Several of the LOTRO skirmishes include NPCs that will help you fight, and all of them, of course, include your own ally NPC. You ally gets their own panel in your UI in which you can see their health but other NPCs don't. So, how do you keep track of...

This is such a small hint or tip, but it's worth flagging up in case you just didn't think of it. Hunters can use their tracking skills within Skirimishes, both for named mobs and normal mobs. If you are a Hunter, then good for you, but if you're doing...

The Trouble in Tuckborough Skirmish is one of the first ones you get in LOTRO, and it's a great, well paced skirmish. It's enjoyable, because unlike other skirmishes, you get to control the flow and take a breather when you need some time to regenerate....

If you're playing LOTRO and you launch a Skirmish Join where "Survival - Barrow Downs" is the top Skirmish in the Skirmish Join dialog, you may end up fighting other skirmishes at a harder level than you intended. As a quirk of the system, because...

The tutorial for Skirmishes shows you how to train your first ally, a Soldier, but doesn't make it very clear how to train your ally from there on. Obviously, you talk to the Skirmish Trainer, and it's pretty simple to see that you can spend your Skirmish...

Skirmish camps are pretty easy to spot on the LOTRO map, but it might be useful to have a full list of locations. So far, the locations I know of are: Bree - south of the town gate Rivendell - east of the stablemaster Esteldin - Outside the west...

When you Skirmish, you'll earn Marks (Footman's Mark, Veteran Footman's Mark, First Mark, etc) and sometimes a Bounty. What are they? The Footman's Marks can be traded for Skirmish Marks and therefore used to upgrade your ally. It's not apparent how...

The Mirkwood expansion add the Skirmish feature to Lord of the Rings Online. Even if you haven't bought the Mirkwood expansion, you can take part in Skirmishes, although you are limited to a number of skirmishes per week without the expansion. This is an...