LOTRO free to play going ahead.

Sleepery · 16 Nov 2010 at 21:17

Give Grimbane a tell in the next hour or so and I'll sign you up

You have to be finished the intro mind you, or you can't join. Game rule, not ours!

CookieRocks · 16 Nov 2010 at 21:28

I'm L17 now, well past the intro

Vuvuzela · 17 Nov 2010 at 12:59

Halfmad said:
Moria is ace, I'd recommend it for when you get to 42 or so as the XP you can get in Moria seems very high compared to traditional zones, or perhaps it's simply that you can turn in quests faster, there's also some nice instanced quests in Doven View for legendary weapon XP in the mid 40s.

42 for the Walls of Moria yes but I think 42 for Moria is a little low. I went into Moria about 48 and still found mobs hard to kill.

'Wes · 17 Nov 2010 at 13:13

Moria is a 50+ grind i'd say.

Sleepery · 17 Nov 2010 at 13:20

Definitely 48+. You just won't be able to kill red / purple mobs at 42.

rubberduck · 17 Nov 2010 at 13:41

I think you need to be L45 minimum before you can start voulme 2 and gain access to Moria.

'Wes · 17 Nov 2010 at 15:24

I need an invite as i'm rolling a Hobbit, Guardian now. Just give me an invite between 6-7pm if anyones on.

Tombstone · 17 Nov 2010 at 17:45

Excellent, just got the "skeletal" mount on another one of my characters, think maybe they have increased the drop rate of it. Thats 4 characters I have with it now, just one more to go

kieves1 · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:28

Hi all

Im currently using the F2P and am only level 6.If i buy an expansion say mines of moria what does that make me vip or premium.I know im a way off getting to the mines but i would purchase it but dont want a monthly subscription.I can find the game for £7.49 delivered and am wondering if its worth it or not

Cheers

Tombstone · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:34

kieves1 said:
Hi all

Im currently using the F2P and am only level 6.If i buy an expansion say mines of moria what does that make me vip or premium.I know im a way off getting to the mines but i would purchase it but dont want a monthly subscription.I can find the game for £7.49 delivered and am wondering if its worth it or not

Cheers

It would make you premium, you can only be VIP by either a monthly subscription or lifetime

Jacob (: · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:36

Just before free to play I extended my trial by buying lotro shadows of angmar for £5. That has given me VIP until 7/12.

I thought buying mines of moria might do the same but it didn't! Got it for £6 just for the cd key online. Its unlocked the classes its meant to but my subscription status hasn't changed.

I think it gives 2 extra character slots as well? Not 100% sure though!

Just premium I would expect you to become if you buy it

Timber · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:42

Jacob (: said:
Just before free to play I extended my trial by buying lotro shadows of angmar for £5. That has given me VIP until 7/12.

I thought buying mines of moria might do the same but it didn't! Got it for £6 just for the cd key online. Its unlocked the classes its meant to but my subscription status hasn't changed.

I think it gives 2 extra character slots as well? Not 100% sure though!

Just premium I would expect you to become if you buy it

Are they trying to get people to shell out directly for MOM now from their LOTRO Store for the full benefits?

Tombstone · 17 Nov 2010 at 20:46

Timber said:
Are they trying to get people to shell out directly for MOM now from their LOTRO Store for the full benefits?

Depends which benefits you mean.

Timber · 17 Nov 2010 at 23:15

^ It was a question out of curiosity. I've seen that MOM retail can be had for cheap now, and I just wondered if there was a difference - particularly as the poster above talked about not becoming a premium member.

I've only paid a small amount of attention to the game so far (just of the intro area).

Tombstone · 17 Nov 2010 at 23:47

Timber said:
^ It was a question out of curiosity. I've seen that MOM retail can be had for cheap now, and I just wondered if there was a difference - particularly as the poster above talked about not becoming a premium member.

I've only paid a small amount of attention to the game so far (just of the intro area).

Ah right, yes buying the MoM expansion would make you a premium member, but not a VIP member. Likewise getting MoM off the lotro store makes you a premium member (not a VIP) , in effect there are no differences between buying the retail of MoM and getting it off the store. (costs excepted)

Buying shadows of angmar temporarily makes you VIP because it came with 30 days free, thereby effectively giving you a free 1 month subscription, which in turn means you are a VIP ( for that 1 month )

Buying MoM doesn't temporarily make you a VIP because the standard expansion MoM doesn't come with 30 days free and thus doesn't effectively give you a free 1 month subscription.

English · 17 Nov 2010 at 23:50

and I am a founder member :0

kieves1 · 18 Nov 2010 at 07:40

Tombstone said:
It would make you premium, you can only be VIP by either a monthly subscription or lifetime

What bonuses do i get as a premium player? Any turbine points etc.I cant find the page on the website at the moment for some reason.

Cheers

'Wes · 18 Nov 2010 at 07:53

Sorry if you tried to recruit me last night, i didn't logon due to the fact i was determined to complete GTA 4 on the Xbox 360 so i never have to touch that pile of tosh ever again.

Tombstone · 18 Nov 2010 at 08:15

kieves1 said:
What bonuses do i get as a premium player? Any turbine points etc.I cant find the page on the website at the moment for some reason.

Cheers

You dont get additional turbine points as a premium player , thats only VIP players (they get an extra 500 points every month), the major differences between a premium player and a normal free player is that the premium player has a gold cap of 5 gold (instead of 2 gold) and can have 3 characters per server (instead of 2 characters per server)

LateX'Dog · 18 Nov 2010 at 08:42

Really wish i had given this game the time of day back when it was new. This game is brilliant.