Lord of the Rings Online

WAR released today and BANG, we loose 12 players from guild. Emails and personal messages of goodbye and goodluck. Usually at 2 pm afternoon things begin to get going. But for last couple of days it seems population took a good hit. Even in evening during the peak times its hard to get a group. OOC, TRADE channels which are usually busy are very quite.

Is it just me or anyone else noticed it? population was never really great to begin with but now its even harder to get fellowship. Not to even mention HELEGROD 24 man group.

I play on Snowbourn EU one of the two most populated servers.

a new game is out and everyone wants to try it, even me ;) But there will always be some that come back, or stay at their new place. i'm planning to play the two :)

Even though i don't have mich playtime :(

this sucks, i was going to buy WAR and if i didnt like it, go back to LOTRO. but if its even more dead then it was around 10 months ago when i playd. i just cant see myself having funDAMMIT PPL BUY THIS GAME LOL

I just bought this game and am looking forward to playing it. I also want to try WAR as well. I think people will be back when the new Expansion comes out here soon. Untill then I hope to get into this game have some fun.

The population drop is not surprising at all, especially with a game as big as Warhammer coming; everyone and their mothers is going to be trying it out. But do not worry, once the Mines of Moria expansion comes out for LOTRO, you will be waiting in lines to get into the server  :)

i hope so, althow the new runekeeper or what ever they called it class kinda....i donno :S they shud have just called him wizard =[

When the MoM expansion launches. I predict that the newbie areas are gonna be filled with wardens and runekeepers. And finding mobs you need to kill for a quest is gonna be a bitch.

Anyways my quest log is FULL with fellowship quest that i cant find people to do with. I spent 4-5 days to get a fellowship for Tomb of Elendil. Solotion: Drop most fellowship quests, go for epics, books and solo quests. Its a shame tho, some of the fellowship quests are really fun and gives some good rewards.

But getting a fellowship in MoM should not be a problem....

Originally posted by blindside044

The population drop is not surprising at all, especially with a game as big as Warhammer coming; everyone and their mothers is going to be trying it out. But do not worry, once the Mines of Moria expansion comes out for LOTRO, you will be waiting in lines to get into the server  :)

Waiting in lines? sorry a lot of new people may come but  if you are thinking there are going to be waiting lines then you are way too optimistic.

I can understand OP's concern. I am on same server and its damn hard to geta  group even during peak hours. I am stuck in Misty Mountain for last 4 days. Looks like time to move ahead with solo quests. If this continues i will have no option but to discontinue my subscription for now and wait till MOM launches.

But honestly, WAR is too big a competition for LOTR and it already showing its effects  My kin which had only 25 members to begin with. Is left with only 7 active members.

Originally posted by blindside044

The population drop is not surprising at all, especially with a game as big as Warhammer coming; everyone and their mothers is going to be trying it out. But do not worry, once the Mines of Moria expansion comes out for LOTRO, you will be waiting in lines to get into the server  :)

Not in my case. I played LoTRO since release. I enjoyed it a lot. However in my few days in WAR I am having more fun then in any other mmo I have played. This new game excitment may pale a bit in the future but WAR is so well made that Mines of Moria and WotLK will bring me back to LOTRO or WoW. I will keep playing EQ2 since it offers something for me that WaR does not and that is a feeling my characters are living in this huge persistent world. I limit myself to only two games at a time and both LoTRO and WoW have been removed from my computer. For the next few months it will be WAR and EQ2. I am waiting to see how Chronicles of Spellbourne plays out. LoTRO had its chance Turbine made a really nice game but something is missing for me to keep me in it in the face of some a very good game like WAR. I do not see myself ever playing it again.

 You think you have problems? What about us peeps on servers that weren't that heavil populated in the first place. Its nearly impossible to get a group even at peak times, and I'm trying to do the book quests. I know why it is but it doesn't mean i have to like it.