All Posts by solareus

what is really neat is all the new and fresh faces lotro will bring into mmo's genre. Also want to point out that Turbine never said their would be anything new and innovative unlike some one I will not name. They seem to be refining what they already know into a well crafted chunk of gold.

Nothing new to offer. What exactly has come out in the last 5 years that offers soemthing completely new and innovative ? It is a hoot watching the people claim to be testing this game trying to discredit it in hopes of pulling people to Vangaurd. For the most part , I will agree that the game has nothing new to offer like :
Conjunction
Monster play
Traits system
 The questing arc is really well thought out, the graphics are really good (it looks like a game), the performance of the game is stellar, their has been 0 game stopping bugs, the support has been stellar and the community is shaping up to be the top community of any mmo.

Turbine is listening to the community more so then i've seen any other mmo development team do, and that is what is going to make this game. You can't break lotro because it is just that good.

Can't wait to see this title 2 years from , and being apart of it all

Originally posted by fgetce

Originally posted by Mars505
i'm lvl 24 guardian , barely killing 1 lvl  18 elite  mobs lol , I DONT SUCK !!!!!! 
I was lv 23 for the last 3 days , so it takes a good bit to get leveled. I handed in 2 quests just now as a level 23, and it moved my bar half a square the quest grind sets in, lets get to work

Side not:
I was totally waiting for AoC, but something with it going to 360 makes me believe it will be a lot more linear witha small chance of fizzle, so i am going with LotRO this year, and will await conan OB.

Age of Conan is not going to the PS3 or the Xbox360.  THQ is developing a whole new Conan action game for those consoles where you actually play AS Conan the Cimmerian.

here is a great example of troll baiting

Originally posted by Scy22
Thanks for the info.

Sounds like this game isn't for me.  Crying shame too,  considering I've heard good reviews on graphics,  environment, animations, and combat as a whole.

What the hell is wrong with the MMO market as of late?  You either get a great game with no PVP,  or a greek fucking tragedy with a great PVP system.

If LOTR had a faction based PVP system,  or even a FFA PVP server (yes i know,  all the lore whores would be up in arms)  Then this game could potentially be great.

NOTE: a FFA server would come with a huge red disclaimer that would go something like this:

THIS IS A FFA PVP SERVER.  LORE BE DAMNED.  IF YOU ARE A LORE WHORE, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE, PROCEED TO THE CAREBEAR SERVERS.

Falling short of anything FFA,  a faction based pvp server shouldn't be out of the realm of possibilities.  Looks like this game decided to go the safe route,  and as such, I hope it dies a miserable fiery death.

with LoTrO as long as you tag the mob first no one can grief you . The only true pvp mmo is shadowbane, so if you love pvp , give that game a try.

Personal take of monster play , it fills the void of pvp. It also eliminates the need for a gankfest that most pvp games become. I'm a pretty hardcore pvper and when I ready LotRO wasn't to excited. For the most part, all the quests and content in the game make up for the lack of a FFA pvp system

Also the reason I posted that Q/A was from how it sounds, they may introduce something down the road when a lot more of the world is built.

Right now i think moster play is more of a meduim reached between Turbine and the licensing. It is more of a starting point, to see how many player would be interested in playing a baddie, in my opinion, here is a cool q.a. that will give a little more info on the direction the game is going...

" Some Q&A tidbits I thought you all would enjoy

well i'm not ashamed of anything i posted, if I felt it was truth or had some objectivity , then it shouldnt of been a reason for a warning.

The problem i face is that every post seems to be a troll , if I don't agree on something , if I don't lick the OP's ass  , it is a troll. It is way out of control and someone need to make it a little easier for more people like myself to understand

Wehn people can't handle what is being said , it is a troll, if you try and get to a direct source of what half these people are trying to say , it is troll.

I am baffled , the last session I had last month I diid really good and made no real trolling comments to warrant a ban,

Now I'm not allowed to report trolling , evben if it is the same person over and over again gg !

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That is pretty much ever post on the forum ? Did everyone who makes any kind of post get one of these ?

