Reply With QuoteI will wait for the great unwashed masses to spot some faults and the devs to
fix them at this point in time. But a month or two from now, I might check it out :)
Aye, an adventure to be had.
Please don't show me that at this point in time.
erm what?
LOTRO's world tour ends tom.
Some of you have already pre-ordered, some of you might still be on the fence. I've had some time with the world tour and the game has grown on me. So who is getting this, and who already got it?
You guys can also take the time to post your Toons and servers here, just as long as the WOW vs LOTRO discussions can be kept in the other threads.
I will wait for the great unwashed masses to spot some faults and the devs to
fix them at this point in time. But a month or two from now, I might check it out :)
I'll be picking it up depending on when it arrives here. Since it's a big deal and published by EA it should be here around a week from release day, so I'll be in then. Haven't pre-ordered though.
I preordered it. I can probably get a few months of entertainment out of it.
Preordered and on Nimrondel with the other QT3 folks. I couldn't pass up the special pricing for pre-ordering. I'm having a great time with it, thus far.
Have pre-ordered and I'm playing on Silverlode with friends. I expect to play it at least until Age of Conan hits. My toons (all on Silverlode) are Belly, Thelion, Garble, Fredolas, and Carmen. I'm open to starting other toons on other servers as I'm a pretty bad altoholic.
I've got four characters on Nimrodel pretty much stuck up against the level 15 limit, waiting for the game to officially launch. Hey, Turbine, hurry up and flip the switch!
-Tom
I've got lots of cranky, niggling complaints, but overall I'm enjoying it quite a bit, so I preordered. All of my chracters are on Nimrodel for the Qt3 company. Right now I'm having a lot of fun exploring Ered Luin with my level 9 Dwarf Guardian (Glaerin), but I plan to keep playing my Burglar (Ashwald) and Lore Master (Byrdwyn) as well. Lots to see!
Can't say I care for it much.
I'll be getting my copy tomorrow sometime and I'll at least install it. Dunno if I'll go near it on live day, but I'll see ya Wednesday.
I'm still enjoying the epic scale of woodchopping that this game offers.
With today's pre-order of the CE, I'm definitely in. Any race/class recommendations, though? I'm leaning toward either an elf loremaster or hobbit hunter right now.
It seems like a well done game, and it's killing me not to preorder it. For personal reasons, I've decided to end (er, maybe, "pause," would be a better word) my MMO addiction with WoW. When I'm out of things to do in WoW, I'm going to try to take a break from the genre for awhile.
I'm sure my resistance will break, eventually, but for now it is strong enough to prevent my preordering.
This really freaked me out, as I saw no EA logos anywhere during the World Tour. LoTRO must be published by EA in some places outside the US, including Dubai. In the US it's published by Midway, per lotro.com.Originally Posted by Kareem
There appears to be a decent number of QT3 folk on Nimrodel who have preordered (me included).
John, for the best early game, the hands-down race of choice is hobbits. The Shire is a superlative bit of work guaranteed to suck you into LOTRO. The other races' starting areas aren't nearly as good. The elves in particular get shafted.
As for class, they're all soloable early on. I had the easiest time with my Guardian, since he can go toe to toe with pretty much any three creatures at a time. But the content is laid back enough that I haven't had any issues with a group being in dire need of a particular class. I suspect this this will change once folks are doing mid- to higher-level content.
-Tom
Same, playing a Man Captain and an Elf Guardian on Nimrodel. I also have a Hobbit Burglar, but the amount of quests involving "defend" or "oh crap ambush" doesn't seem to be stealth-friendly.
Same. I don't want to leap from MMO to MMO forever. Gonna try to end my association with the genre with WoW. Whether I can stick to that is doubtful, but worth a shot...For personal reasons, I've decided to end (er, maybe, "pause," would be a better word) my MMO addiction with WoW. When I'm out of things to do in WoW, I'm going to try to take a break from the genre for awhile.
Hobbit hunter it is, then. Thanks for the info, Tom.
Yeah, I agree. The hobbit area definitely feels the most "lord of the rings" to me. The elven area is indeed pretty crappy. There's been a 4 or so level span where I've been scrounging for quests. The human area isn't too bad. I have yet to try the dwarves, but given that it shares some of the same map with the elves I don't have high hopes. :)
Hunters and defenders are pretty cool. I haven't really liked my burglar that much. It seems like it might shine in a fellowship setting.
I don't know, man. That "kill the buzzing gnats and two bears by the Willow Tree" quest has proven pretty much impossible for my Hobbit Burglar alone. I've tried it four times now. It's light blue to me and yet I haven't been able to figure out how to solo it. I'm ready to say fug it and grab a PUG.
EDIT: Different subject: I agree that the elven area is weak, but I didn't hate it at all. My favorite character is an elf and I had a good time leveling her up.
Is anyone else in the L.A. area going to Universal Citywalk for the launch tomorrow night?
So is this any different than all the other MMOs, or is it WoW with different bitmaps?
IMO, it's WoW with different bitmaps.
That's an obvious oversimplification, of course, but it's not too far off.
That quest is especially nasty. Some quests are not soloable, but you don't have to do all the quests.
I hit BB today to see if they had any, but no luck. That being the case I stopped at Gamestop and the lady there (who is usually very good about details) told me they can't sell the pre-order ones anymore since they have the full game in.
So I figure I missed out and take the full version home only to find out I can't activate the fucking key until Tuesday when the actual release date is supposed to occur. Needless to say I'm a wee bit pissed and will be stopping back there tomorrow since they still had a pile of the pre-order discs in a drawer behind the counter.
You can still preorder from Amazon, it looks like, if you don't mind waiting for the game.
When I get a better computer, I'll be playing this non-stop.
I love me some Tolkien.
Yeah, that's the one that made me decide a Burglar isn't all that. It seemed a bit excessive, but then I have been ranging far afield thanks to the mail delivery quests. The completist in me kicked in ... I noticed this game does that a lot. The Deeds really give it that "just 5 more ... " feeling more than WoW did, for me.
I wouldn't blame that on your class. Some quests just can't be soloed, until you are way above the level. In the human area, there's a similar quest, with a couple of waves of enemies. My defender easily soloed it when I was about 5 levels above the recommended one, but it was impossible before that. My main complaint about the burglar is that it takes forever to kill anything. Solo, it seems to behave mostly like a poor man's champion (though I haven't actually made a champion), at least until level 10.
I'm in on this one to the extent of having 4 characters ready to go. I don't know that I can explain it, but ever since I got into the beta back in March this is the only game I've been playing. It's very odd since my previous MMO tries, while numerous, have always failed to keep my attention for more than a few weeks.
At $10 a month I can afford to give this game a try.
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