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lotro a pretty damn good game
reggie
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Just felt like posting. I think lotro is so much fun that i think the game misses out on alot of players having no idea how cool it is.
Myself im an experienced mmorpg player, started 5 to 6 years back by now and played many many.
I even played lotro but dissapeared after 1 or 2 months, after the game went live. Reason back then was to many quests (yeah i think there can be to many) and my minstrel at the time took to long to kill things at lvl 38. That plus upgrades in armor etc making to little difference.
So there you have my reasons. I came back now and im having an aboslute ball. I started with a lore master this time. Still have to play my minstrel agan which on itself was an awesome class btw. I just wanted to start from scratch again.
The story telling in this game is great. They did alot of minor tweaks and big content updates that compared to how the game was after live i dont really even notice the real difference but it seems to play alot cooler now. The've added plenty in the free huge content updates and tweaked alot of things like the classes and item upgrades to make it all flow much better.
The graphics are sooooo beautiful. Specially if like me you got the machine to support it and run it in full glory details and dx10 (dx10 is way prettier then dx9 and dx9 was already gorgeous).
The game feels way more like a true PVE game instead of other mmorpgs where its more a feeling of killing 10 this and that in a certain place and thats how you lvl up. You do the same in lotro but somehow it feels way more ''old fashioned'' which is a good thing because that means the atmosphere, fun the zones give, goals you have and fun your class gives will just let you enjoy your game time and have a fun time.
Many long ago compared it to wow which is not the case. THe classes play completely different from other mmorpgs. Sure they have the same sort of principle (what mmorpg doesnt) but they are different and a nice change.
Great thing about lotro is you always have the feeling you are constanly working for progress and have plenty of things to do. This feeling is emphasized by the case of having several places you can lvl/quest at. Entire zones you can choose between of. Then there's the main story line which are the books in lotro which tell the story of bilbo and the ring, and his friends. On top of that there's a zillion mini stories unfolding with fun story telling and many instanced dungeons to play either solo or with friends.
Another very nice thing i notice about lotro is that there's pug raids all day long. Sure you can have good and less good kingships (those are the guilds in lotro) that have kingship raids or need pugs. Point is that there's runs organized to the lvl 50 normal dungeons and raid dungeons pretty much constantly.
Also there's a huge activity, at least on snowbourn, of players from lvl 1 to lvl 50 everywhere.
I've not even tried monsterplay yet which is the pvp type in lotro. It seems to be fairly popular and you can get ranks from killing other players etc and get cool gear and what not. It involves an entire zone dedicated to pvp where you can also quests and what not. Its players vs monsters. Any player at any given time can start playing a monster (he starts at lvl 50) and go quest in ettenmoors or try kill the other players (who play their normal play char) and build their monster. Building meaning getting ranks by killing and questing and getting new gear and skills etc etc.
Oh btw its also how you approach this game that matters. Dont get yourself lost in farming for deeds wherever you get them. You'll understand what i mean when you play the game. Just lvl up, do your quests and when you are about to leave a zone finish deeds that wont take long to finish or wait till higher lvl to go back and then finish them.
Anyway the game feels very rewarding with amazingly beautiful zone design, atmospheric story telling, cool playstyle of classes and loads and loads and loads of rewards to work for.The music is great too 
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Cya laters.
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ya, i think lotro is the best linear pve game out. If WOW isnt your thing for whatever reason. Best start and best future of any (besides wow of coarse) too. Although some will disagree Im sure, but if they're not playing EVE..their disagreements will be generic at best usually. Im sure you'll see in the responses you get. IF you look at all MMO's for what they are..lotro is right there near the top regardless of opinion.
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I agree on every point. awsome post.
Can't disagree with you, as far as linear, quest based PVE oriented games go, LoTRO rivals WOW in terms of content, features and entertainment. I think if more WOW players gave it a try they'd really enjoy it.
Now, for us folks who prefer a more sand-box type environment, where player actions have impact on the world and our mistakes have serious consequences, not quite the right game.
But no game can really be designed to be all inclusive (oh yeah, that's right, DF will be
) so I think Turbine is doing a great job. Props to them today on their recent announcement and lets hope it gets more folks to give the game a trial.
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I agree with most of your post except for your personal view of there being too many quests. One of the things I enjoyed was the amount of quests I had to choose from. In fact I am actually motivated to get one of my alts up and running because I did not even do 4-5 quests in a whole section of the map (Evendum sp?) I was able to level up just fine going places besides there. Yeah you are going to go through an area a few times with alts, but the ability to pick and choose from a wide verity of quests is awesome.
