Lord of the Rings Online

Originally posted by Bursche

 In my opinion ....

 

Thats your opinion.

Mine is different, and I think jealousy is starting to take hold of the AoC fan base here on this website because of the raw deal they are getting from AoC/funcom. THey can't handle the fact that people here in this forum ,for the most part who play the game give Turbine 100% support , and might I add with happy faces

LotRo client has not crashed for in over 10 months..... Vanguard client still crashes atleast 1 or 2 times a week..... When I did the AoC OB that client was crashing over 20 times in 3 hours.........I think you will see people come to a more stable game which they can actually play for periods of time with  hassle, upping the player base by 5% by christmas .. When Mines of moria releases it will be Number 1 on the NPD at launch .

Originally posted by solareus

Originally posted by Bursche

Thats your opinion.

Mine is different, and I think jealousy is starting to take hold of the AoC fan base here on this website because of the raw deal they are getting from AoC/funcom. THey can't handle the fact that people here in this forum ,for the most part who play the game give Turbine 100% support , and might I add with happy faces

LotRo client has not crashed for in over 10 months..... Vanguard client still crashes atleast 1 or 2 times a week..... When I did the AoC OB that client was crashing over 20 times in 3 hours.........I think you will see people come to a more stable game which they can actually play for periods of time with  hassle, upping the player base by 5% by christmas .. When Mines of moria releases it will be Number 1 on the NPD at launch .

It is also a known fact that less time in game, will equal a more stable environment. If your computer does not have time to even heat up from your 30 minute or 1 hour playing session, you can easily bypass many issues.

For example, I can quote at least 4 people right now who have had ZERO stability issues in AoC. Of course they maybe play an hour a day.

When I played AoC for 2 hours or more, the client became more unstable. Yet, everytime I logged into LOTRO, I instantly got the hitching.

Guess it just varies for different people.

I guess the real goal here is to see how long a player needs to play to be satisfied with their game. LOTRO fans are very avid about their game being "Awesome" sauce, yet, AoC has the same rabid fans. So far both games show a player base who play 1-3 hours at most in the majority. Yet, why do so many others see issues in these games. If the game is so perfect to someone, why cant another person enjoy it as much as that fan?

This poll is very interesting

Originally posted by openedge1

Originally posted by solareus

Originally posted by Bursche

Thats your opinion.

Mine is different, and I think jealousy is starting to take hold of the AoC fan base here on this website because of the raw deal they are getting from AoC/funcom. THey can't handle the fact that people here in this forum ,for the most part who play the game give Turbine 100% support , and might I add with happy faces

LotRo client has not crashed for in over 10 months..... Vanguard client still crashes atleast 1 or 2 times a week..... When I did the AoC OB that client was crashing over 20 times in 3 hours.........I think you will see people come to a more stable game which they can actually play for periods of time with  hassle, upping the player base by 5% by christmas .. When Mines of moria releases it will be Number 1 on the NPD at launch .

It is also a known fact that less time in game, will equal a more stable environment. If your computer does not have time to even heat up from your 30 minute or 1 hour playing session, you can easily bypass many issues.

For example, I can quote at least 4 people right now who have had ZERO stability issues in AoC. Of course they maybe play an hour a day.

When I played AoC for 2 hours or more, the client became more unstable. Yet, everytime I logged into LOTRO, I instantly got the hitching.

Guess it just varies for different people.

I guess the real goal here is to see how long a player needs to play to be satisfied with their game. LOTRO fans are very avid about their game being "Awesome" sauce, yet, AoC has the same rabid fans. So far both games show a player base who play 1-3 hours at most in the majority. Yet, why do so many others see issues in these games. If the game is so perfect to someone, why cant another person enjoy it as much as that fan?

This poll is very interesting

There is something you fail to consider. LOTRO has been out for over a year, AoC has been out for 2 months, people in one game are now just logging in for the end game while others in AoC are still leveling or creating alts and leveling them as well.

Right now I play 1-3 hours per day and on Friday and Saturday I play for 6 hours (due to Raids and getting ready for them), there is not much for me to do in LOTRO besides Raiding.

