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The Lord of the Rings Online |OT| F2P lets everyone simply walk into Mordor
- Thread starter Spire
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My Mini chose Explorer for crafting for the ease of making my own armor as a tailor.
It looks like they've reopened The Great Barrow Maze. so now even the free players can play through all of the great barrow instances.
Last night I crunched the numbers on earning TP and I found in Breeland alone, you can earn up to 290 turbine Points if you did every deed. You can probably get similar numbers from the other two starting zones.
It looks like they've reopened The Great Barrow Maze. so now even the free players can play through all of the great barrow instances.
Last night I crunched the numbers on earning TP and I found in Breeland alone, you can earn up to 290 turbine Points if you did every deed. You can probably get similar numbers from the other two starting zones.
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
Just tried ordering from gamersloot, they canceled my order saying
"We will cancel this order. LOTRO will be free to play, probably in the next 2 days or so. You can google it as well."
I responded, but I had to laugh. :lol
"We will cancel this order. LOTRO will be free to play, probably in the next 2 days or so. You can google it as well."
I responded, but I had to laugh. :lol
Suikoguy
I whinny my fervor lowly, for his length is not as great as those of the Hylian war stallions
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
charsace said:
Hahahah, I definitely enjoyed reading the whole exchange
Also I cannot express how much I love the Burglar class when it comes to soloing. Once you get the "Diversion" Skill and "Burgle" trying to steal interesting items from enemies becomes addicting. I've already stolen a rare one time Second Tier Tailor recipe that I could use and some other interesting weapons.
nataku said:Haven't played much the past couple days because I haven't had the time.
I still haven't seen anyone from the GAF Kinship on to get an invite.I added those people who can invite, but we don't seem to have similar play times.
Hmm, guess not. What's your characters name again? I'll be on most of the weekend, I'll try to get you in.
VoteForPedro
Member
Kerrinck said:
Same here, Voglo
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Evenball said:
I've actually neglected it, I didn't realize that stunning the enemy actually causes them to stay stunned for the alloted time even when attacking them. Definitely making use of that.
BlueTsunami said:
Yeah, Riddle is a mez so it will break on damage but Startling Twist just stuns and you can wail on them. Your abilities that trigger fellowship maneuvers (like Trip and Exploit Opening or whatever it's called) also stun, although you won't trigger a maneuver when soloing. Still, they're usefull for those hard solo fights.
Spire said:
Though note that a conjunction stun is different from a regular stun (except in PvP now), so while soloing with your Burglar, you can get the 8-second stun with Startling Twist, then just before it wears off and the mob gets a stun immunity buff, you can use Exploit Opening for an extra 5-second stun. All the while, make sure you move behind the stunned mob for bonus positional damage.
what I'm curious about is how Turbine is going to use this new wave of publicity and players to improve the game.
The way I see it, everything up to lvl 20 would be bustling with players. However, after that, I can see 20+ level zones dying off, as F2P don't have enough TP to buy the quest packs, and thus will just stay in Bree-land.
The way I see it, everything up to lvl 20 would be bustling with players. However, after that, I can see 20+ level zones dying off, as F2P don't have enough TP to buy the quest packs, and thus will just stay in Bree-land.
Tideas said:
I am starting to move past Breeland and there are more and more people moving too. A lot of people are getting to the point of buying the riding skill near lvl 20 and it seems a lot do at least 1 month of VIP to get the free riding skill and bags. The weakness is the lack of physical points cards at Target or Best Buy. People want to buy with cash and not credit card (presumable dont have one or they are young) and the lack of physical cards seems to be an issue.
The good thing is that the trolls and riffraff that polute Bree chat are probably not going to move past Bree which is good. Its like Barrens chat but worse, for you WoW fans.
Tideas said:
Well, yeah. A lot of people are going to fall off after they run out of free things to do obviously. But there will still be WAY more players in the post-Bree zones than there were when the game was a subscription-only MMO.
Turbine gave a presentation at GDC about just how insanely successful the switch to F2P was for DDO. I knew right then that LOTRO would be switching to F2P, even though nothing had been announced. I wish I would have taken better notes... the whole talk was really enlightening.
One key stat that stuck with me is that once the game switched to free, there was actually a big increase the the number of subscribers. Not an increase in total players, or an increase in occasionally paying players keep in mind. But an increase in the # of people actually paying the full monthly fee.
LOTRO is a better and more accessible game than DDO by a wide margin in my opinion, so I would be surprised if there wasn't a large spike in new subs here, as well.
BattleMonkey
Member
So I bought some TP and picked up the riding skill, but the only horse I can buy is 500s since I'm on a free account?
Well DDO since going F2P has been getting regular content updates as well, which is a good sign.
GDJustin said:
Well DDO since going F2P has been getting regular content updates as well, which is a good sign.
ChoklitReign
Member
The default level cap is only 20?Tideas said:
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
ChoklitReign said:
No, you can go beyond 20 its just that Quests start to become below you level and you start getting less and less experience from quests. To be able to progress at a normal rate you need quests that meet your level and after level 21 its all the North Down or Lone Lands (which need to be bought in the LOTR Store).
