You are here: Much like the standard side of the game, Monster Players can create guilds and parties to raid upon the Free Peoples of Middle Earth to gain points of control. It does take some time to progress your Monster to a reasonable combative threshhold, but the experience in doing so is one that is made enjoyable.
Deed System and Build
An important part of any MMO is a players ability to build their characters strengths and focus on certain attributes to create a character with special traits. LotRO offers players a brand new way to take on this role and the deed system is your guide. As part of your User Interface, the deeds icon will open up a book listing all maps and worlds you will journey to along the way. Each world, for example: The Shire, The Lone-Lands, has specific "deeds", or goals to achieve that you will unlock.
Deeds in each land can vary from completion of quests, killing a certain number of gobins, or orcs, and even discovering ancient ruins. Once a deed is completed, initial ones will reward players with titles to add to their name, while completing advanced deeds will reward you with "Traits".
Traits are an equipable icon that can be added to your character by visiting a Bard NPC throughout Middle-Earth. Depending on what deed you completed will depend on what trait you can add. Traits vary in stat boosts from Armor increases, wound resist, poison resist, Higher Agility, greater might, and so on. The higher level you achieve, the more traits you can have at once (with a max of 5). The more deeds you complete, the higher the level of each trait.
Traits can be swapped at any time, for a price of course at the bard. This makes it very easy to build your character for upcoming adventures. For instance, if you know you're about to face enemies that will cause wounds and poison frequently; You can swap out your old traits and load up on Wound resistant ones (assuming you have them).
The deed and trait system is an enjoyable experience in LotRO gold, which offers flexability and customization, without the mindless grind. I say mindless grind because most deeds can be easily completed simply by working all the quests you can find.
Crafting
It can't be a MMO without crafting, can it? LotRO, like most standard-depth MMO, has embraced the crafting tradition and this tradition isn't lacking. Players don't just randomly choose three craft traits, but instead, are given a selection of Paths to choose when it comes to their crafting life. As an example, and shown in the image, I chose the path of the "Explorer" which granted my character the ability to Prospect (mining and smelting), Forestry (collection of woods and leather), and Tailoring. Out of the 3 given traits, only one is your primary; In this case of the explorer - Tailor.
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