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Default   #24   Kanobei Kanobei is offline
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Some good news to you guys looking for MMO's.

2 Really good ones to play are Lord of the Rings Online and Aion: Assault on Balaura

I'll go ahead and review both of these for you.

--- Lord of the Rings Online ---
Pros:
+ Follows the lore of the books/movies pretty closely
+ Really amazing visuals while being able to reduce them for just about any PC that is made after 2007.
+ A neat and realistic crafting system. (You can crit on items to produce better results)
+ Huge ranges of enemies
+ Free to download AND play
+ Huge number of quests
+ Huge world to explore
+ Lots of achievements that award stat boosting traits as well as Turbine Points

Cons:
+ Classes can only fill one role pretty much.
+ Some of the features you have to pay or take a long time to earn through achievements
+ Very few instances in the beginning, though I think it expands into more
+ To be able to use the mounts or trade items/gold in game you have to purchase through the shop some Turbine Points or buy the mount skill with the points

--- Aion: Assault on Ballaura ---
Pros:
+ Amazing Visuals
+ Mini Pets just added (and they have functionality)
+ Updated consistently
+ Expansions are FREE
+ Added alot of quests in game since the opening
+ PvP oriented, but adding more PvE content as time goes by
+ Interesting story line
+ Character customization is in depth

Cons:
+ Can still get a little grindy
+ Instances don't start until 23
+ Flight time is limited
+ Crafting is really expensive
Old Posted 10-06-2010, 05:37 PM