Lord of the Rings Online (Shadows of Angmar) - General Discussion - Page 14

yanman · 12th July 2007, 9:32 AM

I'm loving it now that my main character (Dwarf Guardian / Armourer) has reached 30

I've been having great fun in the Lone Lands and now North Downs, perfecting my abilities to tank as many foes as possible

Teaming up with a champ works amazingly.. I grab all the agro and do AoE damage to keep it, while the champ blurrs around chopping into them. Great fun =D

Best moments so far:
- crafting my first set of heavy armour at level 15 (the min) which was the critical success version (need clean bargest tails and mastery of apprentice level to do it) of the heavy bronze ( called hardened bronze). the stats on them were crazy compared to what i had been using and I kept many of them till level 20s!
- doing the Great Barrows quests with a random group of ppl who just happened to be awesome and all pulled their weight

we had two minsterals, a champ (who with me did all the tanking), a LM and a hunter. Noone was so high a level that it was too easy and we almost wiped on a few occasions. Once we took down Samrog it was a real shame that it was all over

- power questing with a champ in ND

- finding i could sell my dwarf iron ingots on the auction house and buy back 7 x the amount in rich iron =D made 7g after all that

yanman · 12th July 2007, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by the-enigma

This game is soo tempting. If I had a windows partition somewhere that I could use to install+update, I'd buy it, but I can't justify buying a whole OS just for one game.

You can apparently play it without windows according to this thread

Raptor_Eye · 12th July 2007, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by adammm81

Yep I'm still going too - Gigipi on Elendir in ToG, level 28.

I'm enjoying it a lot more than WoW too - I don't know specifically why, maybe because it feels like less of a grind (apart from the 20th quest to go kill boars)

Should be playing it for a while still! Looking forward to level 35 and a horse... have 2g already!

hehe indeed all the boar/wolf/bear quests tend to feel a lot like WoW but some of the other quests are awesome, just did that Troll quest in the LL, extremely fun, especially because i fellowed with some kinsman.

Yet to get into Monster Play but the Kinship is having a Monster Play Night on Friday i think it was, will have to try again.

And as champ, well not being a hunter it kinda sucks when you don't have a mount, so I'm looking forward to lvl 35 as well, ironically i have about 2g already as well, just dinged lvl 27 as well, so getting there

Raptor_Eye · 12th July 2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by yanman

- doing the Great Barrows quests with a random group of ppl who just happened to be awesome and all pulled their weight

we had two minsterals, a champ (who with me did all the tanking), a LM and a hunter. Noone was so high a level that it was too easy and we almost wiped on a few occasions. Once we took down Samrog it was a real shame that it was all over

i remember doing a GB run with exactly the same classes, and we went all the way through, lol could of it been me and you that where the gaurdians and champs?

unlikely but still whats your in-game name?

Raptor_Eye · 12th July 2007, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by yanman

You can apparently play it without windows according to this thread

indeed one of my friends in lotr are running it on ubuntu and he says it actually runs better then under windows, but then he is running a really old computer so whether it would be better on a new PC is a different story.

yanman · 12th July 2007, 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Raptor_Eye

i remember doing a GB run with exactly the same classes, and we went all the way through, lol could of it been me and you that where the gaurdians and champs?

unlikely but still whats your in-game name?

Juuso is my dwarf/guardian, the other alts are Eero (Human/Hunter), Terje (Hobbit/Burglar), and Aira (Elf/LM). I think i was level 21 or 22 at the time, the champ was 26, there were a few in the teens, can't remember the rest

the-enigma · 12th July 2007, 1:51 PM

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Originally Posted by yanman

You can apparently play it without windows according to this thread

I actually follow a similar thread quite closely ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=386480&page=40 ). However, that only goes for "running" the game. I still need access to a Windows install to actually install the game, as well as update. And I literally have zero Windows machines in my house.

the-enigma · 15th July 2007, 9:20 AM

Ok, I'm going to splurge out on a new laptop, and that'll give me the copy of Windows required to install+update Lotro. The MS tax is good for something at least.
Can anyone give me an idea of how well it will run, on the following:

1.66GHz, 2MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB Core2Duo
2GB dual channel DDR2 RAM
GeForce 8400 GS w/ 128MB dedicated RAM

It'll be running at 1280x800, and I just want to know whether it'll be playable. I don't need great FPS, anything 30+ would be awesome.

Then there's my main rig, a 3500+ with 2GB and a 6600GT with 128MB, running at 1280x1024. I've read that this should be fine though, I'm more curious with the 8400 as it's a GeForce2Go.

yanman · 15th July 2007, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by the-enigma

(snip)

you'll be fine with that laptop at that res and it'll be more than 30fps on standard settings

Raptor_Eye · 15th July 2007, 12:03 PM

indeed medium textures maybe with the shadows at low, lighting at low etc, i mean my system in sig cant even run the game at max(even with aa and af off)

yanman · 15th July 2007, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor_Eye

indeed medium textures maybe with the shadows at low, lighting at low etc, i mean my system in sig cant even run the game at max(even with aa and af off)

my system chugs a bit at ultra high with 4x AA 16xAF but it's definitely playable. that's in 1920x1200

the-enigma · 15th July 2007, 12:41 PM

Yeah the 1280x800 res might make a difference. Ah well, I'll get the laptop then LOTRO and see how we go

Raptor_Eye · 15th July 2007, 12:43 PM

i think it may be the amount of video ram i have becuase if i leave the textures at high and turn everything else up it runs fine, but as soon as i turn the textures up to max, it chops about etc

hmm ah well i may have to upgrade my video card soon it seems

but then i only got this thing 2 months ago....

and i run the game at 1280x1024

mezla · 17th July 2007, 2:41 PM

I really want to have a look at this, but I paused the download at 40% because I ran aground on the Buddy key sandbar. ...so...

