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Leo wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:09:40 +1000, Nostromo <nos...@forme.org>
> blabbed:
> 
>> Thus spake Ceowulf <noneed@toknow.askifyoudo>, Sat, 11 Jul 2009 23:08:16
>> +0800, Anno Domini:
>>
>>> Leo wrote:
>>>> 	Never played LOTRO personally.  Downloading the free trial
>>>> right now to play over the weekend, assuming comcast doesn't crap out
>>>> yet again and I have an internet connection to play it w/.
>>>>
>>>> 	So I'll probably be playing LOTRO over the weekend, any
>>>> particular server I should try to sign up for?  Any character creation
>>>> pitfalls to avoid?
>>>>
>>>> 	If my internet connection does go out, got a new psp game to
>>>> play while waiting for it to come back on, 'class of heroes', a
>>>> wizardry like game that came out recently.  So Its gonna be a video
>>>> game weekend however you cut it. =>  Though I'm also reading book 7 of
>>>> the malazan empire series (excellent series someone here recommended,
>>>> thank you whoever you were), so I'll probably do a bit of reading as
>>>> well.
>>> Sounds like a relaxing weekend however you look at it :)
>>>
>>> As for the server, I'm not really sure. If you're an Australian I'd 
>>> recommend Elemdilir (or however you spell it) as it seems to be the 
>>> unofficial Oceanic server. It seems rather busy and there's always 
>>> people on, I am really enjoying it.
>>>
>>> Class wise, well it really depends on what sort of game you like 
>>> playing. I've got a Champion, Guardian, Minstrel and Burglar and I enjoy 
>>> the Champion the most.
>>>
>>> No real pitfalls, all the classes are accessible and fun.
>> What he said. I think a hobbit in The Shire is an acquired taste - you may
>> love the many cutesy fedex quests there or hate them. Celondim for the Elves
>> is the prettiest starter area imo with Thorin's Gate for the dwarves my 2nd
>> most fave (I love snow ;). The Breeland area for Men is probably the most
>> central/accessible spot for the game into the late teens & early 20s, so a
>> favourite of many (plus it's the only race that can play a Captain).
>>
>> As far as class goes, depends if you're mainly a soloer or like to group,
>> melee, ranged, CC, AOEs, pets...what do you like Leo? I've actually found a
>> hobbit Burglar one of the most fun solo classes (as much as I find hobbits &
>> The Shire a pain in the rectum), right up there with my absolute favourite
>> pet classes (a Loremaster in LOTRO). Enjoy you lucky bastard - you're in for
>> a treat unless WoW has ruined you for good storytelling & polite, mature,
>> helpful, friendly people...even the strangers. ;)
> 
> 	I'll do the one you guys have suggested.  I'm in the U.S., but
> I work nights, so oceanic peak times tend to match my available play
> times.  Even on a crowded U.S. server, my play times tend to be when
> servers are at their most empty.  MMO's became a lot more viable for
> me when they started adding access to oceanic servers.
> 
> 	Woulda logged in earlier, but my internet connection was out
> (I hate comcast), so I played some more storm of zehir.  (used a
> character editor to de-level my rogue cohort, but she kept her
> experience, so I could immediately re-level her in a manner more to my
> liking than how I found her).  
> 
> 	Now I'll make some pizza while lotro updates to current
> version (installed last night, still have to update).

Ack Leo, you better get some more pizza base bro, that's going to take a 
while.

At ~320Kbs, it took the last part of a day and a good portion of the 
night to update after installing the hi-res version from my dvd's. My 
install went from ~7gb to ~12gb :/

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Ceo-