Quote Originally Posted by TesalionLortus View Post
Convenience aside, back in 2007 the world was like... VERY tiny. Now a newbie, other than being accustomed to easy zoomable systems from other games, goes to a stablemaster in Bree and is faced with that long list of locations with subregions shown in confusing alphabetical order and has absolutely no clue what any of these names mean in relation to world map and different factions of LOTRO's Middle-earth... so a detailed high res world map that redirects to regional ones in less confusing manner and better stablemaster list (or stablemaster world map) would have been real improvements, also quest tracking across the world map
And to go back to the OP, they were commenting on getting 'stuck' in the original zones, Shire, Bree-land, North Downs etc. I've been playing this game on-and-off for many years and I still am learning things I didn't previously know. This is not meant to be condescending, but I think the OP should watch that video that was linked prior or just take the time to learn some basics of the game such as:

Press the M key for the most immediate map on your area
Press the L key for your Quest Log. Quests are generally grouped by zone with a few exceptions (Class quests, Festival, Missions, etc.)
Right-click a quest in Quest Tracker gives to option to set a that quest as the Quest Guide Focus
Use the Quest Guide Focus, this shows up on your radar and tells you which direction you should be heading
Learn how to use the radar and I would suggest to increase the size of it through options
Right-clicking the radar gives the option to add the 5 nearest quests to the Quest Tracker
Manually discover the next stable-master when you have a quest to go there and your character is of level (the quest will let you know the level)
Be thrifty, never spend MC on stable rides

This is an older MMORPG, but it's not OLD like say EverQuest where you essentially had to guess what to do and where to go