Re: LOTRO Goes Free to Play : Sept 10 (Sept 8 for Cool Kids)

[DraconianOne]

Expansions were 50% off today as well. 






Unless you're in Europe. 

[FatuousTwat]

Awww, fuck, I guess I missed it.

[Azazel]

Think of all the time you've saved yourself by purchasing those items that could normally only be attained by way of a tiresome, boring, irritating rep grind! 

I'd actually accumulated enough rep to buy the goat ingame via saving up enough turnins between my wife and myself, and then my friends forcing a pile of them onto me until I had the rep (and they were here, too, so I couldn't do the "yep, I have the rep now, thanks, bye" thing). I wasn't about to ask them to pay the 5g for the goat imgame though, so better to blow the TP on it.

[FieryBalrog]

I have this issue with pretty much every non-WoW MMO.


In WoW, if I have an ability not on cooldown and I press that ability, that action happens instantly.

In LotRO (or every other MMO I've played), if I have an ability not on cool down and I press the ability, it fires off when it feels like it, a couple seconds after I've inputted my action. Feels like I am giving my characters suggestions and spectating rather then actually playing.

I downloaded LOTRO a week ago and ran into this exact issue.

The animations are weak, especially jumping. The combat doesn't feel "punchy" enough.

[DraconianOne]

Next expansion (and first post-F2P) has been announced: "The Rise of Isengard"





Available next Fall.

[Azazel]

How much could an expansion cost? $20? $30? (How much is Cata in US$?) I needs to know so I know how many months worth of free-tp I need to save up while not logging in. 

[Rendakor]

Cata will be $40.

[DraconianOne]

How much could an expansion cost? $20? $30? (How much is Cata in US$?) I needs to know so I know how many months worth of free-tp I need to save up while not logging in. 

Isn't MoM something like 2495 points in the store? Guess they'll probably price it at a similar level.

[Fraeg]

I have this issue with pretty much every non-WoW MMO.


In WoW, if I have an ability not on cooldown and I press that ability, that action happens instantly.

In LotRO (or every other MMO I've played), if I have an ability not on cool down and I press the ability, it fires off when it feels like it, a couple seconds after I've inputted my action. Feels like I am giving my characters suggestions and spectating rather then actually playing.

I downloaded LOTRO a week ago and ran into this exact issue.

The animations are weak, especially jumping. The combat doesn't feel "punchy" enough.

been playing the creep vs freep thingy for several months, I want to say you get used to it, but yeah it still irritates me a bit.  Playing a Warg with positional attacks, and the skill que aspect is pretty annoying.
That said, the pvp zone has been enough to keep me paying since June or so.  Can't even comment on the PVE, have a 15 warden I haven't played since discovering Ettenmoors.

*edited for accuracy*

[Azazel]

How much could an expansion cost? $20? $30? (How much is Cata in US$?) I needs to know so I know how many months worth of free-tp I need to save up while not logging in. 

Isn't MoM something like 2495 points in the store? Guess they'll probably price it at a similar level.

I guess it depends on whether they release a "full" expansion or if they release a gutted one with a seperate piecemeal featureset all for the low, low cost of 500-1000TP apiece.

[Cheddar]

I guess it depends on whether they release a "full" expansion or if they release a gutted one with a seperate piecemeal featureset all for the low, low cost of 500-1000TP apiece.

Dude, we get it.  Not for you.  Stop with the vitriol and get off my fucking lawn.  It got old back in September.

[Modern Angel]

No, I think it needs to be repeated several fucking times more. Because it's not old. It could NEVER get old.

[Chimpy]

So a buddy of mine was wanting to play something different.

Neither one of us had ever played this, so I am going to give this a try.

8 hours on my shitty DSL to get the client downloaded though.

[Azazel]

What's the problem? That was one of the questions they asked in their recent survey - what kind of expansion people would rather see. Piecemeal or full.

Now fuck off back to the lotro forum where everyone loves or fanbois the game and no criticism shall be allowed without crying.

edit - after a browse of the new post in that forum and a look at the posts above in this thread. I can only come to the conclusion that you tough kids are picking on me, since criticism for lotro is pretty abundant all over. My last few posts in the lotro forum were also positive. Please stop, or I might cry.

So yeah, fuck off.

[Furiously]

I love how you make everything a personal attack on others.   I'm still trying to figure out why the mods tolerate it from you and not anyone else.

[Modern Angel]

I'm not even playing it right now. You're just the most tedious, boring fuck on these boards right now. I can predict what you'll say literally every single time in a LOTRO thread. Fanboyism has nothing to do with it; you being completely insufferable has everything to do with it.

[Mrbloodworth]

What the hell?

[Modern Angel]

What the hell?

