Epic quest line broken

[Xpavn]

So i just finished Book one Chapter 12 on my level 22 Hobbit Burglar and i have no other epic quest to do now. Supposedly the next one comes from Gandalf at the Prancing Pony and is the prologue for Book 2 but the only quest he has is some Raid quest line. Anyone know what's happened here?? Have tried relogging, checking that the last quest is completed in quest log, etc. but to no avail.

Before you ask, the raid quest i'm referring to is called The Road to the Lonely Mountain

[cheshirm]

After you accepted the quest, Gandalf appears in Rivendell in the room behind the vault npc in the Last Homely House. perhaps when you talk to him there he has it.

[oreyos]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

After you accepted the quest, Gandalf appears in Rivendell in the room behind the vault npc in the Last Homely House. perhaps when you talk to him there he has it.

No he will not have the epic quest in Rivendel.
That comes from Gandalf in Bree.
If you continue the quest in Rivendel you will lose the free port to Rivendel you get from the start of the quest.

The OP's problem is that he either misses the quest before Gandalf hands out the next quest, or the epic is broken there.
As he is stuck between Vol I, book 1, and Vol I, book 2, it's probably a glitch.
(The last quest of Vol I, book 1 ends a Gandalf too, so it should go on seamlessly there)

Log an error ingame, and stay online until a GM pops up.

[cheshirm]

its already not working. its a glitch. why not try to see if the quest is available in Rivendell. maybe by some stroke of luck the quest will be there. probably not but worth a try.
op already tried to get help and cant - f2p. (read post 13)

[oreyos]

Originally posted by cheshirm:

its already not working. its a glitch. why not try to see if the quest is available in Rivendell. maybe by some stroke of luck the quest will be there. probably not but worth a try.
op already tried to get help and cant - f2p. (read post 13)

IT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN RIVENDEL.

Don't follow that quest line unless you want to:
1 - Do that quest line (with friends, as you can't solo it)
2 - Lose your free port to Rivendel

OP CAN get support in game, whether he's F2P or not. I know for sure, as I have had support as a F2P player.

[Jack of Diamonds]

fixed?

[Xpavn]

Originally posted by oreyos:

Originally posted by cheshirm:

its already not working. its a glitch. why not try to see if the quest is available in Rivendell. maybe by some stroke of luck the quest will be there. probably not but worth a try.
op already tried to get help and cant - f2p. (read post 13)

IT IS NOT AVAILABLE IN RIVENDEL.

Don't follow that quest line unless you want to:
1 - Do that quest line (with friends, as you can't solo it)
2 - Lose your free port to Rivendel

OP CAN get support in game, whether he's F2P or not. I know for sure, as I have had support as a F2P player.

Can you tell me where the support is then? I go to the ESC menu ingame and choose help, which allows me to submit a ticket, which is immediately deleted because i'm FTP.

Originally posted by Jack of Diamonds:

fixed?

Nope :\

[Xpavn]

"Note: In-game Support is currently only available for VIP and Premium members. Free accounts do not have access to In-Game Support."

[oreyos]

Originally posted by Sparken:

"Note: In-game Support is currently only available for VIP and Premium members. Free accounts do not have access to In-Game Support."

Hm. That must've changed then...
In that case, ignore the epic quest, and go do others. It's not like there's nothing else to do :-)
Or spend a few quid (Siege of Mirkwood is $9.99, 1 month VIP $14.99) to upgrade your account.

I can create a new character, and see if the epic is broken for me as well, but that'll take me a day

[edorward]

Too bad you didn't pick up the Quad Pack while it was extra cheap...

Try posting your problem here:

https://www.lotro.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?162-Free-Player-Assistance

[Xpavn]

Originally posted by oreyos:

Originally posted by Sparken:

"Note: In-game Support is currently only available for VIP and Premium members. Free accounts do not have access to In-Game Support."

Hm. That must've changed then...
In that case, ignore the epic quest, and go do others. It's not like there's nothing else to do :-)
Or spend a few quid (Siege of Mirkwood is $9.99, 1 month VIP $14.99) to upgrade your account.

I can create a new character, and see if the epic is broken for me as well, but that'll take me a day

The epic quest is pretty much the only reason i was playing lol.

Originally posted by edorward:

Too bad you didn't pick up the Quad Pack while it was extra cheap...

Try posting your problem here:

https://www.lotro.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?162-Free-Player-Assistance

I don't have permission to start a new thread. Turbine seems determined to ignore the existence of FTP players as much as possible.

[oreyos]

OK. Hobbit burglar, level 20 (not going to take the time to reach L22, so it's not exactly the same as the OP.

Door locked.
Talked to Butterbur.
Talked to Gandalf - Book 1, chapter 12 finished.
This pops up the Book 2, Foreword quest.

I didn't take the quest. Saeredan doesn't advance the quest (doesn't have the quest to go to the lone lands)

Rode to Candaith. He has Book 2, Chapter 1: Rise of the Orcs available.

So you should be able to pick up the epic from Candaith.
If it's not there, it looks as if you missed something in Book 1.

Check all completed (epic) quests.

If you have everything completed, including the Othrongroth instance, I'm afraid you're better off deleting that char, and creating a new one, and try again.

Now I have a burglar character... Any tips on what trait line to follow for a (mostly solo) burglar? :-)

[Xpavn]

Originally posted by oreyos:

OK. Hobbit burglar, level 20 (not going to take the time to reach L22, so it's not exactly the same as the OP.

Door locked.
Talked to Butterbur.
Talked to Gandalf - Book 1, chapter 12 finished.
This pops up the Book 2, Foreword quest.

I didn't take the quest. Saeredan doesn't advance the quest (doesn't have the quest to go to the lone lands)

Rode to Candaith. He has Book 2, Chapter 1: Rise of the Orcs available.

So you should be able to pick up the epic from Candaith.
If it's not there, it looks as if you missed something in Book 1.

Check all completed (epic) quests.

If you have everything completed, including the Othrongroth instance, I'm afraid you're better off deleting that char, and creating a new one, and try again.

Now I have a burglar character... Any tips on what trait line to follow for a (mostly solo) burglar? :-)

Thanks for the effort you went to mate! I just checked again with Gandalf and then rode to Candaiths Encampment but neither had the quest... I guess i'm ♥♥♥♥♥♥. (Yes i checked the quest log and made sure all Book 1 quests were completed). It's sad but i will probably stop playing due to this bug.

[Xpavn]

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE BUT I WENT INTO THE FORSAKEN INN AND GADARIC GAVE ME BOOK 2, CHAPTER 7!! Seems like I managed to skip 6 chapters because i definteiy didn't do them! Anyway, looks like i'm back on track! Thanks again for your help fellas!

[oreyos]

Originally posted by Sparken:

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THIS IS POSSIBLE BUT I WENT INTO THE FORSAKEN INN AND GADARIC GAVE ME BOOK 2, CHAPTER 7!! Seems like I managed to skip 6 chapters because i definteiy didn't do them! Anyway, looks like i'm back on track! Thanks again for your help fellas!

Hahahaha... Well, at least you're back on track.

Don't stop playing LotRO because of one bug. Like I said, you can always delete the char and run a new one. L22 is not a long way into the game, and it's what I did to grind TP when I was F2P:
Play Ered Luin (195TP for a few hours work), then quest around Bree to get to L20, and grind rep in the Barrow downs. Delete character, and repeat.

[edorward]

Glad things are working again. You can use the Reflecting Pools to play through the instance you missed (Weathertop). Also, if something similar happens in the future, there are places where you can pick up the epic quest line and skip ahead. I'm thinking of interactions with Galadriel specifically here.