Who's going to play new classes?

[OnyxBlade]

I of course will be making one of each. How could I not?

[pepper]

I intend to reroll Pickle as a Warden if it's available to Hobbits. I'm not certain about the runekeeper. Seems likely to induce me into panic attacks as I realize I've been zapping too much with spells and need to heal someone fast.

[Hitorichan]

Warden, for sure... Possibly Runekeeper as well. I think Pie's planning on a Runekeeper.

[OnyxBlade]

Hobbits can be wardens, and rune-keepers will have a legendary skill to get back to middle so you can start getting up on the green of your bar...

[Brunli of the Many Names]

Hmm.. I'm actually tempted to run Brunli to 60 before I try the new classes. I think a Warden for sure (only one slot for me as Aldryd the Captain shall return with Moria!).

[Zib]

I will give runekeeper a shot.

[Verewen of Rohan]

I'll definitely be making a Warden.... enter Veremund, father of Verewen!

I was originally going to make one of each of the new classes but I've pretty much lost all interest in Runekeepers. So I'll be making my Hobbit burglar Almandine with my last character slot.

[Lorenia]

Rune-keeper for me. I definately would have a slot for warden but for now I've got plenty of other chars to work on. I'm still just hopefully to get Lor & Akor to 50 pre-Moria.

[thelonius]

It's not conventional wisdom and it probably wouldn't work for the extra hard, but I used to run around Angmar with 3 hunters. The DPS is just crushing for the chumpy mobs that run around outside. We'll have to form Warden smashing parties and lay paths of destrution through the evil's strongholds.

[Delaney]

I'll be rolling a warden; in fact, I may reroll Delancy as one. I'm not terribly interested in the runekeeper, though. Nothing against it, if it turns out to be a decently balanced class, since I can see that from a game-play standpoint LotRO "needs" a magician. I just don't play spellcasters or ranged dps classes much, if at all, out of personal preference.

[katarnus]

I'll probably roll one of each since I have a compulsive disorder that dictates that I must have one of each class.

[Zib]

At this point, I have changed my mind about the new classes. I just want to get one character (any character) into Moria. Rolling over again is not going to help with that goal.

[Zabrak]

I'm sure I will at some point, but for now I think I'll be concentrating on getting the stable of 50s to 60s.

Also, there seems so much to do with new traits and the like, that it'll be a while before I concentrate on a new character. Although I can see myself trying out the new characters, especially Warden.

[OnyxBlade]

So, I think I've finally settled on what I'm going to do.

For the first month or so, I'll probably play Onyxblade during the wee hours of the morning when there's few people on and a newbie character during the "regular" play time.

I remember what happened when I tried to play Forochel on day 3. *shudder*

[thelonius]

I'd be careful about this. I started playing the game in the open beta. Needless to say Thelonius was at 15 or whatever the max level was. I certainly wasn't the first to 50 (treir!) or anywhere close, but I close to the "average" player. All I'm trying to say is that playing an area when it's busy is the best way to find groups, if you don't want to wait and plan to get group quests done. If you don't like to struggle to find groups, I'd highly recommend trying to run with the majority of the crowd after the expansion is opened...

Having said this, the reign of Onyxblade has been slightly different from the past. I'd don't think it's ever been easier to find help with quests in this kin (you will have to post on the forums or actively recruit people online, but this is much easier than forming a PUG). I'd like to personally Thank Onyxblade, who I've seen offer to help all the time! and encouraging groups for quests he doesn't need (and every else!)

I'm thinking now that I might split time between Thel and a new Toon. If the new expansion includes lots of content for all levels, it might be just as much fun or more to play a new toon! Not being interested in a "stable" of alts, my biggest fear at this point is running out of content and spending another year wishing there were more levels for Thelonius to achieve.

I was thinking Warden, but Runemaker sounds fun also. I'd like to choose a class that will help complement raids and is the least common class in the kin, except perhaps loremaster (not a pet player). Also, I feel like the kin could "want" more crowd control, should we resume our raiding evenings and maybe just in general.

Oct 23, 2008 8:43:48 GMT -5 OnyxBlade said:

So, I think I've finally settled on what I'm going to do.

For the first month or so, I'll probably play Onyxblade during the wee hours of the morning when there's few people on and a newbie character during the "regular" play time.

I remember what happened when I tried to play Forochel on day 3. *shudder*

[OnyxBlade]

Hate to say this, but Moria contains no new low-level content (except for some class quests for the 2 new classes). It's basically all 45+ content.

Which actually really upsets me. I understand Turbine's thinking on this. There's "enough" content out there to get to 45, why spend the time to add more that wouldn't be used all that much. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that some day, they'll add some more 20-30 content.

[Zabrak]

Oct 23, 2008 12:09:59 GMT -5 OnyxBlade said:

Hate to say this, but Moria contains no new low-level content (except for some class quests for the 2 new classes). It's basically all 45+ content.

This is the easiest game I've ever played in terms of leveling. I still find leveling LOTS of fun, but it's not hard at all. I don't think new low-level content was needed. Sure, a new area would be fun, but it wasn't needed.

[thelonius]

I'm glad they spent all the time on upper level stuff. Please let Thel not complete all the content so fast before the next expansion. The game is more fun for me when there is new stuff to explore. Wouldn't have complained about a small new beginner area, though I'll let out a secret, Thel never spent anytime in the Shire questing, so I'm guess that unlike most people, there's plenty of low level content I've never completed in the Shire...

[pepper]

I think MoM will introduce a lot of newbies that will be playing all the classes in addition to the seasoned players rolling up their wardens and runekeepers. So hopefully the newbie areas & further up to Forochel will be stocked with a variety of people and not just groups of 6 RKs calling forth the heavens onto poor little pigs. (That would be funny to see though)

I'm still a one character kind of person (with 4 alts that barely see the light of day). I'll probably try to play my Warden (Pickle...getting a reroll) as much as I can manage in the early days to make sure there are always people to group with. And Pepper whenever i can manage... The Hunter changes excite me; I've always loved playing glass cannons...though I like *short* glass cannons and not tall willowy elves. Dwarves can be runekeepers, right?