Is this game dead

[jack]

Please don't be bias about the question either.

[MMOGamer71]

No.

[jack]

Originally posted by MMOGamer71:

No.

Ok well when I played a few months ago I would literally see like 3 people in a town at any given time.

[DigitalImpostor]

Originally posted by SpaceJew:

Ok well when I played a few months ago I would literally see like 3 people in a town at any given time.

What town? What server were you playing on? What time zone are you in?

[Bradge]

Not dead.

[Hal]

The player base is low, yes, however you don't need huge amounts of people and there are usually 100+ per server.

[TEO]

Not even close to death.

[Necxo]

No, but steam have a deal with 50% of discount with a same price of normal game in offi game web.

[jack]

Originally posted by The Nuban:

The player base is low, yes, however you don't need huge amounts of people and there are usually 100+ per server.

100+ per server? That's awful. World of Warcraft has 10x that many.

[DigitalImpostor]

Originally posted by SpaceJew:

Originally posted by The Nuban:

The player base is low, yes, however you don't need huge amounts of people and there are usually 100+ per server.

100+ per server? That's awful.

There's far more than that on each server. The number is at least in the thousands, if not tens of thousands, or active players.

Originally posted by SpaceJew:

World of Warcraft has 10x that many.

World of Warcraft also has 10 million players, far more than The Lord of the Rings Online.

[T8-TR]

I wouldn't say it's dead, though it might depend on the server you're on. Brandywine and Landroval seem to be pretty good NA servers, so I'd recommend those if you're looking for a more active playerbase.

With that said, however, you have to take into account that this is an aging F2P WoW-clone, so it doesn't have the biggest playerbase. I'd say it's in the thousands and enough for it to survive and make a profit, but not enough to pass the likes of WoW or even other F2P MMOs like Rift.

Oh and most the players will be in the endgame hubs, which at this moment is... Dol Amroth, iirc. Though it might have changed, I can't say for certain because I'm leveling my Beorning.

[MMOGamer71]

Originally posted by Pingu the Penguin:

I wouldn't say it's dead, though it might depend on the server you're on. Brandywine and Landroval seem to be pretty good NA servers, so I'd recommend those if you're looking for a more active playerbase.

With that said, however, you have to take into account that this is an aging F2P WoW-clone, so it doesn't have the biggest playerbase. I'd say it's in the thousands and enough for it to survive and make a profit, but not enough to pass the likes of WoW or even other F2P MMOs like Rift.

Oh and most the players will be in the endgame hubs, which at this moment is... Dol Amroth, iirc. Though it might have changed, I can't say for certain because I'm leveling my Beorning.

LotRO made more $$$ than Rift did in 2013 and 2014 IIRC.

Edit:
http://www.gamebreaker.tv/games/world-of-warcraft-mmorpg/star-wars-the-old-republic-broke-165-million-last-year/

LoTRO = 104 million.
RIFT = 36 million.

[DigitalImpostor]

Originally posted by Pingu the Penguin:

WoW-clone

This is anything but a WoW clone.

[OK Man]

It may be the only MMO that let's you buy almost anything, including expansions, with in-game money (Turbine Points or TP) which you can farm or get naturally as you do stuff.

It's also enjoyable and has a cheap yearly subscription: $100/year ($80/yr on sale).

[Natty La Ridge]

Originally posted by DigitalImpostor:

Originally posted by Pingu the Penguin:

WoW-clone

This is anything but a WoW clone.

^^This^^

Modern MMOs share a lot of subsystems and design elements: minimaps, action bars, quest logs, quest trackers, etc. That LOTRO and WoW have a number in common doesn't make one a clone of the other. LOTRO has skirmishes, monster play, vocations, tasks, queued loot and reputation, among other features that WoW lacks*.

LOTRO and WoW are much more dissimilar than, say, SWG and WoW.

* Disclaimer: It's been a couple of years since I fired up WoW, since just before it went all Kung-Fu Panda. And, come to think, that's another difference between LOTRO and WoW: LOTRO HAS NO PANDAREN.

[DaC]

Not really but pretty close