I have stoped playing wow after 1,5 fun years. And i was looking for a new mmorpg. I was looking around at videos from youtube at games like Warhammer Online... And i found Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. And the game just looked amasing, very good grapics, 15 classes and 19 races to pick from and the idea of that you could build your own boat and house just stuned me. Now thats far away from World of Warcraft.
And when i found out what it costed each month i decided to buy it. And i brought it and installed and started playing. The grapics was realy realy good. So i started making a new caracter and i began to choose the skin colour, height, eye colour... etc... etc... and i noticed that when i chosed the look for my caracter and sudenly the text on started to get all black and i couldn't read what the text said. I started playing, and i had a little lag. And when i opened my quest log and scrolled down to read the quest, the letters got mixed together. I fixed the problem by looking in serveral forums for ppl who had the same problem with the game. And i found the solution to the problem and downloaded a thingy to my grapic card.
I started playing agen and it worked... thank god for that. And when i played i got a huge lag at some places, and my computer crashed some times.
I played the game for a week and my computer crashed like 3-5 times a day.
And i changed the grapics to the lowest settings. And it looks realy bad. It makes you not want to play the game. But when i changed to the lowest grapics my computer still crashed.
Well i brought a new computer for like 1000$ (Not good at counting dollars but i think it's right). And the new computer crashes like 0-1 times each day.
Any way.
In the game it was realy hard for me as a non-hardcore-gamer. You could barley solo the game. Half of the quests you get after lvl 15 is group qusts. And the solo quests were also too hard. The quests you could do had realy bad XP as reward. And the other quests which was non-group quests was too hard, you died often when you tryed them and when you die you loose xp. So the game is a group relying game. You need to be in a group to make this game easy to play. I don't find that to be fun game play. In wow you could solo the whole game entierly to max level.
I guess i just got impressed by the good grapics, the boat and the house building which is very different from wows raiding, epics and high crits.
Any way, so now im looking for a new mmorpg. And i found out about LOTRO. And i love the Lord of the Rings. Seen the movies, read the books. What i look for in this game is good PvE and no crashes which i expetienced in Vanguard after just one month and stoped playing.
So i got some questions about Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.
1: What does it cost each month, i heard it costs 14.99$ a month (like wow). Does it? I want to be shure.
2: Can my computer take it. And if it can, which grafic settings can i play it on. High, medium, low?
My computer (Copied it from System Requirements Lab, in no good at computer hardware):
CPU: 2 processors running - AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
CPU Speed: 2.21 GHz Performance Rated at 6.30 GHz
System RAM: 1023.3 MB
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GS (GeForce 7300 GS)
Video RAM: 512.0 MB
Video Card 3D Acceleration: Yes
Video HW Transform & Lighting: Yes
Vertex Shader Ver.: 3.0
Pixel Shader Ver.: 3.0
DirectX Version: 9.0c
Sound Card: SoundMAX Integrated Digital HD Audio
Free Disk Space: 200.4 GB
CD: TSSTcorp CD/DVDW SH-S182D
3: Is it rare that people run LOTRO good on their computers? I know in Vanguard that more then half of the community had computers that couldn't take the game so well.
4: Buggs? Is there any known buggs? Vanguard had many buggs becouse Sigil Games Online launched the game to early.
5: Crashes? Does the game often crash for you?
6: Which classes are there most and less of? Like in wow there wore too many Hunters and too few Druids and Priests.
7: Maby one of the importent things for me: Is the game soloable? I know Vanguard wasn't. Read above and you'll understand why.
8: Highest lvl, 50 right?
9: In how big area of the game can you play in (I'd like to compare it with wow if thats fine. For example: Vanguard was like the twice sice of Azeroth and Outland together). Can you go to places like Rohan, Minas Tirith or Mordor and Moria?
10: I got questions about PVMP too.
* How many players are there on each side (Free people and evil forces (some thing like that))?
* How many pvmp maps are there?
* Scale of the pvmp maps?
11: Trial? Is there any trial or buddy key to this game? I'd love to get one :D
12: Shuld i buy this game now or just buy The Sims 2 or some thing and wait until a trial comes out (your opinion)?
13: Last question: Is it worth the money, from your aspect?
Thanks to all who have taken their time to read my post and hopfully answer my questions too. Hope LORTO is a good game for me. /Dadodil
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Question 1:
The monthly LOTRO subscription options (in U.S dollars) are as follows:
$14.99 per month
$41.85 per 3 months
$77.70 per 6 months
$143.40 per 12 months
Question 2:
Anticipated Retail Minimum Requirements:
Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 1.8 GHz or equivalent
Video: 64 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 3 or ATI® Radeon® 8500
DirectX: DirectX® 9.0c
OS: Windows® XP
RAM: 512 MB
Disk Space: 7 GB available
Internet: 56kbps Modem
Optical Drive: 2x DVD-ROM
Recommended System Requirements:
Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 2.8 GHz or equivalent
Video: 128 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® FX 6800 or ATI® Radeon® X850
DirectX: DirectX® 9.0c
OS: Windows® XP / Vista
RAM: 1 GB
Disk Space: 10 GB available
Internet: Broadband DSL/Cable
Optical Drive: 2x DVD-ROM
Question 3:
Vanguard is a beast. It's also loaded with bugs. Every review basically states that the game is still beta in every sense of the word. Combine high system req's with poor programming and you get massive issues. LOTR:O is stable from all I've seen.
