Dorf Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Quote We are excited to announce a new way to experience The Lord of the Rings Online: Legendary Worlds! Relive the tales of Middle-earth, chapter by chapter, visiting iconic locations and adventuring with new friends - or reconnecting with old ones - on the path of Frodo, Gandalf, and the Fellowship of the Ring. Join us this fall on a Legendary World and make a fresh start with a brand new character; see Tolkien's bustling realm anew, whether for your first or fiftieth time. Initially, the Legendary World will begin at the very start of the game and run through Angmar, then open new regions and levels over time. Relive the legend: where everyone is here and the story is now. All that you need to know about this turd: Quote Do I need a subscription to play on the Legendary server? The Legendary server is available to VIP subscribers along with Lifetime VIP subscribers. Will I be able to access the LOTRO Store on the Legendary server? Yes, but some items may not be available until the Legendary server advances further in the Story / Level cap. Will there be Trait trees? Yes. Can I play a Rune-keeper, Warden, or Beorning? Yes. Can I play a High-elf? Yes. Is there PvMP on the Legendary server? There will be no PvMP available at launch. For me, this seems to be another desperate attempt to get more subscriptions and generate more store sales with minimum required effort. Link: https://www.lotro.com/en/legendary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doro Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Quote Will there be Trait trees? Yes. Dropped. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warspeech Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Not feeling it. I already have a stone of the tortoise. Some people are trying to spin it as "everyone leveling together OMG!" but you can start a leveling kin now and do the same thing. It's just the same old stuff (without PvMP), but you have to be VIP or Lifetime. Why bother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woeg Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Copying Rift and it didn't sound like it worked there either I had a good time in SOA but often was behind the curve on the epic story finding it difficult to find groups (even though I was in a kin I didn't want to but them to drag my alts through the Trollshaws one more time - lol) I don't remember it with all the rose colored glasses many seem to - it was good but not great - at least for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarantula Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 It's the perfect distractor from the U23 lootbox/key push and instance grind for gear. It's not even an original SoA copy of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowlock Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 It's not a SOA server. It's a LOTRO server that only goes up to SOA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amenhir Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 I think they misunderstood when some players said they wanted a classic server. I guess that's what happens when you supposedly "delete" the code for that stuff in one of your annual dumpster fires. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doro Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 5 hours ago, Amenhir said: I think they misunderstood when some players said they wanted a classic server. I guess that's what happens when you supposedly "delete" the code for that stuff in one of your annual dumpster fires. Well said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altreg01 Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 I was thinking about how I really wanted to grind all of my traits again. Christmas has come early!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmer_Blades Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 4 minutes ago, Altreg01 said: I was thinking about how I really wanted to grind all of my traits again. Christmas has come early!! You can buy those from the store. :-/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warspeech Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 It sounds like an experiment to see how much people starting out completely new with no alts to help them out will be willing to buy stuff in the store to ease the way. Giving them metrics on how to design things to make that decision even more attractive going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amenhir Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 What I'm looking forward to the most is the number of people that complain that it isn't vanilla lotro and it's just current lotro with a hard level cap. You know those types, the ones that take to the forums the day after a festival because they didn't get to spend their tokens as there was no warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarantula Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 26 minutes ago, Amenhir said: What I'm looking forward to the most is the number of people that complain that it isn't vanilla lotro and it's just current lotro with a hard level cap. You know those types, the ones that take to the forums the day after a festival because they didn't get to spend their tokens as there was no warning. You don't have to wait. There are too many people saying that already on the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almagnus1 Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 So instead of doing something that would help bring players back (like an x64 client), these clowns make a new server archetype? I guess if you're floundering, flounder twice as hard is an improvement - amirite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amenhir Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Tarantula said: You don't have to wait. There are too many people saying that already on the forums. I don't mean those people. I mean the ones that don't go to the forums and pony up the 15 bucks thinking they've found Lotropia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrabath Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 I love the idea, I don't think the execution is that good edit: I think it will be extremely unbalanced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almagnus1 Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 12 hours ago, Thrabath said: edit: I think it will be extremely unbalanced. What do you think the optimal class will be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altreg01 Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 On 10/24/2018 at 7:07 AM, Helmer_Blades said: You can buy those from the store. ? Supposedly "limited" store here on the not so classic server ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FundinStrongarm Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 4 hours ago, Almagnus1 said: What do you think the optimal class will be? Didn't someone auto-attack-only with a Champion with no deaths into the mid-40s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woeg Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Yep - he had a good write up here (imo) on how he did it and things he did and didn't do - can;t find it right now but I'll try to look for the thread tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almagnus1 Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 I have a feeling much content is going to be trivialized, at least until SSG nerfs things back into place. They might be doing this as a (very long overdue) rebalancing to attempt to streamline the stat system... but it's probably some way to jumpstart their financing IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doro Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 The biggest question for me is if you had to start all over again on a game, why start on a corpse like LotRO? The people who want to just faff about in low levels are already doing that. The people who want the original content won't get it. I doubt there are any actual raiders left, and even those have spent years getting their actual characters ready so wouldn't abandon them for a completely unconnected set. PvPers aren't included at all, not that current PvP works anyway. What few new players exist are being asked to pay when they can just get exactly the same game for free. And it's not exactly going to bring any old players back because the majority of old players gave up and stopped reading about the game years ago. I can't place the motive behind this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhoris Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Strange they have decided now is the time to roll this out when, especially as U23 further broke the low level difficulty such that L50s can now solo Uru/CD. Also strange that this completely came 'out of the blue' without really being hinted at any point. If I was really cynical I'd say that perhaps the legacy server 'perpetual rotation' system is one of the ways SSG intends to maximise profits from store sales once the game goes in to full maintenance mode i.e no further content to be added. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrabath Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 Yeah, but I think they need to do a shitload of rebalancing. I maybe will try it, I was already considering starting a new character, and now there is a small chance there is balance in lower-lvl-content, but since I'm a lifer, they won't get any money from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papi Posted October 26, 2018 Report Share Posted October 26, 2018 14 hours ago, Doro said: I can't place the motive behind this. It's clear they are doing this for the extra $$. Maybe the loot-boxes aren't bringing enough revenue in. Plus, it's being done on the cheap. The CM did a livestream and confirmed it's literally a copy and paste from what we see now on the live servers, just with a server forced level cap. There is nothing "classic", "legendary" or "prime" about this. It's a typical Turbine/SSG move. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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