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 Fifteen - Rune-keeper Class Quests

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 us to check back in with our second character, the dwarven rune-keeper Rhewbarf. Our bearded buddy has grown up a bit and has had to face Rune-keeper-specific Class Quests. These quests rely on the unique talents of the Rune-keeper Class and put every Rune-keeper to the test!

Learning LOTRO: Lesson Eight - Rune-keeper Class

In this new 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 second class-focused entry in the series! I created this Rune-keeper not long after Glasbren for the last class entry, so I've had a lot more time to decide what I should cover and what doesn't need rehashing. 

The Rune-keeper class is restricted to Dwarf, Elf, and High Elf. Since I made an Elf last time and High Elf isn't available to everyone, I chose Dwarf for this character. Using my Welsh again, as well as thematic input from my husband and BFF, I focused on the fact that the Dwarf race in LOTRO is of the Longbeard line. I gave him a white-ish beard and thought about all the frost that would collect on so much majestic facial hair. So I took 'barf' for beard, and 'rhew' for frost, and thus was Rhewbarf born! (Isn't that the best name ever?!) He's the one pictured in the header, not to the left.








A note for new players: You'll have to purchase this class or acquire it with the Mines of Moria Expansion. Even VIP players!

Also of note: We had some very nasty weather roll through that delayed progress on this entry. For this reason, I'll be adding jump links post-publishing. Apologies to early readers for any inconvenience!

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 Rune-keeper.