A lot of the retailers don't send out seperate head start keys, for those saying they haven't received their key. I pre-ordered from play.com and received a "Pre Order Key" which included Beta access, Head Start access and my perks for ordering from play.com.

Agree with most opinions here though, it is clearly stated that different retailers have different perks for ordering through them. Head Start access is not a given with ALL pre-orders. Most people tend to READ what they are buying first, so that they know what they are buying and what to expect / not expect. Simples!

Hardly Cryptics "screw up" as stated in the thread title!

Originally posted by Yeebo

Copied from Papadam's post in the 6th thread on this page..

Quote:

In therms of end-game instances there are currently:

7x 6-man instances (+1 for battle of Lorien)

2x 3-man instances

2x 12-man lair raids

1x 12-man multi-boss raid

6x solo instances

Then add all the epic quests and stuff and you have LotrOs end-game. If you are not a 24/7 hardcore player then ther is more than enough end-game content.

end Quote.

Maybe we should sticky this I swear we get this question at least once a week. 

More will also undoubtedly be patched in by the time you hit 60 if you are just starting now. 

All that said, if you rush through to the endgame you will very much miss the point of LoTRO.  IMO the best content is the game is encountered as you level, and experiencing the story lines that emerge from different quest chains.  You'll also really be missing out of you skip all the group quests and book quests on your way up. 
 

Don't forget Helegrod!

Adding to that list 1 x 24-man multi boss raid.

Good luck, let us know if you have any more problems but once you've created your account you should be good to play for the rest of today until it ends.

The next beta event schedule is a few posts above so hopefully you should be all set for that one.

Originally posted by clubber

when ive clicked on game accounts it sais thers nothing there :( so i cant click on aion or anything :(

This tells me that you have not put in your beta key on your plaync account. Do you have a beta key? If so you need to actually create an account to play with in the first place. It is telling you incorrect username and password because you have not yet created one...

And no the servers are not down. This weekends beta event ends today (3rd August) at 8pm UK time.

Aion and Chapions Online i'd say. Not sure if SWTOR will be 2010 to be honest but IF it was, that too!

I must admit, I loved playing in the beta for MxO. The combat system was different and refreshing to watch, and the abilities and skills very interesting. I remember Super Jumping around the entire Mega City. Class swapping was also very well implemented, being able to just plug in and out new skills at will just by heading to a hardline.

The game just went downhill when Monolith / WB dropped it and passed it to SOE. This isn't an anti SOE bash though, as it was in decline a bit before. All the events once the game went live, leading up to Morpheus' death were great. After that, it seemed the team lost interest. With each patch new features were few and far between and the updates just consisted of bug fixes and an extra story arc video to watch, and even these were half-arsed with most of it changing to animated at opposed to ingame movies.

I cancelled my sub shortly after it was handed over to SOE, but if the game would go back to how it was at the end of beta / start of launch then i'd resub for sure.

Originally posted by Wizardry

I agree voice acting is huge ,it adds a lot to a game.However watching that video,the graphics look awful,the textures are so cheap ,it looks like they hurried them out the door.The looks of the game is very amateurish,but i guess they have the voice acting going for it :D

Those light sabers look like so cheap,i could make a better looking design/graphic with no effort at all.Is this Bioware making this game?if so they are going to give themselves a bad name for quality in the looks of the game.I suppose they might have some other nice content and detail such as the voice acting,but the basic feel of a game comes from the looks and it looks not even bad but awful.

In a game thats purely at internal alpha stage, with all the post graphics effects missing, I think it's looking quite attractive in my opinion. That was not a video of "here is our completed game", that was a video showcasing the voice acting in the game. Take a look at, for example, some of the AoC alpha videos. Broken visuals and no post processing effects at all, just basic textures (and granted, they are quite nice textures) but still, the game turned out 20 times more attractive than it's alpha videos, so why is it different for SWTOR and assumed these are the final visual look of the game?

Either way, I'm still not put off. The only thing i'm still a little bothered about is the proportions. Saber hilts still seem a little large, or maybe its just the fact that the hands are massive in comparison to the heads? Shoulders seem much too broad, especially on the smuggler they've showcased.

