surf dtoid with 
Rising (10+)
People you follow
This is sweet. I've always wanted to try this game but couldn't justify the monthly fee. Always been a sucker for the LOTR lore.
Unexpected. It's the second game to do this, up there with D&D Online. It's kind of weird, though, because I thought this game had a fairly large number of subscribers. Like, not WoW many, but a fairly good amount.
If any friends play, yeah, I would give this a definite shot!
I much prefer this model for MMO's ... I just really hate monthly fees and far prefer to be nickel and dimed to death! :)
I much prefer this model for MMO's ... I just really hate monthly fees and far prefer to be nickel and dimed to death! :)
Wow this is pretty awesome. This will definitely have me installing it come fall and messing around on my old account every once and awhile. Hopefully this will provide enough continued support to the game so that they can actually finish the series and have the ring reach Mordor. They just need to pick up the pace a bit with the content updates.
I'll definitely give this a shot. I loved the free trial (only real MMO I've ever played), but never jumped in because of monthly fees (and the lifetime subscription was too steep).
I've tried a lot of the MMOs out ther, and LOTRO is the only one I bothered to subscribe to for any period of time. That period of time was 3 months. I liked being in that world, running around doing random quests. But I didn't really get into it enough to the point where I felt the subscription fee was worth it.
Short story even shorter: this announcement makes me a happy bunny.
Short story even shorter: this announcement makes me a happy bunny.
I loved the game when I had a free trial, but never could find reason to pay the monthly fee with school in the way of play time. But, I will definitely give this a download and play when it is released much like I did with D&D Online.
I dabble with LoTRO once in awhile, and I've always considered it a very high quality MMO. It ranks up there with WoW in quality, but offers a bit of a different experience for sure.
I always find myself too busy to get into MMOs now, but the influx of new players may get me to fire up my account again.
I'm glad to see turbine bringing the free-to-play model LoTRO, because this means they consider it a success for DDO. The MMO market is tough, and turbine has been innovating and adapting. I was losing hope for them after they pulled the plug on asheron's call 2, the first MMO I ever played (and therefore miss dearly).
I always find myself too busy to get into MMOs now, but the influx of new players may get me to fire up my account again.
I'm glad to see turbine bringing the free-to-play model LoTRO, because this means they consider it a success for DDO. The MMO market is tough, and turbine has been innovating and adapting. I was losing hope for them after they pulled the plug on asheron's call 2, the first MMO I ever played (and therefore miss dearly).
@ Snorbuckle
Actually your lifetime subscription means lifetime VIP Access. So basically free points every month, extra character slots and pretty much everything else included in the monthly fee VIP costs. So it's still very beneficial. (You won't for example have to pay for the premium quests like in DDO)
Actually your lifetime subscription means lifetime VIP Access. So basically free points every month, extra character slots and pretty much everything else included in the monthly fee VIP costs. So it's still very beneficial. (You won't for example have to pay for the premium quests like in DDO)
Crap. I hate "free" to play games. The feeling of getting nickel and dimed to death drives me nuts. I already happily pay a monthly subscription to LOTRO. Now I basically won't want to play anymore.
Pretty much the only MMOs I've played have been free-to-play, or I'll just ride a trial offer as long as I can. Just hate having to pay-to-play.
I mean, sure, some of the games have 'de-facto' monthly fees, like how in SMT Imagine Online you had to drop $5 for a month-long ticket to the demon depository, but at least if that ran out you could still play the game.
I mean, sure, some of the games have 'de-facto' monthly fees, like how in SMT Imagine Online you had to drop $5 for a month-long ticket to the demon depository, but at least if that ran out you could still play the game.
Being a Tolkien nerd, albeit a Tolkien nerd with an aversion to paid MMO's, this announcment makes me jizz.
Like Lucas had already said, this is just like DnD online, who also went F2Play with an in game store, of course LOTR online and DnD Online are both made by turbine so it makes you wonder right?
I mean, I'm for this model in theory. It just depends on what they charge for. If they pull that, you can only reach Level "X" if you pay "Y", then No, that's bad. If it's just stuff like, funny hats or in-game money, etc., then I'm cool with that.
http://www.lotro.com/betasignup/vipchart.html
That's the chart comparing the benefits from free to VIP members. The free-to-play option is pretty damn limiting, it almost makes you have to pay. Oh well.
That's the chart comparing the benefits from free to VIP members. The free-to-play option is pretty damn limiting, it almost makes you have to pay. Oh well.
@Neveras
Thanks a lot for the info! That makes me feel better. I'll be sure to pop in game and check my new access out once I can. :3
Thanks a lot for the info! That makes me feel better. I'll be sure to pop in game and check my new access out once I can. :3
@Snorbuckle
They also have some additional stuff from their Subscriber Rewards page notes aside from the 500 points a month allotment. (http://www.lotro.com/support/policies/loyaltyreward)
Point rewards boiled down:
+500/month for subscribers, starting this month, provided you log in at least once each month (even though the free-to-play model isn't released yet, you will still accrue points)
+500 if you're a Founder member
+500 * (number of years you've been in LOTRO, according to anniversary dates)
+1000 if you're a lifetime member
@rockydil - so you'd rather pay more and pay monthly for the same thing?
@Azzurus The free accounts seem gimped a bit, like 3 inventory bags VS 5, and trait slots, but seems to keep a quite a lot of stuff in there for free accounts. The purchasable classes (Rune-Keeper and Warden) were only available if you bought the expansion pack in the first place, and if you ever bought that pack in the past, you'll still have access to them now. The biggest limits I see is 1 character per server until you put in real money at least once, whereupon it increases to 3, and the limited quest availability. The limited quest availability's also in DDO, but it's still okay to deal with. Also, following DDO's model, you can earn Turbine points by playing the game, so you can still buy content without real moneys.
I like the move to free-to-play, and I'm actually looking forward to APB's time-subscription model. WoW already offers a time-subscription model by way of point cards in Taiwan, and I'd be trying more of that if the server wasn't in not-English.
They also have some additional stuff from their Subscriber Rewards page notes aside from the 500 points a month allotment. (http://www.lotro.com/support/policies/loyaltyreward)
Point rewards boiled down:
+500/month for subscribers, starting this month, provided you log in at least once each month (even though the free-to-play model isn't released yet, you will still accrue points)
+500 if you're a Founder member
+500 * (number of years you've been in LOTRO, according to anniversary dates)
+1000 if you're a lifetime member
@rockydil - so you'd rather pay more and pay monthly for the same thing?
@Azzurus The free accounts seem gimped a bit, like 3 inventory bags VS 5, and trait slots, but seems to keep a quite a lot of stuff in there for free accounts. The purchasable classes (Rune-Keeper and Warden) were only available if you bought the expansion pack in the first place, and if you ever bought that pack in the past, you'll still have access to them now. The biggest limits I see is 1 character per server until you put in real money at least once, whereupon it increases to 3, and the limited quest availability. The limited quest availability's also in DDO, but it's still okay to deal with. Also, following DDO's model, you can earn Turbine points by playing the game, so you can still buy content without real moneys.
I like the move to free-to-play, and I'm actually looking forward to APB's time-subscription model. WoW already offers a time-subscription model by way of point cards in Taiwan, and I'd be trying more of that if the server wasn't in not-English.
follow
