Where did everyone go?

[il128]

Where is everyone?

[the wharf rat]

Post by il128
Where is everyone?

We're all on a raid.

[Tony]

Post by il128
Where is everyone?

Personally, to the Mines of Moria.

[the wharf rat]

Post by Tony
Personally, to the Mines of Moria.

Isn't that off of Burning Woods this week?

[Tony]

Post by the wharf rat

Post by Tony
Personally, to the Mines of Moria.

Isn't that off of Burning Woods this week?

Chardok.

And it's huge (and I could get all bitter and say consistent, fun,
engaging, easy to pick up and put down, doesn't require you to give up
half a life to make progress, but I shall refrain)

[Don Woods]

Post by Tony
Personally, to the Mines of Moria.
And it's huge (and I could get all bitter and say consistent, fun,
engaging, easy to pick up and put down, doesn't require you to give up
half a life to make progress, but I shall refrain)

I'm playing some LOTRO as well, and there are certainly some aspects of it
I enjoy more than similar aspects of EQ. But in many ways I prefer EQ.

Mostly I play LOTRO to game with my wife (and sometimes other friends), who
otherwise mostly plays WOW and COH. Which means it really REALLY sucks when
LOTRO makes some quests mandatory that (a) can only be done solo and (b) are
the LOTRO equivalent of an EQ monster mission, i.e. you take on the role of
some NPC. So there I am, not playing the character I'm used to and like to
play, not playing with my wife, can't even use in-game chat to talk with her
in Kinship chat because the monster session means my own character is "logged
out".

But that's an exception; mostly it's plenty fun roaming Middle Earth, and the
graphics are awesome without grinding my machine to a halt like Vanguard did.
But LOTRO has its own daily quests and faction grinds, just like EQ, and I
frankly don't have the time or patience to do that in more than one place, so
most of my play is still in EQ.

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[Tony]

Post by Don Woods
Mostly I play LOTRO to game with my wife (and sometimes other friends), who
otherwise mostly plays WOW and COH. Which means it really REALLY sucks when
LOTRO makes some quests mandatory that (a) can only be done solo and (b) are
the LOTRO equivalent of an EQ monster mission, i.e. you take on the role of
some NPC. So there I am, not playing the character I'm used to and like to
play, not playing with my wife, can't even use in-game chat to talk with her
in Kinship chat because the monster session means my own character is "logged
out".

Yes, the 'relive the history of Moria' quest is a bit annoying in that
aspect. On the other hand, it's cool to run away from a Balrog. I also
have an issue with the Moria access quest area in general, which you
can't get back into once you've reached a certain point. We had no clue
this would happen so it was annoying to find it out by accident. We
completed those quests on our main characters, but were then unable to
go back and help friends get through the same quests.

I understand the reason, because the quests change the state of the
world (I won't spoil it for people who've not done it), and rather than
having you wonder 'how is this character doing this a second time' they
just prevent you going back. I wonder though whether that's in the best
interest of the game long-term, and it certainly isn't the case with
previous quests which appear to be time related, for example, I'm free
to defend Trestlebridge from the same set of orcs over and over again or
free the same dwarf from the same cage every time he gets kidnapped.

Post by Don Woods
But LOTRO has its own daily quests and faction grinds, just like EQ, and I
frankly don't have the time or patience to do that in more than one place, so
most of my play is still in EQ.

I don't find much grindy in LOTRO I have to say. Some quests in some
locations are certainly mob-kill heavy (for example, just getting to the
quest guys in Goblin Town can be tough work), but in general it's pick
up and drop pretty easy. Reputation building and Tradeskilling are two
obvious grind areas, and I do them as and when I feel like I want to
invest the time, but you can avoid them entirely and still enjoy LOTRO,
as I'm sure you're aware.

Overall, I find LOTRO demands less from me, but accepts it when I offer it.

Wrote a short review of Moria when I first played it here,

http://perceptionistruth.com/2008/11/i-spent-the-weekend-in-the-mines-of-moria/

and I'm in the middle of writing up more about Moria now I've quested a
lore more.

[D.J.]

On 4 Dec 2008 21:32:48 +0100, ***@aol.com (il128) wrote:
]Where is everyone?

I'm right here, and you are approximately over there.

My desktop computer failed about 3 weeks ago, so I haven't been
gaming since.

JimP.