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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 3:30PM GenericPerson said

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Now, I'm not a well versed Middle-Earth aficionado or anything but wasn't Smaug the last of the dragons?

Posted: Feb 18th 2010 3:33PM Boruk said

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yep, this would make these Dragon-Kin

Posted: Feb 18th 2010 4:16PM (Unverified) said

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Glad to see they're still just taking a giant dump on the Lord of the Rings lore. Should have just stuck with Middle Earth Online Turbine, instead of this weird bastardization.

Posted: Feb 18th 2010 4:23PM GenericPerson said

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Say what you will, its still one of the better MMO's available on the market right now.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 4:24PM Wisdomandlore said

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Actually, Tolkien said Smaug was the last great dragon. He did not rule out the possibility of lesser dragons, or dragon-kin. It's not a dump on the lore.

Posted: Feb 18th 2010 4:35PM Fauzty said

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Wisdomandlor is correct. Smaug was the last of the great dragons, but other dragons have been referenced (Fall of Gondolin comes to mind)

Posted: Feb 18th 2010 6:10PM Cinnamoon said

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Definitely not a dump on the lore. I think Turbine's done a great job being reasonably faithful to the lore (they worship Tolkien!) while still making a game people actually want to, you know, play.

But then there will always be people who think Peter Jackson "ruined" the trilogy, too, but not following it verbatim, even when the original is rather bad. The end result was a movie people wanted to, you know, watch.

Posted: Feb 18th 2010 7:22PM Wensbane said

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If you wanna see some serious lore "dumping", forget about the dragons and/or the dragon-kin. Just head on over to the Foundations of Stone, in Moria, and have yourself a good laugh.

"They worship Tolkien!"
Yes... I'm sure they do. *chuckles*
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 7:31PM MrGutts said

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Turbine also has to get approval from Tolkien Enterprises to add major content like this. This is one reason why the monster play has not been expanded,Tolkien does not like it.
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Posted: Feb 18th 2010 7:53PM wjowski said

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If it makes the game more fun the lore can go hang.

Posted: Feb 18th 2010 8:09PM (Unverified) said

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Technically, its a drake in the picture. A big one, too!

--Harperella

Posted: Feb 19th 2010 2:26AM (Unverified) said

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Negative criticism of article in-bound.

What a stupid headline for a story. I'm sorry -- news snippet? If you can even call it that. If you are going to post something about a game such as LotRO that is heavily lore-based and lore-driven, at least select an author who is knowledgeable enough to comment intelligently about it.

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