LOTRO stress test this weekend

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havnt seen any legolas wannabies

if you get out of the noobie area its actually very good

BUT you have to do follow the quests - and the kids are too impatient :)
 

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Szape said:
oh, you have seen lots of people running around yelling "ffs name legolas was taken so look at me now, i'm legoolas!" and stuff? sure, that could be annoying but i haven't seen it happening (and default setting is not to display player names which i like to use - feels more of roleplaying and stuff ;p).

that been said i've seen probably all the versions of "legolas" in all fantasy mmorpg's i've played so lotro brings nothing new there.

There's a metric shit-ton of fucking Gimmli/Gumli/Gomlii's tho.

Might make a hobbit called Dildo, see how long I last ;)

Games good, best beta I've been in, and that's a few. Not had a chance to try the pvp (monster play) yet, but I will...
 

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Kari said:
There's a metric shit-ton of fucking Gimmli/Gumli/Gomlii's tho.

Might make a hobbit called Dildo, see how long I last ;)

Games good, best beta I've been in, and that's a few. Not had a chance to try the pvp (monster play) yet, but I will...

Dildo Nutsack imo :)
 

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Hey guys, there is another stress test this weekend, and there are 10k keys being given out here

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=156802

Tip if you're gonna play, download the client from fileplanet, getting ~1000kb/s speeds after the initial 30 mins wait. CVG.com was slow for me (50kb/s), and they had split up the files into 6 parts...

Well, just a heads up for those of you who wanna try it, I will try and get on the servers at 10am (that's when it starts)
 

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we are living in 2007, this game is far from good the questing system is like DAOC , the actual gameplay is far from good. imo this will give no other games competition.
 

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Games good, best beta I've been in, and that's a few. Not had a chance to try the pvp (monster play) yet, but I will...

i tried it, and guess what? the first thing u have to do to even have a chance at the first pvp encounter is to do to a fuckoad of PVE quests to get enough points to uppgrade your monster. and even at the best possible uppgrade they still wont be equal to acual players. sure its a easy way to get a free lvl 50 to fart around with. but the ammount of pve'ing u would have to do is getting close to leveling your toon from 1 to 50 anyway.
 

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Well, I am not a pvp fan anyway, I'd rather play with others than against others.
Is the pve then so bad? what's monster play?
 

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Well, I am not a pvp fan anyway, I'd rather play with others than against others.
Is the pve then so bad? what's monster play?
Monsterplay is when you take the roll of the badguys in pvp being uruk-hai etc think it was 4 classes or something, you can do this from lvl10 and up while normal pvp dont start until way later..

I was a bit miffed this weekedn during the stresstest got home from work was just gonna hammer the login servers abit while watching the tv, but i got in first try and got to char screen in 1 min...
 

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Monsterplay is when you take the roll of the badguys in pvp being uruk-hai etc think it was 4 classes or something, you can do this from lvl10 and up while normal pvp dont start until way later..

I was a bit miffed this weekedn during the stresstest got home from work was just gonna hammer the login servers abit while watching the tv, but i got in first try and got to char screen in 1 min...



But is the Pvp so good that u can go thru the painfully pve ? :)
 

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But is the Pvp so good that u can go thru the painfully pve ? :)
At this point I would say no - LotRO's PvE, however, is easily the best PvE ever and I enjoyed playing it solo more than I enjoyed Oblivion/Gothic and similar singleplayer games :cool:

By watching LotRO screenshots/trailers and stuff my first impression was "ok, good license getting wasted again, great" but gave it a shot anyway - after four hours of playing I took a break to think how to sort out all the things for next year (beer and food supply :p) so I can waste my life playing this masterpiece mmorpg :S Never been fan of endless PvE so if PvP flops I may give up after finishing main quest though ;p
 

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I agree with Saggy,if solo pve is your thing then this is probably the best mmorpg out to date.

However if like me you enjoy group pve, pvp and group pvp then this game really isn't for you.
 

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I agree with Saggy,if solo pve is your thing then this is probably the best mmorpg out to date.

However if like me you enjoy group pve, pvp and group pvp then this game really isn't for you.
I dont have much experience of grouping or PvPing but by judging from that little experience this game has more potential than any mmorpg I've ever played.

Getting two 150€ preorder sets once they hit the shops :p
 

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i tried lotro and it sucks very big time its just a bad copy of wow only one side for the rest does it looks the same quests are the same only the npc have lord of the ring names but for the rest it's the bigges crap i ever seen and that is sad because i really looked forward to it.
 

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Please ignore the above poster, he is clearly brain dead.
 

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why ??? can't i have an opinion or is this not a free world if i feel for myself its crap like i think wow is crap its my opinion you don't need to call me braindeath for having an opinion. I think its very sad for myself because i thought lotro would be the coolest game to look forward to but i tried it and its not so i just give my opinion i thought thatqs what forums is all about. maybe you feel different and i hope you do the world not ready for 2 like me
 

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I think hes talking about your complete lack of punctuation that makes the readers eyes start to bleed half way through your post.
 

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I actually fancy playing this - no idea what the gameplays like but just fancy playing a game with a decent back story for once.

Tolkien wrote amazingly complex back stories for LOTR - the most complex I've ever read in any book (he even created several languages complete with alphabets) - will be interesting to see what they have done with the license.

Hell, it might even be a decent game :)
 

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I tried the stress test this weekend and I quite liked the game. The hobbits are so cute, so Tolkien-like :) I am really curious to what extent the books are built in the game.
 

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Yep it certainly has its charms, I am hooked playing it every day now. :p The 6 classes are quite interesting, they fulfill their intended roles very well with few overlaps. The combat is fun, and the "conjunction" ability (where each character contribute to a group attack move) makes for some interesting fights where the outcome depends on a successful conjunction attempt.

