Lord of the Rings Online: Lifetime Subscriptions

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Codemasters Online Gaming has announced that they are offering European players the opportunity to purchase life time subscriptions to Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.

Codemasters Online are very excited to announce that both new and current subscribers to The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar now have the opportunity to purchase a lifetime subscription to the game for only £149.99 (inc VAT) (219.99€).

For just £149.99 (219.99€) players can adventure through Middle-earth without having to worry about paying a monthly fee ever again! The lifetime membership option is now available for selection within the Codemasters Online Player Account System located here.

For more information, please visit the following forum post which has instructions on how to set up your lifetime membership payment.

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See you in Middle-earth folks!

Read more here.

nightbird305

Yeah so much for the being one of the founding lifetime members. Damnit Turbine is really screwing with their offers, I have to say the Collectors Edition ( which i got because of the lifetime membership) was a major let down aswell. And now this, you know the main reason I got the CE of lotro was because the lifetime membership came with it in the box and it was my understanding that you couldnt get it after the game was released. bah

Kremlik

FYI this is ALL Codemasters doing not Turbine's as CM are handling all the EU cash over our end, although I was going for a life membership anyway it's a big kick in the face for all those in the beta cuz what we actally get out  of it now? a priity cloak and those few extra days.. It least lifetime gave us a feeling of a bigger 'thanks' than those..

Also it's a REALLY bad idea to do lifetime for everyone as they'll get a mass injection of cash sure but after 10 months (est gametime paid) that will drop like a stone if most still playing are in fact LT members whats gonna fund the CM side then?

Mrbloodworth

I didnt think the original offer was offerd to europe, so why are you bitching?

Moriwenne

This is a no brainer really. Why not do it? Why not offer this? For it to pay off you have to play a game for over 2 years. Who the hell knows what they'll be playing in 2 years time? This could be a bad move for WOW only and even with that game, i don't know. Oh and they can keep making money from expansion packs which you will have to buy anyway. Who the hell spends 290$ + 50$ and commits to playing a game for 2 years? The best move was the low monthly fee but the american version was much better than the european version because codemasters screwed us over. My previous xp with them and archlord showed me that too.

This will only appeal to the biggest of fans no one else. Personally I know how mmorpgs take you away from your real life that's why I commit to playing and having fun for 3-6months and then move on. Two years, good god.

PS: "Here you go, 340$ so I can play your game, thank you for this opportunity Mrs Turbine and Codemasters."

Kremlik

Originally posted by Mrbloodworth

I didnt think the original offer was offerd to europe, so why are you bitching?

Lifetime WAS offered to the EU players as well (same with the 6 months discount), the only big diffrence between the EU/US beta/post launch was

US - was unlimited access but limited to a level 15 cap

EU - Limited to keys  (via FP (subs at one point) and comps from EU sites but no cap

Point being ethier way is that if you bought somthing that was sold to you as a 'limited time offer' and then find out that it's no longer a 'limited' offer it is kinda annoying and misleading

makii

those that really dont care gona buy that. But every normal player woulndt even touch that.



Remember: if u pay taht u got like 2y subs, what means nothing ells that u wasted your money, almost noone in this world play the same game day by day or weeke by week for 2 years!

and then there already new games out, with much better graphic, can u stand taht hype? never! so this si really just for hardcore fans!

I personnally couldnt play this game, no pvp, just pve is getting REALLY fast boring, anway, my opinion.

ste2000

Originally posted by makii

those that really dont care gona buy that. But every normal player woulndt even touch that.



Remember: if u pay taht u got like 2y subs, what means nothing ells that u wasted your money, almost noone in this world play the same game day by day or weeke by week for 2 years!

and then there already new games out, with much better graphic, can u stand taht hype? never! so this si really just for hardcore fans!

I personnally couldnt play this game, no pvp, just pve is getting REALLY fast boring, anway, my opinion.

I agree

Don't be fooled into thinking this is good value for money.

Codemasters know that the majority of people will get bored within 1 year and people will try other games. Maybe people will come back like usually happens in WoW, but LOTRO is not WoW.