Anyways, great post and I think your feelings basically mirror my own. I hope you continue to enjoy the game
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linear gameplay has never been my thing (im waiting for Darkfall also) but i must say.. i tried the trial.. and now have purchased this game.. its alot of fun.. like everyone says its beautiful.. and the quests, although linear often times have really cool storys and you dont get "collect 25 bear asses" quests all day long...
i suggest this game to anyone.. i mean if i can like it (and i dont even like these types of games) people who do will really like it if they give it a chance
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Well when my minstrel was lvl 38 and finally arrived in trollshaws most quests there were green or grey which annoyed me alot. I like things being a challenge, or at least thats how i used to play in former mmorpgs.
Thing is i already completed all of northdowns, every single quest, and some in angmar. So it got on my nerves thinking i had to do as many quests as i did in north downs and they were already grey or green when i started. i didnt realize trollshaws doesnt have the crazy amount of quests north downs has. so that was about when i quit. I could see myself running after grey, green quests from then on. Coz angmar was already waiting also.
This time on my lore master i had a different approach. I skipped north downs entirely. I didnt do a single quest. At lvl 30 + i switched between evendin, which was also a new zone for me, and trollshaws and i had a great time. Im not busy in angmar and at lvl 45 im doing older deeds and will most likely only now go do the ranger rep quests in north downs.Finish evendin for the warden rep and so on.
I was a skeptic of LoTRO when it first came out. I didn't give it a try until the beginning of this month when I finally became bored with WoW...
After playing my guardian to lvl 20 I have no idea why I was a skeptic. The game play is great (I love the reactionary mechanics of guardians in terms of their block and parry), the quests are fantastic, the shire is probably the most fun I've ever had questing, and the game is absolutely goregous.
I am taking my time leveling, and enjoying the game; 1) because there is so much to do deeds/titles/traites, 2) because I hear there isn't terribly much to do at max level. That being said I would recommend anyone thinking about this game to take their time leveling, and read the quests.
A truly well-crafted game, and I completely agree with one of the previous posters; If more WoW-players gave this game a try (or had the computers to run it) I bet a lot of them would jump ship.
At level 38 you can do several quests in Misty Mountains and Tal Bruinen. And also some in west/south Evendim, if you didn't these yet.
This is one game that I believe will continue to grow it's population, just as the game's world and many feautres also continues to grow.
It is a very beautiful game and can be a lot of fun. It's the only game I want to play at the moment.
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Hmnmm.. ive tryed this game a few time, and hear all this hype about how Kewl this game is, but i keep trying it out and the game just sucks.. im just haveing a hard time believing that anyone really plays this game. This game will be gone in a couple years.. after all the ppl who just like the story have fadeded, this will be more dead than SWG (imo).
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Lotro is a " damn good game "
It could use work but they all can. It doesent compare to EVE in player control gaming but it is the best game i have ever played.
Thousands of poeple dis agreee but with lotro , that game is like something special to me.
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You know what I think ...
Been playing LOTRO from day 1
Ill just add this.
If nothing else LOTRO is the MMO most worth your money. At only 9.99$ subscription fee.New content expansion every 2 months.Best community hands down ( thanks to WOW for keeping bad seeds occupied)
Whats not to like ?
I've tried the 14 day trial (or is it 7?) twice and both times tried differant classes, races etc to varry my experience but each time I just couldn't feel the urge to log on and play. Something was lacking and I can't put my finger on it. It just dosn't have the same energy in the animations, the same depth of contrast or something as other games like EQ2, WoW, GW... actually it reminds me alot of GW but.. Dang I can't even articulate what it is but something about the look and feel of the game just reads as "blah" to me. Maybe I've played too many MMO's but I just can't get drawn into this world at all.
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Sad but true.
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Well the way the classes play needs to get used to and also to see how lotro is different from other mmorpgs you need to play till at least lvl 20+ coz thats where you see how group play is in the first big instances/dungeons like great barrows. The other instances before lvl 20 are just pretty small and no real dungeons.
Great post. I agree with all the points here. LotRO is a very good game. Great, in fact. But whether you think its a great game or an OK game depends a lot on what type of player you are.
Hardcore players who put 8+ hours/day into the game will run through the content in a matter of weeks. (although there are still quite a few hardcore players around a year later, but many hardcore players have left the game). Also, PvP players will probably not love the game because its mainly a PvE game.
On the other hand, players who take their time, enjoy the world, and really savor the experience, those players will find many months of content and a truly awesome world. The graphics are outstanding - realistic and not cartoony - and the epic storyline pulls you into the game and the world better than any mmorpg i have ever played.
