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Some sort of MTX doesn't equal full on p2w.. Modern generation of players would be against this game because it's very p2w.. Again there is nothing modern about this game atm.. That is all I am...

And here we are, 40-100$ expansions and still the most MTX driven MMO on the market. Worse than a mobile game, its unacceptable by modern standards.

In what delusion makes you think modern means whatever Lotro has become? Lotro is NOT a "modern" mmo.. Throwing paid QOL and p2w on a game does not make it modern... Lotro is a classic MMO, but has...

Even if they put in a lot of effort into everything you mention it will miss so many things that the original SOA had.

We will still miss:

The legacy trait system
Legacy class...

No one is forcing them to play the game, so this logic doesn't hold up. The MTX in this game is here because people buy it, if they buy it they are okay with it. And as you can see, many people don't...

What analysis are you talking about? The majority want a solo experience, super easy group content with high rewards and lots of monetised QOL. SSG is currently focusing on MTX and expensive...

It's easy to understand, you are on the forums of modern Lotro, the most MTX driven MMO on the western market. The remaining population, especially on these forums don't like original SOA design....

The new producer Raninia played Lotro 10 years ago.. Maybe he has a desire to play the original version and there is a slight chance? :) Jokes aside, I think they have confirmed it to be possible but...

130 endgame consist of 1 raid gated behind lootboxes or super easy instances that feel unrewarding. I take the level 85 endgame over the current one easily lol.

And the "boring battles" you...

I'm not talking about wow here, I talk about any other western MMO in 2021.. Even Asian f2p MMOs do a better job than this with their store monetization. I'm sure the small player base remaining here...

I guess the population is so low that they need to earn money on every single gameplay system like some free mobile game. This is not how things look in other healthy mmos.. Sorry to burst your...

You bring up points many times that sound like you are defending the system, that might be why I always have a hard time agreeing with you. Like here, why do you bring this up? Keeping up for you...

So you are using this as an argument to keep the system as it is?
1. The passives are useless considering the time required to farm them. Bad system design
2. You can max out virtues using the...

This is not how most MMOs work, lotro is taking most of its systems grind to the next level of extreme.. It's not fair to force years of grind on players, and at the same time having 3 minutes...

Let's just drop the "you are not forced to max out" argument. You are not forced to aquire the best gear, you are not forced to max out LI's, this goes for every single grind in the game. Yet, it...

Its already as bad as LIs or worse imo. Lets say you grind all weeklies each week + 45 missions to max out vxp gain. It's still going to take around 59-60 weeks nonstop on top of doing every vxp deed...

Ofc its not worth going for, it takes months/years to grind it. But you can have these bonuses in a few minutes using your wallet.

We can have every grind in this game in an instant, by paying irl money. Even if you dont max out 21 virtues it still takes ages. People rather pay 60$ than grinding those virtues. This game and...

SSG has taken too many steps in the wrong direction and crossed the line long ago..And blaming f2p isn't a good argument, since there are many f2p MMOs who handle their monetization of the game WAAAY...

I mean it's partly true, but you get benefits from maxing them all out that is simply a fact.. That passive bonus keeps increasing with every cap increase. And if someone who pays $$ upfront can do...

BIS items shouldnt be in a time limited event though, its just an annoying factor for those who aim for going full BIS. He said nothing about t4-t5 raids or whatever you just made up.

Remove LIs from the game and add some legacies into the trait trees instead. Essence legacies noty..that system is almost as bad as the LI system.

Yes, I don't understand why this is the case. As the game can render in 4k, why wouldn't it be possible for the newly added maps to be of higher resolution.. I guess there might be some techincal...

They dont even look sharp or modern. In fact they look more blurry unless you have a really tiny screen. The maps are low resolution, the last thing you should do is to add lots of details to a low...

No point in explaining how things worked back then for you, you think skirmishes was available in SOA lol.. The current endgame is insanely bad compared to itemization "issues" we had in previous...