Joe Buck and Troy Aikman give analysis:

Joe: Azazel has been on a tear the past year, Troy.
Troy: He sure has, Joe. He has a patented "Shit on LOTRO in every thread" play that's been hard for the opposition to stop.
Joe: I think it's the sheer volume flooding the defenses he's faced that's the real key to that play, Troy. There's just such a flood that I'm not certain how four DBs are supposed to handle it
Troy: We used to send a flood of crap with the Cowboys, too, so it's not as though I'm unfamiliar with the technique. But Azazel has really taken it to a whole new level. What's interesting is that he'll stick in a feint, a nice comment about LOTRO once every third week or so. Just to...
Joe: Just to provide plausible deniability, right. Very cunning.
Troy: The artistry in it is in how he makes it personal. If anyone, anywhere, points out that this is a bit of a one trick pony, Azazel turns up the outrage for motivation. The invective that pours out is quite a sight to see. It seems to amp up some of the hometown fans but I wonder if even they're not getting a little tired of it
Joe: Well, surely the commissioner's officerwould have to look at it at some point, wouldn't they? I mean, personal attacks are tolerated in small quantities but I've seen bans for less stuff than this.
Troy: Some people would see the blue name and cynically say that this gives Azazel a little more pull with the home office. I don't think that's the case. I think it's because he knows their addresses and has a penchant for masturbating into their pillows while they sleep. Nobody wants to wake up at night to find that's happened.
Joe: Haha! Right you are, Troy. We're tossing it back to Terry and the Gang for analysis on this Sunday's big games, including Grunk vs Sanity. Back to you, Gang.

[Mrbloodworth]

Yeah, got that, its not just LOTRO.

Anyway, my shock was going along, reading reasonable discourse then...giant cliff of "WTF?!". It came way out of left field.

[Sir T]

LOTRO: the piece and harmony edition. Inspired by the lush fields of Afghanistan.

[Yegolev]

Peace.

[Chimpy]

Peace.

Unless he was subliminally saying you are getting a "piece" of some chick named "harmony" every time you play?

[Lantyssa]

I feel like I missing something by having not been reading the LotR boards.  One comment devolved into full-on attacks.  The heck?

[Reg]

The Lotro fanboys are a little sensitive sometimes.

[Modern Angel]

The Lotro fanboys are a little sensitive sometimes.

[Yegolev]

I feel like I missing something by having not been reading the LotR boards.  One comment devolved into full-on attacks.  The heck?

Harmless drama containment breach.  I mean, swamp gas in the moonlight.  Please direct your attention to the man in the van.

[Mrbloodworth]

The Lotro fanboys are a little sensitive sometimes.

Not seeing it in the progress of this thread.

I feel like I missing something by having not been reading the LotR boards.  One comment devolved into full-on attacks.  The heck?

Thats what I said! "What the hell?"

[Cheddar]

What's the problem? That was one of the questions they asked in their recent survey - what kind of expansion people would rather see. Piecemeal or full.

Now fuck off back to the lotro forum where everyone loves or fanbois the game and no criticism shall be allowed without crying.

edit - after a browse of the new post in that forum and a look at the posts above in this thread. I can only come to the conclusion that you tough kids are picking on me, since criticism for lotro is pretty abundant all over. My last few posts in the lotro forum were also positive. Please stop, or I might cry.

So yeah, fuck off.

 

[squirrel]

What's the problem? That was one of the questions they asked in their recent survey - what kind of expansion people would rather see. Piecemeal or full.

Now fuck off back to the lotro forum where everyone loves or fanbois the game and no criticism shall be allowed without crying.

edit - after a browse of the new post in that forum and a look at the posts above in this thread. I can only come to the conclusion that you tough kids are picking on me, since criticism for lotro is pretty abundant all over. My last few posts in the lotro forum were also positive. Please stop, or I might cry.

So yeah, fuck off.

Way to be a douchebag. You've been practicing.

[Hawkbit]

Yeah, but he's all sweetness and light in the WoW forums.

[Reg]

If the Lotro store were to have an amazing enough sale I might actually buy something and play again.  Unfortunately, their policy of sending me at least 3 spams a week about sales that aren't even remotely amazing is tempting me to tell them to just screw off entirely. 

[Hawkbit]

If the Lotro store were to have an amazing enough sale I might actually buy something and play again.  Unfortunately, their policy of sending me at least 3 spams a week about sales that aren't even remotely amazing is tempting me to tell them to just screw off entirely. 

Same.  F2P games are lost on me.  I don't feel committed to them so I end up not playing them, which in turn leads to me not spending money in them.  So now I'm simply getting irritated by their spam. 

[Yegolev]

Of interest to the moochers:

Free and Premium players will now be able to enter the regions of Moria, Lothlórien, Mirkwood, and Enedwaith for FREE! We have adjusted the access of Free and Premium players. You may now follow the Epic Storyline through Moria, Mirkwood and, Enedwaith. This includes free access to the following:

The Legendary item system
Attain level 65
Access Moria, Mirkwood, Lothlórien, and Enedwaith regions
Note: You will still need to purchase the appropriate quest packs or expansion packs to access other content (quests, deeds, instances, classes, etc) in these areas.

Full update notes:
http://lorebook.lotro.com/wiki/Release_Notes_November_2010_Update_Official

[FatuousTwat]

Noice.

[Azazel]

The thing with LOTRO is that it could be so much better with just a few simple tweaks. Not a shit game, it's actually quite a solid WoW-clone with better lore but a much slower pace which some clearly prefer. I understand that you'll never have your account hacked, either. I'm also all for every loosening of the tight reigns on the F2P players. Nice football thing, MA, though it's pretty much been 3 months, not a year. 

Any ETA on that bank vault update?