All I care about is whether or not the WoW fanboys come over and ruin the game for me like they seem to do in every other game I play. Hopefully, the game is so much like WoW on the surface that WoW players will not find interest and move back to WoW because they feel they have "been there, done that."
All I care about is whether or not the WoW fanboys come over and ruin the game for me like they seem to do in every other game I play. Hopefully, the game is so much like WoW on the surface that WoW players will not find interest and move back to WoW because they feel they have "been there, done that."
EXACTLY my thoughts... but the good WoW players can come. Just leave those whiney preteen ones there. And if they semi-roleplay. I hate it when people randomly yell out 'where do I find this item' or such over and over and over and over again. (Not saying all WoW players do, just saying the smallest amount of RP goes a long way in LOTRO)
Currently: Playing EVE Online Previous: FFXI, Dragonrealms, sad little stint in WOWland. Awaiting: Fallen Earth, Hero''s Journey, Tabula Rasa, Age of Conan.
One thing LoTRO could have done much better is their class system. My God that game is so very limiting on what you can play and what each class can do. I've never been so disappointed in what is normally central to a RPG, character / class variety. What is it about Turbine in that they try to break the mold in the worst ways possible?
The classes are limited to represent the lore correctly. How people were classified in the book was simple. In the future expansion of the abilities of classes I can see, but not new classes. Frankly the class choices are perfect for LOTR. Sorry.
Every IP puts aside lore in order to improve game play. Every single one of them. If they are so adamant about sticking with these few classes, then they should have given them two to three times the current skill roster. Each class as it currently stands is far too specialized and THAT is something Turbine should be sorry about. Every online poll that I have ever seen has shown that an overwhelming number of players prefer to play hybrid classes. This is ultimately going to hurt LoTRO. The only class that currently has that limited distinction is the Minstrel, but its too limited and its the only true healing class in the game, which traditionally is always the least played class even if it is hybridized.
Um. This game didn't break the lore in order to improve gameplay. Enough said.
Um, hence my point. This game is going to suffer if they remain strict with the lore. Gameplay should always trump lore, period. You did read the entire paragraph? I mean, its only 4 or 5 sentences long for cripe's sake.
With PvE raiding, it has never been a question of being "good enough". I play games to have fun, not to be a simpering toady sitting through hour after hour of mind numbing boredom and fawning over a guild master in the hopes that he will condescend to reward me with shiny bits of loot. But in games where those people get the highest progression, anyone who doesn't do that will just be a moving target for them and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay money for the privilege. - Neanderthal
If this thread was in the Vanguard forum and it was about vanguard , it would been deleted and the use would of been banned. Shows you how one sided this site is getting.
Where have you been?
There ARE threads like this in the Vanguard forum from the lovers and the haters, I don't think what you just said is true in the least.
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Currently: Playing EVE Online
Previous: FFXI, Dragonrealms, sad little stint in WOWland.
Awaiting: Fallen Earth, Hero''s Journey, Tabula Rasa, Age of Conan.
Every IP puts aside lore in order to improve game play. Every single one of them. If they are so adamant about sticking with these few classes, then they should have given them two to three times the current skill roster. Each class as it currently stands is far too specialized and THAT is something Turbine should be sorry about. Every online poll that I have ever seen has shown that an overwhelming number of players prefer to play hybrid classes. This is ultimately going to hurt LoTRO. The only class that currently has that limited distinction is the Minstrel, but its too limited and its the only true healing class in the game, which traditionally is always the least played class even if it is hybridized.
Um. This game didn't break the lore in order to improve gameplay. Enough said.Um, hence my point. This game is going to suffer if they remain strict with the lore. Gameplay should always trump lore, period. You did read the entire paragraph? I mean, its only 4 or 5 sentences long for cripe's sake.
With PvE raiding, it has never been a question of being "good enough". I play games to have fun, not to be a simpering toady sitting through hour after hour of mind numbing boredom and fawning over a guild master in the hopes that he will condescend to reward me with shiny bits of loot. But in games where those people get the highest progression, anyone who doesn't do that will just be a moving target for them and I'll be damned if I'm going to pay money for the privilege. - Neanderthal
Where have you been?
There ARE threads like this in the Vanguard forum from the lovers and the haters, I don't think what you just said is true in the least.