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• • WotLK; the new MMORPG techniques being used. Blizzard did it again.

  • Phasing is used in LotrO but not very much (just some small things). They usually use instancing instead to lock/unlock story.

    So even if Blizzard didnt innovate we can say that it havent been used on that scale as in Wotlk. Nice to see that Blizzard are doing something to evolve atleast...

  • Posted: 12/01/08 5:07 PM
    World of Warcraft
• • LOTR combat question

  • I think the reason people are saying LotrOs combat is slow is because you dont have any "instant" skills like in WoW, most skills are on next stroke which you need to get used to. The actual time it takes to kill a mob is probably similar in WoW and LotrO and in my opinion there is less downtime between fights in LotrO.

  • Posted: 11/30/08 6:19 AM
    Lord of the Rings Online
• • Just some questions...

  • If you like faster combat you should get the expansion since the Warden and Rune keeper classes seems faster than the old ones, but they are also harder to play.

    The combat in LotrO is considered pretty slow and it may take awhile to adjust to the skill/attack que.

  • Posted: 11/29/08 5:33 AM
    Lord of the Rings Online
• • Do Lotro Players Seem Opposed to Team Play?

  • Originally posted by Mogloth
    

    While, as mentioned above, I am not a heavy grouper I am very excited about the 3 person instances Turbine created for Moria. I have been to one so far. The library I believe it was.

    When I played WoW, I was in a hardcore raid guild. After awhile that whole scene just got old. The idea of spending hours in one setting hoping something dropped for your class wore on me.

    So, I guess in gaming I swung the pendulum to the other side. I went from raid centric to solo centric. However, I would like to attempt some group instances again, and I believe the 3 person ones are a very good start.

     

    
     

    I agree! The 3-instances is a great idea and the ones I have tried are very well designed and have interestin encounters. thee is also some solo-instances inside Moria that are great if you just have 30 min to play and just want to jump into some quick action with nice rewards (for legendary items)

  • Posted: 11/28/08 2:10 PM
    Lord of the Rings Online
• • Do Lotro Players Seem Opposed to Team Play?

  • This is a really interesting question...

    Before Moria I thought that LotrO was a very group-heavey game and the community seemed alot more willing to group than other recent MMOs Ive played such as TR, AoC and WAR. One of the reasons I didnt care so much for theese games where that they felt like single player games where LotrO were more about ultiplayer.

    But... with Moria it seems like everyone is soloing alot more, myself included. Its just alot of fun to run around alone and explore More and the combat have become alot more fun IMO. As a small group you can do very well in Moria and with only 2 people its pretty easy to do most quests and there is not alot of quests tha require a full group.

    So right now it seems that players are more opposed to group play than we were before the expansion and hopefully this will change as we get further away from MoM launch.

  • Posted: 11/28/08 11:56 AM
    Lord of the Rings Online