Old thread I know, but I only just heard they even had a game. As someone who is more than a tad obsessed with LOTR, (I once watched all 3 extended editions on a single Saturday.) I thought I'd at least take a look at the site. All I can say is WOW!:psmiley27: The screenshots are amazing! The graphics there look to be to Pirates Online what Pirates is to Pixie Hollow. I didn't even know they did graphics like that for games!

I'm wondering though, how close really is it to the movies? And, more important to me anyway, how do you interact with the other players? I love the interaction in Pirates, and the many ways you can chat there. If you can't talk like that no matter how cool the game looks, no matter how great the story and game play are, if you can't chat it's no good.

I guess what I'm asking is, is it worth it?

I played the free trial. Great game!

I LOVE Lotro....have been playing for more than a year now. Have a 65, 60, and 58. :D They just had a free content update. Oh and a few months ago they added Mirkwood to the game, can fight one of the lesser Nazguls now! :P

Old thread I know, but Lotro just went "free to play" to all on September 10th 2010, I downloaded all the stuff ( took awhile) and tried to set up account but cannot seem to get it to work. Twice the turbine website was doing maintance and other times the site seemed to freeze up or not redirect. Anyone else having problems? Is the volume to high for them to handle?

Oooooohhhh!! Dude it went free?!!! I think it's time to go try this puppy out!

Edit. Uh, boy is this gonna take a while! I went with the high res since I figured the new lappy could handle it. 10,448 MB. Um, WHOA!! Gonna take almost 2 hours even on my brand new puter.

I got in last night finally. I think it was the high volume due going free on September 10th. There was a notice on the site about all worlds being open now and sorry for any inconvience. Graphics beautiful, lots of options maybe a fun diversion when potco updates are slow in coming.

Ironic that I finally get another game and Raven's Cove comes out on test. :laughks2:

Since lotro seems very story quest driven and I do not like questing alot, I see myself slowly leveling up there.

Love it, played F2P beta, my char was a 22-ish Warden. I played it for the nostalgia and the graphics. It's BEAUTIFUL! Quests relate to the story in the Trilogy. WONDERFUL! And Free to Play too!

After spending almost two hours to download it there was an error in the installer. Further, it was right after that Pirates went totally wrong on me. I have uninstalled LOTR and I will NEVER try again. I just wish I could get Pirates back up now....

Ooh, poor JM.

I think the Mouse doesn't care for us checking out other games. Still can't get back in pirates.

i downloaded the trail but didn't work and my pc is slow and i cant even remove it from control panel =S

Also did the LOTRO F2P Beta, really enjoyed it. Highly recommended.

Ok I was interested in this game, for I am also addicted to online disney games such a s Toontown and now POTC. So I went to look up this lord of the rings game for ive loved this story since my Dad first brought me the cartoon version when I was about 10. Which was well a long time ago. Its says free to play all over the site so go and enjoy. im downloading it now but not sure I will start playing just yet. .....

I have a free account on the game. It's a great game, but I think it made Pirates even slower than it was before I downloaded it! I don't play Pirates that much anymore anyway, so it doesn't really bother me that it is slow. But if you love PiratesOnline still, I would recommend you wait until you get tired of Pirates.... unless you have a super computer.

Just got free the other day, probably wont upgrade because i do wow and potco. Great game though.