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Goodbye LOTRO
jimbobfurley
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After the recent Producer's letter, I was truly elated, nay, overjoyed. I couldn't believe - a new race ! Mordor coming in form of a new expansion this summer ! Incredible ! Then, it all came crashing down when I logged in and my launcher DLed the necessary recent updates that SSG has pushed out. The first time I logged in to North Ithilien, I noticed immediately the background sound and music cutting in and out, constantly. I checked my latency, it was very good, so lag wasn't the issue. I tried other lower levels toons in differing areas of ME -- same sound issue. On top of this, I never received my VIP gift. I logged separate support tickets for both issues. Was told that I had to go to SSG's external site and log *another* ticket for the sound issue on their *technical support* area of their support site. Nothing was ever followed up on. My sub came up for renewal on Feb 12th, suffice it to say that after almost 9 years with LOTRO, I am now gone from Middle-Earth because of these unfortunate issues.
I do *not* believe that the product has improved since SSG has taken over. Since the last few updates were pushed out, I have noticed marked instability in the client, much more so than when Turbine was in charge. I have rarely had CTDs with this game, but since SSG has taken charge they have risen dramatically.
Like I said, it is all quite unfortunate.
I do *not* believe that the product has improved since SSG has taken over. Since the last few updates were pushed out, I have noticed marked instability in the client, much more so than when Turbine was in charge. I have rarely had CTDs with this game, but since SSG has taken charge they have risen dramatically.
Like I said, it is all quite unfortunate.
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@OP: Can you call customer support?
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just posted on their forums, thanks
Works fine.
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Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
The so called awesome world of ESO has no soul. It isn't in the same league as Lotro when it comes to world feeling and involvement. The atmosphere in Lotro kicks ESO ass time and again, ESO is boring as hell.
They story mode in Lotro is imo the best in any mmo to date unless you are an avid star wars fan I guess.
But there is no way eso can even claim to be a mmo RPG when you put it side by side with eso. Yeah you have grinding just like any other mmo, hell anyone fancy grinding from 160 cp to 600 cp is a serious head fuck.
Since one tam the game is practically lifeless and holds no mystery, mobs in every area con the same, it's fucking boring. Gone is the feeling of hitting a new area and thinking 'am I going to have a hard time with these higher level mobs' nope because every mob is the fucking same lol, except in dungeons.
The so called awesome world of ESO has no soul. It isn't in the same league as Lotro when it comes to world feeling and involvement. The atmosphere in Lotro kicks ESO ass time and again, ESO is boring as hell.
They story mode in Lotro is imo the best in any mmo to date unless you are an avid star wars fan I guess.
But there is no way eso can even claim to be a mmo RPG when you put it side by side with lotro. Yeah, you have grinding just like any other mmo, hell anyone fancy grinding from 160 cp to 600 cp is a serious head fuck.
Since one tam the game is practically lifeless and holds no mystery, mobs in every area con the same, it's fucking boring. Gone is the feeling of hitting a new area and thinking 'am I going to have a hard time with these higher level mobs' nope because every mob is the fucking same lol, except in dungeons.
ESO awesome lol, perhaps you should come to middle earth.
ESO worlds is far more interactive than LOTRO, it's more fun to go and explore, and interact with NPCs. Hell, I can even enter most buildings in ESO which I can't do in LOTRO.
World design is far better in ESO, hands down.
And when it comes to lore interest I'm more of a LOTR fan than ES.
a) support is now handled by WarnerBros, so probably by a "bigger team" even if the support people who worked on it before (however many of them there were) are part of that bigger team
b) DBG were signed up as "publishers".
As far as @SaunZ 's comment this was simply a suggestion that the OP might want to come to ESO.
And in reality both games are, imo,"worthy". The comparison is tricky though.
For example LotR can feel more "homely" based on world chat - as well as feeling very cold since you may not see many people. With a lower population - especially pre-merger - bonds were made, people would and do, help others. And this quite often plays out in world chat.
World chat in ESO will not give you this feel. Guild chat however can be like LotR's world chat. If you are not in the guild though you won't see this. If you are not in the guild though - same as being on a different server on LotR.
Both games have grind - LotR's is more old fashioned - and you have to do it to fully develop your character even if subscribed. Both have scaling dungeons! (Not the same mechanism.) Both have features the other doesn't have.
At the end of the day both are worth trying. And both can be tried - and played - relatively inexpensively/ Both can also come across as "cold" and uninviting - but that is arguably true of many games.
REALITY CHECK
Only someone with "kazin" in his name would talk shit, is that some sort of pain killer.
After ESO made everything scale-able to your level, I managed to complete some new zones but ultimately everything started to feel very stale and merit-less. No more stealthing higher level craft nodes or risking the more dangerous path. No more running carelessly through older zones either.
There is a lot I enjoy about ESO, especially the dynamic quests, but with LOTRO I feel much more immersed.
I submitted a ticket to SSG yesterday and got a response in under 20 minutes which I thought was pretty good.
Del Cabon
A US Army ('Just Cause') Vet and MMORPG Native formerly of Trinsic, Norath and Dereth. Currently playing LOTRO.