Personally I think they are, because the Quests are supposed to be done in a group. They are EPIC quest, and Epic quest should not be done solo. By making them solo, it makes them not Epic anymore. If I remember right there was not one normal person that went out alone in the epic story.
Bilbo traveled with Gandalf and the dwarves. Frodo traveled with fellow hobbits and then a mix of races during his quest. But in the core part of the story no one did anything solo. The book quests are the CORE part of the game. So by making them Soloable it like re-writing the LOTR books and making everyone fight alone.
A person alone can do great things, but a group of people can do EPIC things.
My suggestion is if people really are having that much of a problem with getting a full group for a book quest, make them at least a 3 man but not solo.
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Mar 10 2011, 03:40 PM #1
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Is LOTRO breaking lore by making book quest soloable?
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Mar 10 2011, 03:48 PM #2
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Re: Is LOTRO breaking lore by making book quest soloable?
Three words:
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Mar 10 2011, 03:49 PM #3
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Re: Is LOTRO breaking lore by making book quest soloable?
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Mar 10 2011, 03:53 PM #4
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Re: Is LOTRO breaking lore by making book quest soloable?
Completely understand what you are saying and agree with this
Originally Posted by Krad_Nogard
Indeed its like re-writing the books when quests are soloable,which were supposed to require a group or at least a small fellowship
Its the fellowship of the Ring, not the Ring and myselfLast edited by Dankanthegood; Mar 10 2011 at 03:56 PM.
Sam: “It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end, because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folks in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn’t. They kept going because they were holding on to something.”
Frodo:“What are we holding on to, Sam?”
Sam: “That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.”
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Mar 10 2011, 04:05 PM #5
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Re: Is LOTRO breaking lore by making book quest soloable?
Because the Epic story is not part of the actual Lore written by The Professor, the answer would be no. We are committed to making the epic story accessible to as many people as wish to play it. This means accommodating those with both group and solo play styles.
