question for end game players..Follow

honest question, my opinions about what they did or didnt do right with this game i will try to phrase this as unbias as possible

does the game get complex at endgame?

my question in entirety is, so far the game has been very simple and extremely cookie cutter, so far the biggest challange has been the question of finding groups for fellowship quests or to just put it off until later when maybe it wont be such a time sink to find a group for quest "X" cause it has an item i really want. im 6 days into my trial account and lvl 25 (say what you want about my play time but im not actually putting alot of time into the game) money seems to be a no brainer, crafting is -meh- at best with alot of the crafting seeming to be no better and with higher lvl reqs than many fellowship quests out there. the graphics are nice but it seems that the game is very middle of the road at best, it seems more like something i would expect from a console game rather than a top of the line MMO. i found a great guild, but im very dissapointed with the game so far. perfect example is a typical elite boss thus far is a snore fest fight and to try and spice it up they just throw in some adds.

or am i missing something? it just feels really dumbed down.

so does the game get more complex at endgame or is this really it? i know theres some raiding to do, which is why i havent thrown in the towel yet. as i would like to see what thats like but the more i play the more i have a feeling the raids are going to be pretty straight forward.

sorry for the **insert whitty putdown remark here**fest

just wondering what the game still has under its sleeve if anything thanks!!!

MFC

I think you're missing two somethings.

First of all, the fact that you reached lvl 25 in less than a week tells me that you are in a race to level instead of taking time to experience the content.

In this game, a high body count is not the intended path to nirvana. You can take that road if you choose (it is, after all, your 15 bucks a month), but the game is about becoming immersed in the world of JRR Tolkien so turning it into a frag fest is (IMHO) missing the point.

In contrast to you, I've been working on my main character since the first day of open beta (about two months ago now) and I am currently at lvl 29. I have several alts but only of them is lvl 25, the rest are in their mid teens or less.

Last night, for example, I spent several hours in the Shire talking to NPCs and looking for materials to help one of them create some fireworks. At one point, I spent more than a half hour touring Bag End (the home of Bilbo & Frodo Baggins). I just wandered around their house, taking in the details... even sitting (for a few minutes) in a chair in front of the fire. I found it engaging, entertaining and totally involving. I hardly earned any XP and never killed a single mob but I had FUN! (at the very end of the session I did kill 8 wolves but that was a different quest)

The second thing you're missing is that the game is not intended as a vehicle for hard core gamers. It was developed with casual players in mind. It was designed to be played by people who do not want to spend every waking moment grinding out mobs and inching their character towards the level cap.

In fact, there really is no end game at this time. We don't have any raid content at all, (We'll get a single raid instance in June) and frankly, I don't think anyone is particularily worried about it.

I think that the people who are enjoying this game most are doing so because they are being afforded the opportunity to live in Tolkien's world.

Admittedly, it's not for everyone. I think that in this game, either you get it or you don't... if you don't, no harm - no foul... but maybe your time (and money) would be better spent in Warhammer or Age of Connan. Wherever you choose to go, I wish you good fortune.

...that made me bust a gut /rate up

Anyway yeah, this 'world' is more geared towards fantasy players, as of now the End Game is pvp raids, and if your into that sort of thing then there's quite a bit of that, but I myself am under the impression that turbine wants LOTR to be a true adventure, where you focus on having fun and not having the [Omega Sword of Doom] to walk around and ks a bunch of freeps.

It's actually why I left EQ for this game, I don't enjoy the 'elite' players, or thier guilds...but I did feel rather gimp at time compared to other people of the same class. I read once on a forum "When a game feels like its a job, its time to quit the game"...and that was the case.

LOTR is simply fun. Sure in a sense its easy...but that's the kind of thing that allows a person to get hooked on it...you can log in for 2 hours a day, and do alot of things even solo, where like in EQ you log in and you sit at keyboard for 2+ hours with lfg on...just hoping that someone sees you.

Also, the upcoming content update in June is providing at least one raid-level 'dungeon'. For some reason I thought there was another already in the game but, at level 35, I wouldn't know for sure.