The Lord Of The Rings Online Helm's Deep Premium Edition DLC.

[Surviva 777]

Is it still available, even today? It looks like a great DLC. I loved both The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit films. I haven't tried this game yet but it looks good from most positive reviews. Busy downloading it now, it'll take a few hours. The graphics look old but that doesn't bother me, what does however is the fact they force you to pay for things with real money whenever a game is 'free to play.'

I used to play School Of Dragons but not anymore, that was many years ago. Are some things in The Lord Of The Rings Online paid with real money to unlock new map areas, missions/quests, campaigns, content etc?

[Elitewrecker PT]

Helm's Deep is part of the free content now.

You're not "forced" to pay with real money. You can always grind for ingame points and use those.

You can buy expansions with real money if you'd prefer not having to grind for them.

[Surviva 777]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Helm's Deep is part of the free content now.

You're not "forced" to pay with real money. You can always grind for ingame points and use those.

You can buy expansions with real money if you'd prefer not having to grind for them.

I see, thank you for your reply.

[Surviva 777]

I have another question before I play The Lord Of The Rings Online. Once you've made a character on an account and have set up your class whether that's an elf or a hobbit, is this a pvp game where a player can be a goblin in another part of middle-earth, say, in Moria and kill you if your on the good side for example? If this game is only pvp throughout middle-earth exploration, I don't know if this game is for me. I thought I just wanted to ask that question before I play this game. Also, one last thing, is there violence in this game? If there is blood, how bad is it? And what do you do in this game exactly, how does it all work, any tips and tricks you guys could give me starting out? Thanks!

[Elitewrecker PT]

No, open pvp is only available in a couple specific regions and evil characters are restricted to them.
Your normal characters are always good guys.
There is violence in the sense that you kill monsters, animals, etc. but there isn't dismemberment or blood.

Basically - you're supporting rhe fellowship, doing backstage work to help help in their quest. Like dealing with other threats that could follow them or even preparing the way in front. It follows the books more closely.

Up till the destruction of the ring that is, after that it's a more original story dealing with some stuff that happened later or made up.

[Surviva 777]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

No, open pvp is only available in a couple specific regions and evil characters are restricted to them.
Your normal characters are always good guys.
There is violence in the sense that you kill monsters, animals, etc. but there isn't dismemberment or blood.

Basically - you're supporting rhe fellowship, doing backstage work to help help in their quest. Like dealing with other threats that could follow them or even preparing the way in front. It follows the books more closely.

Up till the destruction of the ring that is, after that it's a more original story dealing with some stuff that happened later or made up.

Oh I see, that's good to know. Thank you for sharing this information with me.

I'll try out the game tomorrow.

[The insane]

this games really good massive really a gem musics amazing the gathering world content ect u can download a few mods for ui maps ect make it bigger ect community is incredible older mature crowd super friendly an nice only problem with game is it doesnt run well needs update supposed to be getting a update

[𓆚 standardheadache 𓆚]

Originally posted by Surviva 777:

I have another question before I play The Lord Of The Rings Online. Once you've made a character on an account and have set up your class whether that's an elf or a hobbit, is this a pvp game where a player can be a goblin in another part of middle-earth, say, in Moria and kill you if your on the good side for example? If this game is only pvp throughout middle-earth exploration, I don't know if this game is for me. I thought I just wanted to ask that question before I play this game. Also, one last thing, is there violence in this game? If there is blood, how bad is it? And what do you do in this game exactly, how does it all work, any tips and tricks you guys could give me starting out? Thanks!

To expand on previous responses, there was an experimental server open for a while that had open-world PvP, but it hasn't been available in a long time.
Violence is part of the "regular" gameplay loop in the sense that you are defeating servants of the Enemy, including other humans, in combat and killing them to complete quests, farm deeds, gain experience, or acquire loot. Blood is depicted in several icons, and bleeding is a way to apply DoTs, and wounds are a type of status effect. All wounds are only visible on the status bar. Breaking limbs after falling is a temporary status effect represented only in the status bar. The player character is never "killed", but runs out of morale. An ESRB rating is provided on the Steam page for the game.
Interrupts are very important; when an enemy has an orange or green ring around their feet, it means they're about to cast something that is more likely to cause you harm than the average attack. Be sure to also use your status effect cleanse ability. Fellowship maneuvers aren't super-helpful.

[Surviva 777]

Originally posted by ☕️standardheadache☕:

Originally posted by Surviva 777:

I have another question before I play The Lord Of The Rings Online. Once you've made a character on an account and have set up your class whether that's an elf or a hobbit, is this a pvp game where a player can be a goblin in another part of middle-earth, say, in Moria and kill you if your on the good side for example? If this game is only pvp throughout middle-earth exploration, I don't know if this game is for me. I thought I just wanted to ask that question before I play this game. Also, one last thing, is there violence in this game? If there is blood, how bad is it? And what do you do in this game exactly, how does it all work, any tips and tricks you guys could give me starting out? Thanks!

To expand on previous responses, there was an experimental server open for a while that had open-world PvP, but it hasn't been available in a long time.
Violence is part of the "regular" gameplay loop in the sense that you are defeating servants of the Enemy, including other humans, in combat and killing them to complete quests, farm deeds, gain experience, or acquire loot. Blood is depicted in several icons, and bleeding is a way to apply DoTs, and wounds are a type of status effect. All wounds are only visible on the status bar. Breaking limbs after falling is a temporary status effect represented only in the status bar. The player character is never "killed", but runs out of morale. An ESRB rating is provided on the Steam page for the game.
Interrupts are very important; when an enemy has an orange or green ring around their feet, it means they're about to cast something that is more likely to cause you harm than the average attack. Be sure to also use your status effect cleanse ability. Fellowship maneuvers aren't super-helpful.

Thank you for your very helpful information. I didn't get to play it at the time I said "I'll try out the game tomorrow." I saw the opening cut-scene then it immediately went onto the character customisation screen. I didn't know what I'd make my character look like then other problems came irl then my game did something funny. Not sure if it was a crash or a disconnection from the game being afk for too long, have no idea what happened to be honest with you. All I know is that my game wasn't running when I got back to it. It's like something automatically exited the game. Anyways, thank you everyone for all the information and answers you provided for me, really helped me heaps. I'll test the game out properly sometime in future when I don't have too much going on. As my war cry for the game...

FOR MIDDLE-EARTH! AND FOR...ASLAN? lol.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Ye the game auto-closes after you're AFK for 60 to 90min or so.

[Surviva 777]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Ye the game auto-closes after you're AFK for 60 to 90min or so.

Ahh, makes sense.

[emirasllan]

Originally posted by Surviva 777:

I have another question before I play The Lord Of The Rings Online. Once you've made a character on an account and have set up your class whether that's an elf or a hobbit, is this a pvp game where a player can be a goblin in another part of middle-earth, say, in Moria and kill you if your on the good side for example? If this game is only pvp throughout middle-earth exploration, I don't know if this game is for me. I thought I just wanted to ask that question before I play this game. Also, one last thing, is there violence in this game? If there is blood, how bad is it? And what do you do in this game exactly, how does it all work, any tips and tricks you guys could give me starting out? Thanks!

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