Comments on: [LOTRO] Farewell to Codemasters – the great migration http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/lotro-farewell-to-codemasters-the-great-migration/ MMOs and game design Wed, 22 May 2013 22:20:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: James http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/lotro-farewell-to-codemasters-the-great-migration/#comment-14837 Tue, 31 May 2011 13:46:27 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5489#comment-14837 Turbine can go fuck their mothers.

]]> By: jameswalker85 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/lotro-farewell-to-codemasters-the-great-migration/#comment-14832 Tue, 31 May 2011 10:17:40 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5489#comment-14832 I of course meant Codemasters launching updates after Turbine, but I didn’t see that until I’d posted.

]]> By: jameswalker85 http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/lotro-farewell-to-codemasters-the-great-migration/#comment-14831 Tue, 31 May 2011 10:15:18 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5489#comment-14831 I’m in the UK, and I have played LotRO on the US servers for some time. The advantages I see to the migration are that Turbine launched the updates before Codemasters, and that CM Points cost more than Turbine Points.

The downside is that with Turbine launching updates after Turbine, occasionally they held them back until bugs were worked out… as we saw with Update 2.

]]> By: Dril http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/lotro-farewell-to-codemasters-the-great-migration/#comment-14822 Mon, 30 May 2011 20:16:04 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5489#comment-14822 Can’t say I’m particularly stoked that Turbine are taking over. They’re not even bothering with separate maintenance times or sever clusters in the EU – which, to me at least, sends the message that EU players are being treated just as a moneygrab, not because Turbine particularly cared about CM’s handling or licensing.

besides, CM sold their lifetime subs for less than Turbine is selling a year’s sub. Blech.

I appreciate that we’ll (finally) be able to partake in all the MyLOTRO stuff, but I’m not sure it’s all sun and joy if we just become “those guys” who play on what are, essentially, US realms but from across an ocean.

Still, at least it’s not going to GOA. That’s a definite plus.

]]> By: Berath http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/lotro-farewell-to-codemasters-the-great-migration/#comment-14820 Mon, 30 May 2011 19:01:26 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5489#comment-14820 I take it you’ve read the thread on the CM forum

http://community.codemasters.com/forum/lord-rings-online-general-discussion-424/465834-thank-you-lotro-europe-community.html

]]> By: spinks http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/lotro-farewell-to-codemasters-the-great-migration/#comment-14817 Mon, 30 May 2011 16:54:41 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5489#comment-14817 I never understood why other people were upset on the last day of high school :) I was so excited because it meant I was leaving home to go to university after the summer!

]]> By: Berath http://spinksville.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/lotro-farewell-to-codemasters-the-great-migration/#comment-14815 Mon, 30 May 2011 16:48:52 +0000 https://spinksville.wordpress.com/?p=5489#comment-14815 Yes, it’s all rather unexpectedly poignant…a bit like the last day of high school or Uni

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