Tell the Community Team - New and Revamped Systems - 4/8/10

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Question 1
1. Housing and Neighborhoods... I see that's a big item on the responses so far. I'd love to see Neighborhoods have a little more uniqueness so that maybe the people who live in them could form a community around their "home neighborhood". Another housing suggestion. Please add flats or apartments in the cities: Bree, Michel Delving, Thorin's Hall (at least). That would be cool and maybe a cheap alternative for the mid-level characters. Crafting workshops would be nice (attached to homes... or replacing them).

2. Heads and hair. There's not enough variety and everyone looks like clones. And if you would please give us some real range. I'd like to play a character that's hard on the eye sometime. :-)

Question 2
If you could add an entirely new gameplay mechanic to LOTRO what would it be?

Enhanced Immersion Mode. I'm a casual player and a long-term one. My highest character is still below lvl 50. I appreciate the content more than the action usually. Mission stories and arcs that make sense along with amazing environments that I can really feel like I'm immersed within. No joke... most of the time I come to LOTRO for a mini-vacation to unwind from Real Life. It has a special place in my heart for that alone.

Immersion Mode would allow me to disable about half of the interface tools that are provided for player convenience and also that would empower more realistic role-playing for the RPG servers too. Examples: hide most of the chat channels, keep only say and maybe tell. Hide the Radar, the stats, et cetera. I know I can turn off a lot of this stuff myself but it would be convenient and easy if you could give me an "Immersion Mode" like F12 to hide everything.

Question 3
Name two activities in game that you never seem to have enough time to enjoy or would like to spend more time participating in. (Note: Things currently in game, not new activities or events.)
1. Everything. I'm a busy person in Real Life. But I still appreciate all you devs and designers do. So I buy everything you sell. :-)