Curious about Lord of the Rings Online? Or maybe you’re looking for an opportunity to start playing again? Or are you already playing and interested in starting an alt? Want to try one of the new Mines of Moria classes? Or do you just want to hang out and goof around with other Qt3s?
Introducing the Laidback Monday Nighters’ Group. Starting Monday, February 16th at 7pm Pacific (here are some specifics for playing with us on Monday night), a handful of us will be meeting with a set of brand new characters. We’ll play for about four hours, give or take, and call it a night. Then we’ll do it again the next Monday. And the next. And the next. A mic is optional, but LOTRO has great voice chat and goofing off is easier if you don’t have to type.
If you want to join us, you only need a Lord of the Rings Online account and client (Mines of Moria expansion not required). You can get a 10-day trial version for free, which will let you play with us twice before having to commit to a paying account.
Sometime over the next week, roll up a character on the Nimrodel server. Any character. Any class, any race. Run through your tutorial or skip it, as you like, and feel free to pick your crafting class. But don’t do any of the starting quests yet beyond the first couple of “Hey, go here and talk to this guy”. Instead, make your way to Michel Delving in The Shire. You can get there from any stable-master near a starting area for the low low cost of one (1) silver piece.
Then, on the 16th, we’ll set out and work our way through The Shire (named by some dude as one of the five virtual places you must visit before you die!).
You don’t have to join us every Monday, and you don’t have to commit. The whole point is that this is a casual group. However, I have two requests:
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Since part of the reason for doing this is getting to hang out with fellow Qt3ers, please name your character something that we can associate with your forum name. For instance, my newly created elven Runekeeper is Chickrond. That’s right, Chickrond.
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Again, since part of the reason for doing this is getting to hang out with fellow Qt3ers, please don’t play your character when we’re not gathered. Our goal is to mostly level together. If you’re out gallivanting about on other nights, you’re just going to have to do the same quests over again when you play with us. No one’s going to be a Nazi about it, but if you want to play LOTRO in earnest (and who could blame you?), don’t think of this as your main character.
And that’s it! Post if you’re interested and let us know the name of your new character when he or she safely arrives at Michel Delving.
-Tom
UPDATES
Click here for instructions on joining us for the evening of the February 23rd.
Click here for instructions on joining us for the evening of March 2nd.
Click here for instructions on joining us for the evening of March 9th.
Click here for instructions on joining us for the evening of March 16th.
Click here for instructions on joining us for the evening of March 23rd.
Click here for instructions on joining us for the evening of March 30th.