Well, you sort of can. If you're a subscriber you can play PvMP (or Player VS Monster Player). For some reason it's not a feature Turbine is planning to sell piece meal like many of the other features, but in PvMP you can play as Sauron's forces against players with their regular player characters in a large battlefield (The Ettenmoors) separate from the normal game world.Free Thinker said:
Yeah, it was pretty cool, but I never really tried it when I played the game before. Maybe it was because the Ettenmoors was pretty quiet on the server I was on.StriderShinryu said:
It's very much in the WoW style, just without the cartoony graphics and with a much bigger focus on the lore and the storyline. I'd love to say it's totally different than any other MMO out there (rawr!!!1!) but it's really not outside of the setting and attention to detail. Oh, and the community in LOTRO is widely recognized as one of the best you'll ever find so even if the gameplay doesn't excite you are going to be dealing with a much friendlier and more mature crowd than you'll find elsewhere.DustyDrB said:
Turbine are planning some upgrades to the Moors in the near future, though they haven't given any real details yet. They've also said they are working on some way to get it more stable for very large groups of players (which is the reason they've given for not allowing Free players free access). Right now, though, I would say the Moors are probably relatively slow on every server outside of the hardcore PvMP groups. Get in with them, though, and you're golden.AlternatePFG said:
That list of stuff looks like free players get crap, but I feel like I am playing a fully fleshed out game on the free account. They just want to scare you into paying XD-Samurai- said:
It said that to me, too, but it never prompted me to type it in. Don't worry about it. I think you need it if you're using a paid account but not for a free one.voetballeeuw said:
One thing to keep in mind is that while Free players do start out with very little in terms of perks, all you have to do to move up to the next tier of service is spend at least a little money on the game. A one month subscription for $15 or, even cheaper, a $6 purchase of Turbine Points (or whatever the minimum point stack you can purchase costs) bumps your account up to Premium level permanently. Just being at Premium gives you a higher gold cap, more character slots, swift travel access, etc.AstylahAthrys said:
