An Idea Of Gameplay

For those that have never played an MMORPG - much less Lord of the Rings Online (LotRO for short) - let me give you some photo examples of what it looks like for an in-game battle. I snapped these photos quickly just for the reason of showing off an in-game battle or fight. This is nothing fancy nor is this a "big battle" - these are "out in the field" type of battle shots.  Some of the photos I toggled off the UI (user interface) to get a good area shot and left the UI on in some photos so one can see what it looks like during gameplay.

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Riddermark server: Here's my elf Champion Taure in battle with an orc: 

UI toggled off. Taure is The Lone-Lands across the road from 

Ost Guruth in a heated battle with an orc.

UI togged on. Taure is fighting the same orc but I have the UI toggled on

to show you a LotRO player view of the battle. I did turn the camera

sideways to show Taure & the orc more clearly.

This is elf champion Taure in battle with a spider in The Lone-Lands. 

That is Ost Guruth in the background. The UI is togged off to get 

a clear view of the battle and I turned the camera towards Taure so 

one can see a player in battle from the front view.

Riddermark server: Here is my elf Runekeeper Shanyar in battle with orcs:

Shanyar in battle with orcs not far from Weathertop in The Lone-Lands.

Two orcs - one Runekeeper a fun battle to win! UI toggled on. Camera

angle slightly turned for a view of both orcs.

One orc down, one to go! Love the lightening! UI toggled on. Camera

angled sideways for a better view.

Two more orcs on their way! UI toggled off. This is a back view of

Shanyar and a fairly good idea of what a LotRO player sees.

Crickhollow server: Here is my hobbit Warden Bontao in battle with a Rauta-Lehma hunter:

Bontao in The North Downs doing battle with a Rauta-Lehma hunter,

one of the Earthkin. UI toggled on. This is the angle a LotRO player

sees normally when playing.

 The hunter is up-close and personal now. The Earthkin are

giants and being a hobbit they are truly enormous to us. This photo

give you a good idea of the size differences. Check out his spear! 

UI toggled on.

Bontao is about to finish this guy off. Who says size matters? 

UI toggled on and camera turned for a better view.

Crickhollow server: Here is my dwarf Guardian Lyoin in battle with a warg:

 Lyoin in battle with a dire warg. These guys will claw, bite and their howl

will put a fear into you. Lyoin is up for the battle. UI on & camera

turned for a view of the fight.

Lyoin is just about to finish him off. This warg is no match

for my dwarf guardian.

 

 Lyoin has finished him off & unlocked a new deed: Warg Slayer

for The North Downs. I think this dwarf is ready to take that challenge.

UI on and camera still angled to get a better view.

 Crickhollow server: Here is my hobbit Burglar Hoppii in battle with a wildcat:

Hoppii is "sneaking" up on the wildcat. Will he see her first?

One of the advantages of being a burglar is the fact you can sneak up

on your foe. She appears "invisible".

Hoppii in battle with the wildcat. Burglars are tougher

than one may expect. They also have lots of 

"tricks" up their sleeve and are willing to "take a gamble".

 Hoppii is going in for the kill. This wildcat is not a match for a

hobbit burglar. Bilbo would be proud of this adventurous and 

heroic hobbit.

 

This is just a few example photos of what is it like to be a LotRO player and what it looks like inside the game. As I mentioned above, I quickly snapped these photos by in-game screenshot just to "show off" some LotRO style gameplay.

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