I'm going through one of my periodic boughts of burn out with Guild Wars 2 and Star Trek Online, so seriously thinking of giving LOTRO another go. To be fair, I did very much enjoy the (Rivindell?) tutorial level. For a tutorial level it was actually rather fun and ended with a very nice dungeon teaser. I think what happened though when I first tried the game back in July was that after finishing the tutorial, my next LOTRO session was late at night and I was rather tired, so it was probably no big surprise that I felt a bit overwhelmed when thrust out into the big world of LOTRO proper. By comparison, it's interesting to note that the world of Tyria in Guild Wars 2 seems huge at first, but once you've leveled up sufficiently and explored a bit, the fast travel through the Asuran gates becomes easy and affordable and all of the sudden that big huge world feels small. I get the feeling though that I won't be mapping all of middle earth in LOTRO anytime soon, all-in-all a good thing.
The Rohan/Helm's Deep expansion has me a bit jazzed as that would be very cool romping around the Riddermark, but I suppose I'd be prudent to hold off until I've decided if I really want to stick with the game. Speaking of the expansion packs, I'm confused. How do they work? How will I know when I'm ready to get one? Is it a case where sections of the map will be locked until I get an expansion pack?
Also, although I get the feeling that LOTRO is maybe a bit of a pay-to-win game, from what I understand the main emphasis in LOTRO is PvE and role playing and not PvP, so in light of that PtW becomes far less relevant. Is this a correct assumption?
The Rohan/Helm's Deep expansion has me a bit jazzed as that would be very cool romping around the Riddermark, but I suppose I'd be prudent to hold off until I've decided if I really want to stick with the game. Speaking of the expansion packs, I'm confused. How do they work? How will I know when I'm ready to get one? Is it a case where sections of the map will be locked until I get an expansion pack?
Also, although I get the feeling that LOTRO is maybe a bit of a pay-to-win game, from what I understand the main emphasis in LOTRO is PvE and role playing and not PvP, so in light of that PtW becomes far less relevant. Is this a correct assumption?
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