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Any of my watchers play LOTRO?
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I was looking at the website but I still have questions D: Is it really hard to play? Do you constantly have to battle and stuff?
Is it a "pay to win" game where only if you can buy the really fancy shit you can enjoy the game?
I ask because the world looks amazing but all I want to do is explore, ride horses, and run away from conflict when possible
I am not strategic and I don't want an intense game that requires a whole lot of, well, effort to play - I am in no way a serious game-player, I just want to enjoy it and not be frustrated as hell because it's super difficult
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I played for a few weeks, and I won't lie, its actually really fun for the first few levels, the environment is beautiful(you really feel like you are inside the book) the story makes sense and the creators did quite the work with the atmosphere(it really gives you a feeling of suspense or unease when it needs to). But as you level up things will get trickier, you will need to level up a lot just to finish certain quests even if you are already the level you need to be and there are a few things you need LOTRO points for. Thank fully you are able to acquire LOTRO points by doing certain tasks in the game(don't worry it tells you what the tasks are and how many points you get) and so you are able to buy what you need with those, it just gets a bit boring after a while since you find that it shouldn't be so hard to get some extra 5 slots on your bag.
And unless you want to grind and kill monsters for exp it is best to save up to buy some other territories in order to be able to do the quests there and go up a few levels, but those territories( North-Downs and even Trollshaws) cost a lot of LOTRO points and it makes you have to decide what you need more and how much are you willing to wait to get all those points.
The tasks to earn them are usually easy but sometimes you need to kill up to 120 of a certain kind of monster to get 10 LOTRO points. And again this is just to get what you need or buy a territory in order to gain exp rather than grind agian and again.The territories are usually 595 LOTRO points or so each, there is a currency cap(which is when you hit 2 gold, don't worry in the game this is quite a lot) that costs 395 LOTRO points to lift(the money you get after you hit the cap goes on a special bank automatically and stays there till the cap is lifted, so at least you don't lose it), and the extra slots on the bags I think cost the same as the currency cap.
I really like the game, but I don't want to get stressed out or bored by all the grinding so I haven't played it for the past weeks since it eventually didn't seem worth it. I say that if you like it then go ahead and play a few days, it is free to play and the LOTRO points won't become necessary for the first 20 ish levels or so. Check it out and see what you like and don't like, maybe you'll have more patience than I do and will keep on playing
And no I don't think of it as a "pay to win" game since a lot of the end game stuff is easy to get later on apparently( from what I have heard in the chat) but its more like "pay for things to get easier/ pay to not grind for the next week" kind of deal, but that's just me.
Also I things are quite easier if you have friends or belong to a kinship that will help you, since the exp adds up with each monster each player in the group(called a fellowship ingame) kills, but I'm usually a solo player and I don't join kinships(guilds) so if you have a friend or two in the game things are probably not as hard as my own experience.
And unless you want to grind and kill monsters for exp it is best to save up to buy some other territories in order to be able to do the quests there and go up a few levels, but those territories( North-Downs and even Trollshaws) cost a lot of LOTRO points and it makes you have to decide what you need more and how much are you willing to wait to get all those points.
The tasks to earn them are usually easy but sometimes you need to kill up to 120 of a certain kind of monster to get 10 LOTRO points. And again this is just to get what you need or buy a territory in order to gain exp rather than grind agian and again.The territories are usually 595 LOTRO points or so each, there is a currency cap(which is when you hit 2 gold, don't worry in the game this is quite a lot) that costs 395 LOTRO points to lift(the money you get after you hit the cap goes on a special bank automatically and stays there till the cap is lifted, so at least you don't lose it), and the extra slots on the bags I think cost the same as the currency cap.
I really like the game, but I don't want to get stressed out or bored by all the grinding so I haven't played it for the past weeks since it eventually didn't seem worth it. I say that if you like it then go ahead and play a few days, it is free to play and the LOTRO points won't become necessary for the first 20 ish levels or so. Check it out and see what you like and don't like, maybe you'll have more patience than I do and will keep on playing
And no I don't think of it as a "pay to win" game since a lot of the end game stuff is easy to get later on apparently( from what I have heard in the chat) but its more like "pay for things to get easier/ pay to not grind for the next week" kind of deal, but that's just me.
Also I things are quite easier if you have friends or belong to a kinship that will help you, since the exp adds up with each monster each player in the group(called a fellowship ingame) kills, but I'm usually a solo player and I don't join kinships(guilds) so if you have a friend or two in the game things are probably not as hard as my own experience.