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I agree - its time to take a stand. The voiceless must speak! Let this small pebble become the avalanche of change...

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OFFICIAL PETITION TO TURBINE

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BAA, RAM, EWE!
BAA, RAM, EWE!...

The evolution of the LOTRO Battle Goat tracks those stories you hear of invasive species that they bring over for one purpose but which evolve and become something else:

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Turbine Dev. #1: We...

Actually, I think goats are MUCH smaller than Mumakil. Mumak are based on RL elephants. But I think I read somewhere Mumak are supposed to be larger than RL elephants.

As to the explanation for...

I expect part of the reason as well is that most people know the Lord of the Rings through Peter Jackson's movies, not by reading the books. Peter Jackson stretched things in a number of places to...

Its not really "hard RP" to question this decision by Turbine. I am just stating that there should be lines drawn somewhere.

These games are supposed to bear some relation to their titles and...

As you correctly point out, it really doesn't matter what anyone of us say at this point, as Turbine has helpfully decided the issue already by making all the new content horse-dependent.

BUT,...

Oops I should have made clear I agreed with you! I was writing in parody of the arguments you hear from people who oppose any restrictions on their favorite Tolkien race.

And isn't this the same sort of rationalization that is ALWAYS trotted out when Turbine makes a dubious design call?

It goes like this:

1. All the hundreds of thousands of player characters...

If I had known Turbine would turn playing a spider into The Book of Job Online, I might have reconsidered the years I spent ranking.

All the counter-arguments boil down to: NEVER say a LOTRO Hobbit or Dwarf can't do something!

None can stand against the combined might of the Hobbit and Dwarf fan clubs. Believe me I have no...

You should rest easy - Turbine has made clear the lore goes out the window when it comes to keeping subscribers. That is why the choice of race is almost completely cosmetic, why we had a...

Yes, I know that is the reason. It just seems strange since you don't really see it in the books.

It also sort of takes away the unique aspects of being from Rohan or a country that used cavalry...

My apologies if this has been posted elsewhere. Or if my understanding of the coming mounted combat is incorrect.

The books have Merry, Pippin, and Gimli doubling up with a man-sized rider when...

I doubt there is any logical reasoning behind it. Typically, Turbine defaults to giving Creeps the "Wile E. Coyote" version of a similar ability possessed by Freepside. Hence, if the Freeps have a...

I wouldn't take these posts too seriously. Since the game went live, the PVP forums have been among the most heavily trolled in the game.

The ironic thing is that the game from a galaxy far far away is turning into a non-threat to Turbine as far as PVP goes. If you think the threads blasting PVM here are rough, check those out and...

Except through the cash shop!

But is Turbine planning to do anything?

Also, I understand horse-back combat is coming and it will be available to everyone on Freep side. Being smashed by waves of lance-wielding Hobbit...

I was gone for a month in a galaxy far far way in the game that shall not be named. Now I come back and after five minutes I am being three-shotted by hunters. Not by a Ranger - by a regular hunter....

I have played LOTRO since 2007 and SWTOR for two weeks now. My comparison and thoughts:

Bioware made a great game in the KOTOR model. As a big fan of their single player RPG, I am pleased with...

Turbine wouldn't have played Clint like this - his mule don't like being laughed at.

Our Blackarrowz will blot out the sun!

I think the problem is that the Turbine announcement doesn't really tell people what to expect. I have therefore taken the liberty of revising it myself so that it more accurately describes what is...

Given that it took four years to get a Monster play tutorial, I expect Creep mail service will arrive sometime after Frodo takes that last boat to the West...

By that time, we will be into Book...

If only I could figure out how to tap into your pent-up rage and use its power to create a new PVM zone.