tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post2882308193239991946..comments2023-06-19T10:45:56.724-04:00Comments on Player Versus Developer: Reflections of a Moria Late-comerGreen Armadillohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15564045048380177626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-88371854631921540622009-11-25T14:23:58.161-05:002009-11-25T14:23:58.161-05:00I think Turbine really did a great job creating on...I think Turbine really did a great job creating one of the most compelling dungeon environments among MMOs in Moria. It really does feel like an underground world. <br /><br />They made some major misteps with teir VI crafting, updated PvP rewards, the radiance system, and the LI system imo. I'm also not a big fan of the switch from an open endgame to a gated one. I played the SoA endgame happily for months, I was burned on the MoM endgame within a few weeks of hitting 60. However, all in all the journey from 50 to 60 was well worth the price of admission from my perspective.Yeebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08028940396189544294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-826986957606858027.post-86328058219611711342009-11-25T05:42:42.961-05:002009-11-25T05:42:42.961-05:00Yep, getting lost in Moria is quite common. The ma...Yep, getting lost in Moria is quite common. The map is not really a help, you need to know the ways. This also often leads to silly things like jumping to death intentionally, taking only minor gear damage and saving a lot of time to travel back to Anermerzekhem (this spelling is wrong for sure) in the Flaming Deeps for example.<br /><br />I am also glad to be out of the cave, I like LOTRO's landscapes much more. But Moria is a giant cave, after all, and it was quite well done in this regard. I am a bit sorry that the Mirkwood will most likely be a brownish/gloomy wood, as far as I can see from the screenshots. But I guess lore does not leave them any other chance than that.<br /><br />Finding the entrance to the Foundations of Stone travel point can drive newcomers crazy - I had a hard time finding it, and the mobs there were hard, too... yesterday I helped a guy who said "It is only 100m from me, but I cannot find it!" out of pure empathy. :)<br /><br />I also quite like the instances and how they are done, though the hard modes too often require me odd and silly things to do!<br /><br />Radiance and how the coins were distributed is soon a lesser concern, so I will just stop the usual rant about radiance here.<br /><br />I quite liked Lothlórien, but somehow did not like how rep grind was shoven right into my face the very moment I entered it. It is not as severe, doing the Halls of Crafting and the book and non-book quests added quite a lot of reputation without having to do the repeatable quests too often.Longaschttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315739202508784897noreply@blogger.com