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The Lord of the Rings Online |OT| F2P lets everyone simply walk into Mordor
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I started a Dwarf Champion last night on Brandywine. Name is Greywarrior. It literally took me an hour JUST to find a name. Every single name I was picking was already taken, even modifying it. That was crazy. Do they have a single database for all their servers ? Anyways, I'll be trying this on and off. First impressions, this is a lot more enjoyable than FF14.
elrechazado
Banned
all day longjersoc said:
Reluctant-Hero
Member
ACE 1991 said:
Can't speak for others, but I don't have the time to commit huge organized raids/leveling/etc. I want to enjoy the game, and it's story at my pace and on my own, while still getting the social aspect and connecting with other players.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Reluctant-Hero said:
Yeah, I'm the same way.
I still like being able to trade with other players, and maybe group If I have time, but I still prefer to solo most of the time.
I'm hoping FF14 goes this route too, with the story quests at least having a solo option.
It's worth noting that Lotro has probably *never* had this many people trying to connect. Maybe right at launch... but even then the game wasn't open to everyone.
So everyone should be sure to be patient. Turbine will be very fast about opening new servers if they need to, and plus a good chunk of people will lose interest after a week or so.
So everyone should be sure to be patient. Turbine will be very fast about opening new servers if they need to, and plus a good chunk of people will lose interest after a week or so.
Baloonatic
Member
Teknoman said:
Are you not really bothering with XI any more?
Nolimit_SS
Banned
Love the game so far, thinking about buying/subscribing, tho not sure what to get hmm
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Can you trade money for items between players when your Free to Play? I tried to unload 91 Planks of Treated Rowan Wood for 120 Silver and the dude tells me he can't trade money 'cause he's Free to Play. Seems like a silly restriction to impose. He then goes on to say that if I give him the wood he'll make me stuff so I can sell, I was like "Yeah, ok buddy, no thanks" :lol
Freyjadour
Member
Severai (8 Warden) - Brandywine
Armai (4 Captain) - Brandywine
Lakun (3 Burg) - Brandywine
Sev's already in the GAF guild, great group of folks.
I've really enjoyed what I've played thus far, but I've been running on 2GB of RAM after diagnosing a bad stick earlier this week. Hopefully some of the hiccups I'm running into near max settings will iron themselves out when I get my new stick tomorrow. Was noticing some rubberbanding earlier, is this common?
Armai (4 Captain) - Brandywine
Lakun (3 Burg) - Brandywine
Sev's already in the GAF guild, great group of folks.
I've really enjoyed what I've played thus far, but I've been running on 2GB of RAM after diagnosing a bad stick earlier this week. Hopefully some of the hiccups I'm running into near max settings will iron themselves out when I get my new stick tomorrow. Was noticing some rubberbanding earlier, is this common?
Since the European F2P launch was delayed in a rather dick move, I resubscribed instead.
Then I felt kind of sad and decided to buy the special edition triple pack as well.
I now have a new main Ninus on Laurelin (English roleplaying server), he's a level 12 or 13 hunter and he now wears the most god-awful medium armor that any man can think of. It makes him look like either a Russian tank commander or an insane male ballet dancer.
Have some other alts on the back burner as well.
Then I felt kind of sad and decided to buy the special edition triple pack as well.
I now have a new main Ninus on Laurelin (English roleplaying server), he's a level 12 or 13 hunter and he now wears the most god-awful medium armor that any man can think of. It makes him look like either a Russian tank commander or an insane male ballet dancer.
Have some other alts on the back burner as well.
Baloonatic
Member
glaurung said:
I'm doing the 14 day trial as I'm in the UK. What are the roleplaying servers like? Do people stay in character absolutely all the time?
The 14 day trial is actually gimped, you cannot do crafting and there are probably some other limitations as well.Baloonatic said:
As for the roleplaying bits: people do not take things too seriously. The RP servers do however have some hardcore RP guilds and some people do stay in character all the time. The good thing about the RP server is that people do not heckle the RP players.
So it's a lot like WoW in that aspect.
Baloonatic
Member
glaurung said:
Yeah I thought it probably would be, just thought I'd try it until Codemasters get their shit together.
