LOTRO Legendarium is a Lord of the Rings Online column by Justin Olivetti. [Follow this column’s RSS feed]
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LOTRO Legendarium: Yondershire is one of the most fun zones in LOTRO
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?
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
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?
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
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
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
Believe it or not, the last time that Lord of the Rings Online brought out fresh legendary servers, it was the pair of Treebeard...
LOTRO Legendarium: Am I excited at all for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO?
With all of the recent hullabaloo around New World, I've noticed several mentions of what this may portend for Amazon's Lord of the Rings...
LOTRO Legendarium: What will happen when Lord of the Rings Online dies?
You know that old hypothetical of "Would you want to know when you die or would you rather be ignorant of it?" A slightly...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online’s new birding hobby a flight of fancy?
My father-in-law is an obsessive birdwatcher. He took it up as a hobby a few years ago, and now he travels all over the...
LOTRO Legendarium: LOTRO’s Update 41 plans monster play reward track, birding hobby, and coop crafting event
Yesterday's Lord of the Rings Online dev stream was a particularly informative one as SSG's Orion made an appearance to talk about what's coming...
LOTRO Legendarium: Moria, Gundabad, and LOTRO’s lessons on underground design
In late 2008, Lord of the Rings Online released its first and highly touted expansion, Mines of Moria, featuring the iconic Dwarven underground kingdom...
LOTRO Legendarium: Is it worth being a zone completionist in LOTRO?
We need to start today's column with one important disclaimer: There's no right or wrong way to play Lord of the Rings Online, only...
LOTRO Legendarium: 27 practical benefits of LOTRO’s player housing
There's this ongoing common perception in MMOs like Lord of the Rings Online that player housing is good for one and only one purpose:...
LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back and ahead at LOTRO’s 17th birthday
At the start of Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo Baggins famously celebrates his 111th birthday (alongside Frodo's own 33rd birthday). He looks back at...
LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s Corsairs of Umbar is a vacation into the unknown
Those of you who follow this column know that I'm never in a particular rush to plow through Lord of the Rings Online expansions...
LOTRO Legendarium: Middle-earth’s world integrity is an endangered species in MMOs
Back in 2018, Steven Spielberg adapted the popular novel Ready Player One into a film. It seemed like a great pairing: The master director...
LOTRO Legendarium: My 11 favorite zones in LOTRO
This week I put my chin on my fists and thought super-hard about the following question: What column could I write that would be...
LOTRO Legendarium: 10 fashion tips to make your LOTRO character pop
Forget raids or the epic books or even Bingo Boffin; we all know that the true endgame in Lord of the Rings Online is...
LOTRO Legendarium: Untangling LOTRO’s complicated travel system
Considering how absolutely huge Lord of the Rings Online's Middle-earth has become, I'd say finding efficient ways to traverse its landscape is paramount to...
