Learning LOTRO: Lesson Forty-Eight - Class Poll Discussed

 

In this series, I talk about various aspects of The Lord of the Rings Online. This series is meant for newcomers, but may also help veteran players find more to love about the game.

In February of 2020, I decided I needed to infuse some Lord of the Rings Online content into my blog because it's been my primary MMO for 8 years and there isn't a game I know better. Since the endgame content, raids, trait trees, and annual events all had plenty of coverage, I thought it would be good to get back to basics for the ever-present crop of new players that give the game a try and are left to fend for themselves in a sea of information. I put out a poll asking people to rank their favorite to least favorite classes and said I would cover them in whatever order resulted. As I'm wrapping up a full year of Learning LOTRO, I thought it was a good time to finally discuss those poll results and how it helped to shape the series.

Learning LOTRO: Lesson Twenty-Eight - Captain Class

In this series, I talk about various aspects of The Lord of the Rings Online. This series is meant for newcomers, but may also help veteran players find more to love about the game.

It's time for the seventh class-focused entry in the series! Today we get to talk about the Captain class! For several years, the only race that was able to play this class was Man -- until the Mordor expansion in 2017. With that expansion, we were gifted with a new playable race: the High Elf. The High Elf has the capacity to be a Captain also, and a graceful one at that. So today we will also get our first look in the series at the High Elf race (which must be purchased either as part of the Mordor expansion or from the LOTRO store for 1000 Points).

This is only my third Captain, but I still feel confident in my ability to discuss it. It is a pet class like the Lore-master, but instead of creatures a Captain can summon heralds. (We'll talk about those later on in the entry, so be sure to read to the end!)

Per the established method, the theme this time was "red" and "sky," so I used Welsh to come up with Tanllyd, or literally "fiery." Being a High Elf from the Second Age, she is familiar with war and was one of those who brought it directly to Sauron's doorstep!

The following is a basic summary of the creation process and some of the things you'll encounter when you start out in LOTRO with a Captain and/or High Elf.