Assign a task to each guardian (you must have two, at least): who is going to tank which monsters and who is going to tank adds.
Make them raid assists and have a third one just in case… assign a role tho him/her too
Define the order in which the mobs will be attacked and explain (or check if its the first time) what they do to see how they act.
Tell hunters to not use AoE (rain of arrows, thorsns, etc) since they may get aggro from other mobs. They will laso break some other skills from other members of the group.
Main assists should focus on th targets, failling to do so will distract other members and confuse them about which target to attack
Do a readycheck to see if everybody is on the game at the moment of attacking.
Minstrels can alternate their buffs (two minstrels or more recommended, same as tanks) in each group and can switch groups to do so.
1 Burglar is recommended to trigger FM and add more to the groups
2 hunters are recommended (or more) to finish things faster. Tanking is the main part of the deal but running out of power or dying because everything is effective but slow will not help.
Lore-Masters (2 recommended, too) to keep some dangerous mobs out of the battle (example: the hilmen ladies that heal). SAme as tanks, should be assigned a task.
You can change your character expression by typing the following mood emotes:
mood_angry
mood_apprehensive
mood_calm
mood_confused
mood_fearful
mood_happy
mood_mischevious
mood_sad
mood_sleepy
mood_solemn
mood_surprised
Just click backspace to select the nearest foe.
While in a fellowship you can open your quest book and check other players in the fellowship who have the same quests that you do. Notice the green icons. If you roll over your mouse on each icon you will see the name of the character who has the same quest.
If you can (unless you need the money) save all the scrolls and purple items needed for crafting. At higher levels you will need something crafted and the cost can lower down if you have the recipes. Ask a friend or check the LOTRO Forums about useful items such as Beryl Shards, Ingots, scraps of text and relics.
There are different tools to record videos in-game. One of them is Fraps. You can download it at http://www.fraps.com/
There are two versions: Free (will show Fraps textx) or paid for unlimited options.
Hit F12 to hide the GUI and then hit F11 to take a screenshot
If you are going for a while or for un uncertain amount of time you can give someone else you trust access to manage your house so he / she can pay your unkeep.
There are lots of things to do.
- Finish quests… there are some good ones that give good rewards
- Work on your gear to increase your stats
- Work on traits to raise your stats
- Last two points will help you with both soloing and Monster Play
- Get into a raid and go get some cool stuff for your character.
- Work on traits again
- Work on crafting, housing or any other stuff
- Help friends