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LOTRO is...well...boring.
Foodoolaws
Member Posts: 212
This is just my opinion but i find this to be a boring game. DOnt get me wrong the graphics are fantastic, i have a crappy computer but i get no lag and the graphics are just amazing. Its just that the gameplay is boring. Everything has been soloable thus far, signatures which are considered elites/epics are soloable, no one really wants or has the need to group. Iam a champion and the skills are very bland, they are mostly multiple attack skills the animation is lowsy, combat is slow but i dont mind that being a ex EQ player.
The quest thus far have been very bland and repetitve, the intro quest are awesome. there is alot of instancing but this is good imo when you go to a place in instance/loading even a house you are still with other people exploring that same instance.
Though the more i play the more bored i get, i dont know how retail will change this but i dont see myself buying at launch. Though i will say this has been the best mmo released since WoW...though thats not saying much with the current crap we are given so far.
The quest thus far have been very bland and repetitve, the intro quest are awesome. there is alot of instancing but this is good imo when you go to a place in instance/loading even a house you are still with other people exploring that same instance.
Though the more i play the more bored i get, i dont know how retail will change this but i dont see myself buying at launch. Though i will say this has been the best mmo released since WoW...though thats not saying much with the current crap we are given so far.
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The crafting is also hideous.
(waits for the vitriolic flames!)
Lets Eat It!
I have to agree with you, to put it in simplest terms i feel like im playing just another Wow *not saying it copied, just that in both games all you do is quest and lvl, rinse and repeat* then again most mmo's are like that i guess..
Idk if im gonna buy this either..still hoping that a good sandbox mmo comes out like the original swg T_T
till then ill keep playing medieval 2
My saving grace MMO will be Star Trek Online.
From what Im hearing, its very open ended sandbox game and you'll have the freedom to solo or group and picking either one will not be difficult at all.
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People who have to create conspiracy and hate threads to further a cause lacks in intellectual comprehension of diversity.
IMO the genre of true MMORPG's is dead. It died when SWG died. Also instancing really killed it off also. All these mmo's that are out now are like a total different genre of games to me now. Vanguard was once my "saviour" but it failed. I don't play mmorpgs anymore cuz there are none.
It's kind of like the city Las Vegas, it once was something very different, now it's everythings just a big spin-off and different.(Go watch the movie Casino).
Its a "Lord of the Rings video game" with lots of other people.
Get use to it, thats the type of game that will be coming out...linear and scripted. Something was lost in translation with MMOs back about 3 or 4 years ago. Devs started to swing from virtual worlds to massive multi player video games. Most MMOs have more in common with games like Supermario in the sense that you have pre-set objectives and goals. If LotRs is as successful as everyone thinks it will be, it will pretty much kill any ideas of sandbox or free - form games. It will reinforce to the industry, MMO players want to be "guided" and not have to worry about making any pesky choices other then what class to play, just tell them what to do.
There are a few older games left that don't cater to this but no one supports them. Its a damn shame.
No needing groups?
Don't you know this is what many people want? Players hate having to waste time looking for random groups and more importantly is the fact many, many players like myself would rather solo then hook up with anyone else.
I'm not praising this game as I don't know anything about it but as far as having to group, I know people hate having to go thru' that. Look at a game like Vanguard, they said it had as much soloable missions as group ones, this was a lie. You waste so much time being forced to group being the missions require it.
And plesae don't anyone say it's a MMO which is meant it needs groups because this is not the case. I'd love a game where I could do missions by nyself without needing to waste time looking for a group which many times you either don't or you get a crappy one.
Many players also like to work with their friends. Grouping should always give faster exp unless the group is poorly made. For the unsocial people that dont play with friends in an online game (poor guys) they can still solo but not as fast. Most MMOs will have solo spawns with mobs spread apart to take them one on one and grouping areas with masses of strong mobs.
Alot of us gamers just don't like character skill based games. We need something much more engaging.
Played so far: 9Dragons, AO, AC, AC2, CoX, DAoC, DF, DnL, DR, DDO, Ent, EvE, EQ, EQ2, FoMK, FFO, Fury, GW, HG:L, HZ, L1, L2, M59, MU, NC1, NC2, PS, PT, R:O, RF:O, RYL, Ryzom, SL, SB, SW:G, TR, TCoS, MX:O, UO, VG, WAR, WoW...
It all sucked.