LOTRO free to play going ahead.

G18241 · 8 Nov 2010 at 15:44

Me and the GF have finally got the download done and have started with a champion and hunter, purely because they are the only 2 "dps" specs according to the website so are going for the "kill it before it can do anything back" method

'Wes · 8 Nov 2010 at 15:46

Which website? Because Warden, Guardian, Captain, Runekeeper...You know what, every class deals good DPS tbh, it's just Hunter, Champion and Runekeeper might possibly deal more DPS than the other classes.

Sleepery · 8 Nov 2010 at 16:03

I'd have gone two hunters I think, or hunter minstrel (minstrel dps is quite decent when they're in warspeech mode), and then you can fall back to healing mode when you want to tackle something particularly tough.

I can see the champ getting frustrated running after mobs when the mobs rubberband back and forth between the hunter and champ as they out-aggro each other.

spudbynight · 8 Nov 2010 at 16:13

Captain and Hunter work well together

Tombstone · 8 Nov 2010 at 16:49

spudbynight said:
Captain and Hunter work well together

Indeed they do, done a duo of them , quite effective. Though as Sleepery says I would have been tempted to go with the Hunter/Minstrel combo which is very sexy indeed, gives you a really good covering of skills, high dps, healing, rezzing, teleporting for travel and makes it a bit easier for the Hunter to get groups as its bringing a mincer too

krooton · 8 Nov 2010 at 16:52

spudbynight said:
Captain and Hunter work well together

This is exactly what me and my gf will be doing.

She can pew pew from afar as she is a noob, and I will be support dude in the thick of it.

G18241 · 8 Nov 2010 at 17:32

well you can have 2 chars on the free account so we will see how it goes, seems pretty good atm, not grabbed me quite as quick as WoW did, but ill give it more time and possible start another char sometime and see how we go

Tombstone · 8 Nov 2010 at 18:48

Aha ! Got one at last

Talon · 8 Nov 2010 at 19:00

That doesnt like the start UI skin, is the UI skinable ?

Tombstone · 8 Nov 2010 at 19:52

Talon said:
That doesnt like the start UI skin, is the UI skinable ?

Yeah its a custom skin, there are a few of them about.

Frapple · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:14

Anyone unable to get online at the mo?

Tombstone · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:15

Frapple said:
Anyone unable to get online at the mo?

I've actually just logged out, one mo, I'll try logging back in again.

EDIT : Yep, logging in fine.

Frapple · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:22

Huh, can get to the character loading screen but just time out when loading.

It did kick me out as soon as I left haunted place during the loading screen.

Tombstone · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:24

Frapple said:
Huh, can get to the character loading screen but just time out when loading.

It did kick me out as soon as I left haunted place during the loading screen.

Does it log you in with a different character or is it all characters?

Frapple · 8 Nov 2010 at 20:57

Been playing a new char, seems just fine.

Ah - just tried again it's fine.

Infernum · 8 Nov 2010 at 21:05

Been trying to think of a name for an hour now...

Then out of Hunter and champion which would be the best way to go?

spudbynight · 8 Nov 2010 at 21:07

The fast travel with a hunter makes a big difference.

Sleepery · 8 Nov 2010 at 21:29

Yeah, hunters get a lot of utility.

twoodster · 8 Nov 2010 at 22:01

Is there not an official torrent or something of the FTP download? I'm getting 5kbps on this! Estimates another 422 hours!

'Wes · 9 Nov 2010 at 13:47

Ironically i got bored of my Runekeeper and being a Dwarf, prefer being a Hobbit, so i deleted my Dwarf Runekeeper and made a Hobbit Hunter under the same name, so lob me an invite and i promise you now this will be the only character i will have in LotRO from now on.