Lord of the Rings Online - Preview @ IGN

The Lord of the Rings Online previews are coming thick and fast and the next site in the queue is IGN, covering "monster play PvP, conjunction battles and more":

Turbine's MMORPG is mostly PvE (player versus environment), except for one area located within the game's setting of Eriador. In the Ettenmoors, a large expanse of land dotted with forests and carved with rivers, players get the chance to play as either a monster or hero and battle against each other, as well as complete a number of PvE quests. If you choose to enter the Ettenmoors as a hero by importing your main character, you're going to have to wait until level 40. Playing as a monster, however, can be accomplished much sooner. As soon as you arrive in the town of Bree, you'll find a portal through which you can select a monster type and dive into the PvP realm.