Probably.
Beta is more good than bad.
Great graphics if you've the system for it.
Will probably play on a German RP server tho unless my arm gets twisted enough to force me to play on a UK server cos the German-speaking players on LotRo Beta are generally a lot more friendly & helpful than the English-speaking players.
On behalf of both Turbine and Codemasters Online Gaming, we wanted to answer some of the questions we’ve been seeing from the LOTRO community about Pre-orders and access to The Lord of the Rings Online game servers.
As you may know, the LOTRO Pre-order is now available in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. European customers in countries* served by Codemasters will be able to Pre-order LOTRO both in-store and online in the coming weeks. As the game begins to enter global distribution we wanted to take a moment to explain how the game is operated internationally.
For each region where the game is available, Turbine partners with a publisher who handles production and distribution of the packaged product as well as marketing support. In some regions we also partner with a service operator who will host and manage the service, including billing, customer service, and community.
In North America and Oceania, Turbine is the service operator. We work with two publishers to support our service – Midway in the US and Codemasters in Oceania. In Europe, Codemasters is both the publisher and the service operator.
What this means is that the version of the game you can play is determined by the service operator that supports your region. Since the service operators maintain completely separate billing, hosting, and support systems it is not possible to allow players to access both services – they’re just not compatible with each other.
There are a variety of differences between the EU and NA versions of the game and service. In order to provide the best possible experience to our EU players (including local language game content and customer service) both Codemasters and Turbine have implemented blocking rules to prevent players from activating keys from outside their home region. Specifically, players must register on the service for their region and only client software and keys purchased in that region will work. This applies to both Pre-order programs as well as the final retail game.
If you are a European player and purchase the game from a retailer based in North America you will not be able to activate your Product Key on the Turbine billing system. The reverse is also true: Copies of LOTRO intended for the European market cannot be registered with Codemasters from a country outside of the territories they serve.
Any questions about this policy should be directed to the customer support representatives for your region.
*Countries served by Codemasters include: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania, Turkey, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Andorra, Serbia & Montenegro, Israel, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah, and Fujairah) and South Africa
I've been in beta bit over an week now. So far i have enjoyed the game, and i am seriously considering about buying it.
It really has the "tolkien feeling", and somehow it feels a lot less stressful than most other mmo's i've played. Quests are actually fun to do, and feel meaningful thanks to better backround stories.
LotR-O PvP sux, its like WoW PvP
No other game like daoc pvp around
I heard that there was no pvp yet implemented in this game? Wrong am I?
itis implemented. Its called Monsterplay
You can play 4 diffrent kind of Monsters if your own created toon hits lvl10.
Warg = rouge = stealther
Spider= mage
Uruk-Hai Blackarrow = Archer
Uruk-Hai Warleader = Main Healer but can played in melee too
Orc Weaver = Melee
And at lvl 40 u can enter Ettenmoors (PvP Zone) with your own toon, but Monsters are level 50 ofc, so if you go to Ettenmoors with lvl40 you'll be dead even before you know what happend.
Btw level50 is max like in daoc
I also heard that Lotro is essentially pve based and that more players are playing it only for that reason. You finding that is the case now with beta being expanded each week?
absolutly YES
Lord of the Rings Online is for PvE junkies.
Monsterplay just got implemented because alot of LotR fans wanted abit PvP too.
Its not my cup of tea, so ill quit after beta ends.
LotR PvP same shit like WoW PvP
both games doesnt reach Daoc
Daoc RvR dynamics >> LotR, WoW bullshit
WHO aint my cup of tea neither.
The experiance Mythic made with daoc is a big + for WHO,
but i hate Cartoon grafics so i doesnt waste my money for WHO.
Another point, it's fairly easy to reach 50, i reached 45 in 12 days /played with my first character. I worry that there is not enough content in the game to make it last a month to the more hardcore players.
WHO aint my cup of tea neither.
The experiance Mythic made with daoc is a big + for WHO,
but i hate Cartoon grafics so i doesnt waste my money for WHO.
absolutly YES
Lord of the Rings Online is for PvE junkies.
Monsterplay just got implemented because alot of LotR fans wanted abit PvP too.
Its not my cup of tea, so ill quit after beta ends.
LotR PvP same shit like WoW PvP
both games doesnt reach Daoc
Daoc RvR dynamics >> LotR, WoW bullshit
Actually you have no fking clue what you're on about. LOTRO PvP is very similar to DAOC pvp, you zone into the frontier zone, choose what toon your playing, form a party and roam the area fighting the other team, attacking their castles and shit. You get Destiny Points for killing people which you use to buy new skills for your orcs or whatever or buffs for your human chars.
Please go play the game properly before coming here typing with your daoc glasses on. Nothing will hit the feeling DAOC rvr had but this is about the closest youll get to it.
Sollac said:holy cow, you must be an oracle to have seen a real chaos warrior, goblin or black orc!!!!!!
do dwarves really have orange mohicans and drink loads of beer.....
here to you numbskull
I think i never ever will get the feeling i had as i played Daoc first time.