The rogue class, traditionally not a group character, is actually very welcomed in groups doing high end instances and raids because of their ability to create conjunctions. There is not really a class that is the weakest, but pet classes are currently a bit weaker due to poor pet pathing...

The graphics is amazing, and the landscape and scenary is cutting edge for a mmorpg. The Shire is just dreamy, and you really feel like nothing bad will happen there. And Rivendell, wow. Our group spent 5 minutes just checking out the eye candy before going in. Those of you who have watched the films will have many nice moments going "oooh", and "hey that's from the film!" throughout the game.

The Tolkien lore and the races are very detailed, satisfying most people who have read the books. Although Similarillon readers will probably have some nit-picking with some inconsistencies with actual Tolkien lore ;)

About the monster pvp, my first impressions was that it was extremely fun to play as a monster, and how exceedingly satisfying it was to kill player hobbits. :p especially when they're helplessly snared with spider webs. at the moment it's built towards noob zerg vs player teams at the moment. Since you can play as a monster once you're lvl 10 or above, the devs forecast that the monster play zone will be populated by a lot more monster players, with most being newbies with very few upgrades ;) A well upgraded monster can quite easily kill a not yet 50 player or a non upgraded 50. But an upgraded player team is overwhelmingly powerful compared to a upgraded monster team.

The monster pvp zone is not capped to any limit of human or monster players, and fights are open. So the fights there can be quite epic, with points rewarded for killing other players and doing quests in the pvp zone (like raiding npc villages for food or taking over some ruined stronghold). The points are spent on upgrades for extra dmg, hp, power, new skills, defense/offense tradeoffs. Ranks and titles are given too of course.

The team work in lotro is no where near as complex and pivotal as in other, "competitive pvp" games like Guild Wars, solo play is possible, and should be quite fun as a stealth class in such a target rich environment.

Deaths as a player is quite costly in terms of money in the game, although your items never break and disappear, the repair costs from dieing 10 times in a roll will likely cost you 1/5 of your gold at any level.

Keeping in mind that this game is the first of many to come that will follow the journey of the ring from the shire to mordor, and the zones that have been put in are just a small north east corner of Middle-earth, I think this game has great potential, if it can iron out the stability and economy issues in time for launch.

lol, essay.
 

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i tried lotro and it sucks very big time its just a bad copy of wow only one side for the rest does it looks the same quests are the same only the npc have lord of the ring names but for the rest it's the bigges crap i ever seen and that is sad because i really looked forward to it.

No idea what game you are talking about, certainly not the one being discussed here. For starters you can't have "tried" it to any significant degree as it's still in beta :)
 

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why ??? can't i have an opinion or is this not a free world if i feel for myself its crap like i think wow is crap its my opinion you don't need to call me braindeath for having an opinion. I think its very sad for myself because i thought lotro would be the coolest game to look forward to but i tried it and its not so i just give my opinion i thought thatqs what forums is all about. maybe you feel different and i hope you do the world not ready for 2 like me

Justify your opinion. Just saying "It's crap" without explaining why makes you appear a bit dimwitted.
 

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originally posted by marketroid
International Game Access Info
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 didn't want to start a new thread, as there is already a thread about LOTRO. This announcement appeared last friday on the LOTRO forums. I was shocked by this and I still can't believe Turbine is really going to do this :(
What do you think about this?
 

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I didn't want to start a new thread, as there is already a thread about LOTRO. This announcement appeared last friday on the LOTRO forums. I was shocked by this and I still can't believe Turbine is really going to do this :(
What do you think about this?

I expect Codemasters demanded it as a clause of them running it outside the US.

But yeah, sucks for people who play in international guilds.
 

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I didn't want to start a new thread, as there is already a thread about LOTRO. This announcement appeared last friday on the LOTRO forums. I was shocked by this and I still can't believe Turbine is really going to do this :(
What do you think about this?

Thats a really bad marketting idea, you would have thought they would have learnt by now.

I'm sure there will be a way to work around this, there always is.
 

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find a friend to activate your account and then play? wasnt there meant to be a similar thing for WoW? (and that worked wonders during the beta :p )
 

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find a friend to activate your account and then play? wasnt there meant to be a similar thing for WoW? (and that worked wonders during the beta :p )
Yeah, for the US betas and retails only US/canadian and australian residents could play iirc. When I registered I just punched in a fictional australian address with a valid zip code and payed with my own visa. Easy way to work around. Pretty sure international guilds will find a way...

So this game seems to be pretty decent? Might be worth giving a try then
 

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find a friend to activate your account and then play? wasnt there meant to be a similar thing for WoW? (and that worked wonders during the beta :p )

This won't work, I think. I have an European credit card, so there is no way to hide the billing information.

Besides,
In order to ...bla-bla-bla... both Codemasters and Turbine have implemented blocking rules to prevent players from activating keys from outside their home region
I find it pretty humiliating :eek7:
As a matter of fact, many people, both in Europe and in America have made bad experience with Codemasters which results in "Codemasters? No, thanks!" and I guess many would buy the US-version of the game, if only they were allowed to. But this decision shows only that they don't care of the fans


@LordjOX: The game is good, the open beta starts on the 30. march, I think it is worth a try :)
 

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As a matter of fact, many people, both in Europe and in America have made bad experience with Codemasters which results in "Codemasters? No, thanks!"

I play d&d online on a codemasters server and I can say that my experience of their customer service has been amazingly good :)

For example we got stuck on a quest at midnight on a monday when an npc didnt spawn and had an immediate response to our report on it and within five minutes a gm had spawned the mob for us - thats way better than any other game I've played (and I've played all bar a couple).

I'd be happy to play on their servers.
 

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