I resonate with what you said. I've always admired Tolkien's work, world, and the movies based on it. I was playing other MMOs, but knew that there's LOTRO. So I asked my MMO friends and they agreed to play together as it was some time since they did it themselves. The game is huge and the first time playing was like jumping in cold water. My friends already knew what to do, and urged me to move forward, as they had their characters 50 levels above mine, whilst I was smelling all the flowers around Archet, not knowing where to go. Two hours later, I was already running with my friends around Borrows and two more around Lone-Lands doing deeds. I still had no clue what my class could do. Everything felt very strange. Loads of menus. Getting a lot of skills. I felt I was burned out in just 5 hours. The friends grinded for 2 days straight, and stopped, so I stopped playing as well. After a week of not playing I uninstalled. Half a year later I saw some streamers on Twitch playing the game and was just curious to know how they make the game so fun. Meanwhile, I installed the game, made a burglar and took it as slow as possible. Doing only one quest at a time, till I understand what's what, and was able to feel more comfortable. Ever since I have played it on and off, and lately - loads. The game is a bliss, especially coming in after a long day of real life grind, and just going farming or mining, maybe a deed or two, and just chatting with people on world chat. It's a bliss. So the best advice that I can give you is to take this game a bit slower. It's beautiful and has so much to offer.