Although it is online game, but I think it is all depends on the one of his real life. The difference in between is psychological side and real life side. Some people playing the online game to compensate his real life, some people playing the online game because real life lisure time.

Those who compensate the game into a real life usually getting too serious because he would failed both real life and virtual life. They all have strong pose against the different people and that might the reason makes him failed in real life.  

I joined a group a couple days ago, the group maker talked a lot and commanding a lot for a very easy quest. No one died but only himself died so many times, he makes himself like a tank in other online game who can take agro and holding agro, if he failed to keep agro, it would be someone else fault, especially the ranger.

So he kicked me out of the group in the next quest.

Later, I joined a group doing devil battlefield quest, he just happened in the group, and he quit in the middle of way, after we refill the group, no one remember how to do the Gensis Point, but everyone of us have had very good time and we completed the quest.

I can see that....I can't figure out how you going to craft after all features being removed.

I can do +5 enhancement but the problem is the weapon is LV1.

Secondly, how to craft higher damage since the desconstruction make the item became level 1.

I have seen some people crafting 4-5 features. The game wont allow me to craft more than +5 enhancement.

I dont know what is Prefix on a weapon and Sufix too.

I descronstructed a LV16 weapon the other day and then the weapon become LV1.

My LV16 was +5 enhancement but then the craftable weapon has +0 enhancement. 

It is very difficult for a beginner to learn how to craft in DDO.

I think you need to be least post graduate major in missile science to crafting in DDO. I have never seen so poor crafting like this before. Bashing / shield attacking ....

I am playing both Lotro and DDO from time to time because I do not want to try  a so-so quality mmo like AION for 3 months then back to Lotro or DDO again, Lotro has been improved quite a lot with new interface and they look really good than before. And the crafting recipes window look very professional as well. They really do a good job. But compare with the same product owned by Turbine, the crafting in DDO could be one of the worst crafting in mmorpg history.

I have never seen so poor management in crafting, I hope DDO should spend something not on DDO Store Promotions, they really should do least thiing to make the crafting like a modern renewed game. If people like the crafting interface as well as in-game recipes, people would spend more money in the store.

If people talking about a new game and focus on how playable is the game could be which also meant to me the game is dying.  Just let it go ~

Are you sure you were not talking about WOW classes? This is Lotro forum.

New class with history old contents and stats caps.

Sorry, don't have unlimited dinero to spend for more character slots.

I think the reason why Lotro can't be skill base game because of the stats of mobs and everything need to rechange.  Lotro is heavily based on skills, tho not skill tree. The skill and stats are all not matching each ohter, that is also why, Lotro has to keep nerfing the player's stats or weapons or armors.

Lotro has been capped stats at 500 before Mirkwood, and now it capped again at 650, besides the evade, parry etc are capped at 15%, if any one these stats been changed, the game would totally lose control as if the Dam is broken.

And then you may solo everything, however, the problem wouldn't last long enough because it leads nowhere already.

I remeber it took me 2 hours 40 minutes by foot from south end to the north endin WOW. The logest flight time was 28 minutes at that time.

In Lotro or AOC, the map were vertical depth, it took some time by mount because the road was actually in curve shape to make it longer time, for a 3 minutes run but they all tried to make it to 30 minutes.

If you play lotro long enough, you will noticed the quest has nearly the same patterns.

Quest 1:

In a hot spot area, you need to gather certain materials first. Then go back to NPC to complete this quest. In the meantime with your completion. You got another quest.

Quest 2:

In the same area of quest 1, your mission is to kill certain mobs. OK,now go back again to the hot spot area. When you completed this quest, the same NPC or depends on how difficulty is about the quest 2, if he didnt give you the third quest, he will ask you to talk to another NPC.

Quest 3:

Now, with bla bla bla done by you, XXXXXXX, we have to put down the XXXXX, but first thing, we need to destroy the XXXXX before we can kill him.

Off you go, the target you going to destroy is actually next to the Boss and/or around him. And actually, you have kill all mobs in this hot spot area for fourth times, same mob at same location.

Upon your completion, you finally reach the last quest to kill Boss, thats what you though.

Quest 4:

Killing Boss xxxx.

Mission completed, But another NPC stands next to him or nearby light up with new ring.

