LOTRO free to play going ahead.
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Finally downloaded and installed at 6.30am this morning before work, why they are using Pando is a complete mystery because it has failed over in the US and has failed here already after one day.
Honvik was it you who posted the preview events on the CM forum?
Honvik was it you who posted the preview events on the CM forum?
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Radiance is being removed from the game in 2011 due to immense pressure from players.
Lorien has been and gone, we are now in Mirkwood and soon to be Enedwaith.
Early 2011 we get an expansion with Isenguard
I gave up on the install for the f2p test, 12 hours to download 3gb, with 10 still to go. Good to see we're off to a nice smooth start 
Soldato
doh keep trying guys 
need more peeps active for ocuk kinship
need more peeps active for ocuk kinship 
Caporegime
I shouldn't have any issues if I'm installing from a retail purchased dvd right? Just update and that is that?
If you are wanting to do the f2p beta then its a seperate client, but if you are installing the game so that you are ready when f2p goes live then you wont have any troubles, just install off your dvd, patch up to date and then when the f2p goes live it will patch up to the f2p client and off you go.
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The preview client can now be downloaded from torrent sites and also usenet.
Pando is still slow even 24 hours after launch.
Pando is still slow even 24 hours after launch.
Soldato
Has anyone set up a guild of whatever LOTRO has on the F2P? I'm downloading at the moment but I've never played before.
Yes that was me posting events there is only one honvik
Pando isnt the best but it basically exactly like any Torrent downloader to get max download speed you need to limit your upload especially if your like me on Virgin Media (download throttling) so I recommend installing pando then go to control panel >>> then click Pando then set upload to max 5-50 KPS this will increase your download speed significantly after you reboot the download again.
The idea of this preview is to stress test the downloading of the cilent function, test the store, test the server to work out what needs to be added etc. As a reward for 'logging in' you gain 500 points once it fully goes live as a reward for helping out (500 points = around £5!) a typical content package unlock costs around 595 points
Those who are downloading the trial once F2P goes live your client will automatically update to F2P upon full release.
Pando isnt the best but it basically exactly like any Torrent downloader to get max download speed you need to limit your upload especially if your like me on Virgin Media (download throttling) so I recommend installing pando then go to control panel >>> then click Pando then set upload to max 5-50 KPS this will increase your download speed significantly after you reboot the download again.
The idea of this preview is to stress test the downloading of the cilent function, test the store, test the server to work out what needs to be added etc. As a reward for 'logging in' you gain 500 points once it fully goes live as a reward for helping out (500 points = around £5!) a typical content package unlock costs around 595 points
Those who are downloading the trial once F2P goes live your client will automatically update to F2P upon full release.
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No point, as the f2p is on the test realm only at the moment. You'll have to wait a week or so I'm guessing before it goes live.
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Makhaira you can join my kin on Evernight when F2P launches, we are 'Miners of Moria' and we are mad.
Caporegime
If 2 people want to start out together, do they have to be the same race?
Caporegime
Meh, i've lost interest now, if it happened sooner i'd probably have played
Maybe when its half term again
Maybe when its half term again
Some races are closer to each other than others, but the best way to start right from the beginning is the same race
Its best to start as the same race (or atleast dwarf & elf or man & hobbit) but you don't need to, once you've done the starter quests (level 5-6 i think) and get into the world proper, you can get insta travel between bree/shire/thorinshall/elf startingplace which puts you within 5mins of all the starting areas.
You can also run between them if you don't want to waste the money, as long as you stick to the roads and be a bit careful between the shire and bree you'll be okay.
I'm also pretty sure you can do most, if not all the epic prologue(?) quests that are separate for the different races until they merge around level 15-20.
You can also run between them if you don't want to waste the money, as long as you stick to the roads and be a bit careful between the shire and bree you'll be okay.
I'm also pretty sure you can do most, if not all the epic prologue(?) quests that are separate for the different races until they merge around level 15-20.
The prologues are specific to each race, they merge at the beginning of book 1. As far as I'm aware, you can't do the prologue of another race.
Im sure I remember doing some of the epic human quests as my dwarf, while leveling up. I remember it seeming weird at the time, maybe it was a bug or something.
EDIT: typical do a search and this thread comes up first, I must wrong/they've changed it.
EDIT 2: You can! The racial level 5 -15 prologue quests can be done by any race, http://community.codemasters.com/fo...ssion-424/195532-elf-human-epic-questing.html its just the locked in starter areas ones that take you up to level 5 (takes 20-60mins) that you cant do.
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Anyone else in the F2P preview event just get another 5000 points?
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Can I trust anyone here to log into the beta client with my details so I can get my 500 points? I'm not downloading 13GB just to log once before it goes live.
I've registered for the test, but have my patched retail copy ready for the launch itself.
I've registered for the test, but have my patched retail copy ready for the launch itself.