Welcome to the Eagles! We’re very glad you decided to become part of our family.
Here are some things we’d like you to know.
Please read our Ethos and Code of Conduct first.
Kinship house
We often meet up at the kinship house before big events. When you first become a member of the kinship you should see a new icon on your toolbar of an arched doorway. Use this to take you to the kinship house. (60 minute cooldown.)
How to access our kin house chests
We have lots of kin house chests!
We have a kin storage in the kin house. New recruits will have to wait until they are members to access (typically 2 weeks).
We ask that you only take what you need. Please don’t take items from our chests to sell or give away to non-Eagles. Thanks!
Kinship chat channel
Click the balloon icon to the left of ‘Say’ in your chat window and a menu will come up. Click on ‘Kinship’ to get into the kinship chat channel.
To chat with your kinship type /k and your message and this will go out only on the kinship channel.
Our kinship alliance partners
We previously established some alliances with other kinships on Arkenstone. Though these kinships are not as active as they once were, we still have friends and join together for activities. Our alliance partners are:
DWELLERS OF THE OLD FOREST
TENACITY FOLK OF MIDDLE EARTH
RANGERS OF THE BLACK WATCH
Chat channels
If you don’t already know about LOTRO user-customized chat channels, you’re in for a treat! In addition to the fixed chat channels (like kinship, fellowship, raid, OOC, and more), LOTRO allows users to set up their own, unique chat channels. These can be open to everyone or password-protected. You can find out more about them on the LOTRO Wiki.
We have an alliance chat channel. When you become a member, as any officer how to join it.
Here are some useful chat-related commands (entered into the “Say” field of the chat panel):
/listchannels [enter] – this command displays the chat channels you’re currently signed into, and indicates which number they’ve been assigned.
/joinchannel name of channel – use this command to join a specific chat channel. Once you join a chat channel, all the chat traffic associated with that channel will start displaying in your chat panel, providing you have filtering set to “on” for that channel number.
/leavechannel name of channel – use this command to leave a specific chat channel.
/chat channel number followed by the space key – use this command to set your chat output to a numbered chat channel. This will allow you to type messages into that chat channel.
/f [space key] – if you are in a fellowship, this command allows you to type in fellowship chat. Only those currently in a fellowship with you will see these messages.
/k [space key] – this command allows you to type in kinship chat. Any member of your kinship who is currently signed in can see these messages.
/ra [space key] – this command allows you to type in raid chat. Only those in your raid will see these messages.
NOTE: New users need to log 3 hours of in-game time before they can join certain channels. That will affect the channels we’ve listed above. Once you’ve been playing the game for 3 hours you’ll be able to join the channels as described here.
Out-of-game voice chat
We highly encourage our members to use our Discord server. Discord is a great communication tool for group activities. Since it’s an out-of-game service, you can stay in touch with your fellow group members when LOTRO’s fellowship/raid chat is not available. In addition, it isn’t uncommon to find other fellowship/raid groups within LOTRO that require the use of a third-party chat service.
Discord connection info is in the kin MOTD. Please ask on the kin channel if you need any help getting set up.