I think Turbine was surprised at how quickly some hardcore players ran through the content (I chuckle at that because its the same story in every game, developers are always surprised at how fast the uber-levellers reach the cap). And in hindsight, Turbine might have been smart to put higher xp requirements in for levels 35+ or 40+ to slow down the power-levelling and force people not to rush through the game and then say 'what now'. DAoC did that in the early days, and although it was a pain for people who wanted to level fast, in the long run it was better for the game because it meant everyone still had a goal to work towards. After a few months Turbine could have reduced the xp requirements after they had done their job, so casual players could level up at a reasonable pace.
But one thing Turbine has done a great job with, is adding new content (for free!) at a fast pace. They have added more new content, more quickly, than any mmorpg i have ever played. They have really done a good job with that. The spring will allow folks to go to the new zone, the Ice Bay of Forochel, and in the summer we'll get to see Eregion and the elf-ruins where the One Ring was forged. And people are really excited about going into the Mines of Moria this fall when the expansion comes out!
Elladan - ESO (AD)
Camring - SWTOR (Ebon Hawk)
Eol & Justinian - Rift (Faeblight)
Ceol and Duri - LotRO (Landroval)
Kili - WoW
Eol - Lineage 2
Camring - SWG
Justinian (Nimue), Camring - DAoC
I agree, its nice...
But if I had my way, it would be a skill based game with monsters as a playable class from the start with open battlefields like in the movies
Never-the-less, its fun.
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As to new content...it has already been noted that they have moved to a 3 month window instead of 2 months for "addons", and will be even further apart due to work on the new boxed expansion...
Finally...I question the community as well...as the last time I played (about 1 week ago) Landroval seemed quite empty but, at least the couple of conversations I saw seemed civil.
This was a well written post though from the OP, and very succinct..
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As to new content...it has already been noted that they have moved to a 3 month window instead of 2 months for "addons", and will be even further apart due to work on the new boxed expansion... and what will be even further apart?
Finally...I question the community as well...as the last time I played (about 1 week ago) Landroval seemed quite empty but, at least the couple of conversations I saw seemed civil.
I question you!
This was a well written post though from the OP, and very succinct..
Thanks
See you in the dream..
The Fires from heaven, now as cold as ice. A rapid ascension tolls a heavy price.
As to new content...it has already been noted that they have moved to a 3 month window instead of 2 months for "addons", and will be even further apart due to work on the new boxed expansion...
Finally...I question the community as well...as the last time I played (about 1 week ago) Landroval seemed quite empty but, at least the couple of conversations I saw seemed civil.
This was a well written post though from the OP, and very succinct..
Thanks
They have separate teams working on the Xpack and Live additions. There will be no lost time due to the development of the expansion.
Yeah, so LOTRO is going from 2 to 3 months release....that's still better than most MMOs. It's no longer godly, just exceedingly above average. Quick, someone punch the panic button.
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As to new content...it has already been noted that they have moved to a 3 month window instead of 2 months for "addons", and will be even further apart due to work on the new boxed expansion...
Finally...I question the community as well...as the last time I played (about 1 week ago) Landroval seemed quite empty but, at least the couple of conversations I saw seemed civil.
This was a well written post though from the OP, and very succinct..
Thanks
They have separate teams working on the Xpack and Live additions. There will be no lost time due to the development of the expansion.
Yeah, so LOTRO is going from 2 to 3 months release....that's still better than most MMOs. It's no longer godly, just exceedingly above average. Quick, someone punch the panic button.
Just wanted to correct the statement made by Lobotomist, so readers did not misunderstand that it is not every 2 months, and Jeffrey Steefel has been quoted as stating they will move to a quarterly content update schedule...So, no panic button, just corrections..
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This is a great game and was a welcome replacement for WoW/EQ2.
It's casual gamer friendly, especially with it's new focus on 12 man raid/single group content only. The story-based quests,dungeons, instances, etc. all make you feel like you're actually part of Tolkien's world.
The numerous cutscenes/interactive story sequences add great depth to the game.
Even crafting is fun outside of the insane resource gathering requirement that's present in just about every game.
With the expansion on the way I can't help but be excited to see what's next in Middle Earth.
Boldar
The vast majority of us are not fooling ourselves thinking that LoTRo is the one and only perfect MMO game. It's a game that a lot of people find fun. I have fun playing it as well, so therefore I play.
They also do a lot of the little things right. The spring festival activities are a blast (even though some of them didn't last long). Can't wait to try out fishing in the next book release!