Comments on: The Call on Lord of the Rings Online https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/ Hello. I see you. Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:33:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.1 By: edster https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17561 Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:24:02 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17561 Update on the cost information — now that the beta is over, the cost of subscription has gone up to $15 a month (if you pay for an entire year at a time, it’s around $12 a month). And there’s no more “lifetime memberships.”

http://www.costhelper.com/cost/games/lotro.html

]]> By: Jason https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17517 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 17:43:52 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17517 Are you saying that people who play humans are happy with who they are and people who roll up other races are looking for something else?

]]> By: nordee https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17516 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 16:41:51 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17516 I tried, I really did, but I can’t bring myself to care. I played in the beta for about 10 hours. Everything looks so normal when you compare it to WoW: humans; houses; fields; swamps. Where are the 400 foot tall glowing blue mushrooms? Where are the frothing neon-green rivers?

It’s probably one of the reasons I like playing Horde so much. Sometimes I think that the character type you roll is a sort of Rorschach test. Why would you create a standard looking human when you could be a 10 foot tall cow with a broken horn, or a dead guy with half a face wearing bondage straps all over?

I think I stopped playing the Sims for the same reason. Although I found it a fascinating game, I remember one night watching my little pixelated self take a shower, and I realized that I should probably get up and take a shower.

That way lies the abyss.

]]> By: Saccia https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17447 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 22:06:01 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17447 Well, in a few months money won’t be a problem. As soon as people hit 50, do monster play, mess around with new the new content and decide to roll an new character they will want to twink that character in the best stuff available. The first place they are gonna go is the auction house and they’ll be lining the pockets of everyone selling. So, as long as you don’t expect the quests or mobs to just hand out cash and you actively trade on the auction house, money should be good. Hell, I’m not poor as it is and all I’ve been doing is selling stuff for people to buy and grind up their tradeskills.

]]> By: Llewdor https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17442 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:00:40 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17442

5. Money is too tight. I know game economies have to be guarded closely lest inflation ruins everything, but in the noob levels, we want to try everything.

I actually like this feature in games. I’d rather the game start out challenging and get easier than the other way around. Plus, I like re-rolling, and I’m going to do it a bunch anyway, so a system that encourages makes me feel like I’m wasting less of my time.

]]> By: Wobu https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17441 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:44:52 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17441 @saccia,

Just install XP/Vista on your Mac via Boot Camp (as a separate partition).
You get the greatness of OS X, and the ability to reboot to Windows to play games.

Been doing it with LotRO ever since I got into closed beta 3 months ago.

]]> By: Saccia https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17440 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:26:56 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17440 Jay, now you know why you got pwned by the “Make the Switch” commercials. OSX is nice and all but I would NEVER have only a Mac. Heck, I have 5 machines as it is. With the “Games for Windows” program, you can look forward to more disappointment as well.

]]> By: TehGuru https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17436 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:21:33 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17436 Hmm… when I was in beta I found the combat system so slow and boring that I quickly gave up all hope that this game would ever amount to anything. But now I’m reading “Children of Hurin” and I am getting the LoTR itch again. Maybe I will try this in a few months after I get a computer upgrade.

]]> By: Jay https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17434 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 05:33:12 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17434 This has just about killed it for me:

Question/Topic
Can I play The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar on my Macintosh?
Answer/Article

Currently, The Lord of the Rings: Shadows of Angmar only supports Windows XP and Vista. There are no plans at this time to make a Macintosh compatible version.

Although I can buy either Vista or XP and run it on my Intel Mac, I refuse to do so just to play one game. Now maybe if they got with the folks at Transgaming and used Cider (Mac wrapper for Windows games) I’d probably look twice at this. Until then, not gonna happen.

]]> By: Mark https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/comment-page-1/#comment-17432 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 03:18:39 +0000 https://afkgamer.github.io/afkgamer-com/archives/2007/04/20/the-call-on-lord-of-the-rings-online/#comment-17432 and the best thing about the classes… no real “Hybrids” thank gawd…! =]

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