LOTR Online

Tusky

Wanted to start a new thread for this. Seeing as the game is only just out and most likely, alot of boards.ie people will be getting it over the next couple of weeks lets all join the same server ? Which servers are you guys on ? I only have a lvl 3 character so I dont mind changing servers.

Post your character name + server!

Dcully

Hey Tusky im on Snowbourn [EN],main char is called Efioanaes.
EDIT: Just to add,i wont be on for few days,waiting on a new motherboard delivery.

hairball

hi m8...on snowbourne lvl 16 champion : stoki

Maximilian

Snowbourn as well.

Crowbarr - lvl 16 champion
Fex - lvl 5 loremaster

SeantheMan

Elfrand i think its called

Seanadan - Lvl 8

Btw..can ppl post any LOTRO Resources they may know of ? for help with quests n stuff

Guildwarsguru was great for GW and so was the GWWiki

I know Lotr is new..and the lotrwiki dont have much on it, yet

So post any helpful links aswell pls

Cause im a bit overwhelmed with stuff at this stage...being offered like a 1000 items by traders etc

Maximilian

SeantheMan wrote:

Elfrand i think its called


Btw..can ppl post any LOTRO Resources they may know of ? for help with quests n stuff

http://lotro.mmodb.com/

http://lotro.allakhazam.com/

SeantheMan

Thanks man :rolleyes: :cool:

Buceph

I'm Krador on Evernight, a Dwarf Hunter. Give me a shout if you're on.

WellyJ

Anyone else find it a bit ridiculous that you need to grab an 850MB file after purchasing the game?

SeantheMan

I let it update itself, seemed quicker.
I think im on version 1.12 even though i think the newest version is 1.2:eek:


ANyways, how can we go about gettin our own LOTRO thread set up ? as i expect this game will be huge and get more ppl over the coming weeks

Bought myself a Lute yesterday...:rolleyes: ..got out a pen and paper...and me guitar...and corrolated all the notes with the notes on the guitar.
So i can tab any/most of my fave songs
However some of the notes on the guitar are skipped...preventing accurate reproductions of some songs:(
Ye can get the intro of Stairway to Heaven before you cant get the right note
Ive also got "Dearg Doom" down aswell:cool: and smoke on the water

monkeyfudge

I got it there yesterday... haven't had much of a chance to play it yet though.

I'm an elf mistral on Elrand.... the character name escapes me at the moment...

Tusky

monkeyfudge wrote:

I got it there yesterday... haven't had much of a chance to play it yet though.

I'm an elf mistral on Elrand.... the character name escapes me at the moment...

ah finally someone on the same server as me. Post your character name up and I'll msg you tonight.

SeantheMan

Im on that one too... Elrand

I think the game reccomended it to me for some reason

Names Seanadan ...Im a Hunter Elf person type thingy....all confused and the likes :rolleyes:
Im currently stationed outside Frodos house ....i ran all the way to the Shire/hobbiton and found his little gaff :rolleyes: ..well i think it is
Theres only 1 house in Bag End

Tusky

We should get a boards guild together on Elrand, I have about three boards friends starting to play over the next couple of weeks also. Anyone interested ?

everyone join Elrand server!

Maximilian

I've already invested too much time on my Snowbourn chars to change to another server.

WellyJ

Anyone unable to log in?

I started this morning before my driving test, killed a few spiders and then had to log out,

Wanted to play now but nada!

Wont let me log in!

SeantheMan

Ye id join the boards guild
I think im already in 1, a Kinship theyre called...but eh...dont know any of em
Was just askin someone for advice and i got "press yes to join kinship" and i was like..yeah whatever :eek:

But fair play to them..theyve given me some free stuff....for my crafting missions, 1 of them made me a minor woodworking scroll, and gave me 15 rowan branches:)

But yeh...boards guild sounds good.

monkeyfudge

So it's decided then... a boards guild it is...

Now if only the servers were working.

Tusky

monkeyfudge wrote:

So it's decided then... a boards guild it is...

Now if only the servers were working.

Feck. I just sat down to play after a hard days work. Ok, so far we have...

Tusky
MonkeyFudge
Seantheman

No point in even trying to get a guild together until we have 15-20 people anyway. Sign up here!

humanji

A boards guild sounds like a damn good idea. I'm on Snowbourne and so's my mate (although he's on a friend code at the moment, so we'll see if he'll stay. I'm only level 12 at the moment, so if it is decided to change servers then I'm up for that too!

SeantheMan

humanji wrote:

A boards guild sounds like a damn good idea. I'm on Snowbourne and so's my mate (although he's on a friend code at the moment, so we'll see if he'll stay. I'm only level 12 at the moment, so if it is decided to change servers then I'm up for that too!

