Each game I’ve played has had some way to consider (or con) your strength against a monster’s strength. The most popular way to do that these days is for the name of the monster in question to be color coded to give you a quick general idea of how tough they would be for you to defeat them.
I love this function as someone who sometimes attacks things simply because it’s there. It’s easier for me to stop myself it I notice the enemy is a red con to me.
LOTRO’s color system is as follows:
| Gray | Enemy is 9 or more levels below you |
| Green | Enemy is 6-8 levels below you |
| Light Blue | Enemy is 3-5 levels below you |
| Blue | Enemy is 1-2 levels below you |
| White | Enemy is the same level as you |
| Yellow | Enemy is 1-2 levels above you |
| Orange | Enemy is 3-4 levels above you |
| Red | Enemy is 5-7 levels above you |
| Purple | Enemy is 8 or more levels above you |
You can’t judge an enemy on pure color (or levels) alone. Each enemy also has a rank. The higher the rank, the more difficult the enemy is. An enemy’s rank is displayed by the ring around it’s portrait.
The enemy ranks are from weakest to strongest:
- Swarm: Green Ring
- Neutral: Blue Ring
- Signature: Orange Ring
- Elite: Orange Ring with an Eye of Sauron
- Elite Master: Looks like Elite with 4 spikes
- Nemesis: Looks like Elite with 6 spikes
- Arch-Nemesis: Looks like Elite with a flaming eye
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