Anyone else play LOTRO?

 

 

 

Right now you can play 10 days for free, all you have to do is go to www.LOTRO.com

 

 

 

My char:

 

Zado - lvl 35 Tinker Brandywine Server

 

Zadros - lvl 18 Historian Brandywine Server

It's a pity I'm not a fan of LoTR lore or PvE content, I've heard good things.

I know we used to have an old LOTRO thread around here somewhere.. but it's a few years old so maybe a new one is in order :XD:

 

 

 

LOTRO is a really great game, but seriously lacks in end-game content. I played it for about a year and maxed out like four characters before Mines of Moria came out. Then when Moria did came out, I got one character to 60 and one or two more into the mid 50's. Plus I started leveling a Rune-Keeper.

 

 

 

But after you've seen what end-game is like, there is such little incentive to max out a character that I eventually got bored of the game. Leveling your first character is tons of fun and you feel like there are endless opportunities. But once I, at least, maxed out my first character, things really changed for me. It didn't feel like there are any real goals that I could aim for. Everything is either way too easy (crafting, leveling and earning money, for example, are almost a joke) or too based on luck/farming. There aren't any real long-term achievements to keep you hooked, and that's really what I look for in a game.

 

 

 

That being said, it was very enjoyable for me while I did play. It's just too easy to max out and then once you do, it's like "Now what? Level a new character..?" and after you've maxed out like 3 or 4 times, it gets kind of... "ehhh." But the graphics are awesome and anyone who loves LOTR lore and PVE content (unlike Nadril here ;)) will enjoy the game. I've done PvMP a few times, but PVP really isn't my thing. People who have played LOTRO and other games say that LOTRO's PVP content isn't great, but since I don't like PVP much anyway, I can't form a real accurate opinion about it.

 

 

 

Oh and I guess for the record:

 

 

 

Tilarwen, 60 Lore-Master - Nimrodel

 

Enhirwen, 55 (?) Hunter - Nimrodel

 

Emrila, 50 Burglar - Nimrodel

 

Skieler, 55 (?) Minstrel - Nimrodel

 

Eclipses, 34 (?) Captain - Nimrodel

 

Enchant, 27 (?) Rune-Keeper - Nimrodel

 

 

 

A few of those are guesses, obviously. Enhirwen and Skieler are in the mid-50's, I just can't remember the exact number.. Eclipses is between 30 and 35, and Enchant.. high 20's.

I tried the 10 day trial, and played for about 3 days. Wasn't boring, I just needed to play WoW to do some raids/ farm gold.

 

 

 

I have to say that it really is a good game, and that the combat is fairly good (although slightly clunky feeling), but the story telling seems to be the best thing.

I played the beta for a day or two, but to me it just felt like another generic MMORPG and not very LOTRish at all. Plus the UI was pretty bad. That said I'll probably give it another shot with this 10 day trial thing.

Fun fact, the EU trial lasts 14 days! It's 9.6gb in size though and the speed you get from the mirror-sites is abysmal. 14hrs left.