Thoughts, a month after release...

OohhoO · Post by **OohhoO** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:28 pm

I wub you Xest will you have my babies?

:wub:

Post by **Xest** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:34 pm

No I want someone who can PvP so my kids can pwn online and be internet heroes

OohhoO · Post by **OohhoO** » Fri May 25, 2007 5:35 pm

Post by **Lieva** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:06 pm

Xest wrote:No I want someone who can PvP so my kids can pwn online and be internet heroes

but the first time we get an EM pulse the internet will be wiped and your kids forgot!!
give them a better future!

Gandelf · Post by **Gandelf** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:06 pm

PvP only serves to foster an attitude of elitism, where you are shunned by groups because you don't have the best armour or weaponry. PvP is also the most boring form of play... killing other players... that's all there really is. If you get to the highest level, all you do is survive longer and kill other players more quickly. No end game at all, just mind-numbing, repetitive and pointless killing.

At least with PvE you get to do some interesting and absorbing quests and the game developers are always bringing out new quests to keep you interested. PvE is far superior to PvP any day and anyone who argues otherwise seriously needs a brain transplant.

OohhoO · Post by **OohhoO** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:09 pm

Thank you Nana
I'm offering physical beauty & strength
Intellectual l33tness
& the soul of a Buddha
what is a quick gank compared to that!?!

OohhoO · Post by **OohhoO** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:56 pm

login problems again
*sigh*

Post by **Xest** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:12 pm

tbh, if there's an EM pulse you wont be going outside either though due to all the radiation from the nuclear blast that caused it

It's really not feasible to create an EM pulse without a nuke right now or any time soon!

Gandelf, so to sum up your arguments so far:
- Please please please play LotR, I wasted so much on a lifetime subscription and really really want people to play it so that I can pretend to myself I didn't make an extremely stupid decision.
- The graphics in LotR are the best in the world ever, well actually they're mediocre but I wont tell you that or admit it to myself because I want to pretend that shiny new PC I bought isn't being wasted on a graphically dated game.
- I suck hard at PvP, so I've decided that it sucks, even though AI can never ever produce the same type of exciting experience that is different every time you play as opposed to the dull, repetitive, skilless AI that only PvE can provide.

What would you do without a translator to translate your nonsensical posts into a way people can actually understand better!

PvP is ever changing because no battle will ever be the same, the only downside being of course that some people have to be the losers when it comes to PvP because no two people are equally skilled either - someone's gotta come last, sucks for you but certainly doesn't mean it sucks for everyone else! Giving up and writing it off of course just means you'll always be that person. PvE is fundamentally flawed in that dynamic systems don't work well enough yet and that it takes far longer to develop and test PvE content than it does the players to complete it (or give up because it's impossibly hard), therefore, a PvE MMO is inevitably going to end up being boring, something a PvP-containing MMO needn't suffer from. A PvE MMO like LotR is running on borrowed time, that is, the headstart the developers have on creating content before the players got their hands on it.

OohhoO · Post by **OohhoO** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:21 pm

so now you've posted the disadvantages of PvP what about the advantages?

I don't see any above that I personally consider as advantages.

Which might be why 80%+ of LotRo players want no PvP at all.

Alternatively they might just be too mature to get any enjoyment from senseless ganking & winding other players up.

OohhoO · Post by **OohhoO** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:33 pm

Q: Dear Auntie Martha, I like to gank & grief other players. Is this normal?

A: Yes, this is a perfectly normal part of the process of growing up & learning to assert yourself, and there are 3 possibilities which might help you:-
1) Wait until you are mature enough to grow out of it (this normally occurs naturally between 30 & 40).
2) Play some immature PvP game with the other kiddies & artificially inflate your E-Peen until someone better deflates it.
3) Get some professional help because you obviously have either a testosterone imbalance or a serious insecurity in your E-Peen development.
I hope this helps.