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

Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO?

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Witnessing all the folks upset over losing gear and trades to rollbacks over and over in Diablo II Resurrected made me reflect on some...

EverQuest and more Daybreak MMOs roll out Halloween 2021

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EverQuest is having a good week: First Daybreak announced the game's next expansion, Terror of Luclin, and now it's rolled out the annual Halloween...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO classes added later in a game’s lifespan ended up being amazing?

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This week, Lord of the Rings Online players are getting to roll their first brand-new class -- the Brawler -- since the Beorning came...

LOTRO expansion pre-patch adds Halloween, Brawlers, LI revamp, and housing hook consolidation

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While Standing Stone Games might not be calling today's Lord of the Rings Online update the expansion pre-patch, but... it's the Fate of Gundabad...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 342: From New World to Old Camelot

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Justin and Chris discuss New World, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, and Dark Age of Camelot, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, and New World, plus mailbag topics on polling MMO players, out-of-game MMO promos, and 'managed decline' works for MMOs.

PSA: Lord of the Rings Online’s current legendary items will be ‘frozen’ next week

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This coming Wednesday, October 13th, is a pretty important date for Lord of the Rings Online players, as that's when the legendary item revamp...

LOTRO explains the Brawler’s mechanics as chicken hockey returns

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When it comes to the Brawler, there's only one solution needed for all of life's problems, and that's to strike them as hard as...

Lord of the Rings Online dazzles you with the Brawler’s sweet moves

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Hey kids, did you hear that Lord of the Rings Online is getting a brand-new class this fall? We jest, of course, because Standing...

Choose My Adventure: It’s bear time in Lord of the Rings Online

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It has been a few years since I made my way back to Lord of the Rings Online. I remember being around the game...
COOKING'S DONE

Battle Bards Episode 201: Don’t stand in the fire!

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Have you stood in the fire? Did you start the fire? Are you on fire at this very moment? Then stop, drop, and roll...

LOTRO Legendarium: Fate of Gundabad is shaping up to be the full expansion that LOTRO needs

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Right before all of the news this week got sucked into the gravity well of the launch of a certain MMO, Lord of the...

Lord of the Rings Online explains legendary item revamp and conversion method

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Does it seem fair that your average Lord of the Rings Online goblin, who can barely afford a rusty tin axe on his weekly...
Now we're gundagood.

Lord of the Rings Online opens Bullroarer again to test Brawler and LI changes

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So, Lord of the Rings Online's Fate of Gundabad has a launch date. It has preorders. It has a full executive summary of content....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 340: New World cometh

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Justin and Bree discuss New World's launch, Diablo II Resurrected, LOTRO's Gundabad, Warhammer Online's Return of Reckoning, Book of Travels, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on New World's infrastructure and LOTRO's closed servers.

Choose My Adventure: DC Universe Online just ended up making me love City of Heroes more

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Third verse same as the first. If nothing else, DC Universe Online is consistent in how its leveling game works, though there were a...

Lord of the Rings Online’s Fate of Gundabad launches November 10 – preorders have begun

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Standing Stone Games has finally taken the wraps off the Fate of Gundabad expansion for Lord of the Rings Online in today's big preorder...

Lord of the Rings Online gets you up to speed on Fate of Gundabad’s story

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It wasn't that long ago that some columnist here at Massively OP was bemoaning the fact that Standing Stone Games had yet to actually...

Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?

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Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...

LOTRO is once again giving away 26 quest packs and selling eight more for cheap

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With Gundabad fast approaching this fall, Standing Stone Games is rolling out the red carpet for Lord of the Rings Online players who might...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 339: Kitchen sinks and the Tao of MMOs

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Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Mortal Online 2, WoW Classic, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on the direction of Guild Wars 2 and WoW and what's going on with LOTRO's dead servers.

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