Comments on: Lotro’s Legendary Item Grind

By: josh

josh — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:40:32 +0000

Depends upon wich class type you wish to be :

for begginers good classes are minstrel,hunter,champ

minstrel-healer
warden-dps/tank ( not good tank )
champ-dps/off tank/tank
runekeeper- dps or healer cant do both at once
Guardian-tank
lore master-nuker/crowd control
burgular- ( not sure not tried one i believe a de-buffer)
captain-buffer

see it was a while back since you posted this late reply i guess how did it go did your wife play it/like the game ?

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By: Brian 'Psychochild' Green

Brian 'Psychochild' Green — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:19:25 +0000

Sheltim, my better half has finally taken an interest in LotRO. I think part of it is the attraction of the setting based on reading the books. Like your better half, mine tasted WoW and didn’t find it all that appealing.

Now, my situation is a bit different since I’m an online game developer. My GF has listened in for many years now, but never really gotten into a game. So, she’s not the total newbie coming in cold.

But, one bit of advice: let her play around a bit, and don’t be afraid to switch to different characters to try them out. My better half started with a Loremaster, but found that to be a bit complex. But, she’s been playing a Captain lately and really enjoying that.

I duo with her with a Champion, and that works really well as a duo; we can take just about anything our level or lower without many problems. Even full group quests fall to our might when they’re green.

Finally, don’t be afraid to step in and help her. When she was playing the newbie area, my GF got stubborn and kept dying against a quest again and again, saying she didn’t need help. Feel free to step in and give a hand if she’s having a hard time.

Have fun playing with your better half. :) I hope she takes to the game, because it’s awesome playing the game with your loved one.

By: Sheltim

Sheltim — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:21:13 +0000

Thanks for all the help, everyone. Now, I just need to get away from work so I can go play with her (as Julian said, mind out of the gutter!)

By: Yeebo

Yeebo — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:11:53 +0000

Geeze, and by @Scott I meant @Suzina…not one of my better days for typing in public.

By: Yeebo

Yeebo — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:10:06 +0000

err, crowd. The crows present little problem.

By: Yeebo

Yeebo — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:09:33 +0000

@Shelt: ahhh! Misunderstood you. Hunter is the most newbie friendly by a wide margin. Followed by Champion.

Technical classess to avoid include Captain, Loremaster, and Burgler. Most classes are sort of middle of the road between those extremes. If she goes hunter, Captain would be a very good duo. You’d have DPS, crow control, healing, buffs, and a tank all in the same party.

By: Moondog548

Moondog548 — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:05:44 +0000

Suz I gotta give this one a big ol’ “meh”. My minstrel’s been tickled to just level the decent LIs he’s got and replace them should he be lucky enough to stumble over something that’s any better. But that’s probably just me being an E and you being an A. C’est la vie.

And yeah, being turned down for a turtle run because of your gear means absolutely nothing whatsoever, ESPECIALLY if you are a Lore-master as the one comment said. It’s a very specific battle that has very specific things that need to happen and a Lore-master’s role is the most specific of all as they said. AND anyone who would turn you down based on gear is just a jerktard who is not at all indicative of anything reasonable ;-P

By: Julian

Julian — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:48:37 +0000

If you’re going to be duoing together heavily (mind out of gutter, please), I’d go with something like maybe Champion/Minstrel, or Guardian/Captain. Heck, when I was playing with my wife (mind out again) we were doing Hunter/Minstrel and it worked pretty well.

By: Sheltim

Sheltim — Sat, 16 May 2009 16:20:10 +0000

I guess I should clarify: I’m certainly going to let her set the pace and the focus of our playtime. What I’m curious about is if any of the classes are particularly more newbie-friendly. For instance, I don’t think she’d enjoy very complicated mechanics, so I’ll probably steer her away from the Champion. I plan on simply picking anything that complements what she chooses (likely a Minstrel from what I’ve heard).