lord of the rings online

Official Site: Lord of the Rings Online
Studio: Standing Stone Games, formerly Turbine/WB Interactive Entertainment; published by Daybreak Game Company
Launch Date: April 24, 2007
Genre: Fantasy Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC

The Daily Grind: How long a commitment are you willing to make to an MMORPG?

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During a MOP Podcast back in August, our own Justin noted that he'd lost interest in the Lord of the Rings Online Treebeard server...

Dungeons and Dragons Online seeks out a new producer, improves its grouping tool

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Seeing as how getting a producer has helped to kickstart communication and organization over at Lord of the Rings Online, SSG apparently figured that...

Perfect Ten: MMO character customization options that don’t get enough love

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There are two types of people in the world: those who can't get through the character creation menu fast enough to start playing "LordBladezz"...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 337: Desperation is a good look on you

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW and the Blizzard scandal, Fallout 76, DokeV and New World at Gamescom, Daybreak, TitanReach, and Into the Echo.

Lord of the Rings Online’s super-speedy progression server moves into Moria on September 1

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After just two months of blitzing through Shadows of Angmar content, Lord of the Rings Online's Shadowfax legendary server will unlock the Mines of...
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The Daily Grind: What are your fall MMO plans?

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After a brief August lull in the crazy launch cycle that's been 2021, we're looking to ramp back up again with a lot of...

Massively Overthinking: The worst chat in the MMORPG genre

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The first rule of MMORPGs is turn off global chat. Think about that for a sec. This is a genre that is expressly multiplayer...

LOTRO Legendarium: Ranking LOTRO’s Rhovanion zones from worst to best

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A while back, I amused myself by ranking all of the Eriador zones in Lord of the Rings Online. It was a fun exercise...

LOTRO community Q&A asks about closed server transfers, graphics upgrades, and new events

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It's not your imagination: Lord of the Rings Online really has been doing a whole bunch of interviews over past month or two. The...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why Lord of the Rings Online is worth playing in 2021

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It has come to my attention that there are more MMO nomads than normal this summer who are casting about for a new game...

The Daily Grind: List your favorite expansion to every MMO you’ve played

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Lists -- we're doing one today. And it has the potential to be a really fun one! The challenge is fairly simple: Make a list...

Global Chat: Hitting that endgame wall in MMOs

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MMO blogger Digital Visceral recently wrote about a situation that many of us encounter in our games: Hitting that max level and feeling at...

Perfect Ten: My top 10 MMO pet peeves

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In general, I try to be an optimistic fellow. When it comes to MMO gaming -- you know, that hobby we apparently love and...

LOTRO producer interview talks more about legendary item and monetization revamps

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You'd barely even know that there's an expansion on the way for Lord of the Rings Online if you only took in the current...

Lord of the Rings Online progression server moves forward into the Mordor expansion

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If you're among those playing on the Lord of the Rings Online Anor Legendary World (aka progression server), then your time has come to...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 335: Farewell Astellia

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Justin and Bree discuss Astellia Online, Guild Wars 2, Blizzard, and No Man's Sly, with adventures in LOTRO and FFXIV, plus mailbag topics on Diablo's sudden spotlight and the fate of the Blizzard name.
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First impressions: Exploring Neverwinter’s leveling revamp and bard class

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It's funny: The last time I paid a visit to Neverwinter, it was to check out a revamp of the new player experience. Here...

LOTRO Legendarium: Exploring Lord of the Rings Online’s choose-your-own-ruleset

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Earlier this summer when Lord of the Rings Online kicked off its second batch of progression servers -- the slow Treebeard and speedy Shadowfax...

Lord of the Rings Online hopes to start rolling out monetization changes in the next year

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One of the longstanding criticisms of Lord of the Rings Online revolves around the game's antiquated and frankly expensive business model. We found out...

The Daily Grind: How many MMOs have you played this summer so far?

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I've always seen the summer as a time to branch out and get in as much MMORPG gaming as possible, especially with all of...

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