I might give roleplaying a go I guess, never really tried it before though.
VoteForPedro
Member
These kind of games have a weird effect on me, so I'm not the best person to judge but I'm liking it so far.
The only thing that really grates on me are the animations but that must be because I spent so much time playing WoW.
I played this all weekind, leveled a Hobbit Guardian to 10 an Elven Hunter to 14. Would be cool to play with all you cats so shoot me an invite if you catch me online. I'm on Brandywine playing Elvil (Hunter) or Scavo (guardian).
The only thing that really grates on me are the animations but that must be because I spent so much time playing WoW.
I played this all weekind, leveled a Hobbit Guardian to 10 an Elven Hunter to 14. Would be cool to play with all you cats so shoot me an invite if you catch me online. I'm on Brandywine playing Elvil (Hunter) or Scavo (guardian).
Nolimit_SS
Banned
I dont like some restrictions on f2p so I'd like to maybe upgrade but what should I do? Buy one or both expansions? Buy gamecard, set up subcription etc? What do you recommend?
Really liking the game, refreshment after pos ffxiv
Really liking the game, refreshment after pos ffxiv
Level 14 Captain (Arales) so far. Been playing with a buddy most of the time (Guardian) and been having a lot of fun so far, except for the lag/server issues, which will hopefully get fixed in the coming days.
The only real huge issue I've had was yesterday, when I was trying to put stuff into my vault (bank). I managed to get a few items in and then all of a sudden, all the items in my bags were gone. I logout, log back in and all my items are still gone and now all equipped items have vanished. I restart my computer, log in and still have no items shown. Decide to wait a little bit, log back in and then all my items were back. Since all my items returned, it wasn't game breaking or anything but seriously scared the crap out of me.
The only real huge issue I've had was yesterday, when I was trying to put stuff into my vault (bank). I managed to get a few items in and then all of a sudden, all the items in my bags were gone. I logout, log back in and all my items are still gone and now all equipped items have vanished. I restart my computer, log in and still have no items shown. Decide to wait a little bit, log back in and then all my items were back. Since all my items returned, it wasn't game breaking or anything but seriously scared the crap out of me.
BlueTsunami said:
No you cannot trade money when f2p. Its a valid way to do it, to prevent gold farming and f2p spammers.
The only solution is using the auction house or subscribing.
That said, anyone know if there is an auctioneer style addon for lotro? I understand their lua openness is not as good as Wow's, or is that wrong?
bloodydrake
Cool Smoke Luke
Nolimit_SS said:I dont like some restrictions on f2p so I'd like to maybe upgrade but what should I do? Buy one or both expansions? Buy gamecard, set up subcription etc? What do you recommend?
Really liking the game, refreshment after pos ffxiv
I bought the Mirkwood complete from turbine online store (not lotro store..very different). It looks like they're removed it now tho so either buy the moria complete retail product from amazon for 10bucks which gives 30days full then sub or buy them in the lotro store(which are overpriced i think).
I got the 3months for 30bucks subscription which works out to 4months with base game purchace I think thats the best way to go honesty. After 4 months You'll have 2000 lotro points to spend(500 a month free for subscribers) plus maybe another 500 points for ingame deeds completed.
if at that point you switch to ftp you can spend that 2500 points to unlock the worst things in ftp mode like limited bank and backpacks and ride skill ect.
Or just keep subbing and use lotro points towards purchase of mirkwood addon and the upcomming isengard addon(which is what i intend to do)
ChoklitReign
Member
I'm very interested in this game now. Thinking of being a dwarf champion. Are the queues for Brandywine still a bitch, or should I join another server (I live in Austin, TX)? I don't have a mic at the moment, but would I be okay soloing the early parts?
I'd also like to add that I must be a free player for at least a month. If CLE (long story short, they're a college program that manages your money) catches any microtransactions my computer gets taken away. Is it a bad time to start an MMO or will I live?
I'd also like to add that I must be a free player for at least a month. If CLE (long story short, they're a college program that manages your money) catches any microtransactions my computer gets taken away. Is it a bad time to start an MMO or will I live?