WOW or LOTR(online)

If I were you, I'd go to www.lotro.com and register for the open beta (which ends in about 2 weeks), and download the client. Play the game yourself. It's purely a matter of personal opinion. I happen to think that LOTRO is a better game than WoW and will more than likely switch when it goes live. Of course, I've played WoW since beta, have multiple 70s and I'm in the market for something new. Give it a go, and see what YOU think of the game.

p.s. Middle Earth is HUGE, a lot bigger than WoW. There is only a limited portion of the map currently available, but I'd say Turbine will be expanding the world in the live version via either regular patching or free/paid for expansions.

lotr just doesnt give that HUGE feeling that you get in WOW so stick with wow.white45e

you dont know that yet the game hasnt even launched if your talking size of the map it is bigger that WoW in on of the articles they said it was alot bigger and if your talking amount of people in the game you cant judge that before the launch. plus lotr is different from WoW so you cant really compare them but they are both really fun.

Here is my "brain giving openions".

Cut and run. Get out of the MMORPG funk while you can still obtain an education. Glue back together the peices of your shattered existence. You're young. There is still hope for you.

im just going to wait for warhammer online which is what everyone should do im confident the game will offer somthing new.white45e

Seems like WAR is a long long way off, but if you truly want to wait for something, Warhammer 40,000 online is the thing I'm really waiting for. I think this will truly be something different in the MMOG market. And on the plus side, it's being developed by THQ. This is of course all speculative, as THQ just recently announced thier extension of the licence agreements with Games Workshop for the Warhammer 40k 'verse.

Read about THQ's licence deal here

I have personally enjoyed LotRO much more than I ever did WoW. It has an immersive and playable storyline, accomplishment goals, and a slightly more refined crafting system. The graphics are also more realistic and higher quality without needing a high end PC to run.

Go give the open beta a try.

[QUOTE="white45e"]im just going to wait for warhammer online which is what everyone should do im confident the game will offer somthing new.salgurdar

Seems like WAR is a long long way off, but if you truly want to wait for something, Warhammer 40,000 online is the thing I'm really waiting for. I think this will truly be something different in the MMOG market. And on the plus side, it's being developed by THQ. This is of course all speculative, as THQ just recently announced thier extension of the licence agreements with Games Workshop for the Warhammer 40k 'verse.

Read about THQ's licence deal here

40k is going to be pretty tricky they cant make it like a usual mmo like wow or lotr simply because they use firearms which wouldnt work so it would have to be a fpsmmo like huxley is so it could be a hit or a miss. 

Here is my "brain giving openions".

 

Cut and run. Get out of the MMORPG funk while you can still obtain an education. Glue back together the peices of your shattered existence. You're young. There is still hope for you.

ElvisNixon

Harsh, and uncalled for. Perhaps this person does'nt speak English as his/her first language. Oh, and before you pick on someone's spelling, ensure first you know how to spell. It's "PIECES" not "PEICES". Basic spelling rule learned in lower primary school...."I before E except after C." 

Here is my "brain giving openions".

 

Cut and run. Get out of the MMORPG funk while you can still obtain an education. Glue back together the peices of your shattered existence. You're young. There is still hope for you.

ElvisNixon

 Man, you sound like you have some experience in this area.. how that going for? Picking up all them pieces that is. But really, you can play these types of games without destroying your life. All it requires is the least bit of self discipline, granted.. lots of the WoW players do seem to lack that, that's their own business.

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Here is my "brain giving openions".

 

Cut and run. Get out of the MMORPG funk while you can still obtain an education. Glue back together the peices of your shattered existence. You're young. There is still hope for you.

salgurdar

Harsh, and uncalled for. Perhaps this person does'nt speak English as his/her first language. Oh, and before you pick on someone's spelling, ensure first you know how to spell. It's "PIECES" not "PEICES". Basic spelling rule learned in lower primary school...."I before E except after C."

lol i always thout it was e before i except for before c ...jk 

40k is going to be pretty tricky they cant make it like a usual mmo like wow or lotr simply because they use firearms which wouldnt work so it would have to be a fpsmmo like huxley is so it could be a hit or a miss.

white45e

Planetside, Star Wars Galaxies and Anarchy Online utilise firearms as the main means of offensive weaponry. Planetside is a standard FPS MMOG (outdated, but it has rather interesting netcode and hit detection that mostly evens out the playfield between high and low ping players), and AO and SWG treat firearms in much the same way as WoW or EQ treat ranged attacks with bows/guns, using random number generation (basically like a 'to hit' roll of the old pen and paper games) to manage your hits and misses, which removes the whole twitch factor. I think you'll find 40k will be a rather simple matter for THQ to base an MMOG on.

Wanted to ask u guys is it worth it to change from WOW to LORT ? dunno if this been asked before but i tryed to do a search and didnt find anything. And for thos fan flamers with no life dont come here please i want people with brain giving openions.fidaii

 "people with brain giving openions" eh? I have a brain, and I have an opinion. My opinion is learn how to spell before you question the brains of others. I am no grammar cop or English major, just saying.

As for your question, that's twice you showed you have no brains.  As for "no life", you are the one choosing between two MMORPG's. Wow man, you owned yourself all over this post.

Choose neither, save yourself money and time. Nothing you do there will matter, they serve only to ruin you. But, if you're into self-ruin, get WoW. LOTR online is by Turbine, and they've never used their potential.Sheepofevilz

 Hehe ya u total right with that ,but am not edicted to these game i only play for fun. Anyway ya u right something wrong with Turbine i played AC2 and they sucked there.

Here's my two cents:

I would choose WoW over LOTRO if I had to pick. I however, am going to juggle both. One thing to note; Blizzard's community ALWAYS sucks. Thats not to say there isn't good people. But, I've played every Blizzard game from Warcraft 1 to WoW, and can safely say the community they have playing their games is trash. LOTRO has a much better community, IMHO.

But WoW has great PVP. It's not perfect or not even really balanced, but when you get involved in raids on major cities, it is amazingly cool and fun. That's one aspect you won't have with LOTRO as it is essentially a PVE only game (not counting Monster characters).