Lord of the Rings Online now FREE to play

[Tach Deneva]

http://www.lotro.com/betasignup/

Well then. How about that.

[PanzerMeyer]

I wonder why its free now?

[Tach Deneva]

Dunno. I thought they were doing pretty good. But as I understand it that D&D Online game kinda picked up after it went Free, so - who knows.

[Softball]

Are you serious? WOW! I may have to revisit LOTRO. Can we use our old accounts?

[PanzerMeyer]

Dunno. I thought they were doing pretty good. But as I understand it that D&D Online game kinda picked up after it went Free, so - who knows.

So if these MMO's go free I guess they only make money from the sales of the actual game and maybe some advertising that is shown on the servers.

Them going free tells me though that the subscriber base was less than they had hoped for.

[Tach Deneva]

Are you serious? WOW! I may have to revisit LOTRO. Can we use our old accounts?

http://www.lotro.com/betasignup/vipchart.html

Guess so.

[Hammer]

so is it decent? how does it compare to our NWN2 free server?

[Softball]

LOTRO is pretty in depth, LOTS to do for sure. It's certainly worth trying out if you've never played it and like LOTR. You can't beat free.

[Hammer]

but you still have to buy the game itself, right?

[Tach Deneva]

I believe so, yes.

[Softball]

No, when the free part is released, it will be a free DL.

EDIT: This was taken from the top of the VIPCHART: When LOTRO Free-to-Play is available, you can download the game for free and start playing without a subscription or even a credit card.

[Tach Deneva]

In the immortal words of Mick Jagger, "Well, all right!"

Here be ye some Screenshottes:

On the Great East Road

Did you hear something?

Rivendell - showing the User Interface

Hmm, bet there are some big bass out there.

[Hammer]

so when will it be released? by the topic title, i thought it already was. is it somewhat limited like D&D Online?

[Tach Deneva]

LOTRO launched in spring of 2007. I was there.

Not sure when it will make the conversion to F2P, but I posted a link earlier in this thread -

http://www.lotro.com/betasignup/vipchart.html

- that shows the differences between the VIP, PREMIUM PLAYER, and FREE PLAYER tiers. Doesn't seem like the Free Play limitations will be too onerous, and of course you will be able to purchase various upgrades if you so desire. I would definitely have to have more than one character slot.

[Tach Deneva]

Looks like the F2P is coming sometime this Fall.

[Hammer]

meh - u guys are way to early with this news then, eh?