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DeaconX
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This game is the absolute best MMORPG I've ever played when it comes to the Community. I suppose it helps that I play on the 'unofficial RP server' where like-minded players migrate, but truly the community is incredible minus a few bad annoyingly apples.
Turbine really cares, and it shows. If you're a role player, I don't think there's been a better MMO for you yet. At the end of the day, it's really what you make of a game but I can say hands down that so far in my online role playing years, LotR:O has already been the most fun.
Role Players, come on in 
And non-role players, you're welcome too... please don't be an ignorant zealot either way... don't bash rpers, don't bash non-rpers, just have a good time.
Be excellent to each other.
~Bill & Ted.
BOYCOTTING EA / ORIGIN going forward.
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I wasnt aware that there was an unofficial RP server.......
Which one would that be?
Critical thinking is a desire to seek, patience to doubt, fondness to meditate, slowness to assert, readiness to consider, carefulness to dispose and set in order; and hatred for every kind of imposture.
"We gotta kill 12 sappers, they're in the marshes" to "Let us bloody our blades in orc blood! *grins*" -- Just a dumb little example but I'm sure you get what I mean. Some people complain in OOC that they don't see rping... I see it all the time but it's done 95% in fellowships, 3% in trading transactions and 2% by people who JUST DON'T STEP OUT OF CHARACTER....EVER. hehe.
What I'm saying is, don't be afraid to just start RPing and you'll notice others join in
it helps to have '/rp on' as well! Have fun. 
BOYCOTTING EA / ORIGIN going forward.
Us Europeans get Official Roleplaying servers! WOO!
1. I prefer to RP while on an adventure, but the quests are boring and feel like chores. The combat is boring, because the creatures and NPC's aren't challenging to me. Plus I can't customize my character to my liking, like you can in games that have that freedom to do so (UO, SWG, Darkfall etc.)
2. There aren't any player ran cities or organizations that have their own hierarchy and politics. I like to RP in a world where I have the freedom to build my own kingdom or swear loyalty to anothers and serve as their Knight, Archmage, Scholar etc.
3. RP without conflict is just online chatting pretty much. I prefer to RP during a time of war. War is where people get to adventure or take part in epic battles. Screw the tavern, give me a sword and shield and let me fight the fierce invaders from another kingdom coming to steal our kingdom away from us, and then pillage our villages and rape and murder our children. No way will I let them do that.
RP from what I've seen in LOTRO has more to do with chatting in taverns and such than actual adventure. I'm a RP adventurer and soldier, not a drinker at a bar, nor is my characters ever social enough with strangers to just sit and talk about where I came from. I love RP and I am a hardcore RPer. RP in it's proper form cannot take place and be entertaining for most without something or someone to kill. And right now, try as you might, you can't convince me that reducing the spider population or carrying a bucket of water is fun.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR
Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
that would explain why i love this game so much. RP ftw!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1. I prefer to RP while on an adventure, but the quests are boring and feel like chores. The combat is boring, because the creatures and NPC's aren't challenging to me. Plus I can't customize my character to my liking, like you can in games that have that freedom to do so (UO, SWG, Darkfall etc.)
2. There aren't any player ran cities or organizations that have their own hierarchy and politics. I like to RP in a world where I have the freedom to build my own kingdom or swear loyalty to anothers and serve as their Knight, Archmage, Scholar etc.
3. RP without conflict is just online chatting pretty much. I prefer to RP during a time of war. War is where people get to adventure or take part in epic battles. Screw the tavern, give me a sword and shield and let me fight the fierce invaders from another kingdom coming to steal our kingdom away from us, and then pillage our villages and rape and murder our children. No way will I let them do that.
RP from what I've seen in LOTRO has more to do with chatting in taverns and such than actual adventure. I'm a RP adventurer and soldier, not a drinker at a bar, nor is my characters ever social enough with strangers to just sit and talk about where I came from. I love RP and I am a hardcore RPer. RP in it's proper form cannot take place and be entertaining for most without something or someone to kill. And right now, try as you might, you can't convince me that reducing the spider population or carrying a bucket of water is fun.
You want challenging? Try taking weathertop from that nasty troll who si waiting up there for you. If your not prepared he will squash you and i have been squashed by him. Try killing ivar bloodhand and all of his minions that protect him. Enter fornost and try to get to the boss. The boring quests you spoke of are beginning quests. Trust me as a long time player of beta from the start of beta one i can tell you that the quests and the mobs get alot harder to do as you lvl. If you haven't made it past the breeland area you can't in my opinion judge the game on that experience alone.It is like this too me. Up to the breeland area is your training time. Like training for a boxing match. It is alot easier cause you are working on getting your fighting skills in order. Like in a sparring match. When you enter the lonelands it is like entering your first pro fight. Things are alot tougher than you are used to in the sparring ring.
1. I prefer to RP while on an adventure, but the quests are boring and feel like chores. The combat is boring, because the creatures and NPC's aren't challenging to me. Plus I can't customize my character to my liking, like you can in games that have that freedom to do so (UO, SWG, Darkfall etc.)
2. There aren't any player ran cities or organizations that have their own hierarchy and politics. I like to RP in a world where I have the freedom to build my own kingdom or swear loyalty to anothers and serve as their Knight, Archmage, Scholar etc.
