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LOTRO Announces a 'Mini-Expansion Pack' With 3 Different Editions

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited September 2020 in News & Features Discussion

imageLOTRO Announces a 'Mini-Expansion Pack' With 3 Different Editions

Lord of the Rings Online has announced a "mini expansion pack" featuring three different editions of the game, plus boar mounts.

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  • TillerTiller Member LegendaryPosts: 11,485
    edited September 2020
    $99? I guess if you really love the game and all, but seems a bit steep. I went back recently, but It's so dated I just could get back into it.
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  • AbimorAbimor Member RarePosts: 919
    And there goes all the good will from the pandemic 

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  • ohioastroohioastro Member UncommonPosts: 534
    How much do they charge if you want to be able to reliably log in?
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  • IceAgeIceAge Member EpicPosts: 3,203
    Geezes that Boar mount trailer was VERY BAD! The music, is like I was expecting a Star Wars guy jumping in any second.

    This game needs to die. It doesn't deserve such amazing name ( LORD OF THE RINGS ). It doesn't do justice at all to the name.

    I wonder for how long they still have the license! Anyone knows?
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  • AmatheAmathe Member LegendaryPosts: 7,630
    $99 for a mini expansion? That would be a lot for a normal expansion. I haven't been this surprised by game pricing since the first time I had to put in 4 quarters to drive an arcade race car. That was a lot, back when!
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  • Mylan12Mylan12 Member UncommonPosts: 288
    Well its only 20 bucks for the regular edition which seems ok to me.
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  • foxgirlfoxgirl Member RarePosts: 485
    20 - 60 - 100 lol. Ok SG you need to fire your greedy marketing department. 20 - 40 - 60 would be an exceptable hike for a DLC.
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  • slowz2secretslowz2secret Member RarePosts: 449
    lol the few ppl that play this game gotta love it so much
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  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,101
    Why is everyone focused on a $99 ultimate edition? You can buy the standard for $20. Just stop.....stop it. Maybe if you stopped being graphics whores you could see this game is actually underrated.
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  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,101

    slowz2secret said:

    lol the few ppl that play this game gotta love it so much



    Actually has a healthy player base for an older mmo, and yes, we do love it.
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  • UngoodUngood Member LegendaryPosts: 7,534
    IceAge said:
    Geezes that Boar mount trailer was VERY BAD! The music, is like I was expecting a Star Wars guy jumping in any second.

    This game needs to die. It doesn't deserve such amazing name ( LORD OF THE RINGS ). It doesn't do justice at all to the name.

    I wonder for how long they still have the license! Anyone knows?
    Well lets see, they have had the licence for the last 15 or so years, which is why the game looks dated, and it does not look like they are going to lose it any time soon. 

    Now if you can tell me a Lord of the Rings game, that did it better.. I would love to hear hear about it.
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  • ScorchienScorchien Member LegendaryPosts: 8,914
    IceAge said:
    Geezes that Boar mount trailer was VERY BAD! The music, is like I was expecting a Star Wars guy jumping in any second.

    This game needs to die. It doesn't deserve such amazing name ( LORD OF THE RINGS ). It doesn't do justice at all to the name.

    I wonder for how long they still have the license! Anyone knows?

    They do not have an extended license .. Its yearly , and based on revenue
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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    edited September 2020
    I find it funny how developers disguise scummy marketing.
    Collector's edition $59?
    Ultimate $99?

    If the expansion is worth $20 that is what it is worth and nothing more.If you spend more  it is exactly the same as just paying $20 and spending another 39 or 79 in the cash shop,it really is the exact same thing.
    They could just as easily separated the bonuses and put them in a cash shop and charged $39 -$79 for them.There is also  the VERY real chance they simply removed stuff  from the game that was going to be a part of the expansion but found it better to use them to sell a more costly version.

    This marketing truly is scummy because if they put in the effort to build a better expansion that equates to LESS profits overall.The simple math is the longer amount of time spent developing there is no incoming cash flow.

    So for example take  2 years to sell a nice expac for say 80-90 bucks.Instead sell a cheap fast made one for 20 and add in the collector's and Ultimate and easily get the same profit margin from less work and money in the bank a LOT sooner.If they spent 2 years the cost and likely profit margin would be very small,maybe $10 of the 80-90 and especially more so if someone is taking a cut of the profits.

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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    edited September 2020
    No worries i already was scammed like this playing FFXI,they sold us 3 mini expacks as well.It was VERY noticeable that Square had become very greedy,giving less and charging more at the exact same time they were struggling to release FFXIV.So it was an obvious leech on the FFXI community to help fund FFXIV no different than Landmark funding EQ NExt.

    Devs are truly not to EVER be trusted,they are ALWAYS up to no good,the only thing they care about is money and how fast they can make it.

    As i scurry off to read yet another scandalous developer article brought to us via Sid Alpha.
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  • KratierKratier Member RarePosts: 626
    i tried to get back into it during the free quests and i put in a ticket back in MAY and they only responded 2 days after the promotion ended, SEPTEMBER.

