Comments on: Free-to-Play Hardcore

By: SpiritusRex

SpiritusRex — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:48:27 +0000

Hmmm, maybe I’ll be the test subject as I’ve been pondering LoTR for quite awhile now, but have been unwilling to shell out the clams to play. However, once full time free-to-play goes into effect, I most likely will give it a go. And, fortunately or not, I am one of those driven people that have “completion fever” in that once I start something I find it very difficult to stop until the final goal is achieved. My “fever” is only outweighed by my cheapness

So, if I ever get started with LoTR, I’ll be sure to give you progress reports as I march to level cap.

By: Green Armadillo

Green Armadillo — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:13:28 +0000

SOMEONE will accomplish this in LOTRO, but the average cheapskate will not get nearly as far as in DDO. The two expansions, which have Turbine Point costs totaling around 5,000 TP ($50) in beta, are mandatory for reaching the level cap. At 5 TP per deed, you’d have to re-roll and delete a lot of low level alts to get there. By contrast, you need maybe half that many TP to get to cap in DDO, and you get around 800 easily obtained bonus TP just for creating a new account.

By: Brian 'Psychochild' Green

Brian 'Psychochild' Green — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:27:23 +0000

I’m sure people will try to figure out how to play LotRO completely for free. In DDO, there are plenty of guides on how to grind favor so that you can get Turbine points for free. I’ve even seen breakdowns for how much favor you can earn per Turbine point for buying adventure packs to maximize your return.

I suspect we’ll see the same thing in LotRO, although some of the restrictions they’ve placed on it make it sound like they’re trying to avoid this to some extent. We’ll see how it goes. But, anticipating this will happen is a no-brainer. It just takes a certain neurotic personality….