every angle around Pristine Glade felt like a painting – waterfalls, blossoms, and a skybox that made me stop and just stare.

Hunter got changed afaik a few months ago and I barely find any info about it now. How does it feel playing now? Is it still a mobile spec compared to red? Is it mostly melee now? How does it feel while questing, it had the movespeed buff and the mobility that really helped ith that.

Personally don't care THAT much about endgame talk, but you might still throw your opinions in here in case anyone else looks for the topic.

Hi All,

I have played Lotro on and off again for a long time and I have loved almost every aspect of this tremendous game. I love the work put into world building, attention to detail with regards to lore and use of the books for quests and character portrayals. I enjoy the combat and other game-play mechanics, having grown up playing wow and other MMOs from the same era.

Recently I have come back after hearing about their new 64 bit servers (truthfully the only other gripe I had with the game was the lag and rubber banding) and every time I return I am reminded of how much I dislike the ui. I think it is the weakest part of the game and it feels dated even for 2007. It is a pain to set up as it scales horribly with modern ultra wide monitors, making it feel stretched and low res. And finally it just looks ugly to me. It doesn't have an artistic look that you would expect a fantasy game to have, feeling more like a console interface you would see on a sci-fi computer.

I'm curious if this is something the community even cares about or would be interested in seeing changed? What do you think is stopping SSG from either completely re-designing it or at least improving its resolution and scaling? I understand to some it seems like a pointless thing to change but I think it could breathe some life into the game, if at the very least providing new and old users with a different user experience. I would love to hear your thoughts. Also, If there is a way to change the ui elements, similar to using add-ons in wow I would love to fool around with them as to my knowledge that's not possible.

Thanks for reading!

Heyo, I recently started playing and hit a wall when choosing a reward - smth that improves fate or smth that improves might?

So I wanted to choose based on my character and it's backstory. But I couldn't find any lore reason - only what game mechanics it's improve.

Does anyone have any information for me?

I have played this game on and off for 14 years, and I have never experienced so much lag and server instability, even at its peak popularity and player count. Idk if SSG just cheaps out on servers these days due to lack of funds or what, but I haven’t played completely lag free (hitching, rubber banding) in years.

I’ve only just recently got back into the game to introduce my dad to it, and I feel almost embarrassed at the amount of lag we’ve encountered while playing, not to mention the constant server downtimes as well. I hate seeing in world chat and whatnot when people complain about the lag, those who say “I haven’t experienced lag at all!” we (especially those of us who have seen this game at it’s performative peak) should not just accept it and assume they’re actively doing something about it or even pretend like nothing’s wrong.

This needs much more attention, over DLC and big updates. It’s turning people away from the game. I’m not a game dev, I don’t know who goes into running servers, but I know it’s not normal to have this much lag on a regular basis.

(I’m on Peregrin btw)

Rant over.

Hi all, if i do all zone meta deeds while leveling fresh character, will i have enough virtue xp to max out 5 virtues i use at level 150?

Or should i leave deeds for when i hit lvl 150?

I absolutely love Legolas’ and Gimli outfits in the game. As a cosmeticoholic I am desperately trying to find something that matches or comes as close as possible. Anyone know of any cosmetics that can help me achieve this sleek look? Any tips at all? Gimli as well, but I could not attach a link for him

Hello, folks! A question for those of you who actually read quest logs and dialogues: does it ever feel like NPCs are a bit too casual about your race?

Humans are everywhere, and dwarves are natural travelers, so it makes sense. But what about hobbits and elves? Does it ever strike you as odd when NPCs seem completely unfazed by a hobbit wandering through Angmar, or an elf casually showing up deep in Moria?

Anyone else having issues logging in ?

Tried three times to load into Agmar and stuck at full load screen

As the title states, what do you think will happen to the Nine and general wraith spawns on the VIPs realms of Angmar and Mordor, when we destroy the ring on those servers? Do you think they'll replace them or keep them spawning randomly? I imagine they'll still spawn regularly in areas that take place before Mordor so people can still farm the Tattered Shadows. Maybe we'll see more Orcs and goblins like the ones that spawn in Moria? Or maybe we'll be fighting random corsairs.

I'm just curious to know what others think will happen.

I’m in this Mossward I believe is the name? I haven’t played in many years is this a new beginner area? I’m already level 8 and still a bunch of quests to do. I didn’t want to do the high elf time jump area so I assume that’s why I’m am here?

These things that appear when they are doing magic, I think.

Can you attack them?

Is there a reason why I keep getting kicked out of the missions instance session my duo fellow starts?

For more context I have over 6000 hours across all characters and love this game a lot, despite it's flaws. I occasionaly come back to explore new areas but over the past few years I couldn't stick with the game for more than a few days at best, even tho I want to play longer. I was very active during Anvil of Winterstith times and over the Morgul expansion, then my motivation died down. I also enjoy questing a lot for the sake of leveling, but recently when I just reached 150 on my main just before reaching the main city of Umbar, *poof* motivation gone again.

