Saturday, October 24, 2009

Lord of the Rings Online, Level 48


Here is Lemmariel. She's older than the others. Cause she's an Elf of Middle-Earth. Oh look, I leveled!

I'd burnt myself out on LOTRO the past few weeks, but it has the advantage over Fallen Earth and Aion in that it doesn't crash. Honestly, though it's not new and exciting, it has a lot of advnatges. The world is beautiful, not just in how it's rendered but in its design. Whether because of the visuals or the association with long-novels, Middle-Earth feels like an ideal place in which to Have Adventures.

I'm not sure why the tank-damage-healing trinity was chosen for an MMO implementation of Middle Earth, other than wanting it to be as accessible as possible for WoW enthusiasts. It's not a natural fit. Lemmariel here is a Runekeeper, and while they do their best to justify it in game, she does an awful lot of magic or things-like-magic for just a regular old elf.

Here we're in Forochel. I have no memory of this place from the books, but it's cold. Lemmariel and a couple friends - a Man Champion and a Hobbit Hunter - have been saving the cold people from yetis and particularly mean elk.

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