What the above poster said. LotRO is more casual and time commitment friendly. WoW since Cata requires large blocks of time for end game. The group finder queues are pushing 45 minutes for DPS and a good group (which from what I'm hearing almost never happens) takes minimum 1 hour to run a heroic. They really did a 180 from WotLK in terms of being able to complete dungeons in a reasonable amount of time.
well i used to play WoW and had a level 70 and im a F2P with LOTRO but cant get a gould idea of how it is in terms of depth since questlines stop at 30 and thus a lot f things are off limits for a F2P. But if LOTRO is more of a casual game then maybe i should go back to WoW since i have nothing to do with my pathetic life other than play video games lol
Lotro has a community that wont make you lose faith in humanity.
Dennislol123
This, WoW's community was never good, but since Cataclysm the hardcore crowd and the casuals are at each others throat because of the design changes. PvP people are pissed, healers are pissed, casuals are pissed, hardcore are happy. Anyway, take a 10 minute browsing of the blue post since mid-January and marvel at the amount of bile and repressed anger spewing forth. Glad I quit in September.
If this was out I would agree with you 100%. Well except for the fact that I would be playing the game for so long that it would be hard to enter the board and post that I agree.
Yeah I am not touching another MMO until GW2 comes out as long as two assumptions hold true. 1) They cut out all the shard crap and everyone from the same server can see each other. 2) ToR keeps looking more and more lame the more previews come out.
Yeah I am not touching another MMO until GW2 comes out as long as two assumptions hold true. 1) They cut out all the shard crap and everyone from the same server can see each other. 2) ToR keeps looking more and more lame the more previews come out.SerOlmy
The 3 sellings points for me:
1)DPS/Tank/Healer is gone. My favorite class in an MMO to date is the Warden from LOTRO just because of how dynamic it is. Being pushed into a rigid role is NOT for me.
2)Quests are replaced with dynamic events. Don't have to search for dudes with "!" above their head and can just explore the world.
3)Leveling is quick. I forget where it was stated but the developers said it takes roughly the same time for each level.
honestly this is going to be a flame war regardless. My opinion though is this. LOTR Online is free to play and WoW is not. As you can see for the votes which ones are better.
World of warcraft, played since it was release tryed a few other mmo including lotr and I always come back to wow. Maybe it's because everyone I know is playing with me in a same guild. If you have friends in one or the other game go with that one because MMO are also a social game
LOTRO is less polished and offers far less content, especially in PVP. Despite that, it's free to a certain point so give it a try and see if you like it.
LOTRO is less polished and offers far less content, especially in PVP. Despite that, it's free to a certain point so give it a try and see if you like it.shakmaster13
[QUOTE="shakmaster13"]LOTRO is less polished and offers far less content, especially in PVP. Despite that, it's free to a certain point so give it a try and see if you like it.FelipeInside
Why do you say LOTRO is less polished...?
I was going to ask the same thing. Polish is quickly becoming my new least favorite buzzword (along with cinematic, immersion, streamlined).
Define polish.
I'm also wondering how LotRO has "far less" content too. Other than PvP I'd say as far as traditional MMORPG content (quests, crafting, rep. grinds, raids, etc.) the games are fairly similar but LotRO has housing, session play, and a fairly fleshed out music system that allows players create their own music. What does WoW have again?
[QUOTE="shakmaster13"]LOTRO is less polished and offers far less content, especially in PVP. Despite that, it's free to a certain point so give it a try and see if you like it.FelipeInside
Why do you say LOTRO is less polished...? NO MMO will be as polished as WoW. WoW has the biggest money behind it and 6 years of polishing.
[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="shakmaster13"]LOTRO is less polished and offers far less content, especially in PVP. Despite that, it's free to a certain point so give it a try and see if you like it.Ravenchrome
Why do you say LOTRO is less polished...? NO MMO will be as polished as WoW. WoW has the biggest money behind it and 6 years of polishing.
And they will keep polishing.
I've encountered more bugs in my time on WoW then I have with LOTRO. LOTRO is one of the most "polished" MMOs I have ever played.... and I'm keen to say the MOST "polished" one. Also, LOTRO has as much (if not more) content as WoW....
[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Why do you say LOTRO is less polished...?FelipeInside
NO MMO will be as polished as WoW. WoW has the biggest money behind it and 6 years of polishing.
And they will keep polishing.
I've encountered more bugs in my time on WoW then I have with LOTRO. LOTRO is one of the most "polished" MMOs I have ever played.... and I'm keen to say the MOST "polished" one. Also, LOTRO has as much (if not more) content as WoW.... But do all the content as well-designed as WOW.
Also, you right that Blizzard is the king o' polish? (besides Valve or Nintendo)
[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Ravenchrome"] NO MMO will be as polished as WoW. WoW has the biggest money behind it and 6 years of polishing.
And they will keep polishing.
Ravenchrome
I've encountered more bugs in my time on WoW then I have with LOTRO. LOTRO is one of the most "polished" MMOs I have ever played.... and I'm keen to say the MOST "polished" one. Also, LOTRO has as much (if not more) content as WoW.... But do all the content as well-designed as WOW.
Also, you right that Blizzard is the king o' polish? (besides Valve or Nintendo)
I never said Blizzard wasn't the king of polish... I just said that I encountered lots more bugs on WoW compared to LOTRO. WoW is Blizzard's least polished title in case you didn't know by the way (obviously cause it's a huge MMO) Also, have you played LOTRO? The content there is very well designed....
WoW by a large margin. I played LOTRO on and off for a year and its just missing something...I cant place my finger on it but the LOTR world just didntlive up to the hype. I am a huge fan of the books and movies.WoW has a thriving community, tons of content and is SUPER polished (in MMO standards). There's a reason over 10 million people subscribe to it you know...and there is also a reason why LOTRO went Free to play.
WoW by a large margin. I played LOTRO on and off for a year and its just missing something...I cant place my finger on it but the LOTR world just didntlive up to the hype. I am a huge fan of the books and movies.WoW has a thriving community, tons of content and is SUPER polished (in MMO standards). There's a reason over 10 million people subscribe to it you know...and there is also a reason why LOTRO went Free to play.
SRTtoZ
LOTRO is earning more money with the new system than before you know?
Lotro has a community that wont make you lose faith in humanity.
SerOlmy
This, WoW's community was never good, but since Cataclysm the hardcore crowd and the casuals are at each others throat because of the design changes. PvP people are pissed, healers are pissed, casuals are pissed, hardcore are happy. Anyway, take a 10 minute browsing of the blue post since mid-January and marvel at the amount of bile and repressed anger spewing forth. Glad I quit in September.
So you didn't even try cataclysm yet you seem to know everything about it. Browsing MMO champion is not the same as playing it. Atleast you have to pay attention now.
well i used to play WoW and had a level 70 and im a F2P with LOTRO but cant get a gould idea of how it is in terms of depth since questlines stop at 30 and thus a lot f things are off limits for a F2P. But if LOTRO is more of a casual game then maybe i should go back to WoW since i have nothing to do with my pathetic life other than play video games lol
Trinitarian
In that case go back to WoW. It's the perfect game to waste your life :P
You could always give Rift a shot. If you preorder you get founders pricing at 9.99 a month instead of 15 on WoW or LOTRO. Rift is a fun game with quite a few fun features. Try the open beta that starts Tues and see what you think.
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