[LaW]Maverick March 29, 2007 Share [LaW]Maverick Member March 29, 2007 The open beta for Lord of the Rings Online starts tomorrow...I'm psyched, and I'll be sure to post up abotu the game here to let anyone know who's curious whether it's worth it or not. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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[LaW]Maverick March 29, 2007 Author Share [LaW]Maverick Member March 29, 2007 lol Ebil Official Site I think you can pre-order it somewhere in there...if you can't, I pre-ordered mine at Gamestop and got access to the open-beta that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon March 31, 2007 Share Allanon Member March 31, 2007 I'm installing it now, got my beta key from PC gamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick April 2, 2007 Author Share [LaW]Maverick Member April 2, 2007 What server you playing on All? I'm on the one that starts with an E...lol...so far I'm lvl 3, and liking it a lot. I enjoy the fact that it appears to have an actual story line...as opposed to WoW...I miss that in an MMO (I used to play FFXI) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon April 2, 2007 Share Allanon Member April 2, 2007 For some reason I have to wait until all the servers open as even PC gamer CD keys do not get the bonus of playing until April 6th. I would preorder but I don't know if I will buy LOTR: Online yet or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick April 2, 2007 Author Share [LaW]Maverick Member April 2, 2007 well, it's like I keep telling slaughter.... . You can pre-order it at Gamestop, and if you don't like it you can go get you $5 back or put your $5 on something you know you're going to want at some point. (it takes a minimum of $5 to reserve the game) That's the beauty of it. And you do get some pretty good items for being a pre-order person, as well as a discounted rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma April 3, 2007 Share YoMamma Member April 3, 2007 As cool as this game looks, I don't like how you have to pay a monthly fee to play it online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon April 3, 2007 Share Allanon Member April 3, 2007 well, it's like I keep telling slaughter..... You can pre-order it at Gamestop, and if you don't like it you can go get you $5 back or put your $5 on something you know you're going to want at some point. (it takes a minimum of $5 to reserve the game) That's the beauty of it. And you do get some pretty good items for being a pre-order person, as well as a discounted rate. But as I still don't have my license it takes lots of bribing, favors, and other such things to get a ride as well as the fact that I live out in Chardon... it's well... you get the idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairweather April 3, 2007 Share Fairweather Member April 3, 2007 As cool as this game looks, I don't like how you have to pay a monthly fee to play it online. eeeeeewww monthly fees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme April 3, 2007 Share farmerisme Member April 3, 2007 As cool as this game looks, I don't like how you have to pay a monthly fee to play it online. eeeeeewww monthly fees X100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayfarer April 3, 2007 Share wayfarer Member April 3, 2007 I, for the longest time, refused to try games that had a monthly fee attatched to them. That changed when I tryed WoW. Since picking it up last August, my monthly gameing fee's have decreased, becasue I am no longer buying 1-2 games a month. Just the $15 charge as opposed to $75+ for a game i get bored of in a week or so. Since then I've been looking at MMORPG very differently. The only downside IMO is the addiction factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon April 3, 2007 Share Allanon Member April 3, 2007 And that the MMO is WoW Jk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick April 3, 2007 Author Share [LaW]Maverick Member April 3, 2007 Slaughter pre-ordered it..... And he will be joining me in the beta-testing extravaganza! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaM2 April 3, 2007 Share akaM2 Member April 3, 2007 Slaughter pre-ordered it..... And he will be joining me in the beta-testing extravaganza! can i be your legolas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon April 3, 2007 Share Allanon Member April 3, 2007 Slaughter pre-ordered it..... And he will be joining me in the beta-testing extravaganza! can i be your legolas O.o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick April 4, 2007 Author Share [LaW]Maverick Member April 4, 2007 I'm scared... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don't Kill Me Freaky Jason April 8, 2007 Share Don't Kill Me Freaky Jason Member April 8, 2007 Lots of free ones if you don't want to pay. Check out http://mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/gameId/0 to see a list of p2p and f2p MMO's. I play Knight Online(one of the highest rated for its PVP) and Hero Online(open beta), which are two decent free ones. Knight Online gets server problems sometimes because they are growing so fast, but recently they have been increasing their Customer Service and trying harder to keep the game servers up and cheating down. Let me know if you start, we are building a clan right now of all clean players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon April 9, 2007 Share Allanon Member April 9, 2007 Sorry for all LoTR fans but if you're looking for a fun MMO that mirrors the depth of Middle-Earth I'd suggest that you don't try LoTR Online. While Maverick may have been playing it enough to see more positive qualities, I tried it last Friday and couldn't stand it. The characters look very strange... a mix between the cartoony look of WoW with something that I am not sure of. The first few levels were so agonizing and full of go and kill a large pig that I had to stop after that. The tutorial was clunky and the combat was slow... While yes, LoTR Online has some elements that could redeem it, I decided not to pursue them... sorry Mav... but I'm done with LoTR: Online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage April 9, 2007 Share ZeroDamage Member April 9, 2007 I had it on pre-order thinking this game would be great. It has some coolness too it but comes off as an uninspiring MMO trying to be something it isn't by latching onto the LOTR license. I am disappointed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LaW]Maverick April 9, 2007 Author Share [LaW]Maverick Member April 9, 2007 Meh, so far I find it a lot less repetative than WoW, and I like the fact that it has a centralized story that you follow through the entire game. I disagree on the graphics...sorta. The character models need some work, but I don't think it has a cartoon-like WoW feel to it. The combat system is fairly similar to WoW, so I didn't think it felt slow, however, I feel (so far) that it take a little more thought to be truly effective--which is a good thing. It has its problems, but that's what beta-tests are for. All-in-all, I already like it better than WoW. As far as sticking to the books, there have been some things bothering me here and there about that, but nothing so glaring that it's made me angry. For instance, all the weird claw-things around the town....I mean, they should have stuck to something a little less pre-packaged mmo-ish. That being said, they obviously wanted to save the Tolkien-ish creatures for the higher levels--which is somewhat understandable. The only other thing that bugs me is that I'm fairly certain I saw a character throw a fireball, and that's just not LOTR, because how many wizards did you actually see in LOTR? 2? And there's just happen to be hundreds of them running around middle-earth all the sudden. Meh, that bugs me. Those are my minor complaints, however, and with my experience with MMO's, this rates on par with the better ones. While the combat system and graphics aren't so spectacular that they set the game apart from every other MMO by themselves, the central plot is something I truly miss from FFXI (Final Fantasy XI). On a side-note: if you've got the computer for it and can turn all of the graphics up all the way, they're actually pretty bloody good with an incredible draw-distance. The character models do need some work though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean April 9, 2007 Share Unclean Member April 9, 2007 ^ Thanks for the post, Mav. If anyone dis-satisfied with the game wants to give me their login information so I could try it out, that would be most cool of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon April 9, 2007 Share Allanon Member April 9, 2007 I can you can sign up for the beta for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unclean April 10, 2007 Share Unclean Member April 10, 2007 ^ I did, but it's a random selection for the beta. Not everyone that signs up gets in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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