Middle Earth Is Getting Bigger

[Delmar Wynn]

Can someone please tell me why you cant play as a bad guy in LOTRO? you could be a orc or a goblin or a wannabe-Ring Wraith. but unfortunately you have to be the good guy.

You actually can play these in the PvMP area known as Ettenmoors. I know several people who do nothing but play monsters. With the quests and pvp aspect of the area it is quite fun.

Yeah I stopped playing like a month ago so i could try world of warcraft. and i have to say LOTRO is just another knock off of WoW. but in a different world.

I have to say this quote is probably one of the funniest things I hear all the time. Games being knock offs of WoW. Blizzard rarely has it own thoughts when it comes to WoW. I can point out hundreds of features in WoW that started in Ultima Online, Everquest, Asheron's Call 1 & 2, Dark Age of Camelot, Lord of the Rings Online, and even Warhammer.

What Blizzard does tend to do is enhance these features to add more pizazz. Prime example is WoW's achievement system. This was in many games before WoW such as LOTRO deeds system or Warhammer's (can't remember name of it), or heck lets even point out the Xbox achievement system. They took the best, in my opinion, of all the previous games or game systems and combined it. Is this bad? No, but not a pioneer in the field of MMO's by any means.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Can someone please tell me why you cant play as a bad guy in LOTRO? you could be a orc or a goblin or a wannabe-Ring Wraith. but unfortunately you have to be the good guy.

Because the game is supposed to emulate the heroic style of Tolkien's writing.

Also, if they were to make evil races playable, they would have to remove the entire "Dread" function from the game, because "Dread" I.E., being around Naz'gul, would INCREASE your hope, considering they were on your side.

It's against the spirit of the game and the mechanics. That's why.

 

[geldonyetich]

So I guess they're not going free with micropayments any time soon?

Last time I gave LOTRO a spin, I liked the environments, but it played too much like another EverQuest clone to give this MMORPG burnout hope.

 

[hippykiller]

Can someone please tell me why you cant play as a bad guy in LOTRO? you could be a orc or a goblin or a wannabe-Ring Wraith. but unfortunately you have to be the good guy.

Because the game is supposed to emulate the heroic style of Tolkien's writing.

Also, if they were to make evil races playable, they would have to remove the entire "Dread" function from the game, because "Dread" I.E., being around Naz'gul, would INCREASE your hope, considering they were on your side.

It's against the spirit of the game and the mechanics. That's why.

ah well that makes sense. that you very much.

 

[Flying-Emu]

Can someone please tell me why you cant play as a bad guy in LOTRO? you could be a orc or a goblin or a wannabe-Ring Wraith. but unfortunately you have to be the good guy.

Because the game is supposed to emulate the heroic style of Tolkien's writing.

Also, if they were to make evil races playable, they would have to remove the entire "Dread" function from the game, because "Dread" I.E., being around Naz'gul, would INCREASE your hope, considering they were on your side.

It's against the spirit of the game and the mechanics. That's why.

ah well that makes sense. that you very much.

Anytime.

 

[The Random One]

I don't get it. How come the only game to stand up to a fantasy-themed MMORPG is a fantasy-themed MMORPG? Does everyone like tolkienesque/dungeonanddragonish fantasy better than everything else, except me?

 

[Anarchy In Detroit]

I think I'm done with MMORPGs for a while (unless more super hero themed stuff comes out. I'm a sucker for em.) but it's nice to see someone coming up in the shadow of the juggernaut that is WoW.

I played WoW right when it came out and it just couldn't keep me where DAoC and CoH did. Dunno why, but I just hated it.

I don't get it. How come the only game to stand up to a fantasy-themed MMORPG is a fantasy-themed MMORPG? Does everyone like tolkienesque/dungeonanddragonish fantasy better than everything else, except me?

Yeah I have to agree. That stuff is all repetetive. Yay more elves! Whoopee fuck.

 

[Soxafloppin]

Honestly. I stoped thinking about lord of the rings after i watched the first movie. Theres not much talk of that franchise anymore.

 

[Nouw]

Hey for MM this year. Turbine should be thankful we (relic fans) pushed Blizzard out of the way for you. Next year since you guys would be bigger. A challenge worthy of my skill. (See what I did there? lol)

 

[Boxpopper]

They would suddenly have the need to double their servers if they put playable dark races in the general world. The orcs, trolls, dark numenoreans, corsairs, and other dark beings weren't mindless automotons. If it became possible to become another Grishnak striving to lead a legion under Saruman's command, after some time take down the old fart myself, I might seriously consider getting in on the action. But if it's just going to be heroes, bubblegum, and roses, I think I'd rather play a My Little Pony MMO....

Yeah but how could there be like 1 million of that same position? The average orc IS a mindless slave.

 

[samsonguy920]

They would suddenly have the need to double their servers if they put playable dark races in the general world. The orcs, trolls, dark numenoreans, corsairs, and other dark beings weren't mindless automotons. If it became possible to become another Grishnak striving to lead a legion under Saruman's command, after some time take down the old fart myself, I might seriously consider getting in on the action. But if it's just going to be heroes, bubblegum, and roses, I think I'd rather play a My Little Pony MMO....

Yeah but how could there be like 1 million of that same position? The average orc IS a mindless slave.

Don't think average orc, think Uruk-hai!