All Posts by Ralsar

I downloaded the torrents and set it to download this morning.  Not sure how well it is doing until I get home later tonight.  I agree the 9 parts thing is pretty stupid.  Doesn't give me a lot of confidence.  Hopefully the game will be worth the annoyance.

Originally posted by Khalathwyr
But Ramen is a she, not a he.

The NDA prohibits answering of most of your questions.  Sorry.  I can say that you can cook and you can farm.  Player housing is planned but will not be available at launch.

On the official forums.... http://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?p=327971#post327971

"Only Open Beta characters (i.e., one character per account) may be kept as part of the Founders offer. All Closed Beta characters will be wiped prior to Open Beta starting"

So I think it is just one character.  But he might be wrong.  Ramen isn't a dev.

There is some wrong information in this thread.  If you pre-order you can start playing on March 30th and keep ONE character from open beta into release.  It is still unknown if you get to keep your monsters from open beta into beta.  I'd wager you don't. 

You do not choose a subscription plan until after you use your 30 free days from purchasing the game.  So you get March 30th until late May to play the game before you have to decide on a subscription plan.  That should be plenty of time to figure out if this is a game that warrants a lifetime subscription.

His response was rude and uncalled for but he is making true statements.  LotRO set in the fourth age would be rather boring.

I hate the NDA as it prevents you from dispelling nonsense.

LotRO is similar to WoW with it's interface and even some of the questing but it's storyline heavy gameplay really sets it apart.  The time slicing mechanism allows for some great quests.  One of the early ones for man has you defending your town from invading bandits.  If you are successful you are able to drive them back but the damage to the town and people of the town doesn't go back to normal.  The town is burned and quests begin to center on helping to rebuild the town.  WoW's quests are not focused on storyline very much and the world never changes.  It is similar to Guild Wars in this way I guess.  I've only played the first part of Guild Wars though so I don't know.

The achievement system and trait system are other ways to improve and customize your character through storyline based goals.  Everything is focused around the storyline.  I've played both games and I wouldn't consider them the same.  I think if you've only played the newbie levels and area you might be mislead into thinking it is a WoW clone.

Yeah it just depends on where you do the pre-order at.  I'm probably going to put the full price down right away then play starting March 30th until late May all for free before deciding on lifetime or $9.99 a month.

The OP was joking of course but  I do like that my character's skills continue to increase even during downtime :)

Very little of what you post can be considered "fact."

Will you please stop spamming these boards with your ignorant nonsense?

I am still under NDA, open beta has not started and the beta servers are not down.  I don't know where the OP got his information but a lot of what he posted is incorrect.

I only have one account and one character.  Can't see myself wanting another one.  If I was going to pay another monthly fee I'd just make it for a second MMORPG, not the same one. 

Though, as a dedicated miner, it would be nice to have a second account do all my hauling for me.

Second Life is amazingly varied in it's activities.  Education, support groups, bible studies, all manner of discussion groups, live music, literature events, art galleries, libraries, muesums, amusement parks, films, exploration/sight seeing and so on and so on.  It isn't made for people that want to "game".  It is for socialization.  Anyone who can't find the maturity to get past the fact that there are "naughty things" like sex and gambling in the game should not bother with Second Life.  But if you want a place with a mature community and unlimited freedom then it is a fantastic experience.