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The Lord of the Rings Online |OT| F2P lets everyone simply walk into Mordor
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DiscoJer
Member
Spire said:
So people say, but it took me 2 years to do so, and only then because of the skirmish system let me do the upper 30s and lower 40s. (Once you hit Eregion it's easy to level, I'll admit, but the 30s and 40s are rough, very rough)
And even now, as I still don't group, I am woefully undergeared because I don't have any gear from instances nor any book rewards.
Heck, I'm stuck on a couple of supposedly solo quests now. In Enedwaith, I need to kill a giant and a big ass goat. Both quests say they are solo, but they have literally 3x my hit points.
And in the Book quest leading up to Enedwaith (getting all the Rangers together), again, supposedly solo, I have to fight duos (the hillmen in the North Downs). One I can handle, two I cannot, because even mobs my level have 500-1000 more hit points than I do.
My leveling path goes *starter zones to lvl 23* > Lonelands to lvl 32 > Evendim, North Downs, and early Trollshows to lvl 37/38 > Trollshaws to lvl 40 > Misty Mountains & Angmar to lvl 45 > Forochel to lvl 48 > Eregion to lvl 50/51 > Moria to lvl 58 > Lothlorien to lvl 60 > Mirkwood to lvl 65.
Quests can get you there without really any trouble. Skirmishes and dungeons help a lot though, obviously. As for Enedwaith, I just finished all the quests in the zone on my hunter and didn't have any trouble, and I've done the first half on my minstrel without any deaths either. Some of them are definitely not a cakewalk and require you to really know your class, but they are soloable.
Quests can get you there without really any trouble. Skirmishes and dungeons help a lot though, obviously. As for Enedwaith, I just finished all the quests in the zone on my hunter and didn't have any trouble, and I've done the first half on my minstrel without any deaths either. Some of them are definitely not a cakewalk and require you to really know your class, but they are soloable.
Okay, it looks like you can get 10 free points per server just by talking with Dwalin in Frerins Court (Ered Luin, Thorins Gate), just got 10 more points with my elf on silverlode. I'm not sure if this is just for new characters or not, so any veteran here should give it a go and score themselves some free points.
Nolimit_SS
Banned
Tried before servers went down and really liking it! Playing champion, name Nolimitx.
x for EXTREEEEMEEEEEEEEEEEEE
When are servers going up anyway? How long does a maintenance last?
x for EXTREEEEMEEEEEEEEEEEEE
When are servers going up anyway? How long does a maintenance last?
Spire said:
Leveling is going to be a good bit slower for F2P players, since they will not be getting the bonus rest xp unless they buy it. So all those times we got double xp on mob kills, they'll still be slogging it out at the slower rate. That said, your leveling path is about what I do, except for the Lone Lands to 32, but that's only because I haven't run a new toon through since the zone revamp. I'd recommend to players to head up to Angmar around Lvl 38-40 to pick up the Fem Armor set. It's a fairly easy quest chain that can be solo or grouped, and will net you your choice of Light, Medium, or Heavy armor that can last all the way to Lvl 50 quite easily. I also tend to skip Misty Mountains and head straight for Forochel around 43, but that's because that zone doesn't feel right to me unless all the mobs are orange.
Baloonatic
Member
The downloader keeps crashing for me Can I get the client another way?
Can I get the client another way?
Revolutionary
Member
Jeez, all the servers currently have medium to long waits. What the hell??
cartoon_soldier
Member
Revolutionary said:
F2P my friend.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Wow, I guess they worked out the queue system :lol Before today I just had a 2 Minute wait as a F2P player now I'm trying to get on Brandywine with a 17 Minute wait.
notworksafe
Member
Wow, long queues all around! Where's my priority, Turbine? :lol
Nolimit_SS
Banned
35 minutes queue here, wow
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
The good thing is once you're in, you're in. So I would just let the queue site and make a sandwich lol (or watch football *fistpump*).
Also, I'm thinking about switching vocations. Sine I can't sell stuff in the auction house without throwing down 500 turbine points I don't have I'll probably pick up Tinkerer or something.
Also, I'm thinking about switching vocations. Sine I can't sell stuff in the auction house without throwing down 500 turbine points I don't have I'll probably pick up Tinkerer or something.
paranoidfortean
Member
finally picked my class.
Bluebook on brandywine, looking for an invite.
Bluebook on brandywine, looking for an invite.
notworksafe
Member
This is where the VIP starter pack comes in handy IMO. Gives you 1000 points to spend on AH slots and removing the gold cap, plus gives you the VIP benefits for a month. Not a bad deal.BlueTsunami said:
Also finally got in! Woo!
Reluctant-Hero
Member
LOTRO is similar to WoW, but what MMO isn't these days? What LOTRO does better than WoW is it's emphasis on the singe player experience. I'm only lvl 15 but so far I love the instanced story line quests.
BlazingDarkness
Member
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I just bought the expansion for LOTRO after downloading the original client for a free trial, how can i download those expansions without downloading the whole 9gb client again?
I just bought the expansion for LOTRO after downloading the original client for a free trial, how can i download those expansions without downloading the whole 9gb client again?
Baloonatic
Member
Didn't realise the F2P is US only :lol Nevermind.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
I'm not surprised that so many people are jumping on board and the queues are long now. LOTRO being so similar to WoW (as far as quality as an MMO) its almost as if WoW went Free to Play .
nataku said:
That number isn't quite right. Mine said a 80 minute wait about 15 minutes ago when I was #1200 in queue and now I'm at around #400 (and it says I have 30 minutes left).
Turbine said they capped the sever capacity to solve the lag issues while they work on a permanent fix. Queue's should go back to what they were once they find out what was wrong.
If you have ballad of Resonance, use that one first and it'll buff your damage by 10% for a short period. other than that you can use whatever you wish, but its best to use Tier 1 -> Tier 2 -> Tier 3 ballads in a row for some extra buffs while killing enemies. At level 10 you may not have all these though (pay attention to what each ballad gives you). you should be getting warspeech very soon and your DPS will get a lot better. Also, the heralds strike is extremely useful once you get the Noble Cause ability to allow you to spam it.
BattleMonkey
Member
ACE 1991 said:
Yea it's a nice game but it feels like I'm playing WoW.
I kind of like DDO better so far since the gameplay has quite a few differences from WoW. After playing WoW for so many years and then WAR, kinda tired of the WoW formula. But this will probably keep my fix going whenever I get the feeling for that old game, and not having to pay a sub is a big bonus
notworksafe
Member
Only about 2-3 minutes on Silverlode. Guess we're unpopular.nataku said:
BattleMonkey said:Yea it's a nice game but it feels like I'm playing WoW.
I kind of like DDO better so far since the gameplay has quite a few differences from WoW. After playing WoW for so many years and then WAR, kinda tired of the WoW formula. But this will probably keep my fix going whenever I get the feeling for that old game, and not having to pay a sub is a big bonus
Agreed. I'm keeping LOTRO interesting by not power leveling like I did in WoW, by doing stuff like reading quest text, taking time to look at the environment, and trying to group with people more often.
elrechazado
Banned
same here, 3-4 tries and it hangs/crashes.nataku said:
SEGAvangelist
Member
Man I can't even long on (Ferghus btw). I wanna play some lotro dammit.