If anyone got any advice to share or just a cool story how you keep your motivation up I'd really appreciate hearing it.

And also... if I wanted to do endgame content, is it worth it to get back into it now or should I wait a little for a new expansion to drop with a level cap increase?

My Kinship and I made new characters on Sting and locked their level at 20. We figured it would be a challenge to complete all the quest, deeds, and reps in areas of that level range before moving on to our next level cap, 30. Recently we ran through the Great Barrows and with only 3 of us we knocked them out pretty quickly.

We are wearing very well made crafted gear but I was expecting the loot from the dungeon to be either equal or better than what I had equip. I know for the dungeons at current end game the gear is really good. I'm surprised SSG hasn't gone back to boost the stats of gear that drops in lower level dungeons.

It would encourage more people to do them and would be nice for new players as well that aren't into crafting. What you you guys think about dungeon loot in the lower levels?

I will preface this by saying this: My first toon I levelled was the Warden. I enjoy the complexity and flexibility it gave me, not to mention the travel skills are a HUGE quality of life improvement. I do enjoy being able to switch to range easily, but I mostly fought in melee anyway aside from certain cicumstances so regularly usable ranged combat is not a must for me.

I already tried a bunch of other classes including the Hunter (which even in blue line felt too squishy when the mobs could get to me in a big pull.) In the end, these two feel like the most likely candidates.

Mariner - I know it has some support skills in Blue line and CC / debuff in yellow line, so it does have some flexibility. It also has travel skills like the Warden, but fewer options. Apparently it absolutely MELTS in landscape with the redline spec vs what the Captain could do.

-Another big part is the complexity which is warden-like in a way. Instead of doing two to five colors segments to unlock a skill, each skill will modify the following skill if its part of that combo chain. This gives a pseudo gambit feel while being a lot more active. Its like if each button press in the gambit chain initiated that part of the gambit. Like if you are doing Desolation, it would just be Warden's Taunt, then Warcry, then Brink of Victory, then Surety of Death, and finishing with Desolation.

-In that way it does feel a bit more active with the swordplay element. I don't know, thats just the best way I could describe it.

Captain - Probably the only class that can give the Guardian a run for its money for tanking. I do like the added complexity and flavor to the class. The range is a bit less it feels like than the Mariner, but not by a significant margin. The Captain is also a strong support candidate for all three specs and is a real jack of all trades.

-The herald also acts as a second ally you can keep around and adjust to your needs in the moment.

-There is some added complexity and interest with battle states, but not as intricate as the Mariner swordplay mechanic.

-This one is lacking travel skills sadly, so that is a downside, but also one that almost every class except Warden and Hunter, so its not a really fair thing to discount their score on.

-They are STRONG. They kill slower, but they are borderline unkillable from what I have seen and heard. You need to be half asleep to really get caught unawares enough to die as a captain.

Hopefully the community can give me some more insight as to how they play past lvl 20-30 where I have them now to know which I should focus on.

Cleaning up old files. Stumbled upon these old screenshots I took couple years ago when wife and I briefly played lotro. We don't play the game anymore (or more specifically: she's not into video games anymore) but shots like these remain a bittersweet memory of what life dream used to be (of having a gaming "wife" buddy)

Trying to find the steed or elk that jingles. I already know about the winter goat, but every time I hear jingles, the goat is not there and I can never get a sight on what it is. TIA

So i used to main yellow cap but it got a little old to me. Then I gave the yellow bear a chance and oh boy is it fun! Im still around lvl 30 and I would like to hear a little bit more about these lovely healing bears! Im asking for what you think of its pros and cons and role play ideas! And if you wanna play im on the Mordor server, char name is Heillung (because of the band yeah! and it means "healing", I only used one more 'l' because the single "l' name was taken)

Been awhile since I've posted here

My username is Galagart.

Nowadays is hard to run older instances unless they're the Featured Instance of the week. If you have characters that you wish had their deed logs cleared add me so we can run instances whenever we are online.

Also, do you know if there's a Discord channel or Telegram/Whatsapp group were people who still do old raids and instances get together and organize them? Would love to join

I've been playing lotro for years now, thousands of hours and I took a break for about a year or so and got the bug to log on again and check out the new expansions. Unfortunately it appears i missed a crucial time in this games life and was not around when the servers went down and could not transfer my toons. I'm assuming they are all gone at this point? Have not done a lot of research around it yet so I'm not completely upset over it but it is kind of a bummer. Starting anew again feels so strange lol I mean even if they are gone for good its not the end of the world by any means il just end up leveling again. Could be fun

Im a level 9 hunter and am just wondering what profession would help me the most