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game size and content
suntox
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could anyone who realy knows the land size of wow and LOTR make a comparison plz? is LOTR like one of the continents or more like stv or so?
and is there as few instances in LOTR as in wow or is it as many as in ddo? do u stand around for ages trying to find ppl for doing an instance like in wow or is there a grouping interface that actualy does its job nicely( unlike the shitty one in wow)?
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The games is 20% instanced, with 2% being the auction house and some shops in bree. 15% of the instances are major parts of the story line. 80% of the fame is not , istanced and you will find plenty of things to do in the open world of Lord of the rings .
The first 10 Levels will feel heavily instanced but in perspective to the over all game and content it is about 3% of the 15%
The figure , in my opinion are this:
3% noob area
2% shops and aution house ect
15% total game quests
80% open world quest
Check out the beta in April
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correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that world in LOTRO won't be so big in beginning but Turbine will add more and more continents to it after it's released
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If you takes it easy and do all quests and don't lpay 8 hours a day it will maybe take you a month or two to have seen all the zones.
If you powerplay to level 30 in a week you can sprint through the highlevel zones and explore it fast.
It all comes down to how you play.
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Here is a size comparison:
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Here is a size comparison:
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Jeeze, thats tiny!
Here is a size comparison:
img237.imageshack.us/my.php
Jeeze, thats tiny!
Uhmm that's an old map i found on the net where i inserted eriador as the 7x7 km large area as we know it.
It's not 100% accurate because different games might use different tilescale or something.
But the 9 zones in Eriador sure seems smaller than EQ I at release just to make a comparison.
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You obviously have done none of the main storyline quests.
As for size- it's a LOT bigger than EQ2. It takes as long or longer to run from Duillond to Hobbiton as it takes to run/boat from Qeynos to Freeport. And then twice that far from Hobbiton to Bree.
It's not as big as it could be, no- but there will be expansions. And what is there is packed full of things to do, from end to end.
Bite me, Turbine.
You obviously have done none of the main storyline quests.
As for size- it's a LOT bigger than EQ2. It takes as long or longer to run from Duillond to Hobbiton as it takes to run/boat from Qeynos to Freeport. And then twice that far from Hobbiton to Bree.
It's not as big as it could be, no- but there will be expansions. And what is there is packed full of things to do, from end to end.
I love these kind of replies. Lets not have a discussion on the size of lotro, this has been discussed in the other thread. Its small, face it.
As for the quests, sorry, you might have being fun, happy for you, but Ive levelled up to lvl 19 and did some of the main storyline quests. They boil down to the average mmorpg quests. More enteraining was playing music...
Game size at Launch = 50,000,000 Sq Metres
Instances : Yes sort of like wow .. not to many & not to few
a nice map in this thread http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/gameid/45/setview/forums/post/1271388
appears the game is about 15% of wow in terms of world size, as breeland seems to be roughly the size of wetlands
Here is a size comparison:
img237.imageshack.us/my.php
Jeeze, thats tiny!
Couple things about the map. LOTRO is more rectangular than square. I'd guess it's more like 12km x 4km. Not that it changes the over all size, but it does make it feel bigger than if it were square.
Also, the comparison to EQ1 seems to include the vast water zones which are mostly empty. I wonder what the total landmass is for EQ1 in that map comparison, excluding the oceans.
Lastly, comparing it to SWG in that map is also telling. SWG is huge, but a vast wasteland with no content. When LOTRO reaches its mature state, it will be huge AND it will be chock full of content. To me that is amazing.
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I value content far more than raw size. LotRO is dense; VG is the least dense game I've ever played. WoW is fairly dense, with a lot of the main paths; LotRO is similar, but even more so.
If all you have going for you is sheer size, then I guess that's what you sell. But I don't see any virtue in it for its own sake, and the disadvantages such as slow group formation are well known.
Here is a size comparison:
img237.imageshack.us/my.php
Jeeze, thats tiny!
Couple things about the map. LOTRO is more rectangular than square. I'd guess it's more like 12km x 4km. Not that it changes the over all size, but it does make it feel bigger than if it were square.
Also, the comparison to EQ1 seems to include the vast water zones which are mostly empty. I wonder what the total landmass is for EQ1 in that map comparison, excluding the oceans.
Lastly, comparing it to SWG in that map is also telling. SWG is huge, but a vast wasteland with no content. When LOTRO reaches its mature state, it will be huge AND it will be chock full of content. To me that is amazing.
/agreed, The space they have is very well mapped and has content, it is really a better concept in planning then any game i've played.I like pie !
You have to take the view that the game will have many more zones of similar size added in the fututre and it wont take them long to add them either over the course of 3 years you could have 6- 12 more areas equal in size added
IF there is a good dedicated group of paid subscribers it can become a really great game it is certainly an ambitous endeavour
its the same system as they use with Dungeons and Dragons Online. on release that game was also played through by a hardcore player in about a month, but they keep adding new content regularely. the game is a year old now and got about double the size compared to when it was released.
turbine/codemasters make games for casual players mainly, ppl who play a lot better wait.
I never played AC1 but it looks like the devs are planning on a lot of live content and frequent expansions according to a recent devchat seen here
www.stratics.com/content/portals/me/content/hoclog/hoc6.php
I have been playing in the beta since November and keep finding stuff that has been added since the last time I was in a area or I just did not notice the first time through. I found a stream with a bunch of mobs and some scholor nodes last night I could have sworn was not there a couple of weeks ago.
Best thing about the way they are designing is that it fits a lot of different playstyles. Earlier I went back solo through some areas to pick up a couple of POIs that I missed earlier and knocked off a couple of mobs for a new trait and another for a new title. Last night we were doing a 4 man group for quests. Saying the game is for casuals is only half way correct, you can play darn near any way you want group, raid, or solo and still not gimp your toons by the time you hit 50.
I miss DAoC