Solo player friendly?

[Ormics]

Hey guys! I was wondering how solo friendly is the game? Im well aware that LOTRO is a MMO, but Ive always liked to play MMOs because of its constant updates. How much solo friendly\casual the game is? Is there much to do by yourself? Can current raids be done with a pug group?

Thanks!

[Elitewrecker PT]

You can solo most "landscape" stuff, there are a couple group quests here and there in particular areas but mostly solo-easily.

[Kiesnowski]

You can solo most content by yourself as long as you are much higher lever and you dont run the instance level that high. Getting into an active guild or an active player group will help a lot. Unfortunately there is no instance finder option for settng up PUGS like in WOW. So if you can't find friends or guildies you have to run everything at much lower level.

[NavFamG]

It's very solo friendly. I'm up to lvl 87 and have only done 1 quest that needed to be grouped on level, but that was a long time ago.

Over the years the game has become easier and more solo friendly. What used to be group quests can now be done solo as the game will give you a 'stone of insperation' that increases your morale (hit points).

You can also obtain tokens for a 'landscape soldier' which is the same as your skrirmish soldier, just used out in the normal game so you can run quests as a 'duo' if you find you need to.

Instances / skirmishes can be run on level as long as you take your time and think about what you're doing.

Some classes have a much easier time soloing content so you need to take that into account as you play.

[Ormics]

Originally posted by NavFamG:

It's very solo friendly. I'm up to lvl 87 and have only done 1 quest that needed to be grouped on level, but that was a long time ago.

Over the years the game has become easier and more solo friendly. What used to be group quests can now be done solo as the game will give you a 'stone of insperation' that increases your morale (hit points).

You can also obtain tokens for a 'landscape soldier' which is the same as your skrirmish soldier, just used out in the normal game so you can run quests as a 'duo' if you find you need to.

Instances / skirmishes can be run on level as long as you take your time and think about what you're doing.

Some classes have a much easier time soloing content so you need to take that into account as you play.

What would be the ideal solo class?

[Kiss My Ax]

Originally posted by Ormics:

Originally posted by NavFamG:

It's very solo friendly. I'm up to lvl 87 and have only done 1 quest that needed to be grouped on level, but that was a long time ago.

Over the years the game has become easier and more solo friendly. What used to be group quests can now be done solo as the game will give you a 'stone of insperation' that increases your morale (hit points).

You can also obtain tokens for a 'landscape soldier' which is the same as your skrirmish soldier, just used out in the normal game so you can run quests as a 'duo' if you find you need to.

Instances / skirmishes can be run on level as long as you take your time and think about what you're doing.

Some classes have a much easier time soloing content so you need to take that into account as you play.

What would be the ideal solo class?

Guardian is a great solo class Sword an Board build
Guardians have a heal skill

[Elitewrecker PT]

Wardens is a good pick too, can still solo stuff after other classes can't.

[NavFamG]

While both Warden and Rune Caster are premium classes (you etither need to buy Mine's of Moria expansion or the class seperately from the store) I'd say Warden is VERY solo friendly. It does have one of the more time consuming / strange? combat setup where you push different attack buttons to build up the gambit for a bigger attack and because of that some don't like playing it.

For a 'comes with the game' easy solo class I'd say Ministrel. Pretty much a 1 button kills class, or a Hunter as they're very strong in 1 on 1 attack's.

[oreyos]

Any class is a solo class in LotRO ;-)
It all depends on what you want.

I like minstrels (self heal, decent ranged attacks) plus you can heal groups if you happen to not-solo occasionally.
Hunters (DPS, fast travel) are great because of the fast travel they have (The world is BIG)
Captain (support class) is interesting... With the right setup you more or less can't die, but getting the class going is a bit slow.

[Kronovan]

I put in a plug for the Lore Master as a good solo class. My LM and his white bear pet just soloed 5 human tomb-robbers, 3 levels above us. ;)

[Ormics]

Guys how hard are the raids? Are they pugable?

[Kez]

Originally posted by oreyos:

Any class is a solo class in LotRO ;-)
It all depends on what you want.

I like minstrels (self heal, decent ranged attacks) plus you can heal groups if you happen to not-solo occasionally.
Hunters (DPS, fast travel) are great because of the fast travel they have (The world is BIG)
Captain (support class) is interesting... With the right setup you more or less can't die, but getting the class going is a bit slow.

I am new picked hunter the world is huge trying to get a mount but i dont see fast travel?

[Elitewrecker PT]

You don't start with the fast travel, you unlock fast travels to specific locations as you gain reputation.

[NavFamG]

Originally posted by Ormics:

Guys how hard are the raids? Are they pugable?

Different dungeons have different difficulties. Also as is with all games some are run more than others. Forgotten Treasury and Barrow Downs seem to be run alot and currently some of the end game one's are being run.

While I'm sure some of the Kin's run certain one's, all the one's I've seen / done have been PUG's. I'd say LoTRO is one of the more favorably inclined towards PUGs.

If you open the instance finder you can look at the different instances / skirmishes you can do and how many people you can do them with 1/3/6/12.

[oreyos]

Originally posted by Kez:

Originally posted by oreyos:

Any class is a solo class in LotRO ;-)
It all depends on what you want.

I like minstrels (self heal, decent ranged attacks) plus you can heal groups if you happen to not-solo occasionally.
Hunters (DPS, fast travel) are great because of the fast travel they have (The world is BIG)
Captain (support class) is interesting... With the right setup you more or less can't die, but getting the class going is a bit slow.

I am new picked hunter the world is huge trying to get a mount but i dont see fast travel?

The fast travel I meant is NOT the swift travel from the stables. They're special skills you gain/buy/earn. When you're in a fellowship, all fellowship members (that are close by) can join in the travel btw.
This last feature makes hunters useful as taxi cabs :-)

[NavFamG]

Originally posted by oreyos:

Originally posted by Kez:

I am new picked hunter the world is huge trying to get a mount but i dont see fast travel?

The fast travel I meant is NOT the swift travel from the stables. They're special skills you gain/buy/earn. When you're in a fellowship, all fellowship members (that are close by) can join in the travel btw.
This last feature makes hunters useful as taxi cabs :-)

All races get a return to (city) at a certain level.

The return to X ports you're talking about come at different times in the leveling process and Warden's get them too (not the taxi part though I think that's just for Hunters).

All characters can also get Reputation ports as they work through area's. For Warden's they're called musters. I'm lvl 88 and currently between the class ports and rep ports I have 12 different one's. Very useful feature.