Dark Templar said:
What is the pvp like in this game? Without faction based pvp, sorry but I don't care. My new MMO is probably gonna be warhammer.
PvP in LOTRO is something of a strange animal.
There are two sides, Free Peoples (Freeps) and Sauron's Forces (Creeps)
Freeps are any player character above level 40. In the regular game world you can take a horse ride from, generally, one of the starting area stables to the Ettenmoors. The entire 'Moors region is PvP enabled and features numerous points of strategic interest under control by either Freep or Creep forces. Skills, items, etc. function a little differently in the Moors than they do in the regular game world but for the most part your regular character is the same as your PvP character and can travel back and forth freely.
Creeps are monster characters chosen from a stable of the types present in the PvE world (giant spiders, wargs, various Orcs with unique abilities, etc.). They are pre-levelled to be competitive from the get-go as they do not have access to anywhere but the Moors (so no real PvE world to level through). You do have to spend points you acquire on making them even stronger and buying new/better skills.
By most accounts, the biggest problem in the Moors (LOTRO PvP) is the lack of particularly large upgrades over the span of the game's existence to this point (though there seems to be news that this new FTP direction will include upgrades to the Moors). People who love to PvP seem to really enjoy the Moors and many play there exclusively, never touching the PvE game except to level to the new cap and get new gear with each expansion. There are even people who play pretty much exclusively Creep-side and don't even play PvE at all.
