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<blockquote data-quote="LrdApoc" data-source="post: 3701515" data-attributes="member: 1882"><p>I'm a fan of the game. I've played a large number of MMO's but for me its about the setting. I think Turbine has done a good job making the game feel like Middle-Earth. There are some minor issues with the quests and solo playability of the epic storyline quests but LOTRO is getting my time and money because while it is like WoW on the surface - interfaces are very similar - but I can invest in a lifetime sub and never worry about the monthly fee again. I'm more likely to do that I guess than a lot of people because I have to pay for multiple accounts - my wife and I.</p><p></p><p>I like WoW, think its a great game with a huge following and a lot of my friends play but that lifetime option really makes all the difference to me. I can more easily budget for $300 in one shot than $30 a month forever.</p><p></p><p>As to your questions:</p><p>1. I feel like it is ok for solo play and slowly getting better. I've encountered a few issues with not being able to replay epic storyline instances with others in my kinship/guild to help them complete them. This is frustrating and especially since many of the main quests require friends to execute. Turbine will have to address this if they want to keep the players playing long term. </p><p></p><p>You may still find yourself (as I have) waiting around for help to do the fellowship based quests. Even though I'm doing quests sometimes far later than is recommended I find it difficult to solo the Fellowship quests because the odds are stacked against you and sometimes the conditions require you defend or help an NPC. That is hard to do alone while also fending off enemy attacks.</p><p></p><p>2. Yes, voice is built in, though personally I prefer to use Ventrillo.</p><p></p><p>3 & 4. Visually the avatars are highly detailed, showing and changing as you add/drop tint or remove equipment. Its visually a very pleasing game if you have the horsepower to turn everything on. I run on my Laptop so I have things turned down for performance issues on my ATI video card. When on a good desktop with good memory and video hardware the game can be far more impressive to look at than WoW. The figures and items in the world are realistic in design and reflect Tolkein's world well.</p><p></p><p>5. There are pets of a sort. The Loremaster class get pets and the Captain class get followers. There is no mounted combat, though there are horses in the game as transport. The only MMO I know of that is looking at mounted combat seriously is Age of Conan, which has recently been pushed back to next year (and it has some impressive pet stuff as well from what I saw at E3 this year).</p><p></p><p>Here are some links to coverage I've done of the game:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://news.filefront.com/category/games/lotr-lord-of-the-rings/" target="_blank">http://news.filefront.com/category/games/lotr-lord-of-the-rings/</a></p><p><a href="http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-qa-with-jeffrey-steefel-executive-producer-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-online-part-1/" target="_blank">http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-qa-with-jeffrey-steefel-executive-producer-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-online-part-1/</a></p><p><a href="http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-qa-with-jeffery-steefel-executive-producer-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-online-part-2/" target="_blank">http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-qa-with-jeffery-steefel-executive-producer-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-online-part-2/</a></p><p><a href="http://streamdata.dispatchbroadcast.com/Alive/gameon/gameon109.mp3" target="_blank">http://streamdata.dispatchbroadcast.com/Alive/gameon/gameon109.mp3</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LrdApoc, post: 3701515, member: 1882"] I'm a fan of the game. I've played a large number of MMO's but for me its about the setting. I think Turbine has done a good job making the game feel like Middle-Earth. There are some minor issues with the quests and solo playability of the epic storyline quests but LOTRO is getting my time and money because while it is like WoW on the surface - interfaces are very similar - but I can invest in a lifetime sub and never worry about the monthly fee again. I'm more likely to do that I guess than a lot of people because I have to pay for multiple accounts - my wife and I. I like WoW, think its a great game with a huge following and a lot of my friends play but that lifetime option really makes all the difference to me. I can more easily budget for $300 in one shot than $30 a month forever. As to your questions: 1. I feel like it is ok for solo play and slowly getting better. I've encountered a few issues with not being able to replay epic storyline instances with others in my kinship/guild to help them complete them. This is frustrating and especially since many of the main quests require friends to execute. Turbine will have to address this if they want to keep the players playing long term. You may still find yourself (as I have) waiting around for help to do the fellowship based quests. Even though I'm doing quests sometimes far later than is recommended I find it difficult to solo the Fellowship quests because the odds are stacked against you and sometimes the conditions require you defend or help an NPC. That is hard to do alone while also fending off enemy attacks. 2. Yes, voice is built in, though personally I prefer to use Ventrillo. 3 & 4. Visually the avatars are highly detailed, showing and changing as you add/drop tint or remove equipment. Its visually a very pleasing game if you have the horsepower to turn everything on. I run on my Laptop so I have things turned down for performance issues on my ATI video card. When on a good desktop with good memory and video hardware the game can be far more impressive to look at than WoW. The figures and items in the world are realistic in design and reflect Tolkein's world well. 5. There are pets of a sort. The Loremaster class get pets and the Captain class get followers. There is no mounted combat, though there are horses in the game as transport. The only MMO I know of that is looking at mounted combat seriously is Age of Conan, which has recently been pushed back to next year (and it has some impressive pet stuff as well from what I saw at E3 this year). Here are some links to coverage I've done of the game: [url]http://news.filefront.com/category/games/lotr-lord-of-the-rings/[/url] [url]http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-qa-with-jeffrey-steefel-executive-producer-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-online-part-1/[/url] [url]http://news.filefront.com/gaming-today-qa-with-jeffery-steefel-executive-producer-of-the-lord-of-the-rings-online-part-2/[/url] [url]http://streamdata.dispatchbroadcast.com/Alive/gameon/gameon109.mp3[/url] [/QUOTE]
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