3. RP without conflict is just online chatting pretty much. I prefer to RP during a time of war. War is where people get to adventure or take part in epic battles. Screw the tavern, give me a sword and shield and let me fight the fierce invaders from another kingdom coming to steal our kingdom away from us, and then pillage our villages and rape and murder our children. No way will I let them do that.
RP from what I've seen in LOTRO has more to do with chatting in taverns and such than actual adventure. I'm a RP adventurer and soldier, not a drinker at a bar, nor is my characters ever social enough with strangers to just sit and talk about where I came from. I love RP and I am a hardcore RPer. RP in it's proper form cannot take place and be entertaining for most without something or someone to kill. And right now, try as you might, you can't convince me that reducing the spider population or carrying a bucket of water is fun.
You my friend need a truly GREAT Sandbox MMO, and so do I hehe. But LotR:O is the best offer of an MMO on the table for me right now so I stick with it until some truly NEXT GEN mmo's come out. I thought Vanguard would be my mmo and I was rooting for it so hard but ... well we all know how that went. To be totally honest, there is NO GREAT Mmo right now. Not a single one lives up to my hopes but that's alright... they're a lot of very hard work, the industry is still young and hopefully in the next 5 years, it will evolve to something more to my liking. Customization is the #1 thing to me but really, what makes an MMO truly great is FREEDOM OF OPTIONS. The more options the better. But Vanguard tried to be full of options and it ended up just being full of 'potential'.
BOYCOTTING EA / ORIGIN going forward.
I am an honest person and I can tell you that I didn't play past the first Beta. I got to level 20 ish and just couldn't take the monotony of doing boring quests anymore. I've been lurking on these forums for the past couple of days to be convinced that the game has changed from boring quests to more interesting quests to grind on. Since quests are the main form of xp in this game, I want those quests to be engaging and interesting. Not reduce population, collect items, go around an click these things for this or that, carry this or that to this or that person, and deliver this type quests. That is the majority of quests I had during Beta and it bored the hell out of me. It honestly felt like doing chores around the house. I forget what the place is called, but it is N. of Breeland and then west before the town S. of the Shire. It was a creepier area and was harder than Breeland. That was more challenging, but the quests there weren't anymore engaging really. Plus, people didn't like to group a whole lot since most things were soloable if you just wait till you level up one or two more levels (to out level the creatures). I found the same problem in WoW and it is because of quest based driven content. You almost have to start out with a group of friends and only quest when they do if you want to play with other people.
Now there is a thought. If I had friends that play video games, which I don't, or instead met people that would be willing to form a fellowship that only played with each other and only played their characters when the others were online, I would probably pick up the game. I did this on DDO and it was enjoyable. However, in DDO, it was a once a week thing and I would want to do it 3-5 times a week at least. The problem is that the quests then become way to easy, because most of the quests cater to the solo gamer.
I am a group gamer through and through, but I do enjoy some solo content when I can't find a group. Games that cater to the group are usually grind games, whereas games that cater to soloers are story/quest driven games. Which is fine if they had enough group quests to break up the solo quests every 2-3 levels and an active "mature" community to group with, that aren't loot whores and etc.
Another problem that current players have confirmed is the different color armor you walk around with as you level. I am a RPer mainly, so as I quest, I want to look good and be good at the same time. Games like DAoC and SWG accomplished this through allows items to be created as good as loot and colored to the players liking or through dyes.
I have the money to throw around on a game, but it doesn't mean I will if that game doesn't have the whole package. I've learned my lesson by buying games that don't appeal to me in the past. Which is why I now have over 12 MMORPGs played and sitting on my shelf. I know what I like and I can tell how a game will be within the first 20 levels. Like others have said, if you can't hook a player in the first 20 levels, you probably won't. It doesn't mean LOTRO is a bad game, it just means it is a bad simulation, which is what I am looking for. I have Co-op and 1 player games for stories and quests, even those have more customization available. When I pick up a MMORPG, I expect to enter another reality entirely and be able to feel like I am actually living in that world (immersion). Being driven around doing retarded quests that even I can think of better stories for people to do, is immersion breaking.
Anyways, better stop ranting now. I admit I am long winded. Don't want to bore anyone here.
NOTE: I MAY NOT LIKE LOTRO, BUT IT IS THE MOST POLISHED GAME I HAVE SEEN RELEASED. THAT SAYS A LOT FOR TURBINE, CONSIDERING HOW SMALL THE COMPANY IS COMPARED TO SOE AND OTHERS.
MMORPG's w/ Max level characters: DAoC, SWG, & WoW
Currently Playing: WAR
Preferred Playstyle: Roleplay/adventurous, in a sandbox game.
if turbine really cared you wouldn't have to have an "unofficial rp" server.
I've read everything, and wholeheartedly agree. I pray the quests become more interesting cuz man am I bored of killing the same monsters with higher levels and collecting 'boar meat'. While I love this game, I'm hoping that more interesting things come along soon. Customization, I've always said is the weakest link of this game. Hopefully one day a better game will come along... for now Lotro is the most polished and I've got many friends playing so grouping is not a prob usually... and even strangers seem to group up quite quickly with me... but one day, a great MMO will be crafted. One day. Til then, or at least for now, LotRO will do it for me simply because it's the best that I can find and I enjoy the lore.
BOYCOTTING EA / ORIGIN going forward.