[ddo] LOTRO

[Mike Kelly]

Well, I think the time line will be now, but you and everyone else will be
more than welcome to join in later on of course. :)

I played it last night for the first time and I must say that I really liked
it. There are a ton of improvements over the, IMO excellent, "baseline" for
MMOs that Blizzard has set with WoW and it's obvious that Turbine have
applied the lessons they've learned from DDO (it already feels more complete
than DDO did and it also has the advantage that unlike DDO encounters aren't
balanced for a full group of 6 players). There are fantastic little touches
in the game now, for example you can earn titles that you can append to your
name, (you start off with your origin title, like "of Rohan" or "of
Rivendell" but you can gain others by performing notable Deeds) and also
using skills can unlock special bonuses and moves. I don't know what the
crafting system is like or even where (and when) I can buy a horse but it
feels great now and looks fantastic, in some ways it reminds me of DaoC (not
a bad thing, mainly a look and feel thing, I even think there's dyeable
outfits but I haven't found any dye vendors yet).

As I've said it looks great but I don't think there's really any point
spending too much time trying to debate or otherwise entice people into
this, it'll be great to have more but three or four should be good and I'm
counting on Diarms rubber arm ;). You can lead a horse to water but blah,
blah, blah. It's very promising and I'd advise people to try it out; WoW
ain't going anywhere and you can easily play two games like this, I did for
ages with DDO and WoW.

So for Joe and anyone else interested in trying out Middle-Earth, Alfrith,
Captain of Rohan will meet you at the sign of the Prancing Pony anytime...
although maybe he'll be a champion or a guardian... or... maybe an elven
minstrel, or a hobbit burglar... or a hunter...

PS There was also a pleasant amount of "real" LOTR names on showing last
night (aided by the naming tips on character generation), I didn't see a
single rofling zomger called "Orcsrgay".

On 26/04/07, Leigh Murphy <murphy.leigh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> If the timeline is for after 1. june, I can do it for the Summer, earlier
> nah-hah.
> Leigh
>
>
> On 4/25/07, Joe Vaughan <joev at jarhedz.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'd definitely be interested if we can get a group together Mike.
> >
> > I'm WoWing on Outland with Chop, MikeD, Ade, Paula, Rafe and co. but
> > not totally loving it tbh.. WoW is just too shallow for my taste (ddo
> > has so spoiled us!)
> >
> > So... lemme know what you plan Mr. Kelly!
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > On 25 Apr 2007, at 12:07, Mike Kelly wrote:
> >
> > > Well, not daunted by the collapse of DooDooOoo-er! I was wondering
> > > if anyone (especially the dregs of the DDO group, me, Joe and
> > > Diarm :) ) was planning on giving LOTRO a try? It's getting good
> > > reviews and seems a whole lot more polished and complete than
> > > DeeDeeOooh (with a single player experience for those who don't
> > > like having to muster up another 5 players in order to go buy some
> > > milk). At least the Leegolas, Gundalf and other LOTR name knock-
> > > offs will be more appropriate.
> > >
> > > It could it be time for Froodo Buggins, halfling ninja
> > > extraordinaire to shine!!!1one
> > >
> > >
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