Hello everyone,
Lord of the Rings online had me for a while. I played a hunter up to level 50 when the game first came out. I tried a few of the other class race combinations up to around mid 20's and I had 5 characters in all. I left the game due to the Lack of interesting or variable End Content options for me. I either had to spend 8 hours a day waiting and running Raids .. and then HOPE to get the ONE drop of a Random drop Item out of a huge group of people. Over and over again the Item I needed to aquire was not dropped by the end boss or the mini bosses along the way .. and When it did drop ONE time ... I did not earn the item.
I also got very bored camping mobs for my end level Items that had to be made out of special Items that dropped off of a certain Named mob and then it was only a chance to drop .. the list goes on. I felt too that as I gained levels my options got narrower and narrower as to where I could go and get quests and interesting things to do and see.
In the begining levels.. there were 4 areas to explore and quest in .. if I did not like Hobbit Land I could go do same level quests in the land Of MEN .. if that got boring I could head out to the Elf/dwarf area and pick up new and interesting quests. and then there was always Other areas that would offer quests of the same level. That dwindled out as we got older ... SADDLY .. very saddly. it was like they spent all their time making quests and enjoymemt for the early levels then went OH CRAPPO we are out of time to release this game .. and pushed it out the door with a few quests and very little new areas for the higher levels to explore and gain expieriance.
Those were the early days and what I can remember ... Having said all that .. I did raise a Hunter up to level 50 .. highest possible at that time .. SO I DID LOVE the game ....
I am back now .. not playing that same server .. and saddly the cost of transfering the pixels that make him up is not even in line .. 25 dollars to transfer a character ? wow .. get real here. SO I am starting over and having a blast. I like the new farming and cooking .. I like the new equipment and lots of what they have done with the game. I think the End Game equipment is even the way it should have been at launch .. I hope that Raid/endgame dungeons /instances are not as long and arduous as they once were .. Time will tell when I goet someone up that high to try them.
All in all I am happy to be back and enjoy my time in Middle earth much more then I did before.