    Don't know what the company is doing, but their customer support is abysmal. And your stories for this game have just been "servers are broken!"
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  • TokkenTokken Member EpicPosts: 3,649
    I would only buy the $99 one if it came with a lifetime subscription.

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  • lahnmirlahnmir Member LegendaryPosts: 5,053
    I’ll get in in the LotRO store eventually, with the points you get when you sub. SSG their deluxe editions are always pricey, 20 bucks is fine though.

    /Cheers,
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  • WarlyxWarlyx Member EpicPosts: 3,368
    20$ for a raid tier


    man blizz is doing it wrong!
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,423
    The pricing may be dicey but the game is still getting expansions, something which many new MMO's hardly bother with. So good luck to them in my eyes.
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  • JeroKaneJeroKane Member EpicPosts: 7,098
    edited September 2020

    xD_Gaming said:

    One thing I would love and now I feel they can do, is abandon the turbine engine and overhaul the game to Lumberyard. Doing this would give them two big things, free hosting for the game from Amazon, and updated visual look that will be current with today's technology and a system that is always self updating to current technology trends.



    I hope maybe Standing Stone could reach out to Amazon and Lumberyard to see if it is possible !\




    Never going to happen. It will be so much work. It's like creating a whole new game.
    I don't think they have enough left on the IP license to really bother with such a massive undertaking.

    Game just needs to die. Server stability is down the drain for so long now and they simply don't have the capacity nor the expertise in-house anymore to fix it.

    Just quickly releasing a mini expansion for more cash, just shows they trying to milk as much and as long as they can, before the servers permanently die and won't boot up anymore.
  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,101

    Wizardry said:

    I find it funny how developers disguise scummy marketing.
    Collector's edition $59?
    Ultimate $99?

    If the expansion is worth $20 that is what it is worth and nothing more.If you spend more  it is exactly the same as just paying $20 and spending another 39 or 79 in the cash shop,it really is the exact same thing.
    They could just as easily separated the bonuses and put them in a cash shop and charged $39 -$79 for them.There is also  the VERY real chance they simply removed stuff  from the game that was going to be a part of the expansion but found it better to use them to sell a more costly version.

    This marketing truly is scummy because if they put in the effort to build a better expansion that equates to LESS profits overall.The simple math is the longer amount of time spent developing there is no incoming cash flow.

    So for example take  2 years to sell a nice expac for say 80-90 bucks.Instead sell a cheap fast made one for 20 and add in the collector's and Ultimate and easily get the same profit margin from less work and money in the bank a LOT sooner.If they spent 2 years the cost and likely profit margin would be very small,maybe $10 of the 80-90 and especially more so if someone is taking a cut of the profits.




    You don't have to buy the higher editions dude, they are for people who just want something extra. If you are not the type who buys that stuff then why does it concern you at all? It is optional and obviously in demand or they would not bother with it.
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  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,101

    Kratier said:

    i tried to get back into it during the free quests and i put in a ticket back in MAY and they only responded 2 days after the promotion ended, SEPTEMBER.



    Don't know what the company is doing, but their customer support is abysmal. And your stories for this game have just been "servers are broken!"



    Server issues are literally the only valid complaint in this thread.
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  • foxgirlfoxgirl Member RarePosts: 485
    edited September 2020
    My favourite thing is when game studios put up sales for digital goods and are like "Buy this pile of gilded poop for only 29.99, a 60$ value!" No dear, that pile of crap has whatever value you assign to it, since it technically doesn't exist.
    I don't think Turbine/SSG ever did this, but I have seen many other mmos do it.
    Viper482 said:
    Why is everyone focused on a $99 ultimate edition? You can buy the standard for $20. Just stop.....stop it. Maybe if you stopped being graphics whores you could see this game is actually underrated.
    Name calling doesn't help your case any. I have played the game on and off since open beta. 20$ is an ok price for what amounts to a DLC, it's the jump in price for the extra stuff that's exploitative. They are taking advantage of their customers (yes, gamers are customers) and people with low impulse control.
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  • xpsyncxpsync Member EpicPosts: 1,854
    foxgirl said:
    My favourite thing is when game studios put up sales for digital goods and are like "Buy this pile of gilded poop for only 29.99, a 60$ value!" No dear, that pile of crap has whatever value you assign to it, since it technically doesn't exist.
    I don't think Turbine/SSG ever did this, but I have seen many other mmos do it.
    Viper482 said:
    Why is everyone focused on a $99 ultimate edition? You can buy the standard for $20. Just stop.....stop it. Maybe if you stopped being graphics whores you could see this game is actually underrated.
    Name calling doesn't help your case any. I have played the game on and off since open beta. 20$ is an ok price for what amounts to a DLC, it's the jump in price for the extra stuff that's exploitative. They are taking advantage of their customers (yes, gamers are customers) and people with low impulse control.

    It's milking the playerbase for sure, any loyal fan will want it all, and yes the price is arbitrary at best.

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