I figured hey, I want PvP and I am totally bored of pretty much everything out. I figure why not try out Monster play on LotR. I am playing on vista, I played the game with max settings until I hit level 10 and went into monster play. When 60 people where on the screen, damn the game bogged down fast. SO, after setting everything to super low, i still got some skipping, im sure this is fixable. Bar this problem, here is my take on Monster Play.
To be honest I was pretty excited about the idea of being a monster. So right of the bat I ignored the Orc choices due to them feeling to humanoid. I went straight for the warg and later tried out the spider. Just so ya know there are, orc reaver, orc black arrow, orc warleader, spider, and warg.
As I walk around in my new wolf body, I am digging it. I like the warg look and I love the inhuman feel. This is until I realize a wolf runs the same speed as everyone else. Hmm. I get passed that. Then I realize that I have bags and can use potions. Uhh. Ok, i ignore that to. I figure out the few abilities that I begin with pretty fast, set up my UI, and head outside right into.... 30+ freeps attacking Gram. Im like ok, lets do this. I stealth. I sneak around the back and find a Loremaster pretty far behind the group all by himself. I commence the gankage. He must be afk, man this aint fun. He is at half health. He finally moves and CC's me. He takes his time, he summons some pets, he drinks some potions, he reads a book, he masturbates... All this time and I am still in that 1 CC. Then he pretty much owns me easily.
Ok, so I am thinking I need to get some rank and destiny points. I gotta upgrade I guess or I wont be able to kill anyone. So I figure I will do some quests, then I realize what Turbine has done, it hits me. This aspect of the game is about creeps doing quests while the freeps gank you. Heh. Ok, so I wont do quests, I figure the only way to get some rank is to get in a raid and leech. This gets boring real fast as a warg. I have no ranged abilities so I try to stealth around and get a couple quick hits and run. This works for a bit til one person lands a stun and im blinked dead.
Hmm, so this aint going so well. So I figure I will try to get in a small group and go gank some solo targets. Sweet, we find one and get the kill, there are 9 of us vs 1 guy. It takes us a couple minutes to kill him. To be fair we were all green, but 9 rank 0 vs 1 guy, damn. Laff. By this time I am like, nevermind. They seriously do not want creeps to have a chance.
So in conclusion, I love the idea of roleplaying a monster. I love the concept of being the bad guy. I just wish companies like turbine would use some logic when they try and mold these concepts into a fun and interactive game.
