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

One Shots: I took a picture THIS big!

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When you take the best screenshot in the world and want to impress your friends, do you find that you end up exaggerating a...

The Daily Grind: What long-term MMO tech issues still annoy you?

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The other day in Massively OP office chat, Eliot and I were reminiscing about World of Warcraft's launch period and in particular a bug...
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LOTRO’s Spring Festival returns

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Spring is in bloom, love is in the air, and boots are primed for stompin' some major shrew butt. Yes, it's once again time for...

LOTRO fights the lag monster of Update 20

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It stands to reason that Lord of the Rings Online players are pretty thrilled this week to be exploring the outskirts of Mordor, but...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 109: We are all Dragonborn

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Justin and Bree discuss our PAX awards, Guild Wars 2, Wizard101, WoW, LOTRO, DDO, The Repopulation, EverQuest, Eternal Crusade, and Pathfinder, with mailbag questions on Funcom's mystery game and Landmark-like sandboxes.
Same horse?

Lord of the Rings Online sends players to the Black Gate with today’s Update 20

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The path of Lord of the Rings Online has always pointed, inevitably, toward Mordor. Update 20, live today in the epic MMORPG, brings players...

How to farm 570 LOTRO points in under three hours

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One of the interesting quirks of Lord of the Rings Online's free-to-play setup is that players can earn premium currency -- LOTRO points, or...

DDO and LOTRO suffer sub woes, LOTRO Issue 20 arrives this week

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How would you feel if you paid money to subscribe to an MMO, and the company took the money without delivering that sub? Probably...

LOTRO Legendarium: Heading into the Wastes as update 20 advances

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If all goes well, within a few days the Lord of the Rings Online community will be getting its first glimpse of Mordor with...

Global Chat: Fare thee well, Landmark

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Believe it or not, there were actually people who played and enjoyed Landmark -- and were saddened to see it taken offline. To kick...

LOTRO and DDO extend free gift promotions due to account bug

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Due to an issue with account management, Standing Stone Games has apparently decided to extend its dual giveaways in Lord of the Rings Online...

One Shots: No more worlds to conquer

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There's that special joy that every screenshotter knows when you're able to get that perfect angle, that photogenic pose, and then capture it for...

The Perfect Ten: A plague of MMO bears

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I have long been of the opinion that there are few more terrifying animals on this planet than bears. Sure, there are sharks, the...

LOTRO has begun testing Mordor’s front yard

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Update 20's testing is in full swing over at Lord of the Rings Online, so if you absolutely, positively cannot wait for the next...

One Shots: All dolled up

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It's always a crapshoot with our weekly screenshot challenges; sometimes they take off, and other times... not so much. But boy howdy did you...

LOTRO Legendarium: A guide to starting fresh in Lord of the Rings Online

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This past week, I received this letter from reader Thurro: "Your recent LOTRO resurgence has my interest, and from the sounds of you on...
Could be going better.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 106: Ready to relaunch

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Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World's relaunch, Landmark's sunset, ESO: Morrowind, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Ship of Heroes, and Champions Online, with a mailbag questions on ESO and multiplayer immersion.

DDO celebrates 11 years while LOTRO promotes its community

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On February 28th, 2006, Turbine branched out into a new franchise by launching Dungeons and Dragons Online. In the years that followed, DDO would...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 105: Samurai and Smedley

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Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss FFXIV's fanfest reveals, John Smedley's new Amazon studio, Path of Exile's expansion, Skyforge's console plan, and the Dociu/Taylor moves, with mailbag questions on level scaling and replacing favorite games.

The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?

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As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...

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