Comments on: LotRO Welcome Back Week

By: Gordon

Gordon — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:15:45 +0000

I think having a lifetime sub to LOTOR is a good idea because it definitely seems like the type of game one would keep coming back to. I kinda wish someone would get me a lifetime sub as a present. It’s not something I think I would pay for myself but it would be a nice thing to have as a gift.

By: Sark

Sark — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:43:34 +0000

i’ve just recently quit lotro (well i have a lifetime sub, so technically i cant quit) for WoW. lotro is a great game, no doubt about it, but its very, very casual. there is one endgame raid instance for 12 players and thats it. the two 3man and one 6man instances for lvl 65 get boring pretty soon and apart from that… there isnt really much to do when you play in every day for an hour or two. once i got into mirkwood with my third character i literally hit the wall and realized it wasnt fun doing the same quests in the same area on yet another char…

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:30:45 +0000

I played DAOC back in 2003 or something and it was a great game but it was let down by the European distributers, GOA. It took months for new patches from the US to get applied and the server population was awful. I really wanted to play on the US servers but couldn’t with my UK copy. Silly.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:28:09 +0000

I’m sure they’ll offer it to those in US soon. Usually these offers are global.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:27:38 +0000

Ouch, bad luck

By: Gordon

Gordon — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:27:26 +0000

That’s the funny thing… I know LOTRO is awesome and I know it’s great but I just can’t get motivated enough to get stuck into it. Maybe one day….

By: Dustin Moore

Dustin Moore — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:01:14 +0000

Well I have played both DAoC and LOTRO. I’m not sure if the UK edition of DAoC was different or operated by different entities but I haven’t played in about 7 years. It was always operated by Mythic as long as I’ve known here in the U.S. I think to this day it was still my favorite PvP system, the 3 realms… awesome.

As for LOTRO I’ve played that a little more recently. It took me 1 month exactly to get to level 53 back in December/January, after that I didn’t renew my sub. I got introduced to legendary weapons and the start of Moria, I personally loved it. Between questing and crafting there weren’t many times I wasn’t doing something or felt bored. As some of you know it’s notorious for it’s relaxed and mature community, something I enjoy in my online gaming experience.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:55:35 +0000

I’ve been having a low level urge to play LOTRO again that was fighting its way to the surface, fired by Syp’s blog, and then – lo and behold – welcome back week.

Well played, Codemasters, well played.

By: Carson63000

Carson63000 — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:33:00 +0000

Now would be an awesome time for them to offer me a welcome-back week on the US LOTRO. I’d be all over checking out the changes to volume I of the epic questline, that could definitely lure me into resubscribing for a while if it’s good.

By: scrusi

scrusi — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:23:29 +0000

I checked for some kind of welcome back trial for LotRO about a week ago, to no avail. Now they sent me this email and I was halfway through a reinstall (read: I found my DVD) until I realized that it is the week from March 8th. Guess which week I’m away for some skiing.

I suppose the guys at Codemasters really don’t want me to try out their game again. Surely this can’t be a coincidence, right?