Question 4:
There's a few bugs, mostly with quest resets and what not. Nothing insane like Vanguard though.
Question 5:
Never.
Question 6:
I don't have a detailed breakdown, but it really varies by server. People are still feeling out the roles in the game. Hunters and Champions appear to be popular, followed by Minstrels.
Question 7:
You can solo most quests. You can solo some storyline, but grouping is needed for some quests and most of the storyline missions.
Question 8:
Yes, for now.
Question 9:
The game is "small" for now. However, future expansions promise to open all of Middle Earth to us. Who knows, maybe they will go further and let you cross the Sea and visit the home of the elves. The information exists for a full world in Tolkien's vast information.
Question 10:
PvMP is probably my persona greatest disappointment with its scale. It is intended as a sidequest-type game. You are limited to one area, the Ettenmoors. You are granted an automatic level 50 monster, but they have only basic stats. No gear for monsters, you improve using Destiny Points, which are gained from Monster quests and from leveling your hero.
You can advance your monster to a point, then need to either kill heroes or take part in raids on hero strongholds.
http://www.lotro.com/article/313
That explains it more, but it's very limited. The large raids are fun, it feels more epic and like what I expected. But most of the time, one on one Monsters have a pretty heavy disadvantage versus players.
Question 11:
Every game comes with a buddy code, maybe someone will be nice enough to share one.
Question 12:
Buy it. It's a damn fine game.
Question 13:
I took Lifetime. Worth every penny in my opinion. 200 bucks and now I can play for the life of the game. As for the value for a monthly fee, not sure. That depends on your personal usage. It's made for the casual gamer, so if you are a hardcore raider you're going to be disappointed, for now. Personally I'd say it is.
The monthly LOTRO subscription options (in U.S dollars) are as follows:
$14.99 per month
$41.85 per 3 months
$77.70 per 6 months
$143.40 per 12 months
Question 2:
Anticipated Retail Minimum Requirements:
Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 1.8 GHz or equivalent
Video: 64 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 3 or ATI® Radeon® 8500
DirectX: DirectX® 9.0c
OS: Windows® XP
RAM: 512 MB
Disk Space: 7 GB available
Internet: 56kbps Modem
Optical Drive: 2x DVD-ROM
Recommended System Requirements:
Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 2.8 GHz or equivalent
Video: 128 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® FX 6800 or ATI® Radeon® X850
DirectX: DirectX® 9.0c
OS: Windows® XP / Vista
RAM: 1 GB
Disk Space: 10 GB available
Internet: Broadband DSL/Cable
Optical Drive: 2x DVD-ROM
Question 3:
Vanguard is a beast. It's also loaded with bugs. Every review basically states that the game is still beta in every sense of the word. Combine high system req's with poor programming and you get massive issues. LOTR:O is stable from all I've seen.
Question 4:
There's a few bugs, mostly with quest resets and what not. Nothing insane like Vanguard though.
Question 5:
Never.
Question 6:
I don't have a detailed breakdown, but it really varies by server. People are still feeling out the roles in the game. Hunters and Champions appear to be popular, followed by Minstrels.
Question 7:
You can solo most quests. You can solo some storyline, but grouping is needed for some quests and most of the storyline missions.
Question 8:
Yes, for now.
Question 9:
The game is "small" for now. However, future expansions promise to open all of Middle Earth to us. Who knows, maybe they will go further and let you cross the Sea and visit the home of the elves. The information exists for a full world in Tolkien's vast information.
Question 10:
PvMP is probably my persona greatest disappointment with its scale. It is intended as a sidequest-type game. You are limited to one area, the Ettenmoors. You are granted an automatic level 50 monster, but they have only basic stats. No gear for monsters, you improve using Destiny Points, which are gained from Monster quests and from leveling your hero.
You can advance your monster to a point, then need to either kill heroes or take part in raids on hero strongholds.
http://www.lotro.com/article/313
That explains it more, but it's very limited. The large raids are fun, it feels more epic and like what I expected. But most of the time, one on one Monsters have a pretty heavy disadvantage versus players.
Question 11:
Every game comes with a buddy code, maybe someone will be nice enough to share one.
Question 12:
Buy it. It's a damn fine game.
