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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Shores of Evendim

The Shores of Evendim patch for Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) is live! Here are the official patch notes.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Emotes List

A list of the emotes in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO).

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Leisure Activities

The LOTRO team released an article today outlining the different leisure activities in Lord of the Rings Online.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Orc Reaver Skills and Traits

The Orc Reaver monster class skills and traits in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO).

The Reaver is a kind of melee DPS/DD and debuffer hybrid. He has good melee damage output and a most importantly can break stuns and dazes. The Reaver has some decent debuffs like blind and slow and all things considered it's a pretty well rounded class. The versatile nature of the Reaver pretty much frees him up to do about anything in PvP but he isn't specialized in any specific area.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Uruk Warleader Skills and Traits

The Warleader monster class skills and traits in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO).

The Warleader is the monster class healer. At rank 0 the Warleader has an AOE/AE res and a decent heal. The Warleader is a decent tank and essential to PvP or PvMP.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Warg Stalker Skills and Traits

The Warg Stalker Skills and Traits in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO).

The Warg is the monster or creep stealth class. They travel in packs and have a great knockdown skill called pounce that they use to incapacitate targets they sneak up on. In PvMP packs of Wargs roll around stealthed just ahead of the front lines pouncing on burgs that unstealth to stun and those who wander to close.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Spider Weaver Skills and Traits

The Spider Weaver monster play class skills and traits in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO).

The Spider Weaver has the best root of the creeps and it's one of my two favorite PvP/PvMP classes, the other being the Blackarrow. The decent melee damage in conjunction with the root makes them great for ganging up on targets that stray too far from the pack. In PvMP its a good idea to have a group of Weavers shadowing just behind a stealthed warg group to root and take down the targets that get pounced on by the pack.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Uruk Blackarrow Skills and Traits

The skills and traits for the Uruk Blackarrow monster class in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO).

The Blackarrow is one of my favorite monster play classes and my BA is currently the only rank 2 BA on the Windfola server as far as I know. The Blackarrow has great ranged damage, a trait that turns his initial slow into a root, a great fire DOT that does good damage and also keeps freeps from stealthing, and some great rank 2 and 3 skills. A group of Blackarrows with the proper skillset is a force to be reckoned with.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - PVMP Monster Play Guide

This is an overview and guide covering the Monster Play (PVMP and PVP) aspect of Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO). This one covers ranks, skills, traits, ranks, infamy points and how they work.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - Lore Book

The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) beta Lore Book was released ........check it out.

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Lord of the Rings Online - LOTRO - The Dread System

The Dread system in Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) is definately interesting. Get the overview and my thoughts on it in this installment.

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LOTRO - The Woodworker Crafting Profession

An overview of the Woodworker crafting profession in Lord of the Rings Online.

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LOTRO - The Weaponsmith Crafting Profession

An overview of the Weaponsmith crafting profession in Lord of the Rings Online.

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LOTRO - The Tailor Crafting Profession

An overview of the Tailor crafting profession in Lord of the Rings Online.

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LOTRO - The Scholar Crafting Profession

An overview of the Scholar crafting profession in Lord of the Rings Online.

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LOTRO - The Prospector Crafting Profession

An outline of the Prospector crafting profession in Lord of the Rings Online.

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LOTRO - Metalsmith Crafting Profession

An outline of the Metalsmith crafting profession in Lord of the Rings Online.

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LOTRO - The Jeweller Profession

An outline of the Jeweller profession in Lord of the Rings Online.

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LOTRO - The Forester Profession

An outline of the Forester profession in Lord of the Rings Online.

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Release Date - LOTRO

Official Lord of the Rings Online release date.

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System Requirements - LOTRO

The system requirements and recommended high-quality specs for Lord of the Rings Online.

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Music Video - LOTRO

This video is the famous "Dust in the Wind" Lord of the Rings Online music system demo. The game has a built in music converter called LMC that people use to play thier favorite songs in game. Check it out if you have seen the LMC in action.

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Crafting Video - LOTRO

This is a great overview of the crafting system in Lord of the Rings Online. Check out this developer diary video.

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PVP or PVMP Video - LOTRO

This is a PVP (or as it's called in Lord of the Rings Online PVMP) video. Could be higher resolution but cool video at any rate.

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Character Creation Video - LOTRO

This is a cool little video that takes you through the character creation process in Lord of the Rings Online.

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The Farmer Profession - LOTRO

This is a guide to the Farmer profession in Lord of the Rings Online. Professions are specific crafting and gathering abilities that are combined in groups of three to make your vocation.

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Monster Play PVP - LOTRO

This is a guide to the Monster Play PVP aspect of Lord of the Rings Online. If you read the articles on this site you know that I am an old school PVP fanatic. While this style of PVP doesn't fulfill all my personal desires I believe that in conjunction with the awesome PVE content and mechanics people will enjoy the Monster Play PVP system.

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The Minstrel - LOTRO

This is a guide to the Minstrel class in Lord of the Rings Online. The Minstrel is the classic Bard style class.

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The Lore Master - LOTRO

This is a guide to the Lore Master class in Lord of the Rings Online. As a crowd control and buffer/de-buffer class the Lore Master is pretty hawt. This class's versatility is pretty unique to all of MMORPG gaming.

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The Hunter - LOTRO

This is a guide to the hunter class in Lord of the Rings Online. This class definitely follows the classic ranger type tradition with long range bow skills, snares, and traps.

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The Guardian - LOTRO

This is guide to the Guardian class in Lord of the Rings Online. The Guardian is the premier tank class in LOTRO and as far as a PVE tank goes (and I went through about a 4 year tank stint) it looks great to me.

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The Champion - LOTRO

This is a guide to the Champion class in Lord of the Rings Online. The Champion is a pretty hot DPS class so check this one out if you are into damage dealers.

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The Captain - LOTRO

This is a guide to the Captain Class in Lord of the Rings Online. The Captain is a group buffer of sorts check this one out.

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Middle Earth Map - LOTRO

This is one of the coolest little map apps I have seen lately. It's an interactive map with POI's and all sorts of great stuff. Thanks to Middle Earth Headquarters ( mehq.net ) for this great contribution to the community.

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MySpace Layouts - LOTRO

Here is an article about something I wish I could see more of, MMORPG themed myspace layouts. Here are some pretty cool Lord of the Rings Online MySpace layouts.

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Commands - LOTRO

Here is the command guide for Lord of the Rings Online. Great little resource and it's always fun to see all the emotes in the new games....don't worry all the functional keyboard commands are in this one as well.

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Open Beta Launches - LOTRO

Well over the weekend the LOTRO open beta kicked off but I was busy so we are doing this one now. From what I understand the pre-order is $5 and although they are calling it an open beta it is really a pre-order beta. Get our thoughts here.

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Crafting Guide - LOTRO

This is a guide to crafting in Lord of the Rings Online. Crafting in the third generation MMORPG's has taken on an entirely new level of complexity. In both Vanguard and LOTRO crafting is almost a whole class in itself. Read this one to get the LOTRO crafting know how without all the fluff.

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June 14, 2007