http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12302
--- Comment #2 from Brian K brikeener@gmail.com 2008-03-31 08:59:29 --- Lag is always a complaint in online games.
The game is unplayable under Linux for Ubuntu 32 and 64-bit, and Mandriva 32 and 64-bit, using any wine version more recent than 0.9.44 (the earliest I've tried.)
The same physical hardware and network connection is capable of playing the game with no lag under Windows XP, XP64, and Vista 32 and 64 bit.
The linux install was even tried using the physical LOTRO installation folder from the XP 32-bit install, to no avail.
There's no packet loss when I ping and traceroute the physical servers, from any operating system.
The only commonality is that it works without Wine, and it fails to work with Wine.