LotRO producer's letter hints at new "Task" system and more for the future

You -can- zoom through in a few hours, but the goal is ultimately to make an impression on new players like myself, who have been playing for nearly 10 hours and are still only level 14.

Taking your time in this game appears to be key! Perhaps not so for vets who have done it before, but at least it'll be something new for your alts!

-Birk

Birk is right. Especially with all the free TP to acquire, I've spent more time leveling up on one toon now than I have any other. The extra reward for doing so I find to be a great impetus to play. I have no idea what these "Tasks" are going to be, but the more content, the better. Of course, like DDO after it went F2P, there was a period where they had to ramp up the beginning levels to entice players to stay and pay for it instead of leaving, and its only been recently that they're going back to adding content for higher levels again. Hopefully LotRO doesn't fall into that same trap of newbie appeasement. But, by not having releases always be with a full book, they can focus on other improvements and focus solely on them. Then, focus on the books when they want to.

I say good for Turbine. My life has changed recently and having a subbed game just isn't a value for me with my gaming time at a premium. With LotRO F2P, and GW non-sub as well, I can game when I have the time, throw some bucks their way, and not have to worry about if I don't play in a week that I'm not getting my money's worth, and both are very high quality games. At this rate, I don't know if I'll ever go back to a sub.

It's not the 20s that is the problem. 30 to 50 (well, 46-47) this game pretty much slows down to a crawl.

Hopefully Turbine addresses this.

I sincerely doubt the Epic Story will fall by the way-side as it is one of the defining traits of the game, separating it from so many others out there. This just sounds like it gives them the flexibility to offer updates like class overhauls without having to tie them to content updates as well.

Considering that development in Lotr:O was hampered by trying to revive DDO I'm sure this is a way for them to say that they are still resource strapped and are having to prioritize updates. If F2P continues to be a revenue generator then that will likely improve with time. If not, then there's really nothing that could have saved the situation. I suspect the former rather than the latter will happen.

Ta,

It's just you.

Instead of not being able to see these areas, therefore not allowing them to do the epic quest line through them, they're letting F2Pers access these zones for the epic quests. They can't do regular quests or deeds there, but they'll be able to see them. Think of it like a demo of the zone.

So: it's you.