Yeah were on Elrand buddy :rolleyes:

And loggin in..yeah..i still cant either as of 9.20pm

monkeyfudge

Well I've only played on Elrand for a grand total of about 20 minutes so I'm happy to change if there are more of us on Snowbourne

SeantheMan

Think its 50/50 atm
Not sure how many ppl are even playin LOTRO :eek:

Smellyirishman

I think you guys need some polls. It usually gets more people out of the woodwork and would give you a better idea of the numbers you have. Best of luck with it.

(And I love the guy that says he won't move because he has invested too much time already! )

WellyJ

I'll join a guild on Elrand,

Wellyard is my name,

Hobbit Guardian,

TANK FTW!

Tusky

Elrond

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Tusky
MonkeyFudge
Seantheman
Wellyj

monkeyfudge

Okay... finally got playing this again.

My character is Andowtiel a level 6 Minstral on Elrand.

Blahzer

Hay,

Is it that good? I have been playing WoW since close beta US, have had so many toons in end game,

I was thinking of buying LOTRO But i would like to try it first anyone got a free code or know of any tree trials i have looked but seems to have stoped?

Has anyone left WoW to play LOTRO?


Any feedback

humanji

Not sure if you'll be able to get a code from anyone. And yes, quite a lot of people have left Wow for this (although they're probably still playing both ). In fact, if you check the forums, you'll find that there are people from most of the major MMORPG's that have migrated over.

It's well worth it, and if we get a Boards kinship together then it'll be a lot more fun! Speaking of which, we'll need a good name for it,The Boards.ie Kinship doesn't really sound Lord Of The Rings-y.

SeantheMan

Heres a quote from DCully who left WoW for Lotro

And yes..we gots to think of a good name if theres gonna be a kinship

Dcully wrote:

For 5,000 G you say? :P
Well ive been a wow player for 2 years,levelled 2 chars to 70 and 5 others in their 50s-60s.
Ive been in love with the game since day one.
WOW made me want to try many more MMOs ,EQ,DAOC,AO, and some that claim to be MMOs like Guild Wars.
None of them could take me away from wow for a day nevermind any longer.

LOTRO has made me cancel my wow subs without hesitation.
The whole experience is so much better than WOW.
They have taken everything from wow and omproved upon them hugely.
They have added stuff like deeds and traits which add to the customising of chars so much.
The combat is is excellent ,really feels action packed.
The graphics wee down on all MMOs and most games from a height,they are simply gorgeous.
Atmosphere is great,helped no end by the great sound effects,the music,and the middle earth scenery.
The crafting too is taken to another level,quests and instances so far are great fun and well designed.
The Ui too is excellent.

Bearing in mind i was far from tired of wow [i was just getting into kara runs etc] i was thoroughly enjoying wow as always but once some guildies said they were cancelling because of LOTRO i simply had to get the pre launch.
The game is basically WOW [which is why i love it so much] but is a lot deeper and has next gen graphics and sounds.
A bonus is subs are a good bit cheaper than WOW,ive subscribed to 6 months for 51 euros.

IMO its is a lot better than wow,whether end game content is as vast as wow i dont know personally but from forums and reviews ive read end game content is meant to be impressive and vast.
Plus they are bringing out more parts of the middle earth world bit by bit.
Right now Erador is shipped with release and from what i see its as big as wow pre TBC.

Tusky

Elrond

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Tusky
MonkeyFudge
Seantheman
Wellyj

Snowbourne

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Humanji
Dcully
Hairball
Maximilian

Evernight

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Buceph

before we do anything we should establish ourselves on the same server. Theres most likely going to be alot of boards.ie people playing the game and it would be a shame if everyone was scattered across different servers.

sunzz

Going to pick this up at lunch time just have one question.

do you need to have a credit card in order to start playing the game there and then or is it a case of you can buy a game card in GAME?

probs gunna roll on snowbourne

monkeyfudge

The game cards are in the shops. Gamestop has them anyway.

It's a bit too early for me to say if I prefer it over WoW or not...I'm certainly liking the slightly less cartoony graphics.. and the respawn and drop rates are brilliant.

humanji

Tusky wrote:

Elrond

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Tusky
MonkeyFudge
Seantheman
Wellyj

Snowbourne

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Humanji
Dcully
Hairball
Maximilian

Evernight

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Buceph

before we do anything we should establish ourselves on the same server. Theres most likely going to be alot of boards.ie people playing the game and it would be a shame if everyone was scattered across different servers.