Question 13:
I took Lifetime. Worth every penny in my opinion. 200 bucks and now I can play for the life of the game. As for the value for a monthly fee, not sure. That depends on your personal usage. It's made for the casual gamer, so if you are a hardcore raider you're going to be disappointed, for now. Personally I'd say it is.
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2: Can my computer take it. And if it can, which grafic settings can i play it on. High, medium, low?
YOur 'puter is better than mine and I play on high.
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3: Is it rare that people run LOTRO good on their computers? I know in Vanguard that more then half of the community had computers that couldn't take the game so well.
No. And as big a hog as Vanguard is, the graphics aren't all that great IMHO. Everything pixellates to heck up close, and the character models are stiff and unnatural.
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4: Buggs? Is there any known buggs? Vanguard had many buggs becouse Sigil Games Online launched the game to early.
Very few. Vanguard is like the bug house at the zoo.
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5: Crashes? Does the game often crash for you?
Never
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6: Which classes are there most and less of? Like in wow there wore too many Hunters and too few Druids and Priests.
I have no opinion on this. As far as I can see it's balanced.
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7: Maby one of the importent things for me: Is the game soloable? I know Vanguard wasn't. Read above and you'll understand why.
Yes. There are many more group quests than WoW, but you don't have to do them. You will want to though.
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8: Highest lvl, 50 right?
Right.
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9: In how big area of the game can you play in (I'd like to compare it with wow if thats fine. For example: Vanguard was like the twice sice of Azeroth and Outland together). Can you go to places like Rohan, Minas Tirith or Mordor and Moria?
LOtRO has the smallest area of any MMO I've played, but they only have maybe 1/4th of the world shown in the main map in the books. Also, AFAIK there's nothing stopping them from going North, East and South to the areas that Tolkein only mentions in passing.
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10: I got questions about PVMP too.
I have no experience there.
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12: Shuld i buy this game now or just buy The Sims 2 or some thing and wait until a trial comes out (your opinion)?
13: Last question: Is it worth the money, from your aspect?
13: Last question: Is it worth the money, from your aspect?
Buy it, it's worth it. If you likw WoW and you like the books, then you'll like this.
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You can solo the game to lvl 50 but it becomes slow at some levels, like level 32 - 35 for exampel until you are ready for the new quests in the next zone.
So there are some checkpoints where you really should team some, altso there is a epic quest series, a quest followup that runs through the game with end movies after the harder quests...not necessary to do but you miss out on alot if you dont in my opinion.
The most intressting diffrence from WOW is all the ways you level.
Exept for normal level you altso kind off quest for all youre "talents" (<--Wow word) they are called "Traits" in this game.
You never loose XP here, and you get rested when you dont play (you dont have to log out in a crappy Inn either to get good rested).
The fighting and crafting is better than wow too.
There are way to few Lore-Masters and Loremaster is a really good class and Ministrels are always in demand, but if youre not much for teaming skipp the Ministrel.
Buy the game! If youre done with WOW this would be the perfect place to go.
So there are some checkpoints where you really should team some, altso there is a epic quest series, a quest followup that runs through the game with end movies after the harder quests...not necessary to do but you miss out on alot if you dont in my opinion.
The most intressting diffrence from WOW is all the ways you level.
Exept for normal level you altso kind off quest for all youre "talents" (<--Wow word) they are called "Traits" in this game.
You never loose XP here, and you get rested when you dont play (you dont have to log out in a crappy Inn either to get good rested).
The fighting and crafting is better than wow too.
There are way to few Lore-Masters and Loremaster is a really good class and Ministrels are always in demand, but if youre not much for teaming skipp the Ministrel.
Buy the game! If youre done with WOW this would be the perfect place to go.
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I jumped to LOTRO from Vanguard and have not regretted the decision by any means. The graphics are mind blowing in most areas, which your computer will handle just fine, and the game rocks. This is the BEST mmo game I have played and highly recommend you try it out. What I thought was kinda cool was that Turbine sent me an email with another buddy code and a link to download a trial version:
http://download.turbine.com/lotro/LOTRO_Buddy_Download.exe
http://download.turbine.com/lotro/LOTRO_Buddy_Download.exe
You might have a bit of slowdown with that 7300 GS. That is more a low-end card than medium. You can enjoy the game with it but if you turn most graphic-options to high it won't give you 30 fps all the way through Bree.
Also you might want to consider going from 1 Gb mem to 1.5 or even 2, but then again ; you should be able to play with 1 Gb just fine. It all depends on what you expect of a game. Lotro is a bit demanding if you want better than average graphics. You can however play it on a 512 Mb, Geforce 4xxx and 2 Ghz CPU from 2003.
Also you might want to consider going from 1 Gb mem to 1.5 or even 2, but then again ; you should be able to play with 1 Gb just fine. It all depends on what you expect of a game. Lotro is a bit demanding if you want better than average graphics. You can however play it on a 512 Mb, Geforce 4xxx and 2 Ghz CPU from 2003.
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