tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post2805115725246090491..comments2024-03-27T07:57:48.010-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: Testing Out LotRO By SuggestionTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-51426442337168540982011-09-12T11:33:00.830-04:002011-09-12T11:33:00.830-04:00@ Nelthie - I added you and will read. Nice to se...@ Nelthie - I added you and will read. Nice to see a little different perspective from doing a character based blog.<br /><br />@ PB<br /><br />I am not going to just give up on it already, I will keep playing.<br /><br />As for the looks free comment, it surely does. The artwork is not very refined but it is the moment that gets me more then anything. Same problem all "real looking" games seem to have. The difference with them is their character models look goofy, for lack of a better word. I can live with that. The movement is another story that bugs me but as you mentioned, I've been spoiled by wow in that regard.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-3455377441948680712011-09-11T19:50:35.207-04:002011-09-11T19:50:35.207-04:00It is a decent game so far, but you can tell it is...<i>It is a decent game so far, but you can tell it is free game. </i><br /><br />Interesting that you say that because up until 12 months ago it wasn't. It's designed as a subscription MMO and with the exception of the in-game store links (which I can understand your annoyance with), it's basically the same game now as it was 12 months ago. Now, it's sure not as polished as WoW, but it's not actually a "free game" like random asian F2P MMO is. It's built on the subscription MMO business model.<br /><br />Anwyay, I hope you can get past the animation hurdle, maybe it's the sort of thing that you notice a lot at first because it's so different from what you're used to. Or maybe it'll be an unpassable barrier, but that'd be a shame because I think you'd really like the game. Some of what might put you off at first about the game - the lack of modern "polishing" features that WoW's got nowdays - is what I think will actually lead you to enjoy the game. There's many zones which haven't been revamped for the more modern solo-only style and are full of punishing group quests (which you can even get a group for sometimes if you try!), there's go-at-your-own-pace rep grinds, there's kill X hundred mob deeds in a zone for incremental character rewards, there's only rudimentary addon support so raids/instances aren't able to be perfectly scripted dances because players aren't getting prompted for every ability (and no party-wide DPS trackers either) etc. etc.<br /><br />Hope you are able to stick it out get past that initial visual barrier :).PBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-44596277925806392402011-09-10T09:47:18.111-04:002011-09-10T09:47:18.111-04:00Hi,
Apologies to contact so abruptly. I've rec...Hi,<br />Apologies to contact so abruptly. I've recently started by own World of Warcraft blog, and was wondering if you might like to share links between our blogs. Mine tends to focus on a humorous in-character viewpoint of the game world. I've only just started, it is over on http://barefootelf.blogspot.com/ and if you are willing to link, it would seriously help me increase traffic and get some viewers. <br />Thank you.Zanafarrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17588951783248424353noreply@blogger.com