Crafting is useful. I was fortunate to select Explorer (Forester - gathers and processes wood and processes hides/Prospector - gathers and processes metal ores/Tailor - manufactures armor and other sewn goods) for my first char. With the ability t…
One other observation - Mines will also introduce two new charachter types into LotRO - the Runekeeper (a new magic-user type) and the Warden (a new fighter type). That means there will be a wave of new chars running about trying to level up. Othe…
The Mines package includes the whole game. The original, Shadows of Angmar, is a complete game in itself and does not include Mines. The Mines package includes Shadows, plus some extra in-game items (not necessarily highly valuable, but the pets c…