Comments on: LotRO: Apparently you can go back http://www.epicslant.com/2009/06/apparently-you-can-go-back/ MMORPG design, raiding, and guild leadership Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:50:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Epic Slant » Blog Archive » Back in the saddle of LotRO http://www.epicslant.com/2009/06/apparently-you-can-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Epic Slant » Blog Archive » Back in the saddle of LotRO Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:45:13 +0000 http://www.epicslant.com/?p=844#comment-961 [...] wasn’t that long ago that I mentioned Sodality and I have returned to Lord of the Rings Online to give it another shot after a long two year hiatus. Our original trip [...] [...] wasn’t that long ago that I mentioned Sodality and I have returned to Lord of the Rings Online to give it another shot after a long two year hiatus. Our original trip [...]

]]> By: Derek Licciardi http://www.epicslant.com/2009/06/apparently-you-can-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Derek Licciardi Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:15:51 +0000 http://www.epicslant.com/?p=844#comment-936 Eventually, you'll grok the LI system and figure out that it is a pointless, endless grind that gives you no idea of your progress within the grind. At that point the game will lose much of its appeal. If anything, stick around long enough to get through the Epic books. There's some fantastic story written there and you get to take part in pieces of the lore that makes the experience very powerful. If you haven't played it on a Vista machine, you must do so. DirectX 10 really makes a difference visually and the DirectX 9 version cannot compare. All in all, it's a good game; every bit as good as WoW and EQ II but in different ways. WoW is more PvP centric. EQ II has waay more content and is more PvE centric. LotRO offers a decent balance between the two even though its more PvE oriented. Eventually, you’ll grok the LI system and figure out that it is a pointless, endless grind that gives you no idea of your progress within the grind. At that point the game will lose much of its appeal. If anything, stick around long enough to get through the Epic books. There’s some fantastic story written there and you get to take part in pieces of the lore that makes the experience very powerful. If you haven’t played it on a Vista machine, you must do so. DirectX 10 really makes a difference visually and the DirectX 9 version cannot compare.

All in all, it’s a good game; every bit as good as WoW and EQ II but in different ways. WoW is more PvP centric. EQ II has waay more content and is more PvE centric. LotRO offers a decent balance between the two even though its more PvE oriented.

]]> By: Ferrel http://www.epicslant.com/2009/06/apparently-you-can-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Ferrel Mon, 29 Jun 2009 03:32:42 +0000 http://www.epicslant.com/?p=844#comment-932 We are on, I believe, Firefoot! We are on, I believe, Firefoot!

]]> By: Syp http://www.epicslant.com/2009/06/apparently-you-can-go-back/comment-page-1/#comment-930 Syp Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:13:59 +0000 http://www.epicslant.com/?p=844#comment-930 What server are you on? What server are you on?

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