tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post4566175967036238009..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Back To The Shire?Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-6161496877273828372022-03-21T13:34:47.223+00:002022-03-21T13:34:47.223+00:00I actually had "140" as the cap in the o...I actually had "140" as the cap in the original draft because I'd seen someone mention it recently. Then I thought I'd better fact-check it. I looked at several different sources, including the wiki, and all of them said the cap was 130 so I changed it. Just goes to show how hard it is to get accurate, up-to-date information for live service games. I will now change it back! Thanks for pointing it out.<br /><br />I imagine my confusion over which servers you can play on from where goes back to the Codemasters era. They were definitely the company in charge when I made the account. The other account I have, which I don't use, is one I made a few years later and that's directly with Turbine. I guess there's no difference any more but the drop-down option on the login screen is something I don't remember noticing before so maybe it's new since the last time I played.<br /><br />I don't know if I'll find time to play all that much but I will at least see the new hobbit area and assuming it's of a level with the rest of the Shire I'll probably make a new character for that. I would like to get past the original game, too, at some point but I don't think I want to do it on my highest character, the Dwarven Guardian, even though he's in the forties. I suspect there are several more enjoyable classes to solo. Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-63472820577563561702022-03-21T11:56:11.925+00:002022-03-21T11:56:11.925+00:00All LOTRO servers are hosted in the US and players...All LOTRO servers are hosted in the US and players can create alts on any of them regardless of their own personal geographical location. Problems only occur when it comes to character transfers. There are historical differences between US and EU accounts due to Turbine and Codemasters running separate services in the past. Hence you cannot transfer an EU character to a US server and vice versa due to these esoteric database related issues. <br /><br />Laurelin, the EU English language RP server, is a good community and lots of non RP players roll alts there. However Landroval, its US equivalent, has a bigger population and hence a wealth of player created events. However, the time difference can skew the social aspect if you’re based in the UK.<br /><br />Levelling in LOTRO is quite a different beast nowadays. Yes, you can follow the story and do a lot of fetch quests but now there are Missions in many locations around Middle-earth. These scale and are available at level 20. Levelling to 30 is pretty easy these days and then you can pick and choose which zones you visit. Changes to the levelling curve in the original base game and then Mines of Moria means that you always seem to end up outgrowing an area, with content still to do. Oh and since the last expansion, the level cap is now 140.<br /><br />I suspect that there'll be an influx of new and returning players to LOTRO because of these changes in April and I find that seeing a healthy population in starter zones is always a good psychological boost when starting a new MMO or returning to one. I hope you do decide to give it another go because I’m sure it would provide you with a wealth of blogging material. It is always interesting to read someone’s new experience of something that you personally are quite au fait with.<br />Roger Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163008283296083781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-10056652327242923202022-03-20T19:15:19.175+00:002022-03-20T19:15:19.175+00:00I was wondering if they've changed the rules a...I was wondering if they've changed the rules about where you can play. I've always played on the EU-RP server, because an old EQ/EQII friend of ours was there when we started but I've always been under the impression that although the game isn't hard-locked, once you'd picked a region that account had to stick to it. I have a second LotRO account with a US server for that reason, although I never play it.<br /><br />When I logged in to take a few screenshots for this post, though, there was a drop-down list of all the servers for every region and you could just select any of them. I don't remember that being there before. I tested it with a US server on my regular account and it was happy for me to make characters there.<br /><br />Anyway, long answer to a short comment, but I guess now I can make characters on multiple servers, Landroval included, which is what I'll probably do, assumign I actually get around to doing it at all!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-10851243220577327072022-03-20T16:05:59.992+00:002022-03-20T16:05:59.992+00:00Come to Landroval if you can. Everyone is there.Come to Landroval if you can. Everyone is there.Atherenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773969634802702992noreply@blogger.com