tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-756065749437216748.post7314060591590653131..comments2023-03-27T08:08:54.460-07:00Comments on The Middle-Earth Adventurer: Developer Q&A Part 2Jaxom92http://www.blogger.com/profile/17264802321534830379noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-756065749437216748.post-12909186184098529192009-10-18T10:55:24.708-07:002009-10-18T10:55:24.708-07:00Yeah, Forochel is a big zone, but the content is q...Yeah, Forochel is a big zone, but the content is quite sparse and spread out within it. Mirkwood seems quite congested, and with 5 extra levels to gain, it needs to have quite a lot of content. Of course, they may be expecting us to gain some of that XP in skirmishes.<br /><br />A couple of other things to consider:<br /><br />Moria was the first area to fully leverage the new tech to support multiple height landscapes. Some areas of Mirkwood could potentially have a lot more up and down than the older landscape zones did.<br /><br />Also, as far as I know, we don't know quite how many skirmish instances are going to be introduced. We could be looking at quite a lot of new content there, albeit non-traditional content.unwizehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022166293890196170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-756065749437216748.post-24052102134642725702009-10-18T09:57:44.853-07:002009-10-18T09:57:44.853-07:00I think you are both right, they are going away fr...I think you are both right, they are going away from subscriptions and might offer *optional* lifetime subs for less/little money in future.<br /><br />But at the price that we will have to pay say 5 bucks for every new feature in future.<br /><br />I am a bit scared that innovation in the MMO market, and especially at Turbine at the moment, seems mostly to evolve around finding new creative payment schemes, aka how to make people pay more money and still feel good, because the game is free to play... :PLongaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315739202508784897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-756065749437216748.post-39585381497311646702009-10-18T07:30:04.442-07:002009-10-18T07:30:04.442-07:00Forochel is about the same size as ND. I'm not...Forochel is about the same size as ND. I'm not too keen on the way they marketed the Siege of Mirkwood either. It does border on a "microtransaction" simply by the type of content they're asking us to pay for, but it's not really a microtransaction at 20 bucks. I honestly think it was to use the word "free" in their advertising, but it completely convoluted the process. Just let us pay for the expansion - 20 bucks, and be done with it. Maybe 5 extra for the Adventure Pack, but even that is unecessary. Just included it in SoM.Jaxom92https://www.blogger.com/profile/17264802321534830379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-756065749437216748.post-66268388593140479752009-10-18T06:17:49.974-07:002009-10-18T06:17:49.974-07:00"A little disappointed in the size, but oh we..."A little disappointed in the size, but oh well. I guess I'm just partial to a grand experience in size and scope of Middle-Earth."<br /><br />More to the point, how does Foroschel compare in size to the North Downs? The map they showed at PAX with all the auto-horse points made Mirkwood look almost as large as Moria. Now they're saying that it's going to be smaller than a zone that was previously included in a non-paid book update. <br /><br />The more I hear about this expansion - the actual amount of new content, the fact that they're basically not charging current subscribers, the $20 fee for 2 character slots and a shared bank feature that would be included in the base subscription in any other game - the more it sounds like they've already made the call to move LOTRO to the DDO model without A) announcing it or B) removing the fee.Green Armadillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.com