It's the end of one world... and the beginning of another. Or at least that's how it feels for many Lord of the Rings Online players in Europe this week as Codemasters hands the operational baton over to Turbine. Codemasters devs and GMs gave their best wishes to the LotRO players they watched over these past few years with a huge "thank you" notice on the site.
Once the transfer is complete, all LotRO players will fall under Turbine's global service umbrella. As part of the move, Turbine is offering EU players a limited-time chance to sign up for a year's worth of VIP status (which includes 500 Turbine Points a month) for £79.99 (or approximately $131.94).
Currently the game is down for European players until the process is complete, which Turbine estimates will take between two to three days. Details about the account transfers can be read in the LotRO EU Account Migration FAQ.
Reader Comments (11)
Posted: May 31st 2011 11:35AM ElfLove said
I wish I could get this MMO to work on my computer. >_< I dunno what it is but it hates my configuration and windows XP pro. :(
Posted: May 31st 2011 11:45AM (Unverified) said
A year's worth of VIP for $131? Since they're all under unified management now, I'm surprised they just can't get the same $10 a month VIP by signing up in three month increments, rather than having to pay a little more per month and be locked in to a whole year.
Posted: May 31st 2011 12:06PM dudes said
The beginning of the Fourth Age.
Posted: May 31st 2011 1:02PM Budukahn said
And so the time of worry comes at last. Two or three days I'd be glad with, but the skeptic in me says don't be so sure.
Hopefully it'll be quick. I haven't bothered playing since this was announced feeling the game was pretty much scaling down until the move was over with.
Hopefully it'll be quick. I haven't bothered playing since this was announced feeling the game was pretty much scaling down until the move was over with.
Posted: May 31st 2011 2:05PM NeoWolfen said
I just hope the migration once ready is painless. Last thing I want is having to pull teeth in order to play again.
That worry aside however I see this as a positive move, and it will be nice to get the patches at the same time as our US partners for a change instead of weeks after.
That worry aside however I see this as a positive move, and it will be nice to get the patches at the same time as our US partners for a change instead of weeks after.
Posted: May 31st 2011 5:19PM NeoWolfen said
@(Unverified) I cannot attest to the populations of the other EU servers but as poster @Lenn noted Laurelin the EU RP server on which I played was always very busy throughout.
Codemasters always treated us very well for the most part and remained a visible presence on thier forums for example throughout the entire 4 years. They never pushed it under the rug as you say, but they certainly werent quite as active as turbine is, but then i guess that was largely due to the nature of thier agreement with Turbine and the way it worked.
It has been a good four years so far, and hopefully with us being reconnected to the source (turbine) it will make playing for many more one of continued ease.
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Codemasters always treated us very well for the most part and remained a visible presence on thier forums for example throughout the entire 4 years. They never pushed it under the rug as you say, but they certainly werent quite as active as turbine is, but then i guess that was largely due to the nature of thier agreement with Turbine and the way it worked.
It has been a good four years so far, and hopefully with us being reconnected to the source (turbine) it will make playing for many more one of continued ease.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 1:18AM Zuljundwumn said
Well, if it means the end of cheap translations and voiceovers for the french client, I welcome you with open arms turbine.
Posted: Jun 1st 2011 6:01AM Zethe said
I liked the game and loved the warden(one of best classes i've ever played) but towards the end it just seemed like a complete grind, worse than the dreaded aion.