The only times I actually play more than 1-3 hours per day is when a new book is released and hopefully when MoM comes out.

Originally posted by openedge1

Originally posted by solareus

Originally posted by Bursche

Thats your opinion.

Mine is different, and I think jealousy is starting to take hold of the AoC fan base here on this website because of the raw deal they are getting from AoC/funcom. THey can't handle the fact that people here in this forum ,for the most part who play the game give Turbine 100% support , and might I add with happy faces

LotRo client has not crashed for in over 10 months..... Vanguard client still crashes atleast 1 or 2 times a week..... When I did the AoC OB that client was crashing over 20 times in 3 hours.........I think you will see people come to a more stable game which they can actually play for periods of time with  hassle, upping the player base by 5% by christmas .. When Mines of moria releases it will be Number 1 on the NPD at launch .

It is also a known fact that less time in game, will equal a more stable environment. If your computer does not have time to even heat up from your 30 minute or 1 hour playing session, you can easily bypass many issues.

For example, I can quote at least 4 people right now who have had ZERO stability issues in AoC. Of course they maybe play an hour a day.

When I played AoC for 2 hours or more, the client became more unstable. Yet, everytime I logged into LOTRO, I instantly got the hitching.

Guess it just varies for different people.

I guess the real goal here is to see how long a player needs to play to be satisfied with their game. LOTRO fans are very avid about their game being "Awesome" sauce, yet, AoC has the same rabid fans. So far both games show a player base who play 1-3 hours at most in the majority. Yet, why do so many others see issues in these games. If the game is so perfect to someone, why cant another person enjoy it as much as that fan?

This poll is very interesting

Crashes in any software game usually occur in the first 20 minutes of game play if it is a software problem, hardware can take several hours before the computer just dies and says reboot me.

Only thing X-fire shows me is what kids my sons age play, he is 12.  There is quite a mature group that play LOTRO.  I for one, asked my kinship about x-fire usage.  Out of the 45 in my kinship that were on last night, none used x-fire.  None.  I for one, dont care if people know what I play, but don't add another snooper program to my pc.  No thank you!

When I first started playing again I logged around 50 hours for the first 7 days of play.  This has declined as I've gotten further in the game and I am now around 40 hours per 7 days.  Generally I can play 5ish hours on a weekday, more on weekends.

I haven't logged a session greater than a few hours at one time in the game, however if I have played a few hours I have not noticed any stability issues at all with the game.  The same with any game actually though.

Originally posted by Nubzi

When I first started playing again I logged around 50 hours for the first 7 days of play.  This has declined as I've gotten further in the game and I am now around 40 hours per 7 days.  Generally I can play 5ish hours on a weekday, more on weekends.

 

I haven't logged a session greater than a few hours at one time in the game, however if I have played a few hours I have not noticed any stability issues at all with the game.  The same with any game actually though.

May I ask? How may hours a week do you work? And are you married and have children?

And I think it is more than stability. We are discussing issues with how the mechanics work, how the visuals look. glaring issues with say textures or models, animations, fonts...and broken mechanics like dungeons that kick you out...the list goes on.

I think there is a correlation to how many hours a person plays and how they view these problems (less hours equals happier with the game whether others see problems or not)

You can get thousands of people in every MMO out there that can fit any generalized stereotype you want to make whatever point you want.

You will never get enough votes especially on a site as skewed as this to legitimately make whatever point you are trying to make.

The majority of the MMORPG players that exist now due to WoW and as the genre has grown are not hardcore gamers and probably 80-90% play casually.  The more mainstream games coming out are going to be catered towards the majority which are casual gamers, and hopefully some companies still try to make games to cater to the more hardcore crowd. 

I am playing Lineage II and LotrO at the same time which are two extremes, but I can tell you I have friends that have 3-4 50's in LotRO and will do nothing but talk about how polished and well made the game is.  They have been playing MMO's since EQ1, and they normally move around a  lot more than they have since they started LotRO.  I can barely ever even get them to play Guild Wars with me anymore.