User manual CODEMASTERS THE LORD OF THE RINGS ON LINE

[. . . ] Contents Important Health Warning About Playing Video Games Photosensitive Seizures A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people who have no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these "photosensitive epileptic seizures" while watching video games. These seizures may have a variety of symptoms, including lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Seizures may also cause loss of consciousness or convulsions that can lead to injury from falling down or striking nearby objects. [. . . ] Performing quests is the quickest way to advance and obtain good equipment. Epic Quest ­ A flaming ring indicates that the NPC will offer you a quest that is part of the Epic story. These often difficult quests offer valuable rewards and feature well-known characters from Middleearth, such as Gandalf and Strider. Vendor ­ Talk to a vendor NPC to buy, sell and repair items. Trainer ­ Talk to a trainer NPC associated with your class to train new skills after you have advanced a level. Trainer NPCs also sometimes sell class-related items. Buy Click on the Buy tab to show a list of the items for sale from the vendor. To get more information about an item, hover the cursor over it. You can buy a stack of items (typically 50) by selecting the item, pressing s and clicking on the Buy button (which will have changed to Buy Stack). All items you buy appear in your inventory. Buyback Use this tab to repurchase items you may regret having sold to a Vendor. Items will appear in this tab for only a limited time, and if you sold many items, not all of them will be available again. Repairing Items As you adventure and battle certain monsters, your equipment will wear out. Examine an item (hold your cursor over it) to check its worn status, listed as a Durability gauge in the item description. When an item's durability is reduced to 0, the item is broken and you can no longer use it until you repair it. Worn items also show up as an alert on your game window. Use the Repair All button to quickly refurbish your entire outfit. 22 23 Combat You will not be in Middleearth long before you have to prove your worth in combat against enemies or wild creatures. Before you enter combat, make sure you have your best weapon and armour equipped, then target the enemy you wish to fight by clicking on it. (Press t to cycle through Learning to use your skills effectively is the available targets. ) The vitals key to combat success. of the enemy you have targeted appear to the right of yours, and an orange target ring appears around the enemy's feet. rings of white stones found near most settlements). In the first few levels, there is no penalty for retreating. In later levels, retreating causes your abilities to be somewhat impaired for several minutes and may damage your equipment. leVeling up As you complete quests and defeat enemies in Middle-earth, your character gains experience points (XP). Your XP bar at the bottom of the screen shows you how much XP you have, and how much you need to reach your next level. As you level, you gain access to new active and passive skills, your skills become more powerful, your stats increase, and you can use more powerful weapons, armour and other equipment. Each time you level up, you should find a class Trainer to purchase your new skills. ChattinG melee (close-rAnge) comBAt Approach the target and click the large auto-attack button (the circled sword) at the bottom of your screen, or right-click or double-click your target. [. . . ] You may not use the Game and/or related services for illegal activities. Turbine is not responsible for anything you say (text or voice) in-game or in our chat rooms or forums, or for any consequences that arise from what you say. If you break the law, you alone will be responsible for the consequences. Although the Game is a role-playing game, you may not claim "role-playing" in defense of any violation of the Code of Conduct. [. . . ]