Yea yea, there are more quest to go back to the same area to kill XXXXX again and a few to continue.

WHen you have done all quests, there are epic quest still lead you into the same area.

This is Moria.

So in Lothlorien, they stop making such kind of quest, they just make timer on most of the quest as repeatable. At least, it is some kind of improvements.

Worse than that was the goblin are immuned to your skill because the AI makes the golbin run away even you crippled the golbin. So, it is definitely not fancy to kill such creature. With skirmish adds in the game, it became more and more like ohter F2P on the market, which is the game plays by itself by AI. And all you just need to do is browse the lotro store and shopping.

If they can make female model looks more feminine, I'd consider to look further into this game.

I though Lotro could have some changes and fun after returning but I found the game design seems to be always the same type without any creative thought. I hope the game is not only difficulty but most importance is fun to challenge. May this because of limited by the storyline? I think that is just an excuse to be more creative.

The minstrel is gimp among all classes. Captain healing ability somehow similar to RK. RK is not just able to heal but also a tanking class.

I wish there are medium armor set for minstrel because not every minstrel like to wear light armors for will and fate only.

Originally posted by Jackdog

If you really think there is such a thing as freedom of speech just go up to your boss and tell him what you really think of him and his policies. Or maybe the nextime your wife or gf asks you if that pair of jeans makes her butt look big, be truthful. You can say whatever you want, justy be prepared to suffer the consequences.

Yea truth always hurts. When you woke up in the morning one day, you were shocked on your discovery, your wife was never so ugly and she is not the one you met at first time. Tell her about that.

I supposed you all know that FFXIV is designed by Japanese company so the game involved more Japanese cultures. Quest without hint, no tips or not sufficien information to get your quest done. That's typical Japanese games, besides, the game is not only for American market. I like to experiencing different culture game, but its just one or two months or max 3 months. I suggest you just play what it is and dont expect they willl do any changes for you.

I am sorry to say as a 3-1/2 lifer should have known one thing, Lotro DID NOT have PVP. It's PVMP, pvp is player vs. player, and most lotro lifer tended to lying themselves that they were playing pvp. It's pvmp because pvp involves depth class balance which is even more than pvmp.

Why Turbine did not open monster play for F2P? simply because pvmp sucks. The feature is there, but they just work as it is. It is reasonable for Lotro lifer to expecting more value back from the game but it will not be monster play part.

Lotro is a boring and repeatitve but compare with other F2P, I think Lotro still better because no other F2P company can produce a F2P game like lotro, however, it is defined as a F2P now.

I left lotro years ago because Turbine did a huge nerf on player's stats, so now they are selling the stats they nerfed years ago befiore full map of Lothlorien . Each 10 point of stats cost you US$4.50, for 5 stats, you need US$22.50 Tier 1, and if you want Tier 4, it will cost you nearly 100 dollars. If you have 7 characters, it will cost you 700 dollars, plus share bank etc, it will cost you total USD 1,000 to play LOTRO.

This is why game gold become useless, which is very common in any F2P mmorpg. But Lotro ate out both F2P and P2P market, that's why their earning is tripled.

What the game gold can do? totally rusbish after reach max level, even I buy everything, however, I still make 6g each day. Besides, I have all vocations covering everything I need and all with kindred guild reputation. 

The legenday item xp is different from player xp, if you reach max level you still get xp but it transfer into item xp. What I am saying about skirmish was there is no reward specially to boost Legendary item. You just complete a short quest with XP. Anyhow, the skirmish is really bugged, just like the Last Home in Rivendell in the past, Turbine never fix the dread when you enter the house. It must be very challenging job for them taken 2 years to fix that simple bug.

The econmy in Lotro is very minimal scale especially when you turn to lv65, you dont need more gold. Because there is nothing can buy with gold. Whenever I got the bounty coin from skirmish, it makes me feel stupid or fooling around by Turbine developers. Because in skirmish solo mode, you dont get item XP, no slaying count outside the skirmish world, only these useless bounty coins. You see your gold increasing everyday but you can't spend your earning.

I think Lotro is designed with anti-farming mechanics and that is 2 sides effects, the good side is no gold sellers, the negative side is you don't need more gold.

I wish there would be more stuffs used by gold instead of the faction tokens or Lotro stores.