Does anyone have a Buddy Key the can spare me? PM if you do

Jm3 · 17th July 2007, 5:04 PM

Will be grabbing this game during the week. Can't wait!

Any advice for a noob?

15th July 2007, 9:20 AM	#203
the-enigma Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BrisVegas Posts: 1,734	Ok, I'm going to splurge out on a new laptop, and that'll give me the copy of Windows required to install+update Lotro. The MS tax is good for something at least. Can anyone give me an idea of how well it will run, on the following: 1.66GHz, 2MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB Core2Duo 2GB dual channel DDR2 RAM GeForce 8400 GS w/ 128MB dedicated RAM It'll be running at 1280x800, and I just want to know whether it'll be playable. I don't need great FPS, anything 30+ would be awesome. Then there's my main rig, a 3500+ with 2GB and a 6600GT with 128MB, running at 1280x1024. I've read that this should be fine though, I'm more curious with the 8400 as it's a GeForce2Go. __________________ Official Talleh Fan Club Member #1 Official Biatch Fan Club Member #1

15th July 2007, 12:03 PM	#205
Raptor_Eye Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bathurst NSW Posts: 2,094	indeed medium textures maybe with the shadows at low, lighting at low etc, i mean my system in sig cant even run the game at max(even with aa and af off) __________________ Main PC: Core i7 3770k @ Stock (CM TPC 812)-ASUS P8Z77-V PRO-16GB Corsair Vengeance LP-GTX 580 3GB Phantom-Crucial M4 256gb, 600GB WD VelociRaptor, 640GB WD Black, 2TB WD GP, 3TB WD GP-Silverstone Strider 850W Gold-Silverstone FT02B-Dell U2711 & AOC 210V-Auzentech X-Fi Prelude-Audio Technica A900-Logitech Z-5500-Razer DeathAdder Black Edition-Microsoft Reclusa

15th July 2007, 12:41 PM	#207
the-enigma Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: BrisVegas Posts: 1,734	Yeah the 1280x800 res might make a difference. Ah well, I'll get the laptop then LOTRO and see how we go __________________ Official Talleh Fan Club Member #1 Official Biatch Fan Club Member #1

15th July 2007, 12:43 PM	#208
Raptor_Eye Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Bathurst NSW Posts: 2,094	i think it may be the amount of video ram i have becuase if i leave the textures at high and turn everything else up it runs fine, but as soon as i turn the textures up to max, it chops about etc hmm ah well i may have to upgrade my video card soon it seems but then i only got this thing 2 months ago.... and i run the game at 1280x1024 __________________ Main PC: Core i7 3770k @ Stock (CM TPC 812)-ASUS P8Z77-V PRO-16GB Corsair Vengeance LP-GTX 580 3GB Phantom-Crucial M4 256gb, 600GB WD VelociRaptor, 640GB WD Black, 2TB WD GP, 3TB WD GP-Silverstone Strider 850W Gold-Silverstone FT02B-Dell U2711 & AOC 210V-Auzentech X-Fi Prelude-Audio Technica A900-Logitech Z-5500-Razer DeathAdder Black Edition-Microsoft Reclusa

17th July 2007, 2:41 PM	#209
mezla Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canberra (City) Posts: 483	Buddy Key I really want to have a look at this, but I paused the download at 40% because I ran aground on the Buddy key sandbar. ...so... Does anyone have a Buddy Key the can spare me? PM if you do __________________ Religion is the lobotomy of the masses.

12th July 2007, 9:32 AM	#196
yanman Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hobart Posts: 5,747	I'm loving it now that my main character (Dwarf Guardian / Armourer) has reached 30 I've been having great fun in the Lone Lands and now North Downs, perfecting my abilities to tank as many foes as possible Teaming up with a champ works amazingly.. I grab all the agro and do AoE damage to keep it, while the champ blurrs around chopping into them. Great fun =D Best moments so far: - crafting my first set of heavy armour at level 15 (the min) which was the critical success version (need clean bargest tails and mastery of apprentice level to do it) of the heavy bronze ( called hardened bronze). the stats on them were crazy compared to what i had been using and I kept many of them till level 20s! - doing the Great Barrows quests with a random group of ppl who just happened to be awesome and all pulled their weight we had two minsterals, a champ (who with me did all the tanking), a LM and a hunter. Noone was so high a level that it was too easy and we almost wiped on a few occasions. Once we took down Samrog it was a real shame that it was all over - power questing with a champ in ND - finding i could sell my dwarf iron ingots on the auction house and buy back 7 x the amount in rich iron =D made 7g after all that

17th July 2007, 5:04 PM	#210
Jm3 (Banned or Deleted) Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Darwin, NT Posts: 525	Will be grabbing this game during the week. Can't wait! Any advice for a noob?