How is the combat in this game? Hotkey or Action?

[Palicai]

Ive played alot of new MMO's, and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.....content wise they all pretty much try to be WoW, seen it before.

this gam eis the only one i havent tried, been looking at it for YEARS.

But combat is important, so how is it in this game?

And while we're at it, is it even a good MMO for someone like me who has played pretty much all of them and feel most of them kinad do the...well,same thing over and over.

[MMOGamer71]

Standard TAB targeting, one of the best MMO's ever IMO if you like lore and a player community. Plus the music system is amazing.

[Natty La Ridge]

Some of the classes have interesting combat models. The Warden, for example, chains three basic attacks in sequences of 3-5, which can then be used to form about 3 dozen different combos that do everything from amplified attacks to DOT to HOT to self-heals. Tactically it's one of the more interesting MMO classes I've seen.

That said, you're still hitting number keys to spawn skills, and tabbing to select targets.

[Ghostbear]

tbh it has its charm and combat is more tactical rather than rush in and kill everything. sometimes bosses are tank n spank and sometimes you have to do things in certain ways.

That said while this game is good overall, its end game sucks for the raider I have been told that raidng and group is coming out this year but Turbines previous record means I don't fully trust them to this end.

At this time this is a great game for the solo player, not so good for the raider.

[oreyos]

The game is about the journey, not the end, just like the books.
If you just want to hit max level & do raids then you will miss what the game is about (not to mention the lack of end-game content that will make you regret this path immediately).

The game is an MMO, which means you will have the same type of quests (kill x number of y for me, get this from there, deliver this to there) to sink time in.

There are other type of quests (Search for boars in a certain area), and of course there are the epic quests, where you more or less follow the Fellowship of the Ring, helping them behind the scenes.

The main storyline and the lore is where this game beats most (if not all) MMOs.

[76561198164126633]

The following links are of videos that I have uploaded to my LOTRO dedicated channel. Any one of these should give you a better idea about the combat system in LOTRO.

PvP Combat example: {LINK REMOVED}www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mg2CxLAB7KQ

Group Combat "Raid" : {LINK REMOVED}www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYpxnfkX9mk

Group Fellowship HD : {LINK REMOVED}www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vcfc4opM6yY

Solo Warden Instance : {LINK REMOVED}www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQbD5A5Qy2I

Solo Captain Instance: {LINK REMOVED}www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvS2z6TyzBE

Solo Hunter Instance : {LINK REMOVED}www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdvzyXCjkwA

Solo Burglar : {LINK REMOVED}www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKtvdsbSe_g

Solo Lore-Master: {LINK REMOVED}www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFTPNr9hLWo

[Running-Target]

great answers to OP questions, hopefully they read it and join LOTRO

[76561198077869228]

Oreyos has stated the basics -- LOTRO is all about the BOOKS (not the movies) and Middle Earth.
It is all about "story," not just about simple quests which lead to another quest and another, which is simply the classic MMO "game mechanic." You will find bits and pieces from Tolkien's books all throught the map. And it IS a big map.

LOTRO is NOT a PvP game. It is NOT a "Raiding" game. LOTRO has no "end-game" and if you understand Tolkien, it may never have an end-game. LOTRO is very much about the journey. This is what makes LOTRO different from all other MMOs out there.

MMOs have not changed one iota since the days of Zork and Colossal Cave -- they simply added more than one person on the map at one time -- but the underlyin game technological concepts -- hack and slash or solve this puzzel -- have not changed.

LOTRO is an immersive landscape where it is quite easy to loose oneself in a different world for hours at a time. It is NOT linear, it is easy to go on "side quests;" to visit the many different areas of Middle Earth available. I'm a Founder/LIfetime player, and have been re-visiting many of the "old areas" I have been through many times before with many different characters.

LOTRO is a world to be explored with many different characters with different abilities, and interests. Role-playing abounds in LOTRO. Kinships and Guilds flourish -- as do Bands!
LOTRO has the most sophisticated player music system of any MMO -- and there are many bands and "pubs" where you can experience these artists at work and play. Including the annual spring Festival "Weathertop" on Landroval. And did I mention there are 29 different servers (worlds) each with its own flavor.

[Palicai]

Ok cool stuff, im not really a fan of Tab targeting sinc ei played DCUO a while back, and especially Neverwinter and Vindictus, but then agian....we all managed to play WoW for years so, u know:P Its DOABLE!

[seelenfischer]

Yo MegaMean, if you find a good MMO with real-time action-based combat like Neverwinter with a cool Setting and much customization like Lotro, please let me know. Kinda having the same problem with that boring to death early 2000s combat "system" (which is basically a quick time event with the same sequences over and over again -.-).