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Posted: Sep 29th 2009 8:50PM TheJackman said

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I like that Turbine is still working hard on this game and I like that they offer life time playtime for only $200!
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 12:49PM JaySpeed said

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You can still track resources on horseback. You need to dismount to harvest the resources obviously but you can still zoom all over the place tracking them.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 4:24PM JaySpeed said

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Meant to reply to wisdomandlore's post. Opps.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 12:24AM (Unverified) said

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Am I the only one who feels a bit underwhelmed by many of these answers?

"Q: Will we be seeing any improvements to the mail system, like multiple attachments?
A: While we do not have plans to add multiple attachments at this time we are adding a new feature to the mail system!

Mail dropdown: When typing into the "To:" field while composing mail, you will now get an auto-complete box..."

Congratulations! You're adding a feature that's been default in most modern MMOs in recent memory! I know it took a while for WoW and likely many other games to add multiple mail slots (though why is beyond me) but at least in the case of WoW, player-made plug-ins were available to fill the gap. Which is why I'm baffled as to why LoTRO is so staunchly against it when it worked so well for WoW.

"Q: Is riding a horse going to become a toggle skill in Siege of Mirkwood? If so, can we use the track resource toggle skills at the same time?
A: The ability to use resource tracking skills while mounted is just one of many changes"

Again, why wasn't it like this from the beginning?

"Q: Why was the decision made to go the route of radiance gating? Were there other options on the table other than gear? Couldn’t it be placed on a trait?
A: The team wanted a means of gating content behind a progressively difficult barrier that could be overcome."

Oh God, LoTRO, why must you gate your content? Bad, LoTRO, bad!

I dunno. LoTRO is a good game, and it makes me VERY happy that they're looking at the sluggishness of the combat system, but at the same time, it kind of bothers me that there are things like the multiple mail slots that should have been in by default and that they're still refusing to put in. I understand not everything will be there at the onset, but if people request it, and it's a reasonable request, why not? I don't get it.

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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 12:27AM JaySpeed said

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These Q&A's weren't that great but they just released some dev diaries today with more info on the horse revamp, skirmishes, and shared storage.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 9:12AM Wisdomandlore said

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Actually, resource tracking while mounted was in the game originally (up to the first update after launch I believe, certainly in beta). They took it out because at the time, 1) Horses were actually expensive to obtain, and most people didn't have them, 2) Resources were actually worth something, and 3) People on horses could zoom around and monopolize the resources on the map since they could track it while mounting.

However, that was 2 and a half years ago. There's no reason why it shouldn't have been reinstated since then.
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Posted: Sep 30th 2009 6:50AM Wensbane said

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Radiance gating stays, eh? No LotRO for me, then...
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