They are just trying to squeeze as much money as possible from the initial enthusiasm frenzy before all the euphoria cool down.



Just keep paying your monthly fee guys, don't be tempted by this marketing gimmick.

JonMichael

Originally posted by ste2000

Originally posted by makii

those that really dont care gona buy that. But every normal player woulndt even touch that.



Remember: if u pay taht u got like 2y subs, what means nothing ells that u wasted your money, almost noone in this world play the same game day by day or weeke by week for 2 years!

and then there already new games out, with much better graphic, can u stand taht hype? never! so this si really just for hardcore fans!

I personnally couldnt play this game, no pvp, just pve is getting REALLY fast boring, anway, my opinion.

I agree

Don't be fooled into thinking this is good value for money.

Codemasters know that the majority of people will get bored within 1 year and people will try other games. Maybe people will come back like usually happens in WoW, but LOTRO is not WoW.

They are just trying to squeeze as much money as possible from the initial enthusiasm frenzy before all the euphoria cool down.



Just keep paying your monthly fee guys, don't be tempted by this marketing gimmick.

It's a good deal!

With the way Turbine is/will be pushing out content, it will be easy to play the game for over a year.

Remember.. this isn't Blizzard or SOE where content only comes out every once in a while.  Turbine will be keeping us quite busy.

mindmeld

usually play a good mmo for about 2years minimum.



Its a good deal imo some people will use the deal others will not.

docminus

well, i do intent to play lotro for more than 6 months - especially once housing is out. heck, in ultima online i meet people who played for 4,5, 6 years! now that would definetly be worth the liftetime membership. which i have from the pre-order, and now somehow feel screwed as in nothing special.... i just hope it wasn't a desperate move because of already dropping subscriptions....

Celestian

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Originally posted by nightbird305
Yeah so much for the being one of the founding lifetime members. Damnit Turbine is really screwing with their offers, I have to say the Collectors Edition ( which i got because of the lifetime membership) was a major let down aswell. And now this, you know the main reason I got the CE of lotro was because the lifetime membership came with it in the box and it was my understanding that you couldnt get it after the game was released. bah

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Wow why do you freaking care? You didn't need a CE to get it, all you had to do was pre-order the game. Why would they NOT offer it to other players it the product sold well. Why do you not want other players to do the same thing?

So they found something that sold well and decided to sell more of it. Geeze it doesn't affect you one darn bit.

nightbird305

Originally posted by Celestian


 

Originally posted by nightbird305

Yeah so much for the being one of the founding lifetime members. Damnit Turbine is really screwing with their offers, I have to say the Collectors Edition ( which i got because of the lifetime membership) was a major let down aswell. And now this, you know the main reason I got the CE of lotro was because the lifetime membership came with it in the box and it was my understanding that you couldnt get it after the game was released. bah

 

Wow why do you freaking care? You didn't need a CE to get it, all you had to do was pre-order the game. Why would they NOT offer it to other players it the product sold well. Why do you not want other players to do the same thing?

So they found something that sold well and decided to sell more of it. Geeze it doesn't affect you one darn bit.

I bought the CE from my local store so that I wouldn't have to buy the lifetime sub online, but thats not the point. The point is it said that the lifetime sub was something unique and only for preorders / CE'ers, which is something that encouraged me to buy it when I did. In other words, it was a part of their special offer which they decided to remove. Now why did I mention the CE? Well because they changed the contents of the package, AFTER people had ordered it. I'm not gonna go into it, and don't get me wrong I love lotro, but so much for being unique and getting special offers for being a founder. ( and no, the preorder cloak does not count, sucks imo).

montin

For a company to make this type of offer they will have done a business projection on subscription durations of player and concluded that a very small number of people will actually benefit from such an offer. And that in most cases players will drop out of the game prior to spending that amount on monthly subscription fees. Which all in all doesn't say much for the long term playability of the game. Such an offer really only benefits the company and a tiny minority of players.



