As you might know Lord of the Ring Online goes free today. Is anyone going to play it due to it becoming F2P? I made an account and began playing however since I already play World of Warcraft I don't have time to play other MMO's.

I dunno, worth a shot. Might check it out later tonight.

Yah, I probably will eventually.

I actually would if I hadn't played the beta and been bored to tears over the newb zone.  So much of what is free is so boring.

Yes! Free!
Although with all the other games coming out now, not sure if I'll have the time
Although LoTRO has always been a game I've kept an eye on

I've played it when it wasn't free and it can be a fun distraction from WoW for a week or two. Nothing more though. It's not near the quality product that is WoW. One might call it janky in comparison.

Definitely. 

Ill give it a shot.

Downloading it right now, hope it's good, been waiting for a while

I could not get into that game. The animations and the feel of the battles just felt so... dull. I'm sure I was missing something, though. Maybe I should have tried a ranged/spell class.

eventually maybe. My brother and I try to find free mmos to play together since he lives in california now and I live in colorado

Dungeons & Dragons Online is better. Also free, same system and all.

Thanks for reminding me about this, I'm downloading it now. I'll probably play a character for 20 minutes then say "meh" and go back to WoW :P  That's what I always do, but that 20 minutes is pretty fun.

" I'll probably play a character for 20 minutes then say "meh" and go back to WoW :P  That's what I always do, but that 20 minutes is pretty fun. "

So I'm in the middle of installing it and it's asking for a product key, where do I find that?

Maybe if I'm really bored.

I might go back to it. I always liked that it was solo friendly.

yeah, we need to get the crew back together from runes of magic

You guys should play on Landroval. The community on that server is great. 

It's still not free in EU so I'm stil fucked >.>
 
Can't wait tho, I used to play it a lot and I still have a ways to go till the Mines of Moria!

" As you might know Lord of the Ring Online goes free today. Is anyone going to play it due to it becoming F2P? I made an account and began playing however since I already play World of Warcraft I don't have time to play other MMO's. "

I was in the beta for free to play, I am not sure why, but it seemed very "rough", all of the animations were very crude and all of the character models were very basic, and the soundtrack was pretty weak as well. I really tried to give it a chance because I really love LotR, but I just could not do it.

I have a mac so no.. 

" @xobballox said:

" I'll probably play a character for 20 minutes then say "meh" and go back to WoW :P  That's what I always do, but that 20 minutes is pretty fun. "

That's what I did. It's hard to play a game so similar when you have time and money invested in the other. "

Downloading as we speak (I guess). What server is giantbomb at? 

" I could not get into that game. The animations and the feel of the battles just felt so... dull. I'm sure I was missing something, though. Maybe I should have tried a ranged/spell class. "

Is it just me or did they lower the graphical settings and over all quality?

" @FunExplosions said:

" I could not get into that game. The animations and the feel of the battles just felt so... dull. I'm sure I was missing something, though. Maybe I should have tried a ranged/spell class. "

There are wizard classes in the game? Well, that pretty much unsold me on the game. When will devs learn to respect the mythos of JRR Tolkien fiction? "

I'm playing the game for the first time now. It is nowhere near as polished as WoW. The movement and combat, compared to WoW, feel awful. It's not really a bad mmo, just incredibly average.  
 
Now that the game is free to play, it also looks like the developer has put so many microtransactions in the game, as to make it seem unplayable. The servers are also all really laggy at this point in time - though, thats likely due to the influx of player from F2P so I'll let that slide.

" @President_Barackbar said:

" @FunExplosions said:

" I could not get into that game. The animations and the feel of the battles just felt so... dull. I'm sure I was missing something, though. Maybe I should have tried a ranged/spell class. "

There are wizard classes in the game? Well, that pretty much unsold me on the game. When will devs learn to respect the mythos of JRR Tolkien fiction? "

ahhhh AHHHHHHHHH someelse who knows.... I...... I thought I was the only one!!! *tears of joy* "

Ooh  downloading now.  I had fun during the big GB Runes of Magic thing, but I really wanted to play this more than anything.

i would, but FTP versions of MMOs are almost always crap, just ways to show you a shit ton of reason you should upgrade, like WAR's way of showing you bag spaces you could get if you purchased, and a screen popping up that tells you the awesomeness of subscribing during loading or leveling up, i think MMOs should just stick to trials

" @empfeix: Why might that be? "

I'm downloading the game now. Oh god this is a mistake. 
 
If anyone plays this, you could tell me which server you're on so we could go on mad loot quests together.

" I'm downloading the game now. Oh god this is a mistake.  If anyone plays this, you could tell me which server you're on so we could go on mad loot quests together. "

I downloaded it once and during the install it said that a sound file was corrupted, now i am downloading it all over again >_>

" @JJWeatherman said:

" I'm downloading the game now. Oh god this is a mistake.  If anyone plays this, you could tell me which server you're on so we could go on mad loot quests together. "

DONT DO IT! I'M TELLING YOU! IT'S NOT WORTHIT! "

" I downloaded it once and during the install it said that a sound file was corrupted, now i am downloading it all over again >_> "

Good luck guys!  
 
I would play, but I've been busy now, so I better not. ^^

Still waiting for the EU version to become F2P.
 
I want to explore the Mines of Moria and I need to at least get there so I don't feel like I wasted 30 euro's last year!
 
Drums in the deep....!

I'm installing it now, 
But I won't be on for long.......  Reach calls 

" I'm installing it now, But I won't be on for long.......  Reach calls  "

So I'm choosing a server now there's 15 to choose from,  Which one should I go to? 
the top of the list is one called Gladden.  Unless someone replies in the next couple minutes that's what I'm going with.

" So I'm choosing a server now there's 15 to choose from,  Which one should I go to? the top of the list is one called Gladden.  Unless someone replies in the next couple minutes that's what I'm going with. "

just so everyone knows if you hate grinding you're going to hate this game. i played for about 2 days when it wasnt free and i wanted to kill myself. 

My brother played in the beta.  He also played DDO, but he said LotR wasn't as good because it didn't have the easy party matching in DDO, and wasn't different enough to make up for it with a new experience.

I might try it out, because when I played a free trial ages ago (when it first came out) it was almost just like WoW.  I don't expect to like it much, but maybe things have changed since then.  DDO sucked back in the day, but isn't too bad now.

" @Coombs said:

" So I'm choosing a server now there's 15 to choose from,  Which one should I go to? the top of the list is one called Gladden.  Unless someone replies in the next couple minutes that's what I'm going with. "

I'll go with Gladden too. "

Good luck, folks. As a long time (lifetime subscribing) LOTRO player, I envy your first foray into the game. It's not for everyone, but some of you will fall in love. Just remember to let the game work it's magic --it's not as flashy or fast as WoW, but if you love story and lore, you'll feel at home.

And yes, Moria kicks all kinds of ass.

Sorry for the misuse of "it's". Spelling autocorrect on my iPad does that a lot.