As there was talk on the discord about it, figure put a note here for it. They were by the same company, but fairly certain different now. I have decent experience with the classes and can give advise on them, I would recommend LOTRO more as know the party can have up to 6 people and is open world style exploring and questing. DDO has 4 person parties and 'dungeons' for the quest and a public area where all branch from. For the Free to play stuff Think LOTRO has a bit more as need to double check but considering when I was active playing for a year and was on like Book 4 of 15 in the First Volume? It has a lot available before you need to buy any expansions.
Alex Shaffer, KDE, CGM, QBM, CBM
Captain JG, RMN
Commanding Officer, HMS Ivanhoe
Captain JG, RMN
Commanding Officer, HMS Ivanhoe