Comments on: [LOTRO] When I’m 65 (and eyeing up the endgame)

By: Game by Night » Breaking Free From the End-Game

Game by Night » Breaking Free From the End-Game — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:52:59 +0000

[...] – Spinks [...]

By: Endgame freedom? « new traditionalists

Endgame freedom? « new traditionalists — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:09:44 +0000

[...] 2, 2010 by Bane Spinks the Wise has a nice rambling post up about hitting the level cap in LotRO, which reaches a surprising but very insightful conclusion: “It’s amazing how free you [...]

By: Glory of Glories: Patch Day! Patch Day! « Bio Break

Glory of Glories: Patch Day! Patch Day! « Bio Break — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:00:07 +0000

[...] going to be a “stop and smell the roses” — I want a level capped character (to be just like Spinks!) so that I can get a taste of everything at the [...]

By: Longasc

Longasc — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:11:36 +0000

I am glad you liked the Mirkwood. It is really a wonderful zone full of adventure. I still hope that Rohan comes soon gets a bit greener.

My gripe is that the Moria dungeon runs were in the end better than the Mirkwood endgame. Unless you are a raider and experience the lengthy but very interesting “Gauntlet” part of the raid (which also has a tendency to be annoying as you have or had to repeat it if you failed to down the boss after it), the three small fellowship endgame dungeons are rather poor.

The “puzzle” dungeon, aptly called the Dungeons of Dol Guldur, is not run by anyone. The Warg-pens are quite nice, but they are also not run. Because everyone farms the hell out of the Sword Halls of Dol Guldur… which is extremely boring in the end.

I am glad that there is a book update today/tomorrow, farming runs for the sake of improving stats and hoarding badges alone drove me away from GW & WoW and actually every game so far. P.S.: I still think GW is the best game evar. But LOTRO is cool, too. WoW is not bad either. But I think I have had enough WoW for my remaining lifetime already. I plan to become 100 years old.

By: silvertemplar

silvertemplar — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:26:20 +0000

Since i only recently discovered LOTRO [somewhere in the mid lvl 30s] , it’s really great reading how the game’s story progresses.

The more i read about it, the more fascinated i am with the emphasis Turbine is putting on the plot and storytelling.

You just don’t see this anywhere else, really. It’s amazing how much “life” you can add to a world just by having a story that travels through the entire world.

I am actually surprised no other MMO-company has picked up on this type of “content” . Instead of adding a zillion new themeparky zones and “fed-ex” quests, why not continue the story in existing zones and/or a smaller new zone….

By: Sudiin

Sudiin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:01:26 +0000

Great summary there, it’s nice to hear some news and reflection on how LOTRO is progressing. Sounds like the LOTRO team really has a non-declining dedication and they really do deliver to their playerbase.

Maybe you could add this post to that MMO-Reviews section up there.

By: unwize

unwize — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:01:13 +0000

It’s amazing how free you feel once you decide that you don’t want to get tied into the endgame grind.

Amen to that.

The great thing about the Burglar is that although they can make everyone’s life much easier, they very rarely have the weight of a fellowship on their shoulders, and so you’d have the freedom to mess up a bit as you acclimatise to end-game grouping. You’d be surprised how many players don’t even know what it is that we do!

Many Burglars like to spec for maximum DPS, but I guess it’s valid to want to be a single target Champion with more utility. I prefer to make the most of what makes up special, i.e. debuffs and CC.

Also, with the introduction of the Addle legacies in SoM, it is now one of the most powerful pieces of utility in the game.