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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: Examining 2019’s amazing producer’s letter

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I swear, the news never fails to make a monkey out of me. Just the other day I was grousing about how it was...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is Moria amazing – or agonizing?

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In about a month, Lord of the Rings Online's progression servers will unlock their first expansion and take us deep into the mines of...

LOTRO Legendarium: Five lessons I’ve learned from replaying Shadows of Angmar

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Over the past three months, I've been exclusively playing on the Anor progression server in Lord of the Rings Online. During that time, I've...

LOTRO Legendarium: A requiem for trait lines

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Back in last October when Standing Stone Games announced that it would be launching the legendary server type, one of the most contentious points...
It's Lord of the Rings. There's your elevator pitch.

LOTRO Legendarium: Eight tips for leveling up in Lord of the Rings Online

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Typically around this time of the year, I'll offer up my wish list of features and changes that I'd like to see happen in...

LOTRO Legendarium: Lord of the Rings Online’s 2018 review

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It was the best of years, it was the worst of years for Lord of the Rings Online -- but no matter what, it...

LOTRO Legendarium: Taking a fresh look at Lord of the Rings Online’s early zones

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One of the unexpected benefits of jumping onto Lord of the Rings Online new progression servers is that it's giving many of us a...

LOTRO Legendarium: Starting on a legendary journey

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Part of me was laughing at myself. Here I was, a grown man, shuffling around my weekly schedule to come home in the middle...

LOTRO Legendarium: Six ways to prep for legendary servers

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With progression servers on the way for... sometime... this month, many players (myself included) are planning out their brand-new adventures through Middle-earth. There's certainly...

LOTRO Legendarium: Wistmead surprises and progression servers

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What a week this has been! Originally I was all gung-ho to talk about nothing else than all of the new Halloween content that...

LOTRO Legendarium: Wait a minute, LOTRO, you lost me

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If WildStar will go down in gaming history as the MMO with the consistently shortest quest text, then Lord of the Rings Online has...

LOTRO Legendarium: A new Lord of the Rings MMO enters the One Ring

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It's a tale as old as time: Whenever an MMO starts getting up there in years and starting to show signs of age, you...

LOTRO Legendarium: The unique feel of Lord of the Rings Online

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I am very much a creature who is affected deeply by my environment. I suspect all of us are to varying degrees, but I...

LOTRO Legendarium: Is Lord of the Rings Online aging well?

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By now, to me, Lord of the Rings Online is a comfortable, well-worn friend that always offers a very predictable and enjoyable experience whenever...

LOTRO Legendarium: Are the new seasonal instances a win or a whimper?

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Let us travel back to 2009, when Lord of the Rings Online released its second expansion pack, Siege of Mirkwood. This pint-sized expansion seemed...

LOTRO Legendarium: Why Mordor fails and Northern Mirkwood succeeds

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When Lord of the Rings Online turned its sight toward Mordor, it had been running off of a rather hot streak. Not perfect, mind...

LOTRO Legendarium: A whirlwind of activity in Lord of the Rings Online

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If you haven't noticed already, an extended silence from me in this column space usually means that I've taken a break from Lord of...

LOTRO Legendarium: The 10 best pages on Lotro-Wiki

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Earlier this week, one of my online friends and fellow Lord of the Rings Online player put out a notice that there was now...

LOTRO Legendarium: My LOTRO wish list for 2018

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Ever since I've been writing this Lord of the Rings Online column -- which spans back to 2010, if you can believe it --...

LOTRO Legendarium: Looking back at the road we traveled in 2017

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"The road goes ever on" is one of the most well-known phrases from Lord of the Rings, alluding to the ongoing journey of the...

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