Lord of the Rings Online

There are quite a bit of races that take important roles in the LOTR movies, but what races make perfect candidates for a game?

The Eagle race like the Windlord Gwaihir character doesn't seem to be a great pic mainly for the fact that armor, items and weapons will cause an issue, plus the flight will create unbalance.

Oddly Wizards are considered a different race to that of man, so how that will be dealt with will be interesting.

Then there's Orcs which wither away in the sun, but maybe that will change in the game for obvious reasons.

The Uruk-Hai seem like ideal choices since they are like Orcs, but without the whole withering away in the sun catch and they are taller and stronger since they are half-breed with humans.

Trolls in LOTR are those huge club baring creatures that a chained and used for combat as well as labour. Another potential pick for the game maybe.

The Human race are an obvious choice and needs no explaining.

Hobbits (Halflings) are very important to the story of LOTR as you may already know and as such they will no doubt be included in the game as such. They will probably be seen as the eqeuvalent of the Gnomes in WoW.

The old and wise Ents may be included in the game, but there is the fact that they move fairly slowly and that may cause problems plus they don't wear armor, so simular problems here much like the Eagle race.

The Immortal Elves will diffinately be implemented into the game not only for their importance but almost every single mmorpg includes this race along side with the humans.

The greedy crafting short mountain habitants known as Dwarves are also important to LOTR so they will be implement this race ofcourse.

Let me make a correction... UrukHai = Orc + goblin

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Originally posted by mora_9

Let me make a correction... UrukHai = Orc + goblin

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Urk-hai is Orc and Human.

Thier are only 5 wizards

Trolls are to over powerfull and have no starting base\

Ents have no women (needed for reproduction) and they are all very old 

Orcs are weak and have no starting base

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Originally posted by Ceredwynn

There are quite a bit of races that take important roles in the LOTR movies, but what races make perfect candidates for a game?

The Eagle race like the Windlord Gwaihir character doesn't seem to be a great pic mainly for the fact that armor, items and weapons will cause an issue, plus the flight will create unbalance.

Oddly Wizards are considered a different race to that of man, so how that will be dealt with will be interesting.

Then there's Orcs which wither away in the sun, but maybe that will change in the game for obvious reasons.

The Uruk-Hai seem like ideal choices since they are like Orcs, but without the whole withering away in the sun catch and they are taller and stronger since they are half-breed with humans.

Trolls in LOTR are those huge club baring creatures that a chained and used for combat as well as labour. Another potential pick for the game maybe.

The Human race are an obvious choice and needs no explaining.

Hobbits (Halflings) are very important to the story of LOTR as you may already know and as such they will no doubt be included in the game as such. They will probably be seen as the eqeuvalent of the Gnomes in WoW.

The old and wise Ents may be included in the game, but there is the fact that they move fairly slowly and that may cause problems plus they don't wear armor, so simular problems here much like the Eagle race.

The Immortal Elves will diffinately be implemented into the game not only for their importance but almost every single mmorpg includes this race along side with the humans.

The greedy crafting short mountain habitants known as Dwarves are also important to LOTR so they will be implement this race ofcourse.

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Originally posted by lilkanyon

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Originally posted by Ceredwynn

There are quite a bit of races that take important roles in the LOTR movies, but what races make perfect candidates for a game?

The Eagle race like the Windlord Gwaihir character doesn't seem to be a great pic mainly for the fact that armor, items and weapons will cause an issue, plus the flight will create unbalance.

Oddly Wizards are considered a different race to that of man, so how that will be dealt with will be interesting.

Then there's Orcs which wither away in the sun, but maybe that will change in the game for obvious reasons.

The Uruk-Hai seem like ideal choices since they are like Orcs, but without the whole withering away in the sun catch and they are taller and stronger since they are half-breed with humans.

Trolls in LOTR are those huge club baring creatures that a chained and used for combat as well as labour. Another potential pick for the game maybe.

The Human race are an obvious choice and needs no explaining.

Hobbits (Halflings) are very important to the story of LOTR as you may already know and as such they will no doubt be included in the game as such. They will probably be seen as the eqeuvalent of the Gnomes in WoW.

The old and wise Ents may be included in the game, but there is the fact that they move fairly slowly and that may cause problems plus they don't wear armor, so simular problems here much like the Eagle race.

The Immortal Elves will diffinately be implemented into the game not only for their importance but almost every single mmorpg includes this race along side with the humans.

The greedy crafting short mountain habitants known as Dwarves are also important to LOTR so they will be implement this race ofcourse.

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Go to www.lotro.turbine.com  There you will find the character set and there won't be a need for this poll. 

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Well, you can at least answer the poll. Go elves! Legolas kicked butt in the movie...hehe.....

Can you believe that Dwarves have absolutly no votes at all. (date1 /2/06)

What a shocker