LOTR Online

[pontifex]

Coming out 2/28 according to EBGames?
is this true? I haven't seen anything else about it. anyone beta it at all? any good?

 

[TheVrolok]

When I briefly looked into it, it looked terrible.

 

[Heinrich]

HMM, it's got housing, crafting, fighting, graphics look great, not sure why you'd say it looked terrible. I'm following it....

 

[Fingolfin269]

I stopped following it when I realized Turbine had the license. How does it look now?

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: Heinrich
HMM, it's got housing, crafting, fighting, graphics look great, not sure why you'd say it looked terrible. I'm following it....

Only 4 races, very limited magic using class, minimal PvP (they don't even know what they're doing yet), the classes all look very similar (yes there are some differences but I don't think a whole lot of variety is there) - 3 warrior classes, 2 rogue like classes, and 2 bard like classes.

From the FAQ:

Is there a crafting system in LOTRO?
We are not discussing crafting at this time, but stay tuned!

Does LOTRO have player housing?

At this time, individual player housing is not in the plan for launch. We absolutely see this as an important part of the evolving world after launch and have plans on how to execute this type of system.

So the reason I said terrible, is because it seems to me at this point that the game lacks depth. Maybe upon release some things will change, but this is the info they've got on their site now. Also, I don't just sit and assume because they say they want to have xxx worked out for launch or for a short time thereafter that they will - look at WoW, they had PvP listed pre-retail release and look how long that took, hero classes were also mentioned pre-launch and we're no closer to that either.