Most Active Server? VIP?

[MickeyDankMouse]

I am a huge fan of everything that is LoTR themed and I want to put a bunch of hours into Lord of the Rings Online! Which server is the best one to move my character to (which server has the most active users? Is there a server with a lot of active LoTR Online RPers?)? Another question is, is it worth it to buy VIP for this game now ($100 for a year subscription)? I would only get it if it is heavily recommended and there are lots of players and content to interact with. How many other current users pay for VIP on the game? My last question/concern..is Lord of the Rings Online going to shut down the servers anytime in the near future (being that it’s over 10 years old). Please let me know!! Thanks

[LordAnorak]

The two largest NA servers are Brandywine and Arkenstone. Yes, it's worth having VIP but you'll still need to get the Moria expansion on up to Mordor to have access to all content. And it's unlikely LotRO will shut down soon it still has a fairly substantial playerbase and is still profitable for WB Games.

[MickeyDankMouse]

How many expansions are there currently and how much would it cost to buy them all? Are character transfers from other servers free? (I want to make sure I am on the populated server). I might have to only purchase the expansions, especially if they add up to over $100!

[englishkernigit]

The games store page on the website.

http://store.turbine.com/store/turbine/en_US/list/categoryID.58516200/ThemeID.28979900

The exspansions are:

Mines of Moria ($19:99)
Siege of Mirkwood ($9:99)
Rise of Isengard ($19:99)
Riders of Rohan ($19:99)
Helms Deep ($39:99)
Mordor ($39:99)

They look to be around $20 except for Siege of Mirkwood, Helms Deep and Mordor which is the latest exspansion and from $40 up for the base edition.

Or there is always the quad pack: http://store.turbine.com/store/turbine/en_US/pd/ThemeID.28979900/productID.284460100/categoryID.58516200

And yes if you decide to transfer at some point it will cost you.

P.S also all these apart from Mordor can be bought in the in-game store for LOTRO points which you can grind in the game so if you grind enough you could get them all for free.

LOTRO point price list for quest packs and exspansions : http://www.lotro.com/en/lotro-store-quest-packs

[englishkernigit]

引用自 Follower of Christ：

you cna get the quad pack which has moria, mirkwood, isengard and east rohan for like 10-20bucks at sales

:) yeah just realised i forgot about the quad pack so added a link.

[Orbital Føroysk 🪐]

Which EU server has the most players?

[englishkernigit]

Laurelin for RP server or Evernight for EU.

[Orbital Føroysk 🪐]

引用自 englishkernigit：

Laurelin for RP server or Evernight for EU.

Thanks.

[oreyos]

引用自 ☸ Shōgun ☸：

引用自 englishkernigit：

Laurelin for RP server or Evernight for EU.

Thanks.

BTW, the EU/US split has nothing to do with where the servers are located; they're all in the same datacenter in the US.
It also doesn't really matter as far as players from the EU/US go, as you'll find them on both sides.

What does matter however is that you can't transfer from EU to US servers or vice versa. It has to do with the backend that stores the player information being too different from each other to convert between them apparently.

As for shutting down anytime soon: They just released the Morder expansion, so they'll be around for a while I reckon.

ANd, while I'm at it: VIP doesn't buy you expansions, but you'll get 500 LP (lotro points, the store credits) each month while you're VIP (Next to the LP you earn by finishing deeds in-game). You can buy all expansions for LP (except for the Mordor expansion, we'll have to wait till December before it becomes available for LP)

I suggest you play a few characters on various servers for a bit to get a feel of which server you like best. This way you also get to try different races/classes, and if you decide on a main server, you can always keep the chars on other servers to earn LP (which are account wide)

[Marbar]

I'd recommend joining Evernight for a friendly and active server.

VIP is worth it in this game, but you should try a bit for free before you subscribe. Also, every month as a VIP gives you 500 LOTRO-points, so after you two months you'll have enough to buy a new Quest pack. So paying for one year with VIP might be overkill as you'll get a lot of content with just a few months of VIP.

It is unlikely the servers are going to shut down any time soon. The game will live for at least 2 more years, despite what some people will tell you.

[NavFamG]

引用自 MickeyDankMouse：

Is there a server with a lot of active LoTR Online RPers?)?

The 2 RP servers are Laurelin for the EU and Landoval for the US. Best way to gauge pop on a server is to make a character on each server and play it during your normal play time. Ignore the intro period as that's not a good gauge, but start paying attention to how many are around when you get to your starter city. Now understand, after 10 years it will be a bit light on the ground ppl-wise in the lower level area's.

Another reason for playing on all servers is the LotRO points you gain on each goes into a common pool for your account.

Lot's of guilds in the game and you'll increase your chances to find others to play with when you join one.

[Coffee Cup]

I don't know about the servers- I was under the impression the the layer system kept population at a good balance in most places. However, most if not all of the extra content, like expansions, can be bought with LOTRO points (or LP). LPs can be grinded ~100 LP/Hour by creating a new character (you get 2 characher slots per server for free) and going through the first few deeds, then deleting that character and starting again with a fresh one. Look up lotro point grinding for more info.