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Still playing on Landroval. 53 Guardian named Thelahir and a 37 Captain named Branfrith. Good to see the shift to F2P bringing in new blood, at least.
I am still a little confused about what I should buy, etc. I used to be a subscriber from launch till a couple months before Mines of Moria launched. So currently, my account is designated as "premium." Does this mean I have free access to all of the Shadows of Angmar content, since I had bought it and was a subscriber?
dakilla13 said:
No. The easiest way to explain is F2P and Premium have access to quests in Breeland and starter areas only, and to get quests past that, Lone Lands, North Downs, Angmar, Trollshaws.... you have to be VIP or buy the individual area quest packs.
You can walk into those areas, fight monsters, earn XP, but cannot do quests.
For more detail read the OP.
Open Source
Banned
The reasons that more people have subbed since f2p:
- There are more people. More people = more subs
- Part of the appeal of MMOs is being better than the people around you. A conscious or subconscious competition. Plus, you tend to value things the same way people around you value them. If there is a larger community around you (as there is because f2p brought in a bunch more people), you'll see greater worth in "getting ahead" in ways that community values. (Which is why MMOs tend to have spiraling user bases, either up or down.)
- The value of a sub has been placed in new context, seeming to be a better deal because of hwo it compares to the new cash shop prices. And the f2p acts a a demo, increasing your desire to play overall and to have certain features/conveniences.
- $30/3 months special
- 500 free turbine points /mo. for subscribers
- There are more people. More people = more subs
- Part of the appeal of MMOs is being better than the people around you. A conscious or subconscious competition. Plus, you tend to value things the same way people around you value them. If there is a larger community around you (as there is because f2p brought in a bunch more people), you'll see greater worth in "getting ahead" in ways that community values. (Which is why MMOs tend to have spiraling user bases, either up or down.)
- The value of a sub has been placed in new context, seeming to be a better deal because of hwo it compares to the new cash shop prices. And the f2p acts a a demo, increasing your desire to play overall and to have certain features/conveniences.
- $30/3 months special
- 500 free turbine points /mo. for subscribers
Just a heads up.
If you install the downloader for the game.
And decide to download it later. Pando media booster will secretly auto launch and download it all.
even if you told it to pause because you wanted to download it later in the month due to bandwidth.
I hope both turbine and pando fail as companies and have to close down <3
If you install the downloader for the game.
And decide to download it later. Pando media booster will secretly auto launch and download it all.
even if you told it to pause because you wanted to download it later in the month due to bandwidth.
I hope both turbine and pando fail as companies and have to close down <3
oh yeah I knew about the pando upload hogging.glaurung said:
From what I understood it was tied to the game when you launched it or were downloading.
Not choosing to download all 10gbs of the game when the media booster clearly has a pause download option complete with resume shortcut on the desktop.
My suggestion of retirement to those responsible still stands :D
BattleMonkey
Member
So if I'm on a Free account and buy one of the expansions like Mines of Moria, what do I get from buying the expansion?
bloodydrake
Cool Smoke Luke
you get all the quest content of moria (level 50 to 60 content)2 new classes and 2 more character slots.BattleMonkey said:
i still think going to 25ish for ftp then subbing for vip for is best deal.
once your 50ish you wont need any quest in original game you'll only need content from moria and mirkwood and falling back to premium shouldn't really hurt since you can use th 500 points permonth to pay for the addons while subbed as vip
TimHortons
Member
If you buy a boxed U.S. version of Mines of Moria, you are entitled to 30 days VIP subscription play time. This includes access to all the level 20-50 quest zone content between F2P and MoM. After 30 days, you lose access to those quests unless you pay for another month of VIP game time or buy the quests zone packs with Turbine Points in the Turbine Store.
BattleMonkey
Member
So if you get the expansion and get access to VIP stuff after the 30 days, does it get taken away from you like say having a mount that is for subscribes only.
notworksafe
Member
No. From two pages back in this thread:
Tideas said:
notworksafe
Member
Is the VIP starter pack still available? If someone hasn't ever had a subscription, that is the way to go. 30 days of VIP and 1000 Turbine Points for $5 is a steal. Plus once you hit 50 you can add Moria and get another 30 days of VIP (I believe).
EDIT: Yep, here it is. http://www.direct2drive.com/9814/product/Buy-The-Lord-of-The-Rings-Online™-VIP-Starter-Pack-Download
EDIT: Yep, here it is. http://www.direct2drive.com/9814/product/Buy-The-Lord-of-The-Rings-Online™-VIP-Starter-Pack-Download
bloodydrake
Cool Smoke Luke
notworksafe said:
ya but its 19.95 now the 5$ price was for the first day of launch only
ChoklitReign
Member
How much does 1000 TP cost alone? I have no idea what the conversion figure is.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Throwing down $30 for 3 months of VIP isn't bad either. VIP players get 300 Turbine Points for every month they're VIP so you get 3 months of possibly getting through the North Downs and Lone Lands and when you go back to Premium you'll have 900 points to throw around.