[ddo] LOTRO

[Joe Vaughan]

On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 at 15:14:24, Mike Kelly wrote:

> 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).

Sounds good! 
 
> 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.

I have 2 more weeks of my current WoW subscription and I can make a decision
then to opt out or opt back in at any stage... so I'm not tied to anything
(except the missuses apron strings that is...) 

> 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...

See.. if only I knew someone who got a 7day free pass for a friend from their
subscription I could try it out and stuff... *cough*
 
> 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".

Great! My name is still available then! Phew. For a moment I was worried I'd
have to go with my Alt name: "Cleft of Bushy Hollow" :)

joe