Lord Of The Rings Online

Well with a name like mine...it's only fair I should start the *official* LOTRO thread

Was a WOW player...and love Lotro...great change of pace...looking forward to Age of Conan as well. For those that tried it during the beta...you should check it out again. It is a great game, and I am loving it

( then again my name is Frodo Baggins )


LOTRO (Us Site)

LOTRO (Eu Site)

I love everything related to Lord of the Rings so I think i could very well be a perfect player

This is for your eyes only!

here

ForestRaptor wrote:

This is for your eyes only!

here

Golum...is that you?


A Stroll Through Rivendell-LOTRO

The Falls of Imladris-LOTRO

The Shire-LOTRO

as a long time absolutely HUGE fan of pretty much everything Lotr and The Silmarillion... how could I not have this on my PC and play a little from time to time...

... not an overly demanding game, but a joy in places to play... wonderful realisations of the landscapes and the locations...

i'd give it 8/10 and 4 's for being a pleasant game to play

i tested it for about four or five months. i liked it, but not enough to actually subscribe to it at the time.

Alpha to beta ...seeemed ok ..but very vanilla.

I'm a player alright! Currently me and a couple of housemates are running around the shire after just starting our hobbit pals. I go by the name Gigglesnort, and I basically look like a fat ugly ginger kid with wierd Al hair and a little pot-belly. Makes me smile whenever I log onto him. Snowbourne server for anyone who wants to hook up.

Shogunate wrote:

I basically look like a fat ugly ginger kid with wierd Al hair and a little pot-belly.

too close to reality mate


- love the name Gigglesnort - and the hobbits are very cute!


I'm on the Eldar server under the name Luthian

Mongrol wrote:

Shogunate wrote:

I basically look like a fat ugly ginger kid with wierd Al hair and a little pot-belly.

too close to reality mate


- love the name Gigglesnort - and the hobbits are very cute!


I'm on the Eldar server under the name Luthian

My pot bellys not little!!

Just re-installed the game today and paching away for the next few hours I think


Middle-Earth ...here I come back to you....

god, I am that sad you know...I did cry the first time I saw Rivendell in game,

Amorey wrote:

god, I am that sad you know...I did cry the first time I saw Rivendell in game,

Lag that bad huh?

My hobbitses name was

Sluggo

Amorey wrote:

Just re-installed the game today and paching away for the next few hours I think


Middle-Earth ...here I come back to you....

god, I am that sad you know...I did cry the first time I saw Rivendell in game,

I wish I could join you, I think I could get some great experience out of that game! I would surely travel to each corner tof the great map and find out every little bits of information of every place!

DDO left such a bad Turbine-related taste in my mouth that I just couldn't work up enough drive to go purchase another of their titles. I mean that seriously. When I first heard the LoTRo was coming, I had every intention of purchasing it. I love Tolkien! But I also have been a gamer around the tabletop for many, many a year, and really looked forward to DDO, too... And they butchered it! Turbine butchered the one RP title that deserved no part of being butchered. After, I lost all faith in their ability to make a game, period.

Is it sad that hold such a grudge against them for that? Maybe it is, and I apologize for it. I just fear that LoTRo would do nothing but disappoint me, and when it comes to Tolkien, I just don't know if I could bear that.

claymore2h wrote:

DDO left such a bad Turbine-related taste in my mouth that I just couldn't work up enough drive to go purchase another of their titles. I mean that seriously. When I first heard the LoTRo was coming, I had every intention of purchasing it. I love Tolkien! But I also have been a gamer around the tabletop for many, many a year, and really looked forward to DDO, too... And they butchered it! Turbine butchered the one RP title that deserved no part of being butchered. After, I lost all faith in their ability to make a game, period.

Is it sad that hold such a grudge against them for that? Maybe it is, and I apologize for it. I just fear that LoTRo would do nothing but disappoint me, and when it comes to Tolkien, I just don't know if I could bear that.

I used to have the same reservations Clay, but I must say I was very pleasently surprised.

The game is not only very beautiful to look at, but the lore is been carefully used and followed by the developers. All game play is based on Tolkien's lore. LOTRO is one of those games that do take you by surprise if you love the original trilogy. The beauty of the graphics, the precisions of the world geography, the music that is following you around...you do really feel like in Middle Earth.

The Shire is fantastic...day or night, my favorite place is a panoramic spot just outside Bag End.
I think that you would like this game very much Clay

Amorey wrote:

I used to have the same reservations Clay, but I must say I was very pleasently surprised.

The game is not only very beautiful to look at, but the lore is been carefully used and followed by the developers. All game play is based on Tolkien's lore. LOTRO is one of those games that do take you by surprise if you love the original trilogy. The beauty of the graphics, the precisions of the world geography, the music that is following you around...you do really feel like in Middle Earth.

The Shire is fantastic...day or night, my favorite place is a panoramic spot just outside Bag End.
I think that you would like this game very much Clay

If what you say is true, and I respect your opinions a great deal, Amorey, then it's certainly possible that I may one day check out the game. I just couldn't afford to be heartbroken over that one; not over Tolkien! It gives me great pleasure to hear you say such wonderful things about their commitment to the lore and the geography. Both are absolutely key for anything Tolkien!

Who knows, maybe one day this title may find itself on my computer after all, and they'll have you, Amorey, to thank for it.

claymore2h wrote:

Amorey wrote:

I used to have the same reservations Clay, but I must say I was very pleasently surprised.

The game is not only very beautiful to look at, but the lore is been carefully used and followed by the developers. All game play is based on Tolkien's lore. LOTRO is one of those games that do take you by surprise if you love the original trilogy. The beauty of the graphics, the precisions of the world geography, the music that is following you around...you do really feel like in Middle Earth.

The Shire is fantastic...day or night, my favorite place is a panoramic spot just outside Bag End.
I think that you would like this game very much Clay

If what you say is true, and I respect your opinions a great deal, Amorey, then it's certainly possible that I may one day check out the game. I just couldn't afford to be heartbroken over that one; not over Tolkien! It gives me great pleasure to hear you say such wonderful things about their commitment to the lore and the geography. Both are absolutely key for anything Tolkien!

Who knows, maybe one day this title may find itself on my computer after all, and they'll have you, Amorey, to thank for it.

Aww...thanks Clay

I tell you what, as soon as I am back in game (after all the patching is done) I will post some screenshots here...LOTRO its just the perfect game to take beautiful pictures

Oh this gets me craving!

Amorey wrote:

I tell you what, as soon as I am back in game (after all the patching is done) I will post some screenshots here...LOTRO its just the perfect game to take beautiful pictures

I'll certainly look forward to seeing some of those.

The journey or Leilaniel






More to coome soon

Nice!


Wait, whats that burning in the background of the first screenshot?

Guildmaster wrote:

Nice!


Wait, whats that burning in the background of the first screenshot?

The guy she just set alight.

Very nice, Amorey!

And they even went for the more realistic features with their avatars, too! Something else that I can appreciate. I await more, as promised, with great anticipation.

claymore2h wrote:

Very nice, Amorey!

And they even went for the more realistic features with their avatars, too! Something else that I can appreciate. I await more, as promised, with great anticipation.

I am going to the Shire next....one of my favorite places

I will post later on tonight