What armor should I wear as a Champion?

[Khajiit]

I started the game, and it's been a long time since I last played an MMO. My guess is I go withtthe medium armor, but I'm not sure. A quick google search made me conclude it depends on my level (I think I read I go with heavy after level 15, if I'm not mistaken).
I'd appreciate a general beginner's guide for champions but I want it as simple as it can be, I'm taking it slowly here!

[MMOGamer71]

See here:
http://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Champion

[Khajiit]

So... heavy?

[oreyos]

You wear the heaviest armour you can.
You will want vitality and/or might as stats on it.

[Khajiit]

Thanks. What about weapons? Should I carry a sword and a dagger, two daggers or two swords? For now they both have the same dps but I don't think it's gonna be like it the whole time.

[Khajiit]

I didn't even know there are two-handed weapons. I was reffering to one-handed swords and daggers :P

[Ape-tier Buffoonery]

Any one handed weapon can be dual wielded with another (Barring Spears as they are main hand only)

As far as dps goes they will relatively have the same if they're the same level give or take.
Weapon choice usually comes down to what you personally like the look of, or your race's bonus weapon damage. Since you're a champion this means: Humans get +5% bonus with 1h/2h Swords, Elves give +5% bonus with 1h swords and Dwarves get +5% bonus with 1h/2h Axes. (For future information Hobbits get +5% bonus with clubs but Hobbits can't be Champions, niether can Beorning's I guess who also get club bonus)

So if you're playing an Elf or Human dual wielding/using swords would be optimal. If you rolled a Dwarf then dual wielding/using axes would be best.

Some classes also get weapon bonuses like Burgulars with Daggers or Wardens with Spears/Swords so there's that too, but I think Champion doesn't get increased weapon proficiency so can weild any weapon equally well.

[Khajiit]

Thanks for the answer. I have (at least) two more questions, but I'm not sure if I should ask them here. Is there a topic for questions like this in order to avoid creating one only to ask my own?

[oreyos]

Originally posted by TheCh0senOne™:

Thanks for the answer. I have (at least) two more questions, but I'm not sure if I should ask them here. Is there a topic for questions like this in order to avoid creating one only to ask my own?

No, the forum is for asking questions :-)
If they're not related to the champion, then perhaps a new topic is in order, so others might find the questions/answers.

[Ape-tier Buffoonery]

The best choice of action would be to search your questions incase they have already been answered.

After that I guess you could make a new thread as oreyos pointed out. In the grand scheme of things I don't think this forum is too actively moderated and if it was I doubt you'd get in trouble for changing the topic of the thread to your new questions, they more worry about flame wars and trolls etc.

[Khajiit]

Okay, then. I'll make one last question for now: Where the heck is the Heavy Armoursmith? Does he have a different name? I can't find him.

[Ape-tier Buffoonery]

Yeah you probably wont find one right away (I believe you choose Human as your race since there's none in Archet or Combe afaik) There's a Heavy Armoursmith in Bree town but honestly if you just do your quests and pick the heavy armour choices you'll have waaay better gear than what you would get buying from an NPC. Since NPC gear doesn't have +stats or anything on it.

[Khajiit]

Too bad, because I kept choosing medium armor until someone answered here. I guess I'll create a new character and star over. I'm an Elf, btw.

[oreyos]

Originally posted by TheCh0senOne™:

Too bad, because I kept choosing medium armor until someone answered here. I guess I'll create a new character and star over. I'm an Elf, btw.

If you join a kinship, you can ask if there is an armourer (who can make heavy armour & shields) who can make you some nice armour. (And a weaponsmith to make you 2 decent swords as well).

You can even try it on one of the chat channels, but it depends on the server (and time of day) if you get a sane answer back there...

If you tell us which server you're on, you might be lucky and one of us can make you some gear :-)

[Ape-tier Buffoonery]

Oh my mistake then. There should be a Heavy Armoursmith in Thorin's Hall. I'm surprised there's not one in Celondim or Duillond. I think Gondamon has one maybe..

Edit: Also while yes you could start over, you honestly really only keep the same piece of gear for 5 or so levels max before you find a new piece that will be better. And once you hit level 20 you can start buying gear from skirmish camps. So don't feel like you ruined your entire experience because you made a mistake now while you're in a low level. It wont have any real effect honestly.

Originally posted by oreyos:

Originally posted by TheCh0senOne™:

Too bad, because I kept choosing medium armor until someone answered here. I guess I'll create a new character and star over. I'm an Elf, btw.

If you join a kinship, you can ask if there is an armourer (who can make heavy armour & shields) who can make you some nice armour. (And a weaponsmith to make you 2 decent swords as well).

You can even try it on one of the chat channels, but it depends on the server (and time of day) if you get a sane answer back there...

If you tell us which server you're on, you might be lucky and one of us can make you some gear :-)

This is all very solid advice.

[Khajiit]

Originally posted by oreyos:

Originally posted by TheCh0senOne™:

Too bad, because I kept choosing medium armor until someone answered here. I guess I'll create a new character and star over. I'm an Elf, btw.

If you join a kinship, you can ask if there is an armourer (who can make heavy armour & shields) who can make you some nice armour. (And a weaponsmith to make you 2 decent swords as well).

You can even try it on one of the chat channels, but it depends on the server (and time of day) if you get a sane answer back there...

If you tell us which server you're on, you might be lucky and one of us can make you some gear :-)

That would be sweet. But the "problem" is, I play for fun whenever I have time. I haven't played the game for 2 days now (mainly because I had some connection problems, but also because I was not in the mood), so I would prefer if I could play solo as much as I can, unless there are kinships (I guessed that's the name of a "clan" in this game, right?) that don't care about being active.
In any case thank you all for your advice! Most of my posts on community hubs end up unanswered.

Edit: I play on Evernight, by the way.