We don't really bit a lot you know So you're welcome. Your top10 rank also needs a boost

As for LotRO, I'm following it on the sidelines after I dropped it due to disgust with the general hack, slay, run the same basic structure quests anywhere as well as the 'Hey, I killed a dragon AND a Balrog today' standard MMO fare, which goes especially badly with my feelings for LoTR.

However, there's lots of good stuff in the game as well, apart from these things, it's not a bad game at all, it's just kinda... MMO normal on all the conventions. I still enjoyed my time there, and could pop in again. However, I'm playing an elf. Yes, can't be changed, nuh uh. But we certainly could interact, he 'likes' dwarves. 

I also know the other Seeds I played LotRO with were dwarves, so.. You might get some immediate takers

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Don't worry about it . There's at least one other person here prone to disappearing spells and it's a small miracle that I've only done it to the Seed community once so far.

I'm not going near LotRO, because I think it would just infuriate me. If I couldn't stand the films, I doubt I can stand walking around in the MMO.

Yesterday, Book 13 was patched into the EU servers. Among other things, it includes the first step of the new "hobby system" - the first part being fishing.
(This is actually one of the reasons I really like LotRO as compared to many other MMOGs: the continued development. It's not as nice as having an actual impact on the world, *sighs longingly* but it means the game isn't half as monotonous as, say WoW.)

It's looking like fun.

Oh, and for those of you who haven't kept up to date and are interested, the first LotRO expansion is to be released this Summer. It includes two new classes and - look away now, Darkhawk - the Mines of Moria.

Bah, this one-year anniversary offer got me off my feet, so I'm officially back in LotRO, I'll blame you, Ahnion, if I don't like it
No worries, anyway, I don't know when I'll get the chance to pop in there, but you can take a look at the Gallery here to see what you should look for

I guess I'll start with fishing in the icy river of Thorin's Hall!

*looks at Ahnion with a raised eyebrow*

You're pretty quick to ascribe views to me

You're largely correct of course, except that in any setting, making it work is the most important. That's really a pretty simple truism, so I can't be opposed to that. It comes before everything else.

But.. Yes, if I meet a dwarf, or an elf, in LotRO, I expect a dwarven/elven greeting, and some understanding of the lore, or I will feel elitistically smug and offended at the same time ;D

Which is the same in any setting - it breaks my immersion when people have not made a little effort in knowing the lore/their person/etc. It's not even hard. Fling off a few standard greetings, learn as you go, read 2 pages of Wiki LotR dwarven lore, and there you have it. Same goes for any other setting.

I'm sure that's what people did in that Holotrek event.. Except that they might already all have been ST experts, hehe.

We're on Laurelin (of course), as it was the only English RP server at start. I'll probably be  online more now that it's Summer!

I should probably say that I've bowed out again for now. At the onset of Summer, real life kind of took over, and after having been logged in for a total of six hours in three weeks, I figured it was time to reevaluate. I may very well be back this Autumn, but right now, there's too much else to do in this arguably less epic but wonderfully textured game-world of Reality(tm).

Endgame sucks though and PvP needs some serious rebalancing.