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LOTR Online became free awhile back
Topic Started: Nov 23 2010, 09:38 PM (3,135 Views)
St_Arcane
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Just thought I'd drop this here incase anyone's a big Tolkien/PvE fan. Lord of the Rings Online became free awhile back. Havn't played it yet, it seems pretty much like WoW PvE wise (except you have LOTR lore so arguably better in that sense), PvP is lame as far as I can tell, firstly you can only make a character as one of the good guys. And when it comes to PvP you just fight some scenario maps vs other players who use a temporary evil char (not their real char, and no lvl'ing/questing with it, just these scenario battles). Also u gotta be like a paying player to play the bad guys. Also think you can duel other people in regular open world (like in WoW).

Anyway, as far as I can tell, you can play the whole original game and get to max level and get the uber items if you play totally for free, will just take alot longer, and more grinding open world mobs/quests than doing instances and stuff. Also you can only do so many instances in a period of time, and if u got a free acc it's quite alot less than if ur like VIP or something, but u guys play EL so wtf ur used to grinding ur asses off for almost nothing.

Now apparently u'd have to buy the expansion packs if u wanna go further than the original game content (same as in WoW if you wanna unlock Outland and Northrend), but that's like once off thing so not too bad. You can also pay some once off fee or something and become a premium member which gives u some small advantages like a few more chars, higher gold caps and more auction house slots (the last 2 are to counter gold-sellers, apparently you wouldn't really need a higher cap if you just a casual regular player), and I think you get to do more instances. Then ofc you can also P2P and do everything faster and have more chars/unlimited gold cap/etc etc.

Now I've read a few reviews and stuff and it seems you can achieve endgame and end up as powerful and stuff as a paying player if you play for free, it just takes alot longer, and will be harder.

It's like a 7gig download, and has graphics/gameplay as good as any other mmorpg, just it's heavily PvE based.

This is just the important stuff I picked up in like half an hour's reading, here's a proper review http://mmohut.com/review/the-lord-of-the-rings-online and here is Lotro's website http://www.lotro.com/

Think I'll try it, just cos it's LOTR, but majorly bummed out that there's no world PvP or that you can't be an Uruk or a Nazgul or any evil guy at all :<

edit: oh and for any fags and hippies, there seems to be some crafting skills and roleplay shit, didn't really read about it, but figured it deserved a mention.
Edited by St_Arcane, Nov 23 2010, 09:42 PM.
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you need a decent graphics set up to play it otherwise its Lord of The Lag -

other than that it seemed a cool concept for an MMO .... except why they didnt allow real levelling of an evil type is strange considering the whole story is about evil vs good ( and alot of walking across hills )
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tried the trail...trial a few years back... it's just wow but alot more lore/rp focused. depends if you prefer cartoony graphics and a younger playerbase or better graphics and a generally more mature one.

although I would say wow has better gameplay and pvp... can't comment much on endgame for lotro ofcourse but whatever
Edited by zaer, Nov 28 2010, 11:50 PM.
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ive got a level 52 minstrel ( mage ) on server brandywine under the name Odaki and play regularily.
someone come play with mi plis :(
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[05:25:23] [Leonard @ 6]: Why don't presidents fight the war? Why do they always send SenZon?
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I :wub: Ena, miss her as well =\
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im miss senzon guy!! kom to lotro!
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lol minstrels are OP pieces of shit

Anyway I've played for a few months now, lotro is in fact quite good, way better than I expected, and there is actually a lot of pvp going on, and playing a char on the evil side is actually alot faster/easier to get into the action than one of the free peoples, so most of my preconceived notions were wrong (or are now outdated).

It is also very possible to play for free, you can grind turbine points and unlock all regions, and the gold cap and anything else, so it really is free to play, and the grind to unlock everything is so much shorter than say, getting 120 a/d in EL. And if you just play a char on the side of evil it takes like 1-2 weeks of grinding to unlock everything.

If you want to join me, I got a rank 8 BlackArrow on the server Arkenstone, although Ena's server is one of the highest populated servers so might be better to go there (if I roll a freep char, I'll probably go there then). If you are Aus/NZ/Asian the server Elendilmir seems to have a lot more people from that timezone, and if you are from EU the server Snowbourn is probably the best for you, although there are also french/german servers, and apparently the german servers have some very high pvp numbers going on.

edit: oh, the name of my BA on Arkenstone is Vyturack.
Edited by St_Arcane, Mar 27 2012, 11:45 AM.
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Cool. Would be interested to here about experiences fishing, as the implementation on Lotro is supposed to be one of the best.
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Cool. Would be interested to here [hear] about experiences fishing [?], as the implementation on Lotro is supposed to be one of the best.
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Way to go Stree. The only thread in the whole forum where ppl are making an effort to post something halfway interesting and sensible, and you decide to play spelling troll lol
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Hey, whoa, cool your jets there big buddy, I'm just offering a friendly service. No need to be so defensive.

Anyway, you've apologised, so let's move on.
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wynanimal's fucking up pk over there i hear
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Are you playing anything now BB?
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i play RL, and some offline shits, and your good self?
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Work has me by the balls, but I still play Fake Aion for PvP kicks sometimes. Will have a bit more spare time after my latest house move, was thinking about finding something new and sexy to play :O

Might stalk that hot thang Wynnut, Rings looks pretty decent :)
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I might try in a few months i guess
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Mar 29 2012, 09:38 PM
Work has me by the balls, but I still play Fake Aion for PvP kicks sometimes. Will have a bit more spare time after my latest house move, was thinking about finding something new and sexy to play :O

Might stalk that hot thang Wynnut, Rings looks pretty decent :)
Start playing WoW and join the guild I'm in \o/ Well, first you should learn to talk Finnish fluently, but that shouldn't be a problem for a genious person like you.
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Ei se mitään, työskentelen kääntäjänä !
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sign up for this beta:
http://beta.salemthegame.com/?ref=0c4d6c8652b

new MMO where focus is on player villages/towns etc., never know, could be interesting, and yeah, it looks gay.
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paradox? can't go wrong really.. depending on how buggy release is of course :<
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