Lord of the Rings™ to become Free-To-Play from September 2010.

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09-09-2010, 08:19 PM
Voicy

Evidently so...

When you log on, the newsfeed says this:

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE(TM) EUROPEAN FREE TO PLAY LAUNCH DELAYED
09-Sep-2010
Codemasters Online today announces that the launch of The Lord of the Rings Online (LOTRO) Free to Play Store and the latest content, Book 2; Ride of the Grey Company will now launch across Europe later than expected.

"We are really pleased with the performance of the game and excited about the response to Free to Play from our players." said Mike Rowland, Producer of LOTRO. "Given the complexities and challenges faced in the preparation and implementation of the new store to work within our infrastructure, we feel more time is needed to deliver the high level of service our players have quite rightly come to expect. As a result, we have decided to delay launch to ensure that we can support the massive increase in players that we are anticipating and deliver them a Free to Play experience like none other."
10-09-2010, 08:03 AM
Kyubi_ZA

Cool. gives me time to get me a copy and update :)
10-09-2010, 08:09 AM
Blaze786

That sucks! I have been waiting forever :(
20-09-2010, 06:40 AM
Kyubi_ZA

My game finally updated :D

Which EU servers you guys playing on?
20-09-2010, 07:53 AM
Voicy

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Originally Posted by Kyubi_Brat

My game finally updated :D

Which EU servers you guys playing on?

Snowbourn.
20-09-2010, 07:55 AM
Kyubi_ZA

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Originally Posted by Voicy

Snowbourn.

Thanks :) Will join you guys today.
20-09-2010, 10:46 AM
Isengard

I'll see about installing and updating the game for the weekend. Might join you guys with me Hobbit over the weekend. :)
20-09-2010, 04:24 PM
MrG

so what exactly do I need to give this game a try? I noticed a LOTRO Beta client talk on the Webafrica forums and I see a client there thats 9GB.. im assuming you'd need that beta EU client and then you are ready to play? - once the EU Free to Play is a go? or how would it work.
20-09-2010, 07:11 PM
Crzwaco

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Originally Posted by MrG

so what exactly do I need to give this game a try? I noticed a LOTRO Beta client talk on the Webafrica forums and I see a client there thats 9GB.. im assuming you'd need that beta EU client and then you are ready to play? - once the EU Free to Play is a go? or how would it work.

not sure but I think we would probably ask them to upload that one and delete the beta one.

My beta account expired 3 day's after I got the beta key fml.
20-09-2010, 09:01 PM
Isengard

So is everyone playing on Snowbourn? That's where my mid level hobbit resides so it will be great if everyone is playing there.

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