It occurs to me that while (presumably) no one in this thread is a Turbine employee and therefore has very little idea of what will actually happen to LOTRO once it is free to play, there is an awful lot of assumptions being flung about regarding it…
As an aside, I am hoping some brilliant studio manages to grab the IP an develop a VeggieTales MMO. I can think of thousands of folks sitting in Dalaran RIGHT NOW who would be right at home with The Pirates that Don't Do Anything.
I think alot of people are overlooking one potential upside to all of this, and that is the marketing increase that Turbine will get out of it.
I remember when the AC2 expansion came out, I went to my local Gameshop (intentional misspelling) to pi…