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don't let them ruin LOTR
emremf
Member Posts: 31
I don't like Turbine. I am sure they are going to ruin it 
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The positivity is overwhelming. For balance...
I like turbine, I am sure they will do a fine job
Just too many people bash it becouse it is something different and don't understand the meaning and rules of D&D. But i think LOTR is gonne be pretty sweet but again people are gonne bash it .
To be honest I'm not a big p&p guy, but I have played nearly every d&d computer game back to the old gold box SSR games. So the reason I don't like DDO has nothing to do that I don't understand the game. Nor is that even the complaint that people give when quitting the game. Back when I was on the official forums just post release in fact it seemed that the p&p community was torn half thought that turbine did a decent interpretation of the rules, the other half said they botched the job.
The rules to me are the least of DDO's problem. DDO failed because it doesn't offer enough to warrant a subscription fee. DDO doesn't offer any thing more then Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance or Diablo. What fun is subscription based mmo that gets boring in a month? Sadly to me LOTRO seems to have the design philosphy of making a crpg and market it as an mmorpg.
I have no doubt I will wear my computer out being online with LOTRO and so am certainly willing to pay a monthly fee.
People are different and your mileage may vary, but don't go beating up someone elses car just because you want to drive something different
I disagree that amount of content and the quality of the game are two seperate issues. A game is only as good as the sum of its parts. If it lacks in one area that will subtract from the total and the lack of content on DDO subtracts from everything that it does right. Not to mention a ton of different flaws the game has, the game is subpar. If I'm so bored of a game that I never want to play it again that means that its a bad game.
If you are going to play LOTRO because you think that Turbine will make a stellar game then thats fine. Me I'm waiting until I see a finished product. If your going to play LOTRO because Lord of the Rings would make a stellar game, then I don't think you should get your hopes up.
I don't care what someone elses mileage is. I just want a car that can get me to where I'm going, not die half way to where there. DDO didn't even get me out of my drive way I was done during the headstart.
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Although I like the idea of getting a mmorpg game based on LOTR (red the books seen the movies both several times) I'm a afraid turbine is not up to the job of making this game a pleasant one for me, this opnion is totally based on my experience with ddo, since I never played AC or AC2. But I still hope for the best
I (we) might change our minds the further the game develops. It's in alpha atm so I imagine there will be many changes before release.
After cancelling AC2 (their main source of revenue pre-DDO) they then produced a highly flawed DDO that most likely hasnt actually broken even as people left it so quickly and warned others almost immediately. Theyre trying to behave like SOE and start pumping money into franchises but they have no money behind them ... I suspect that some very big loans are being taken out and everything is being pumped into LOTRO. This game could whipe these guys if it flops...
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DDO is a fun game while it lasts, but I agree that it doesn't last long enough. At least the game has potential. I think it will be a great game by the time the first expansion pack comes out. Turbine does a good job at improving games over time after they have been out. You could say I'm wrong and just look at AC 2. I have to say, AC2 was darn good after they released the Legions expansion pack. The problem was that not enough players bought the expansion. They lost money, so they had to scrap the game. I am a current player of AC, and I love that game. It is so content rich, that I am still far from trying every quest in the game. The whole point is, if LOTRO isn't that good at release, it will be good after a year of improvements.