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LOTRO Legendarium is a Lord of the Rings Online column by Justin Olivetti. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]

LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at LOTRO’s run in 2024

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How do we sum up the entire year of Lord of the Rings Online? That's always a hard task, but if I had to...

LOTRO Legendarium: 10 additional helpful tips for your LOTRO journey

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Every so often in this space, I like to share helpful tips and tricks to make your Lord of the Rings Online experience more...

LOTRO Legendarium: Riding out into Lord of the Rings Online’s Legacy of Morgoth

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Anyone who knows my gaming habits understands that I am not a fan of desert zones, expansions, or even Tatooine. Sorry Luke, but it's...

LOTRO Legendarium: How should LOTRO handle ‘the levels issue?’

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Legacy of Morgoth comes out next week for Lord of the Rings Online, and I'm generally excited for it. I wasn't initially, since desert zones aren't...

LOTRO Legendarium: The rise and fall and rise of Mines of Moria

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With Lord of the Rings Online's Angmar and Mordor progression servers looking forward to entering the first expansion sometime in December, thoughts have once...

LOTRO Legendarium: Should all LOTRO expansions include ‘special systems?’

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It's been an exciting week for Lord of the Rings Online as full details and testing for this fall's expansion, Legacy of Morgoth, arrived...

LOTRO Legendarium: The 10 most metal titles in all of Lord of the Rings Online

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You know, I'm simply not a guy who likes to slap titles onto my character's name in MMOs. Never have been, probably never will...

LOTRO Legendarium: Five ways to fully fix LOTRO’s virtue system

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Newer players to Lord of the Rings Online may not be aware that the game's virtue system used to be very difficult, requiring certain...

LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s five least-played classes – and why you should play them

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In gaming, I'm often fascinated by "paths less traveled." Maybe it's a leveling expansion everyone ignores, a race that's never picked for a kickball...

LOTRO Legendarium: How LOTRO’s cosmetic system should be overhauled

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Here's a fun bit of trivia for you newcomers to Lord of the Rings Online: Did you know that for most of the first...

LOTRO Legendarium: The easiest LOTRO virtues to get as a low-level character

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One of the most important yet easiest to overlook parts of your character's growth in Lord of the Rings Online is investing into virtues,...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why haven’t I burned out on LOTRO yet?

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None of what I'm about to write is to meant to be self-promotion - just observation. It really hit me the other day how...

LOTRO Legendarium: The quiet failure of LOTRO’s birding hobby

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The past month of Lord of the Rings Online's operation has been one of the busier summer months in this game's history. Update 41...
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LOTRO Legendarium: Yondershire is one of the most fun zones in LOTRO

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Thanks to the encouragement provided by Lord of the Rings Online's new legendary servers, I've been enjoying a couple weeks of blissful low-level adventuring...

LOTRO Legendarium: How can LOTRO keep legendary server vibes strong?

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As I write this, it's been a full week since Lord of the Rings Online activated its most recent pair of legendary worlds, Angmar...

LOTRO Legendarium: My six-month leveling plan for Lord of the Rings Online’s fresh legendary server

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If all goes well, the new legendary servers -- the first in three years -- will roll out this week for Lord of the...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is LOTRO’s early game too big and unwieldy?

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As I was making some personal plans for my future adventures on Lord of the Rings Online's new legendary servers, I was really struck...

LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways you can prepare for the new legendary servers

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With brand-new legendary servers coming soon to Lord of the Rings Online, the allure of a fresh start, lower lag, and the Ringwraith ruleset...

LOTRO Legendarium: Six ideas LOTRO totally should steal from other MMOs

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It's only natural for people who play multiple MMOs or are aware of what's happening in other titles to foster a sense of envy....

LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO announces its next legendary servers, Angmar and Mordor

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Believe it or not, the last time that Lord of the Rings Online brought out fresh legendary servers, it was the pair of Treebeard...

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