not at all.. provides only bragging rights and personal satisfaction ... i have one guardian with that.. he did not do any crazy stuff.. was just hanging around low level creatures.. and alwiz log off in towns..

Carry stuff mostly. You start collecting lots of stuff as time pass by. Crafting components, cosmetic items, rep items, barter items, house trophies... they grow exponentially as you level up. Some people actually buy a guild house just to get three storage chests.

But if you're a f2p/premium player, it makes sense to grind TPs with your alts too.

If you bought the Legendary Edition, you will be a Premium Member instead of the Free ones, but you wont be VIP. That I know for sure.

Btw.. add me up into your friends list later.. my IGN is "Wujian"

It turns out there are alot more Malaysian high lvl toon in Elendilmil.. wish there are more lvl20s people so I can have leveling up partners

For your first toon, I suggest Explorer. You can mine metal and gather wood to sell in the auction hall (as a premium player, you get 10 slots to use for auction). Crafting resources can sell for a lot, especially in the early tiers. I recalled tin ores with some ridiculous price. In-game money is needed as training is quite expensive. Mounts too are expensive, and you want one ASAP to speed up your questing. You can probably wait much later for a house - it is a vanity project unless you really need the storage space. With money from selling crafting resources, (ore and wood) you can buy good equipment from the auction hall. I do not recommend farming and cooking for beginners. Farming is really boring while cook crafters are overloaded by so many different types of components.

You can probably survive on quest loot till lvl 55+ -- just to remember upgrade them when you get something better. Only when you start doing Moria dungeons, your items become more important. For now get your class traits up as fast as you can. They can make a lot of difference, especially when grouping up for fellowship instances like the Great Barrow.

excerpt from a  forum Q & A :

...I pre-order the Rise of Isengard Legendary Edition

- You gain full and permanent access (regardless of subscription) to the Isengard expansion (full details not yet known)
- You gain full and permanent access (regardless of subscription) to the quests and deeds in the zones in the Isengard expansion
- You gain full and permanent access (regardless of subscription) to the quests and deeds in Trollshaws, Eregion, Moria, Lothlorien and Mirkwood
- You are granted 1000 Turbine Points
- You receive a +25% Monster Kill XP pocket item on all characters, current and future, which lasts until Level 65
- You receive various cosmetic bonuses, 3 horses and a title on all characters, current and future

Get the Legendary ones for the Full Monty..

About your crafting needs.. what do u want? I maybe able to provide you with ore since i'm an explorer.. and the guy that I usually dump my ore to is currently inactive right now.. contact me in game later..

@azizul1975 > any requirements to be in Aurora Australis? I'm still without kin

What the quote meant was.. You Will Get All Trollshaws, Eregion, Moria, Lothlorien and Mirkwood without any other quest pack purchase.. so you will have everything you need to get from lvl 1 to 75.. a good purchase for someone who is just starting Lotro (like me!)

Just send me tell/mail in game mav3rick if u need anything.. I'll try to help with questing and materials

I've yet to reach the Moria and Mirkwood to verify it myself.. but that is what I understand.. buy Legendary, buy everything u need to reach and enjoy Rise of Isen

Ah shucks.. now I'm blushing    I didnt do that for free really.. I expect compensation after this 

Hehe.. for real thou we would need each other's help to get thru the game so we need to help each other..

Mav3rick and me had been talking about how Lotro is the perfect MMO for casual player or gamers with jobs (and family and ++).. The F2P makes it easy to play and not worry about wasting money on subscriptions.. we can just play whenever we want.. go off and on again as we please..

To illustrate how casual I'm taking this.. mav3rick has almost equal me in level even thou I've been playing longer 

IMHO, Lotro is more toward single player experience..  there is no emphasize on getting into a guild.. and the Epic story line makes it almost as a single player RPG.. so far at least..

The gameplay is simpler, not as technical as WoW.. it lacks the sophistication and the thrill of combat in WoW ( I was a rogue - had to go behind enemy, backstab, switch weapon, do vanish, switch weapon, backstab again)..

But.. u cant go wrong with F2P.. This is good enough for me to do some adventuring and quell my MMO gaming needs..

So.. this is an invitation to all casual and mature player looking for a new MMO to call home.. give Lotro a try.. Come to Elendilmil server and add us as friends.. we'll help you out as much as we can..

My IGN is "Wujian" and I'm a Ranger, vocationing as an "Explorer"

Ah.. good news then, Snow's Character Aervenhad took Jewelry making as a profession.. so probably he can make those Polished Opals..

@Gaeryn : I'm thinking "Adventure Inc" or "Lowyat Adventurer" or something with "Adventure" thing in the name.. cause that is what this game is for me.. a great adventure! hehe..

I'm harcore? Haha! Oh, I could use a new weapon mav3rick, but I can only make polished opals on Journeyman, guess I have to hasten up my jewelry then.

Yes, kinship sounds good. I'm up with any names you guys put it.

If you still can't get any by tonight, look for me later tonight in-game. I have some stashed in my vault.

I'll be on either Thurlandros, Roardoc and Ulfi.

Just an observation since the Kinship is still new... Shouldn't it be Adventurers of Eriandor. Else it sounds like there's only one of you

Any particular classes/vocations you are short on? Can roll a char there during my free time