The Lord of the Rings Online Preview
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The gameplay mechanics will be instantly familiar to any MMO players. Skills line-up in a bar on the bottom of the screen and can be used to present advantages to the player both in and out of combat. As a champion class character, our elf was all about dealing damage as quickly as possible. Champions have a value similar to WoW's warrior rage that needs to build up through the use of other skills before some of the more powerful abilities can be used. Other skills in the champion's arsenal include some attacks that can do damage to multiple enemies within melee range. Seeing as we only were able to get to level 7, the combat was still pretty simple at this stage.
