Comments on: Yule Festival 2008

By: JoBildo

JoBildo — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:47:45 +0000

WoW does the main cities and towns I believe as well… it’s fun to walk into a town and see the lights, the mistletoe, etc.

Definitely a welcome bit of fluff atmosphere.

By: Thallian

Thallian — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:15:58 +0000

Decoration would not only be recyclable, but it would pump some special feeling into the game. Wish the devs weren’t so busy building Lothlorien right now. Oh well

By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 00:28:33 +0000

Nah, there’s nothing decorating the towns, which is definitely a shame. As it stands now, there’s no real way to know anything special in-game unless you talk to a friend or visit a town crier. As you mention, anything to do is also generally off in some place you’d not typically go to. How often does anyone go to the inn in Thorin’s Gate? lol

Some decorations or something would definitely help. I also have to admit I’m getting a bit let down by the holidays offering the same items both years. I know the game is still relatively new, but I can’t imagine it’d be hard to offer a different tree, for example.

By: Mallika

Mallika — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:30:39 +0000

My tiny hobbit hunter is also running around the shire doing quests for Yuletide. I’m slowly collecting the tokens to exchange for a box. I really hope I don’t get coal every time!

I did the Yule Be Sorry quest, which opened my eyes to how different LotRO is from WoW. At the very least, I had to force myself to realize that the boundaries of areas weren’t as clear-cut, as Hobbiton (for example) didn’t just refer to the exact area in the map that was labeled HOBBITON but also encompassed the areas north of it and such as well.

I also got inadvertently sucked into the Inn League initiation quest. Now, that was a big pain in the ass. Running around on a timer to every tavern in the Shire and getting so drunk that I spent half the time trying to grab each tankard of ale as the screen kept sliding back and forth — heh, okay, a part of me was highly amused by it, and the fact that my little hobbit was doing the quest seemed quite fitting.