Lord of the Rings Online

[Porn Shop Clerk]

You can probably unlock all of that. Just use turbine points (that you can probably earn in game from completing quests) to buy adventure packs and poo.

Oh, I did get two free character slots the first time I purchased turbine points. But I had played 2-3 months before I spend a dime on it.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

The deliberately overprice those things though to make them unobtainable (or at least to make you pick one) in f2p gameplay...

I can't fault them, as it is a good business move...

[cookinwithgas]

I've been playing since the start - was on for a couple of hours last night in fact.

I still have TONS of stuff to do, the amount of content is amazing and if you are into Tolkien at all, you will find that they do a great job of sticking to the established world while understanding that it has to be an interesting place for people not charged with destroying the Ring.

Never played WoW but I watched a friend do it the other day for a while - LOTRO is rendered a lot more "realistically" and less cartoony. There appears to be a LOT of user created add ons that LOTRO is just beginning to allow.

Since F2P started they added dynamic layers which I am not a fan of, but it's only driven me nuts one time. I am hoping that the F2P will get more people into this game - it keeps winning awards but it is a lot less oriented towards the kiddies. Theres a PvP area but I don't mess with it, as I enjoy fighting against the NPCs and doing those quests a lot more, personal preference.

Anyways I'm on Brandywine, name is Chili.

[PanthersFanNY]

I played the demo a while back but it didn't seem worth it to keep going. Are both lotro and the expansion free to play now?

I love tolkien lore, so I feel like this should be right up my alley, but the demo just didn't do it for me.

[cookinwithgas]

giddyup

[natty]

So if I only have the original game from release can I reinstall it and play for free? Or do I need any expansions?

[cookinwithgas]

You want to re download the client from the LOTRO site.

Natty you will get to the point where you will need to purchase expansions but F2P has a LOT of stuff going on, basically what I did the first 2 years of playing I believe. We had to pay for Moria as well (totally worth it).

[Porn Shop Clerk]

You want to re download the client from the LOTRO site.

Natty you will get to the point where you will need to purchase expansions but F2P has a LOT of stuff going on, basically what I did the first 2 years of playing I believe. We had to pay for Moria as well (totally worth it).

Is there an alternative for unlocking select p2p features in LotRO by doing quests?

In DDO, you can unlock extra races, classes, bank slots, bag slots, area buffs, etc etc by building up favor, which you get for completing quests on different difficulty levels. They have a similar system for LotRO? You are also gifted 25 Turbine Points on DDO for every 100 Favor you accrue, as well as bonus Turbine Points for certain Favor milestones.

I got a lot of stuff for free on there before I decided to support the game.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

Is there an alternative for unlocking select p2p features in LotRO by doing quests?

In DDO, you can unlock extra races, classes, bank slots, bag slots, area buffs, etc etc by building up favor, which you get for completing quests on different difficulty levels. They have a similar system for LotRO? You are also gifted 25 Turbine Points on DDO for every 100 Favor you accrue, as well as bonus Turbine Points for certain Favor milestones.

I got a lot of stuff for free on there before I decided to support the game.

You get Turbine points for completing certain deeds... You have to kill a certain number of a certain creature, find/explore all the places in a region, use maneuvers in battle a certain number of times, etc... But the number of points you get for those is like 5 or 10 per...

I think I currently have like 180 built up on my level 16 character, but the stuff I want to add costs anywhere from just under 500 points to over 1000...

I think you can buy like 5000 points for like $50 right now... I'm debating it..

[Porn Shop Clerk]

They'll put that points package on sale eventually, 6800 pts for 50$...so....wait on that.

Also, there should be an option to look at this weeks sale items, and you can generally get what you want for 20% off or more if you have a little patience.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

They'll put that points package on sale eventually, 6800 pts for 50$...so....wait on that.

Also, there should be an option to look at this weeks sale items, and you can generally get what you want for 20% off or more if you have a little patience.

I'm lazy and impatient... two downfalls for someone who wants to play LOTRO with some of the better features...

I'll just hang in there for now and make more trips to vendors to sell the junk I loot, and level up my main character before I worry about having a third one...

[Porn Shop Clerk]

You know if you're in the same boat in a month and you're deadlocked on content, pull the trigger on the purchase.

[natty]

Alright I got it installed last night. Might start playing tonight. Any advice on which class to choose? I'm thinking a human champion.

[Samuel L. Jackson]

I've mostly played an Elf Champion... I like dual wield and being agile enough to evade...