However for those people that really love it and will keep playing for years and there will be a few of you. Then it's a decent enough deal. But for the other 90% (at least) of people, I suggest just keep paying your monthly amount.

poopypoowu

I really wouldn't spend this much money on a game for lifetime. You'll only be playing this game tops for another couple of months before the new MMos comes out, heck, you might even quit when you reach lvl50.

I'll just keep paying monthly to see how it goes, and if your really into it, go ahead, but remember this

 

Will you be enjoying this game for the price worth?

Trevorion

I am a European CE owber myseld and indeed I understand the dissapointment of certain people at feeling let down cause they are not so unique as they where promised to be.  The CE items themselves where quite poor compared to competition CE sets, thus the uniqueness of lifetime membership was a major driving force.  On careful evaluation of this offer it rings a deathbell.  For marketing to opt for such a move it means that LOTR sales are not going as good as projected and thus they feel the need to make as much cash as possible out of it before it all sinks.  On the positive side the more lifetime members the more guarantee of finding someone to play with later on in the years when newer games would have erased memories of LotRO.

poopypoowu

either way, it all ends up to the community if LOTRO even will exist in a year or 3

Nasa

The way you feel betrayed reminds me of what I felt when SOE made Jump to Lightspeed a free expansion for SWG as I had payed for it and later on they made the basic product free if you downloaded it. I feel sorry for those that buy the lifetime sub if Turbine makes a big change for the game that the player didnt ask for and dont like, as SOE did in SWG with NGE.

Orphes

Originally posted by nightbird305

Yeah so much for the being one of the founding lifetime members. Damnit Turbine is really screwing with their offers, I have to say the Collectors Edition ( which i got because of the lifetime membership) was a major let down aswell. And now this, you know the main reason I got the CE of lotro was because the lifetime membership came with it in the box and it was my understanding that you couldnt get it after the game was released. bah

For your founder lifetime sub did you pay 199£ or 99£ ?

What I recall was that the founder could buy their lifetime sub for 99£ this while other would get their for 199£ in which (if I remember correct before) they now instead will get for 149£.

This being in Europe.

beauxaj

The one thing I do like about the lifetime sub is the "come back" appeal, how many games have you played, left and come back to? I've done it myself about 4 times with 4 different games, With the lifetime, there will be no hassle to go back to middle earth for a visit a year or two down the road if the next round of MMOs dissapoint.  Who knows, the lifetime sub may become a new standard in subscription based MMOs if it works out.  

Drakaran

LotR has a tough sell. While I played it during beta, the more I played it, the more I thought of the mmorg I'd left, and between the cost of buying LotR and just paying the monthly fee for the other made me decide to retry the old game. After all, there is not a whole lot of uniqueness to this game, and I'd wager people that come to this game from others will find themselves thinking similar things. I agree that it's not a good sign that they are lowering the lifetime membership as it's about the same to get it as to pay for a full year of play. If a lot of people do this and wind up staying, they are going to be hurting after the first year. If they are saying they are cashing in as they don't think players will last even a year of play, such lack of faith in their own game speaks volumes.

DrowNoble

This does seem kinda cheap of them to originally say you have to pre-order to get these benefits, then not long after launch they offer it to everyone.

*shrugs*

Does not affect me personally, I beta tested it for a while and thought game was just "OK".  Course last few weeks of beta they couldn't fix that annoying bug where servers would always appear closed to me probably also affected my decision not to buy it. 

tinywulf

For as many people that whine and complain about the founding status, how many I am sure whined and complained about not being able to get lifetime etc subs after release.



Can't make everyone happy, and the forums on this website are one of the best examples on the internet.

Lobotomist

I love the game but i will not do lifetime sub.



Why? It costs like 2 years of play.



Will i play LOTRO 2 years , no - i never played no mmo for 2 years no mather how good it is

sairusco

Feels like "screw the founders"

Samuraisword

The lifetime subscription is a bad deal which is why they are offering it.

They know most people won't play their game that long and this is a gimmick to get some extra money.