Its been quite a while since I last played LOTRO, not since last summer. Anyways I recently spoke with a friend who showed some interest in playing the game and as we speak he is currently downloading the game. I've told him to join the Riddermark server since that's what I'm on.

But I'm not sure how the population is doing at the lower levels since I don't have the game installed at the moment and haven't played for quite some time. I've heard that it increased with the release of the hobbit but I wanted to clarify. Does anyone know, because I don't want him forming a bad impression as I know the lower level population seems to vary a lot.