Never knew someone could climb into an apllication and count how many cycles a certain task does. For the most part, wouldn't it make sense if the 2 weapon balanced out the atk speed instead of one being faster then the other, but wait if that is the case then that be wrong to ? Seems like a lot of your "bugs" are very ordinary in game play of already released mmo's. I;ve been beta testing this title for over 4 months and it is hands down the best polished game so far in the last 3 years.

my bad :(

HAte asking but can someone delete this topic please , I didnt saee the other pole :(

USE THE OTHER THREAD PLEASE, IT has BETTER CHOiCES :D

The tavern looks "Plush"

The vanguard forum is  that---------->away
Probably oone of the best pc online games that will be debuting this year. Really feel it is more of a hybrid mmo, that can be enjooyed by all ages . Families can do quest together as well as sit around and have a musical jam.

Seriously i stood around and just jammed out with my horn playing different melodies, I have never seen anything like it. And people would join in with their istruments. I am a huge music lover and it just blows my mind  :D

Originally posted by Ohaan
Sorry but I really fail to see how this is relevant to the end gamer. This is just like opening weekend box office gross for the latest movie or pop album release. The relative success has more to do with marketing than the quality of the game. I'm sure the investors care but as a gamer I am more concerned with how the game plays.

Originally posted by Dawgrum

Originally posted by solareus

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Originally posted by takaris7

Originally posted by solareus

Originally posted by solareus
Pretty sure the trees invanguards distance is imposter placements

Try playing the game instead of making misinformed posts.

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I was in closed beta for a few weeks, and I am pretty sure if every tree is rendered then it would be unplayable on any system, check your user options and see if they have any options for use imposters.  The ridiculous part of this is why would it matter is a tree 50 miles a way is rendered  . Makes little sense to me, just sounds like bragging rights xD. As well as that seems a lot of people really don't give a shit either cause LoTRO is alreay surpassing this title.

Again i ask ... so if people dont give a shit ... then why do you care? Perhaps you should be enjoying yourself playing the Lotro beta/stress test instead of trolling about on the vanguard forums. I have been on stress test ... and it is pretty pretty but its not for me.. not yet anyway .. will give it a try though .. help with beta as much as i can ... but will i stay with Vanguard? Yes ...  I have the game and station pass ... why not play it. Perhaps you should do something with your time.

So what if the trees are rendered? so what if not? does that make a bit of difference? Are you just looking for something to argue about so you can feel better about yourself?

I'm playing lotro right now . why do I care. Because I was kicked out of  "Grindhard" beta for bring up things like bugs and over all game play in public chat during the test. Apparently they would rather silence any feedback then actually making the game beetter. It is my duty to talk about this game on any forum. It is a simple discusscion and my choice of wword was bad, o nohz. Are the rtees rendered or impostered, did Sigil once again mislead people into buying the product ?

So you acted like an idiot during beta and got kicked out.  You aren't telling the whole story because you don't get kicked out for negative feedback.  Seriously, your little nerd crusade against Vanguard is pathetic. 

Points II said in open chat :
Poor character animatioms
No rag doll physics
Poor weapon contact animation
Poor Quest finding
Poor combat animation : that one I went on about how is basically just standing vertical and my arms moved around sum,, kind of went overbooard on that one lol.
The Crashed to desk top , but I wasnt the only one who said that when they liogged in , it was a constant stream of "crashed" "crashed" "crash"
"crashed" .. .and so on and so forth

A lot people started to agree so they clipped me in the bud .


Dude you have had no idea how much musch I was looking forward to a "real" mmo style game. Read and kept going to vanguard website , waiting and waiting. I was like "wohho Sigil rawr" and now all that iis wiped away with bad community moderating, bad  in game community , bad forum community and over all just bad. Maybe in a few years when the future comes I will give another look , but as is , they get exactly what they deserve. Mediocre scores for mediocre game.

Thank god you don't play anymore.  Your sweeping generalizations make you look dumb, thanks for saving me the time.

Originally posted by Your_boss
It is nice how honest children are with their opinions.  I showed her  a few mmorpgs I am playing without saying the titles(not showing her violence content!).   Her first reaction to LOTRO was: "Ah this is wow, what dad always plays" She sat at the pc and was able to control the character with ease, as she played wow with her father. Her second reaction was" Too easy, Is this only for babies?" Her third:"This looks dumb".  Others were not criticised that harsh (wont say which ones).