All Posts by dj_decay

Sounds awesome, I love the skills.  Matched with the DDO combat system (which is still the best in the MMO Space, IMO) this is going to be a great class to play!

Spectacular Engrish...

My dream for this title??  One word:  Ravenloft. 

Originally posted by doodler222

I tried this game out and liked it - so why do I no longer play it?

Well I prefer games that do not force me to use my keyboard to move.  I like using my mouse.  I think having the keyboard for movement is a nice option but should not be required.

 

I'm confused by this - I ONLY use the mouse to move - right hand on mouse doing 100% of movement control, left hand on the hot keys for combat.  I've never used ASDF in LOTRO, the mouse controls they implemented are so much more responsive and more intuitive... 

Originally posted by Lobotomist

Now this is really confusing

 

I know that tolkien enterprises basically gave rights to Turbine only for the LOTR timeline - which is why the game is set in this period.

Which is probably the worse period for a MMO based upon middle earth.For example MEO (previous LOTR mmo) was based on period after the LOTR books.

 

Another thing that limited Turbine is that they could not mention any characters that were not in LOTR books. And not use any areas that were used in other Tolkien books.

 

But what this means than ?

That Turbies now have right to use Hobbit material as well ? Which would be great

Or that they are doing Hobbit MMO ?? Which would downright destroy LOTRO....

 

 

I agree that having free reign to use any of the timeline or source materials would be awesome, but how would a 'Hobbit' MMO be superior to LOTRO's time period? 

During the LOTRO time period you have an entire world in conflict, a truly epic sturggle of good versus the ultimate evil, with men, elves, dwarves, and hobbits fighting for their very lives.

During the Hobbit, you get, um.... I'm trying to remember....  Oh yeah - a dragon and some greedy dwarves.  Not too much else.  

The STORY of the Hobbit is woonderful, one of my favorites, and I'd love to see lake town, the lonely mountain, etc... - but if you look at what's happening outside of the main characters, there doesn't seem tobe much going on... 

Sounds a lot like Asheron's Call - anyone can take any skills and upgrade them in any way they like, wear any armor, etc....  I love AC for that flexibilty, I even still have an account I jump on from time to time. 

In AC there might be a few 'uuber' templates, but it's not like everyone plays the same combo - there really are a lot of variations, at least on Harvestgain. 

Originally posted by JK-Kanosi

Interesting. This may solve one of the issues I had with this game. But I still have other issues needing resolving before I quit WoW to play it. Cool looking armor was one issue, but fun classes is another. I had no fun playing any of the classes offered in LoTRO. My favorite class in a MMORPG is a warrior/mage hybrid. You know, fighting with a sword in one hand a spell in another. I play WoW in hopes that the new Deathknight class will be what I've been waiting for in this generation of polished games. One other thing WoW did better than Lotro, which is why I won't play it is the variety of starting areas and places to level. In LoTRO, I only like playing the Elves and Humans. Both have a different starting area, but meet up in Breeland. From that point onward, everyone is doing the same quests. This makes for no replay value. WoW has 7 or 8 starting areas with 2-4 different ways to level up without repeating the same content. That's at least twice as long playing time as I could get in Lotro for the same price. I look for value in my games; the cool factor, which WoW has with its armor you can get and the epicness of the world; and a sizable community, where I can find a good guild and it is easy to find groups.

LoTRO just fails in my book and by the time it is cool enough for me to play, it will be too late for it. But I am truley happy some people have found a home in that game. I was just hoping for more than what I got in that game.

Sorry for the rant.

Sounds like you want to play a Loremaster with 'Sword and Staff' slotted as a legendary trait.  Add a nice enchancted pointy hat and you're nearly as cool as Gandalf himself.  so LOTRO already has what you want there, and WoW 'might' if you buy their new expansion, whenever that comes out...

Also, Elves and Humans have TOTALLY different starting areas and elves don't really need to go anywhere NEAR Bree-land.  Humans end up in Bree-land, which is a nice place to quest, and Elves end up in Falathorn.  You can level up an elf (or dwarf for that matter) without ever setting foot in Bree, you can find all your level-appropriate quests and adventures in Falathorn/Ered-Luin etc...., and not need to set foot in the Shire or Bree if you so choose. 

Sure, sounds cool, and I've been DYING for a good Sci-Fi based MMO.  However, call me jaded at the MMO market , but here's what I feel about these grand announcements so early in development...

First - 'Launching in 2009' means Q2 of 2010 at the earliest.

Second - LOTS of games have very innovative and impressive features lists on paper, but how many of them actually make it into the launch product?  Vangaurd anyone?  LOTRO/MEO?  By the time this game makes it to market, I'm betting it will mimic whatever is making the most money (WOW, LOTRO, 'Sci-Fi Blizzard MMO', whatever...) and all the original lofty and creative ideas will have been weeded out. 

I WANT to find that totally awesome Sci-Fi based MMO, I've literally played them ALL, and none of them (aside form the first 3 or 4 months of SWG - those were the goold old days....) have ever held my interest or struck me as anything more than elves and dwarves with blasters...