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Thank you Turbine for these great enhancements ..via Lotro Store

Check out this crap.

Will Turbine never learn.. ?

Storing my posts here, because I like em :<.
Don't want them to be gone when the thread is purged or something.

[URL="http://lotrocommunity.com/forum/topic/279-turbine-purges-their-post-pledging-convenience-not-advantage-after-putting-store-only-relics-for-sale/"]
Turbine purges their post pledging convenience not advantage after putting store only relics for sale[/URL]
Interesting stuff and all.
They haven't removed this one yet:

[QUOTE]Will I still be able to play and enjoy the game without buying items from the LOTRO Store, or is that my only option for gaining weapons, armor, potions, and other goodies such as premium loot?

The purchase of items in the LOTRO Store is entirely optional. While items in the Store are designed to immediately enhance your in-game experience, premium loot and rare gear are the rewards of adventure and are only obtainable through gameplay.
[/QUOTE)
www.lotro.com/betasignup/faq.html

I see strong similarities between the stories of Lotro and Lotr.
Turbine dwelt throught the mountains. Something was about to happen, that'd change the world of Lotro forever. Evil, that was long lost, was found that day. By Turbine in the mountains, it was like it came to him. The Store. The Store founds it way to Turbine and he took it with him. Turbine was in love on first sight, he could feel the power in it. Turbine started to use the power of the Store for Good and vowed to not use it for his own advantage, but for everyone's convenience.. The Store increased revenues and the playerbase in Lotro. The world of Lotro almost returned to the wealth it had when it was first created. Turbine and a lot of other inhabitants of Lotro loved the Store for it. But as the Store was crafted by Sauron himself it was bound to go wrong. And it did, slowly. The Store grew in power. Turbine did things he normally didn't, he started to use the Store for its own good. Some inhabitants of Lotro noticed this and began to worry. They came to the forum, the marketplace in this biggest city of Lotro: Lotro.com. On the forum they'd exchange their worries. Turbine didn't like that and he started to purge those who spoke ill of the Store.
During all this Turbine started to use the Store more for his own advantage and less for everyone's convenience. The crowd of unhappy inhabitants increased, but Turbine didn't listen. 'Hadn't the Store always do good for everyone? They should be grateful!' The vow, written in stone, was long gone.

Well, readers, I imagine you can guess where this is going.


[QUOTE=Grimbran;5928541]Thank you for putting it so well! This is exactly the root of the "pay2win" crowd's problem. They are so obsessed with min/maxing that they see *every* possible option for minor stat gain as mandatory.(when it isn't mandatory at all.)[/QUOTE)

No, it's not about that at all.
I play only Creep and I'm furious about these changes about armour for low leveled freeps.

Some people will say it's only an extremely small advantage/convenience. I agree, this single step.
What those people fail to see is that they're doing step after step: tomes, relics, armour etc.
These people are blind to the process on the background.
If they had put all what's in the store now right when the store launched, there would've been a major uprising.
These people think of arguments to settle their own minds, because they WANT to love Lotro. As everyone knows: love makes blind.

That armor set sucks ass..


What's the problem?

The problem is that they are selling armour in the store. Sure currently they have only 3 tiers available ..i wonder how it looks when it reaches tier 7?

In general selling gear from store is a bad idea!

#5496281 Mech Warrior wrote:

That armor set sucks ass..


What's the problem?

No problem. Just doomthinking.
And Turbine is making it damn legid.

Your argument (imo) > Stemmed from..

#5500484 Mech Warrior wrote:

Your argument (imo) > Stemmed from..

Like someone put it nicely somewhere on the forum. The introduction of tomes and the store itself was the start of the slippery slope. The slope is becoming steeper as we go down the hill and we've been going down a hill quite a bit since the store came.

I agree that it's not logical, but it is likely.

When/if they do cross that line, then I expect the community will let them know. Vocally, and probably also in unison.


Anyway, its bad business... and I'm sure Turbine knows about the line.