LOTRO free to play going ahead.
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Re-installed this again after many months of not playing, was keen to see how it runs on my new GTX480 and Dell 3011 at 2560x1600, its very pretty I must say. Keen to give it another try and see how long I last this time, I have just 1 main which is a lvl65 Captain. I'd be happy to help out small groups/fellowship getting through the different fellowship/epic quests in the game, I done most of them and know my way around fairly well, probably gonna be a bit rusty at the start though 
. Give me a tell IG as Soya if you have a fellowship in need of a hand (If I'm free of course).
. Give me a tell IG as Soya if you have a fellowship in need of a hand (If I'm free of course).Ive made a Hobbit Hunter on Laurelin since it was the most reccomended server on here, only level 5 atm but had 1500 turbine points which has made me enjoy it more XP boosts and able to get a temp mount at level 5 is really good.
Kk, I'll add you when you're online. Gonna get in to it now, I've lust gotta pick the right music. I've narrowed it down to Ayreon, Akala or Lacuna Coil - what should I pick?
Edit: Hmm, doesn't seem to want to log me in. It's come up with the server list, but all the servers bar Evernight are grey/white & flashing. What does this mean?
Edit: Hmm, doesn't seem to want to log me in. It's come up with the server list, but all the servers bar Evernight are grey/white & flashing. What does this mean?
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Bah, its even more gimped than I remember, I'm running around, admittedly as a Guardian so more morale than usual, but not by that much, with almost 5 times the health of the mobs I'm fighting.
At launch by level 22-23 in the lone lands you'd be fighting mobs with only a few hundred morale less than you, 2 years later, and the same mobs have almost half the morale while I've got a lot more than I would have.
One of the only instances that hasn't been gimped is the Formal complaint instance that almost no one ever bothers doing anyway.
ITs good, some stuff has been made smoother in terms of UI, the please spend your money alert everytime you gain a point is irritating me now.
ITs still "good", its fun to play at points, but its just SOO easy compared to the game released a couple years back(actually is it coming up on 3 years, or past 3 years now?).
Crafting has become a joke, with what used to be 2 sets, one crap and one really good at each tier, and a single use recipe 3rd set that was always WAY better than the less good set in the next tier up, it meant a significant upgrade every 8-10 levels, now its all completely blurred together and the lowest tier sets have the biggest step up compared to any stage in the game. Jewellery is screwed just because 95% of the jewellery between lvl 22 and lvl 48 is rubbish and barely an upgrade.
I'm just irked, it used to be so much better, I can't see why they've felt the need to make everything so so easy with every update.
At launch by level 22-23 in the lone lands you'd be fighting mobs with only a few hundred morale less than you, 2 years later, and the same mobs have almost half the morale while I've got a lot more than I would have.
One of the only instances that hasn't been gimped is the Formal complaint instance that almost no one ever bothers doing anyway.
ITs good, some stuff has been made smoother in terms of UI, the please spend your money alert everytime you gain a point is irritating me now.
ITs still "good", its fun to play at points, but its just SOO easy compared to the game released a couple years back(actually is it coming up on 3 years, or past 3 years now?).
Crafting has become a joke, with what used to be 2 sets, one crap and one really good at each tier, and a single use recipe 3rd set that was always WAY better than the less good set in the next tier up, it meant a significant upgrade every 8-10 levels, now its all completely blurred together and the lowest tier sets have the biggest step up compared to any stage in the game. Jewellery is screwed just because 95% of the jewellery between lvl 22 and lvl 48 is rubbish and barely an upgrade.
I'm just irked, it used to be so much better, I can't see why they've felt the need to make everything so so easy with every update.
Yer def easier
and you dont even mention the quest helper.
I'm really not liking that multi-coloured quest helper area shading. As for the difficulty, marcing around in the north downs hunting aurochs is giving me a bit of a headache - I even died, once. Maybe it's just because I'm a bit rusty and my rotation's screwed up, but I've never had an issue with those guys before.
You can always turn the quest helper off if you dont like it, though I find that most people who complain about it still wont turn it off, so it obviously doesnt bother them that much
I imagine that one reason why MMOs (not just LOTRO) tend to make things easier as they get older is that it helps the new players to get up to the levels where the main playerbase is.
Of course the important thing is (and frankly the ONLY thing that I consider important about a game) is the game fun, if the answer for a player is yes, then tickety boo, if the answer for a given player to that is no, then they are probably playing the wrong game for them. For me, its fun, I enjoy playing it, which is the only thing I ask of a game.
I imagine that one reason why MMOs (not just LOTRO) tend to make things easier as they get older is that it helps the new players to get up to the levels where the main playerbase is.
Of course the important thing is (and frankly the ONLY thing that I consider important about a game) is the game fun, if the answer for a player is yes, then tickety boo, if the answer for a given player to that is no, then they are probably playing the wrong game for them. For me, its fun, I enjoy playing it, which is the only thing I ask of a game.
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How soon does the action start i have just done the intro quest and the village has fallen and they took a ranger but i am doing quest such as find people playing hide and seekDo they get better at all
During the course of the game you do the usual MMO quests, ranging from everything between , collecting x number of item y , through killing x number of creatures, through killing boss x, to killing a balrog. Some quests are more interesting than others and the epic storyline quests are amongst the best. Its your standard MMO fare (apart from the epic storyline quests)
It's also a very pleasant sensation when you get your first Inspiration buff. During the course of the epic quest line, certain missions crop up which are designed for fellowships, but they introduced the inspiration buff to combat the problems people had in finding a group - it's basically a bad-ass buff to all your stats, making you a one-man fellowship.
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How soon does the action start i have just done the intro quest and the village has fallen and they took a ranger but i am doing quest such as find people playing hide and seek
I assume you are playing a hobbit?
How soon does the action start i have just done the intro quest and the village has fallen and they took a ranger but i am doing quest such as find people playing hide and seek
As a hobbit it gets going around level 12, the shire is one of the best zones in the game in terms of sticking to the lore and making you feel like your in middle earth.
Yeah i chose a hobbit.I want to go kill black riders and orcs and stuff.Hmm i guess ill have to go play hide and seek and help revamp the town for a bit 1st then until i reach level 12
You'll get to kill some goblins and orcs, but you'll have to wait quite a bit longer to kill black riders, theres a reason why frodo doesn't start the film running about killing blackriders
Cheers, so no difference then.