Well, I'll gladly shift server if people want to move and thus dissolve the current 4 Vs 4 stalemate (unless we all join Buceph on Evernight )

Tusky

sunzz wrote:

Going to pick this up at lunch time just have one question.

do you need to have a credit card in order to start playing the game there and then or is it a case of you can buy a game card in GAME?

probs gunna roll on snowbourne

Roll on Elrond!

sunzz

Okay, going to roll a minstrel on elrond, get humanji and dcully over there 2.

I've got a 70 undead mage and 70 be pally on emeriss be interesting to see if this game pull me away from wow.

Once again, do you initially need a credit card to start playign the game?

humanji

I think you do, but I don't know if you can get game cards at all.

Tusky

sunzz wrote:

Okay, going to roll a minstrel on elrond, get humanji and dcully over there 2.

I've got a 70 undead mage and 70 be pally on emeriss be interesting to see if this game pull me away from wow.

Once again, do you initially need a credit card to start playign the game?

I had to enter credit card details to create my account (I used a 3v card though). I dont know if you can just use a gamepass and bypass the credit card info as Ive never used one of the cards.

Humanji, will you make the jump over to Elrond ?

Elrond

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Tusky
MonkeyFudge
Seantheman
Wellyj
Sunzz
Longtime (starting at the weekend)
Humanji (moving from Snowbourne)

Snowbourne

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Dcully
Hairball
Maximilian

Evernight

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Buceph

humanji

Tusky wrote:

Humanji, will you make the jump over to Elrond ?

Looks like I don't have a choice.

SeantheMan

sunzz wrote:

Okay, going to roll a minstrel on elrond, get humanji and dcully over there 2.

I've got a 70 undead mage and 70 be pally on emeriss be interesting to see if this game pull me away from wow.

Once again, do you initially need a credit card to start playign the game?

No

You DONT need a credit card in any shape of form to play
You reigster and you get to play your first month free
After that you have the option to purchase further months by credit card or by cards purchased in-store

Credits cards arent needed at all tbh.:rolleyes:

Tusky

humanji wrote:

Looks like I don't have a choice.

Good stuff, anyone else willing to make the switch ?

Tusky

SeantheMan wrote:

No

You DONT need a credit card in any shape of form to play
You reigster and you get to play your first month free
After that you have the option to purchase further months by credit card or by cards purchased in-store

Credits cards arent needed at all tbh.:rolleyes:

You sure you get a month free ? I didnt see anything about that. Im pretty sure I was charged for month 1. I got a 7 day friend code though.

monkeyfudge

The collectors edition came with 45 days free.... but they were all sold out on Sunday.

Iktomi

Well you can add another name to the growing list of players.

I hear there's a good chinese delivery service is on Snowbourn which is swaying me that way.

humanji

I thought you signed up with a credit card and get one month free after. When I signed up I wasn't given any other method of paying, I think.

Tusky

Iktomi wrote:

Well you can add another name to the growing list of players.

I hear there's a good chinese delivery service is on Snowbourn which is swaying me that way.

Theres more of us on Elrond at the moment, why not join us ?

Maximilian

As Snowbourne was one of the pre-order servers, I think a lot of the peeps on that server, have got toons at anywhere from lvl20-30. Makes it less easy to switch really or at least in my case.

Kiith

I'm thinking i might start playing this as well. Vanguard hasnt hooked me as well as i had hoped it would. Im now officially over Warcarft as well, so that leaves me with just Eve. Will pick it up in the shops over the next few days, and give it a go.

SeantheMan

Tusky wrote:

You sure you get a month free ? I didnt see anything about that. Im pretty sure I was charged for month 1. I got a 7 day friend code though.

Well tbh lads the way i did it was

Reg'd with that codemasters thing
Keep in mind here..i dont HAVE A credit card ..and didn't have my ol'fellas on me at the time
After i reg'd i got brought to a payment screen
There if i can remmeber rightly, i was given the option of credit card (paypal etc) or game card
I cheked both out to see how theyd work
Then i tried settin up an account to pay...but it said i already had one :eek: ..which i presume was created when i first signed up
Then on the right it has expiry date ( the date till i could play) and that was some time in may

And ..i never entered my 7 day trial key
I only used the activation code given to me with the game
So....im not sure

Ill check the expiry date when i get home :rolleyes:

It may be that i only got 7 days, or the whole month..unsure..will post result later

SeantheMan

Kiith wrote:

I'm thinking i might start playing this as well. Vanguard hasnt hooked me as well as i had hoped it would. Im now officially over Warcarft as well, so that leaves me with just Eve. Will pick it up in the shops over the next few days, and give it a go.

Make sure to start your character in Elrand

monkeyfudge

SeantheMan wrote:

Make sure to start your character in Elrand

Yes... and not Elrond like Tusky keeps saying... that's a special sever that only Tusky can access apparently...