Today I got a little bit of game time in with LOTRO. I’m playing on Silverlode and my name is Cuppiecake in case anyone is interested in saying hello =) Unfortunately my name Cuppycake is either taken by another character or it was my beta character that still ‘owns’ the name. Regardless, Cuppiecake will be just fine.
First of all, what a nice smooth launch as others have been noting. My server is one of the busier ones, but the longest wait I’ve waited was like 3 min or less. Upon logging in I am seeing tons of newbie players, which is refreshing after experiencing Vanguard’s dismal population from day 1. I didn’t experience any slowdown or lag; framerate was good and everything went great.
I can’t wait to get out of Snowville though. I’ve never been a big fan of snow type zones in games (although Everfrost in EQ2 is gorgeous.) Regardless, it definitely is immersive. The draw distance is great, and the new high res graphics I’m experiencing after updating from the cd really do make a difference. I’m not able to play the game with full graphics on, but its looking pretty damn beautiful so far. I am impressed thusfar.
Anyway, here are a couple pictures. I made it to level 4 only, and I am a minstrel of Rivendell =)
