Originally posted by Quizzical

Originally posted by Zyllos

Which basically means you feel like part of your surroundings. Immersion in a MMO would be mechanics and gameplay that makes the player feel like they are actually part of the MMO world.

 

That sounds like it will be technologically impossible for the forseeable future.  When I sit at a computer pushing buttons, I feel like I'm sitting at a computer pushing buttons--for the very good reason that that's exactly what I'm doing.

Of course you are at a computer pushing buttons, but immersion in a game means that your full attention has been grabbed. The mechanical tasks of pushing buttons are irrelevant to your situation within the game world. You are immersed emotionaly, not physically

 Clive Barkers Imajica - lots of different worlds and races.

 Works fine for me...

 No big deal - as I said I thought it was a bit cheeky. I realise that quests are set highter to make them tougher but this particular quest really is very tough and does require a full group and if even one of that group is only level 50 then I don't see anyone making it through. I am not going to re-attempt it until I get to about level 53 and I see people on the lff channel stating that they want 'only people above level 50' - effectively making it impossible to do this quest without upgrading

 I like LOTRO and I upgraded over the weekend, but before I upgraded I thought that I would finish off Volume 1. I found I was unable to do this as half way through Book 15 the NPC that gives you the quest was locked with the message 'You have to upgrade to Mines of Moria to talk to this NPC' !

I was a bit shocked as I was still playing the Shadows of Angmar volume, not the MOM volume. After messaging a GM I found that it was a bug that they were working on. A very convenient bug for Turbine!

I upgraded anyway so was able to carry on with volume 1 until I got to Book 15 Chapter 12 and had to find a group. The quest itself is a group quest that requires a full group and the quest states it as level 52, and no group would play with anyone lower than level 53 - it is a hard quest. Why would a quest to finish off volume 1 be set higher than is possible to get without upgrading to Mines of Moria. The level cap for Shadows of Angmar is 50, so why finish it off with a level 52 quest - another convenience to Turbine!

I don't care so much as I was planning on upgrading and have done so - I just think that it's a bit cheeky!!

 The characters look good and the distance shots look good, but I agree it doesn't look as good as I was expecting.

 LOTRO: MoM