Thread: Is LOTRO a growing game or is it dieing?

Is it getting busier and larger or is it dieing slowly?

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The game is undoubtedly getting larger. Rise of Isengard expansion last year. Riders of Rohan due this year.

As for dying? That may depend upon which server you are on. Turbine are unlikely to ever publish that kind of data. However, if you assume some correlation between amount of forum traffic ( your post included) and server populations, I would hazard that things seem pretty healthy overall.

PVE side is growing quickly, PvP side is dying slowly....

Originally Posted by Gutterat

PVE side is growing quickly, PvP side is dying slowly....

QFT ^^

As PvE is 95% of overall content the game is growing. Slowly but steadily. However i expect a burst of interest when RoR will release.

This chart shows the total number of weekly logins per server over the last two years for the predominantly US servers. (We don't know exactly how many individual players this represents, but it's a good proxy for server activity.) As you can see, the game still has nearly twice as much activity as it did before the F2P transition, although it's only about 1/3 of what it was at its peak.

Hmm, I can't post images in the Free Player General Discussion thread, but here's the link:

http://lux-hdro.de/images/live/weekl...umme-thumb.png

Here's the same chart for predominantly European servers. The decline has been slightly more precipitous for these servers.

http://lux-hdro.de/images/live/weekl...umme-thumb.png

I don't think this means the game is dying, I think it just means there are just fewer new players "driving through" to check out the game. Those players who are actually interested and who intend on staying are just as active as ever, from my personal observations.

These statistics have been compiled by the German kinship Lux aeterna.

This is good to know. I just started playing and I really enjoy the game. I would hate to think that all of my late night quests would end up being for nothing.

if you enjoy the moment, why care about what might be tomorrow or even next year? It's only a game, after all :-)

Originally Posted by Talaixa

if you enjoy the moment, why care about what might be tomorrow or even next year? It's only a game, after all :-)

They are probably worried about committing to a game. If it is dying then buying TP items and whatnot is kind of a waste.

I'm thinking about how new games nowadays can affect players of LOTRO. One is D3. Maybe our players would really take some time to play the said online game but I hope our population wouldn't be affected significantly.

Originally Posted by Aleheart

They are probably worried about committing to a game. If it is dying then buying TP items and whatnot is kind of a waste.

IN that regard every MMO and MMO-like game(see D3) is a waste.

LotrO is actually pretty safe as one can return to your account and continue playing without the need to pay a dime. And the stable login data and regular expansions are a good indicator.

I actually expected a much bigger hit on the D3 launch, I bet we´ll see that when GW2 launches.
Guess every MMO out there will.

It depends on who you ask. LOTRO is like Schrodinger's cat. It's both alive and dead simultaneously.

With SWTOR, many people of my kin went there (i would have gone with them, but commiting lots of money on another game, when i have hard time playing LotRO between all my alt-itis...) Recently i have seen more and more of them back in LotRO. So...