Questions About LoTROFollow

Hi everyone I just had some general questions maybe some people could possibly answer about the game. I have been interested in this game since MoM came out since I have been hearing good things about it. I have played several MMO's but I dont want to go back to them right now for various reasons. In the past I have played FFXI (takes far too much time for me to accomplish anything), WoW (I dont want to do the grindfest over and over) and Warhammer Online (was really excited about the pvp but the pve was very subpar).

I dont have alot of time to play a very demanding MMO but I have heard that this is actually a pretty casual friendly game. Is this a true statement? I want a game with depth and things to work towards but not something that is going to make demand me to log in for a 4 hour raid. My other question is how is the PvP? understand its different in that you control "creeps" which sounds interesting. I thought in my time in WoW that I wanted alot more pvp than that game offered. So I tried WAR and realised that atleast for me pvp with little pve and story just kills my connection with my character. I havent really heard anything about how enjoyable the pvp is in this game so I am curious as to how it is. Lastly does this game have alot of problems with Vista computers? I seen that the free trial is down but I thought I found a workaround. I went to codemasters who handles the non US versions and downloaded their trial but I have never been able to get past the launch screen because of errors. I dont know if its because I am trying the UK trial version thats the problem or Vista because I have seen alot of posts about Vista problems. I just dont want to spend the money on the game and then have it not work and be stuck with the game since you cant return software.

Very sorry this is so long of a read but I cant post on the official site since I dont own the game. Thanks for any info in advance

Thanks for the response. The pvp aspect does seem unique. I was wondering how they would be able to pull it off without breaking the lore at all. The addition of the legendary items also looks like alot of fun to me. Is there a good crafting system in the game? Like can some of the best items only be obtained by crafting? Thanks for your response.

Nvidia card? 180 series drivers? Thats not the game, its a well known driver issue with LoTRO, downgrade your drivers to 178 or 179 and DX10 will work fine.

Speaking as a crafter, I find crafting in LOTRO is interesting in that it seems to have been designed to be a (very) casual part-time aspect to the game.

During the years I spent playing both EQ & EQ2, I did a LOT of crafting. In the early days of EQ2, (when the crafting system included sub-combines and an elaborate interdependency) I based most play sessions around what I needed to accomplish as a crafter and adventuring was almost an after thought!

On the other hand, In LOTRO I can craft whenever I have a few minutes to kill and still keep my skills capped! Also, in my experience, most crafted goods are only viable for skill ups and resale to the NPC vendor. Very little is saleable to other players until you reach the highest tier and then only goods made from the best recipes will sell for a "reasonable" price.

Still, I do find the crafting system here fun and am happy to make goods for friends and guildies as well as my own alts...

The crafting used to be a little better then it is now.
With the MoM xpansion They seemed to have put a premium on raiding to get the best gear the good news is allot of the instances in Moria can be done very fast and with a group of six or sometimes less if they know what they are doing.
the game is allot of fun and you can do allot by yourself.
The customer support is some times less then desired.
I have played it from the beta though and would recommend to anyone looking for a good mmo.

Edited, Jan 17th 2009 12:07am by jbills