Trial

sime · Post by **sime** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:54 am

I'm ok on everything except processor speed. I believe mine is a 1.73 GHz.

Well, we'll see how it goes.

The estimate of about 6.25 hours to download seems to be holding accurate. Still on that pace, though I imagine I'll be in bed when it's complete in about 2 hours.

rosencrantz · Post by **rosencrantz** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:11 pm

Honestly on the proc speed it looks like they're recommending single core speeds, not dual core, if you have a dual core that is. This whole "core-wars" thing has sure made game requirements more interesting.

sime · Post by **sime** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:28 am

So after the 6 hour download, when I go to run the game, it takes another 1.5 hours to upadate the launcher and to 'patch' (I guess).

I never liked the SWG launcher thing, and I don't like this one either.

I'd rather just do a 2 hour patch every few months, like Blizzard does, than a 10 minute to ??? minute wait every time you click on the game launcher like SWG did. Maybe this was just the initial install of the game patch, though. If so, that's cool. If not, well, when I click the button to play my game, I would like to play my game within an hour of clicking, please.

The interface seems kinda klunky, but I guess it just takes getting used to. Gotta reassign my keys and all as well.

I made a Guardian (Brookewyn) on the Vilya server.

I'm not busting on the game but it seems generally 'more of the same'. My g/f walked in the room and said "It looks just like your other game".

Granted it's LOTR, so that is cool right there, so I'll play the 10 days and give 'er a try.

Thought MTS mentioned something about all classes having healing skills ?

Though I may have misread or misunderstood that.

Didn't seem to have a problem with lag or anything.

mts · Post by **mts** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:35 am

not all classes have healing skills. just that *more* classes have some form of healing. and groups without a minstrel can still figure out a way to get the job done. most of the "healing" is in the form of quick regeneration and such. unlike wow, lotro has a bit of in-combat regeneration.

mts · Post by **mts** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 4:56 am

oh and the launcher... yeah.... you just happened to get the game as a brand new patch arrived. most of the time it just checks for new patches and doesn't really do anything. you get to enter the server right away.

mts · Post by **mts** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 3:47 pm

there are still many keys available if you guys want to try out this game.

Morgan · Post by **Morgan** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:07 pm

I'll be offline until my disk arrives in the mail. El-cheapo me didn't spring for 3rd day delivery or something like that.