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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[New developer making plans for Lord of the Rings Online's PvMP]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/new-developer-making-plans-for-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-pvmp/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/new-developer-making-plans-for-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-pvmp/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/new-developer-making-plans-for-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-pvmp/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/lord-of-the-rings-online/" rel="tag">Lord of the Rings Online</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/game-mechanics/" rel="tag">Game Mechanics</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/pvp/" rel="tag">PvP</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News Items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-Play</a></p><div style="text-align: center;">
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PvP in <a href="http://www.lotro.com"><em>Lord of the Rings Online</em></a> has always been a sticky issue, with players taking the roles of monsters that always felt a bit underrepresented. But if you've always been a fan of smashing player-controlled spiders or playing one yourself, you'll be happy to see that there's a new developer in town taking aim at the PvMP portion of the game. <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Kelsan/">Kelsan</a>'s inaugural post included <a href="http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&amp;postid=5325060#post5325060">a call for feedback and a broad PvMP manifesto</a> outlining the overall design goals for the play mode.<br />
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One of the major areas being examined is the matter of rewards -- both factions are fighting for different rewards and different levels of commitment, which creates a disconnect in play. Kelsan and <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/Orion/">Orion</a> both want to re-evaluate what players receive from zone control and taking part in PvMP, hopefully creating an environment where more players can get into the conflict. As one would expect, revisions are also being focused on a balancing of skills and abilities to help level the playing field. <em><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/Lord-of-the-Rings-Online/">Lord of the Rings Online</a></em> players should <a href="http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.php?&amp;postid=5325060#post5325060">take a look at the full manifesto</a> and offer any and all constructive feedback possible.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/new-developer-making-plans-for-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-pvmp/">New developer making plans for Lord of the Rings Online's PvMP</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://legal.aol.com/terms-of-service/full-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/new-developer-making-plans-for-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-pvmp/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19912316/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/04/13/new-developer-making-plans-for-lord-of-the-rings-onlines-pvmp/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>balance</category><category>balance-goals</category><category>developer</category><category>developers</category><category>f2p</category><category>free-to-play</category><category>kelsan</category><category>lord-of-the-rings-online</category><category>lotro</category><category>manifesto</category><category>new-developer</category><category>new-staff</category><category>Orion</category><category>pvmp</category><category>pvp</category><category>staff</category><category>turbine</category><category>turbine-entertainment</category><category>upcoming-changes</category><category>warner-bros</category><category>warner-brothers</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Lefebvre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>