Comments on: [LOTRO] Release delayed for Rohan, NDA dropped

By: spinks

spinks — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:35:41 +0000

I’m fairly sure the Rohan zones and mounted combat will start at level 75. Although it would make sense for Turbine to consider selling levels, I think.

By: melponeme_k

melponeme_k — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:33:10 +0000

I’m a beta tester and the new areas in the expansion are gorgeous. Turbine really went all out in the design.

I think the main reason they delayed was because they want mounted combat to be as near to perfect as possible. There seemed to be a bit of balance issues since some classes can hit harder while on foot than mounted which shouldn’t be the case. That is what they are working on. There are also some tweaks needed for the animations.

Mounted combat once you get the hang of it is really exciting. Especially galloping full blast across the huge landscapes.

Be assured that LOTRO’s mounted combat is nothing like the one used in Warcraft’s Lich King expansion. It is a lot more complicated.

By: Green Armadillo

Green Armadillo — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 22:30:37 +0000

I’m still trying to finish all the Isengard era content before the cap increases, so I don’t earn exp and end up over-level yet again. So for me, an extra month just makes my goal easier. More generally, any time a MMO publisher concedes the need for a delay, it’s almost certainly necessary.

By: Helistar

Helistar — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 20:53:34 +0000

I didn’t preorder it, and it’s not in my plans. My fear is that the warmount thing becomes another legendary item fiasco, i.e. another endless leveling grind on top of the “normal” levels.
As much as I like the world of LotRO, I find myself resubscribing for a month and then dumping the game out of boredom, to go back to WoW. Fight in LotRO is laggy and I always have the feel I’m playing underwater, with my keypresses having an effet some long time in the future….. maybe.

By: darkeye

darkeye — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:19:23 +0000

Hope mounted combat is accessible without buying the expansion, reading comments on the forum it seems to be tied to quests outside of the epic books, so possibly not. Getting to try it out will be a big deciding factor in buying the expansion, unless they do a half-price deal on Black Friday again. Will have to look out for some videos in the next while. Customisation of the mounts appearance sounds great, plus a huge landscape to run around in, that’s what really attractive to me above all.

By: Redbeard

Redbeard — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 18:47:14 +0000

Oh oh.

If my kids read this, I might start getting pressure from them to subscribe.

By: Rohan

Rohan — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:23:19 +0000

Is this expansion for max level characters only?

It sounds neat, and I’d like to see it, but I don’t have any characters anywhere near the cap.

By: Jonathon Barton

Jonathon Barton — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 16:11:04 +0000

Followup to my other MoP/GW2 reply.
This will be another game expense for us… =)