Originally posted by eyeswideopen

Originally posted by jybgess

KotOR is 100% a Turn base game.

 

Is it really? funny how I just keep going from enemy to enemy, without slowing down or having to wait my turn.

Seriously, do you guys ever open the options menu in games? KotOR is not turn-based, you simply have the "pause action" option turned on, which still doesn't make it turn-based it just makes it simple for n00b players.

Turn based is not determined by if there are "pauses" for you to make choices. So that point is totally irrelevant.

KOTOR, however, IS 100% turn based. Behind the scenes a dice is rolled, attacks are timed, you and you opponent take turns attacking even if there is no pause, it's just all number crunched behind the scenes. The combat system is even described in the game as turn based, complete with dice rolls etc.

The learning curve isn't that steep at all. A comprehensive tutorial pretty much covers the first few levels and eases you into the main game nicely.

As for timing, now is as good as ever, if not better! There are still newer players joining due to Moria's release, plus the 2 year anniversary offer is a good deal and is bound to attract a few more players. Plus, with alt rolling so popular in LOTRO, there's still a nice spread of levels thoughout the game.

I'm on the EU servers, so I can't speak on behalf of the US servers but all of the EU seems pretty populated and busy. I've been playing since launch and never had any issues finding groups but now is even easier when I roll a new alt.

Good luck! I'm sure you won't be disappointed!

How are you guys getting registered if the chinese adult names and ID's are all taken up on the registration guide? :\

Originally posted by curiousdaoc

Originally posted by deadsk1nmask

yeah I just found it... mah bad :(

 

No worries, I'm in abit of a pissy mood today due to personal issues. I shouldn't be taking out my aggression on people here, my apologies. I could have been more helpful.

Here are some links for you:

 

Registration Guide

http://sayasun502.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!DF5D8DC071D53FEC!166.entry?wa=wsignin1.0&sa=643919681

 

Client Download (Fastest Links Available)

http://games.on.net/filelist.php?app=1565&menu=1

 

English Client Patching Info

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357662

 

Enjoy!

It seems all the chinese ID's are taken or no longer working on the registration guide. Anyone have any ideas on how I can get past this step or where they found theirs?

I had problems with a similar system and a 500w power supply, which is why i've now gone to a 800w power supply.

I'd probably recommend going a little higher? Try taking a look at www.aria.co.uk, can pick up a bargain there!

Recently i've spent most of my time underground. I can't even remember what daylight is!

I see no link to article...may need a fix?

Pre-CU SWG. Pre-CU SWG. Pre-CU SWG.

Oh and Pre-CU SWG. Nothing will beat it, ever. Even if they reverted everything back, wouldnt be the same without other people actually playing it as well. *sigh*

More kittens please.

Seriously, I had to vote more kittens purely because you left "Once the game is finished" or "Once the game breaking bugs are fixed" from the poll.

Kittens would be a start though...

Well im in the UK and i managed to get a key and register it with Mythic perfectly fine. So if this was US only does that mean I'll need to download the US client and scrap my EU download with the WAR OB Downloader?

If not and i've wasted a key I'm sorry

Please tell me these are Euro (although i doubt it)

I have the EU client and this is the only key I have so im hoping it's an EU one

My apologies for this seemingly stupid question, but I have just grabbed an OB key from the givaway on here, through fileplanet, yet I have the EU client downloaded.

Am I right to assume that my key and account with Mythic with this OB key will not work with my EU OB client? Or by some stroke of luck will I be good to be on Sunday (fingers crossed!)

Had I planned this better I would have sorted my key out much earlier but I have only just got this sudden rush to give WAR a go (at 11:55pm on Saturday 6th September...lol)

Cheers!

Hear hear!

Whilst understanding the few (and only a very small few) flaws that LOTRO has or could be improved on, I too am very content with the game and will be for a while to come. I have not had a continued subscription to another game before LOTRO since SWG was alive and kicking between 2003 and 2005.

All other MMO's i've played have only been on and off and not lasted half as long.

Good for you! And good for me too!