Lord of the Rings Online

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Anyone play this? I think cwg has said he did/does in the past, but I was just wondering if anyone else does...

I just started playing when it went F2P, and I have to admit that it is pretty addicting... I might end up spending a little bit of money on it down the road if I don't lose interest...

[mmmbeans]

you and CWG should team up and do a pub crawl.

[natty]

If it's free now I might play. I bought it when it came out and thought it was horrible.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

I still hop on DDO from time to time, same parent company, same f2p model, and I much prefer this system to pay monthly.

50$ in turbine points when I reached my "limit" of free play (it is possible to get the entire game for free if you want to sink the time into it) got me everything I needed. Another 50$ in 3-4 months will get me everything else, and I've been playing on and off since February. So 100$ for complete ownership of the game as long as the servers are live over the course of a year vs 150$+ annually to "rent" a game (plus the cost of expansion packs and account) is a no brainer to me.

I like DDO well enough, its more of an instancer than an mmo, but it also requires a wider variety of skills than just stat stacking and knowing your pulls.

I played it for free 2-3 months before I decided to support it, and I'll probably pick it up today and level my bard. Best bang for my buck I've gotten from a game in a long time, and there's no reason for me to think LotRO will be any different. Except I hate LotR so fug it.

Both games are a nice aesthetic improvement over the fluorescent dolls of WoW as well.

DDO jumped from 7th most popular MMO to 3rd when it went F2P, and LotRO has the potential to do even better.

[Zaximus]

Thought about it, but heard it was kind of lame how "you can't go here with free to play" or whatever.

Nothing will compete with WoW though unfortunately.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

That's because WoW has been dumbed down to where its so easy anyone can play it. They've absolutely destroyed the core of the game for marketing advantages, and it worked.

Whatever. Its not about WoW vs the rest of the community. WoW has become the Wal-Mart of mmos, with the same quality of consumer and product.

I'd wager most of the p2p content is engame with a smattering of choice adventure packs for low and mid range. You can probably still play 60% of the game for free, and get the other 40% free if you want to sink that much time into it.

Or anyone that's bitching about inaccessible content in a free to play model can go beg mommy for an extra 50$ to purchase all content needed to enjoy the game to its fullest, with no future fees unless you want new expanded content.

[Zaximus]

WoW getting harder in new expansion, people gonna be upset about it lol.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

For the first 3 months, then they'll hit everything with the nerf bat until its as bland as possible.

[Zaximus]

For the first 3 months, then they'll hit everything with the nerf bat until its as bland as possible.

They won't be that sad when the 11 million subscribers still pay each month.

[Khyber53]

Just finished downloading LoTR Online yesterday. So far, it seems interesting. I've been playing WoW for about four years and EQ before that.

WoW, for the cartoony world, does have the highest quality experience, but LoTR does have a certain charm to it. Time will tell, though.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

I think WoW has been dumbed down to attract the lowest common denominator.

And no, they won't be sad, and I won't care.

[Khyber53]

LoTRO has some seriously wonky features. Still just running around in game, so haven't really gotten a good feel for it. The rendering of figures in it just isn't quite right, somehow.

[Porn Shop Clerk]

There's definitely more to it than endless farming, stat stacking, knowing which pulls to make, and buying gold from Korean farmers while bitching about it.

The ONLY mmo players that bitch about gold farmers are the ones stupid enough to support them by purchasing fake money with real money.

If you've ever purchased fake money with real money, please raise your hand so I can mock you openly.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Do Turbine Points count? I am seriously considering buying enough to at least get 2 more inventory bags and more vault space in LOTRO... and possibly an extra character slot or two...