Bless or LOTRO

JeffSpicoli

Im jonesing for a new MMO to kill some time with this weekend. Im thinking about checking out LOTRO which i havent played in in 8 or 9 years. Should i go with the relic from the past or hot new dumpster fire in bless.  The forum shall decide my fate

Sovrath

It depends on the experience you want.

Right now Lord of the Rings Online is very "serene". Oh, there's still life, at least on Brandywine where I play, but it doesn't have the hustle and bustle of something new like Bless. I'm not sure if Bless will have staying power but there is a certain bit of fun for people to learn something new, there's that new game energy, etc.

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JeffSpicoli

blueturtle13 said:

Pretty simple decision. Bless is a pvp game and LOTRO  is a PvE game. Which do you want?

I'd do either, i enjoy both

Lithuanian

My advice: Lotro.
If you choose Lotro and go to Laurelin - feel free to ask my toons for some help if you need some...

sgel

Lotro

Mikeha

The hot new dumpster fire.  

Sephiroso

My choice was neither but that wasn't an option. Poll is rigged. RIGGED I TELL YA!

Scorchien

LOTRO is the far better game

MikeJezZ

Neither. I tried Lotro some months ago and couldn’t get into it cus it just feels so damn old. It hasn’t aged well. 

simmihi

If LotRO felt good for you some time ago and you did not play through it at least once, then that's the game to go to. Stay away from Bless for now.

Vrika

Lotro.

If Bless gets decent development speed, which is questionable, it might be a good game in a year or two. But right now Lotro is better.

cheyane

You could try both say a week and then decide.

JeffSpicoli

I spent a little time in middle earth over the weekend and the game still holds up well. I mentioned in another post this is how you do a themepark. I don't know how long i'll stick with LOTRO but it is a really solid MMO and with the updated graphics pack which was a additional 8gb the game doesnt look all that bad in certain spots. While the Shire was stunning the dwarf area looked extremely dated. 

  But the mechanics of the game and open-ness is outstanding . 

alyndale

LotRO comparatively for just about everything you might find on a list defining a classic mmo.

Bless-omg, not-ready-for-prime-time!

ultimateduck

Bless.  LotR just felt old, I don't know how else to describe it.  I got Bless a few days ago to see if it was as bad as some make it out to be knowing I could return it if I didn't like it (win-win).  It wasn't... not even close.  I think Bless is great... then again, I'm not rushing though levels and content.

Mikeha

LOTRO is a WoW clone and an old one that has not aged well at all. . If that is what you are looking for then have at it. 

Viper482

Mikeha said:

LOTRO is a WoW clone and an old one that has not aged well at all. . If that is what you are looking for then have at it. 

About as ignorant an opinion as it gets right here. 

Mikeha

Viper482 said:

Mikeha said:

LOTRO is a WoW clone and an old one that has not aged well at all. . If that is what you are looking for then have at it. 

About as ignorant an opinion as it gets right here. 

About as ignorant as an opinion as it gets right there.  

JeffSpicoli

Viper482 said:

Mikeha said:

LOTRO is a WoW clone and an old one that has not aged well at all. . If that is what you are looking for then have at it. 

About as ignorant an opinion as it gets right here. 

He's right when he says its a WOW clone because thats exactly what it is, A Vanilla WOW clone minus the PVP. To me thats a great thing. As far as the game aging poorly if you mean graphically i agree but only in certain zones. Like i said previously , The Hobbit starting zone looks great while the dwarf starting zone is laughable.

Leiloni

I'm having a lot of fun with Bless honestly. But if I wanted a PvE game I'd just go with something like GW2 or ESO, or if you really want to spam group content then FFXIV or WoW.