IP Blocking Removed
Hello everyone,
Throughout the Alpha and Beta phases of development, we have worked hard to satisfy the enthusiastic community that has risen up in support of LOTRO. We listened to and incorporated your ideas many times throughout development and our game is now stronger for it. As we prepare for launch we wanted to let you know that your feedback still matters. We have been listening and will continue to do so in the future.
Recently, some players expressed their concern about our plans to implement IP blocking. After listening to our fans, we have decided to remove IP blocking in North America.
However, we strongly encourage players to purchase and play the game in their region to receive the best game experience, connectivity and local customer support. Please note that regional clients are only operable with their respective regional services.
In closing, we would like to thank the players for your feedback. Your honest input has been invaluable to us throughout development. We are always listening to your feedback.
Enjoy Middle-earth!
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As i come from the UK and i have a lot of friends from the USA
who will also be playing LOTRO.
thanks anyway for supplying this information.
"After listening to our fans, we have decided to remove IP blocking in North America."
Sweet.
- RPG Quiz - can you get all 25 right?
- FPS Quiz - how well do you know your shooters?
Turbine is doing a good job and listening to their players.
They noticed that this was a big deal for people, and they reversed the course on ip blocking.
Good Job Turbine!
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07.03.27
dial-up ($9/mo) connects to the isp at about 130ms and domestic after going through 6 to 12 hops connects to the game server at 250 to 350ms. Crossing the atlantic to play on euro servers can easily add 150 to 250ms, making the connect to a foreign server 400 to 600ms... crossing the pacific can add 400ms making the connect nearly 8ooms... that is near 1 second delay ONE WAY, so expecting meaningful dynamic 2-way connection/performance is a farce playing on servers on the other side of the planet.
Think dsl ($40/mo) is like 50ms and ($70/mo) cable 20ms to the isp and 70ms to 100ms domestic definitly beter than the 300ms dial-up looks forward to in gameplay.
Another consideration is monthly limitations placed by broadband providers on their users. One can easily do 100MB up/down DAILY playing games.
edit, corrected the 100GB to 100MB.
btw, in asia (s korea, japan) it is 10 to 30GB/s broadband near $39 per month !! while in US it is tough to even get 150KB/s.
I've always played on US servers from the EU with no problems with lag.
Referring to the piece above, they say IP blocking is removed, but regional locking is still in? Therefore to play on US servers from the EU you need to purchase a US copy of the game? Or am I reading this wrong?
Currently playing:
LOTRO & WoW (not much WoW though because Mines of Moria rocks!!!!)
Looking Foward too:
Bioware games (Dragon Age & Star Wars The Old Republic)
That's why it's good to have a few Euros over here. The more Euros on the NA servers, the more chance you'll have of finding someone with a reasonable command of the English language.
- RPG Quiz - can you get all 25 right?
- FPS Quiz - how well do you know your shooters?
That's why it's good to have a few Euros over here. The more Euros on the NA servers, the more chance you'll have of finding someone with a reasonable command of the English language.
Hahahahah!
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Hmm...I might have to rethink my anti-Turbine position
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That's why it's good to have a few Euros over here. The more Euros on the NA servers, the more chance you'll have of finding someone with a reasonable command of the English language.
Imagine playing LotR and seeing this type of trash being spammed in general
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so i rather play on English speaking realms with my limited english rather than putting up with that Bs..
Well done Turbine. A hell of a lot of folks will remember that you listened to the community. Thanks for doing the right thing!
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Khmmm Excuse me??
To DL 100Gb a day you would need a 10+ mbit connection, and 24 hr nonstop full bandwith download...
And btw - what's a "dialup" ? :P (kidding). I seriously don't believe still anyone in the US/EU has it anymore... in Hungary you can buy a 4 mbit limitless ADSL for 30 bucks a month
DB
Denial makes one look a lot dumber than he/she actually is.
Great news, I am glad Turbine changed their mind and lifted the IP blocking.
Of course I uninstalled at once after I heard the news
I jumped out of joy when I heard the news yesterday evening. Imagine, I had just given up the hope playing LOTRO and had just installed EQ2
@precusor: In LOTRO you can switch off the OOC-channel. I guess in the other games you do that too