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Does Lord of The Rings have a pvp aspect to the game?

LcsoldiersLcsoldiers Member Posts: 15
in Lord of the Rings Online

Just curious if there is any pvp in this game? And if so, what kind of pvp? Is open world pvp or instanced or what?

Thanks in advance

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  • Unknown
    No PVP. It is Player Vs Monster Player.



    You get a monster you get to buff up and fight in an area called the ettenmoores.
  • LcsoldiersLcsoldiers Member Posts: 15

    So is there fighting against other human players?

     

    I really don't understand what you mean by player vs monster player, please explain.

     

    I know, i am a little slow, but thanks for the response!

  • KemenlithKemenlith Member Posts: 263
    Originally posted by Lcsoldiers


    So is there fighting against other human players?
     
    I really don't understand what you mean by player vs monster player, please explain.
     
    I know, i am a little slow, but thanks for the response!
    There is PvP, but no player character versus player character. Its player character versus a monster player character. In Bree you can go to a fell scrying pool and create a monster character in the ettenmoors. No open PvP, just in Ettenmoors. Fits LOTRO perfectly.

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  • EmmericEmmeric Member Posts: 54
    Originally posted by Kemenlith

    Originally posted by Lcsoldiers


    So is there fighting against other human players?
     
    I really don't understand what you mean by player vs monster player, please explain.
     
    I know, i am a little slow, but thanks for the response!
    There is PvP, but no player character versus player character. Its player character versus a monster player character. In Bree you can go to a fell scrying pool and create a monster character in the ettenmoors. No open PvP, just in Ettenmoors. Fits LOTRO perfectly.

    If i remembner right when Helm's deep was under attack i dont remember the gang saying hey send out the monsters to battle the monsters i have good gear and all these spells but i dont feel like using them!
  • KemenlithKemenlith Member Posts: 263
    Originally posted by Emmeric

    Originally posted by Kemenlith

    Originally posted by Lcsoldiers


    So is there fighting against other human players?
     
    I really don't understand what you mean by player vs monster player, please explain.
     
    I know, i am a little slow, but thanks for the response!
    There is PvP, but no player character versus player character. Its player character versus a monster player character. In Bree you can go to a fell scrying pool and create a monster character in the ettenmoors. No open PvP, just in Ettenmoors. Fits LOTRO perfectly.

    If i remembner right when Helm's deep was under attack i dont remember the gang saying hey send out the monsters to battle the monsters i have good gear and all these spells but i dont feel like using them! Eh? That made no sense to me at all.

    Currently: Playing EVE Online
    Previous: FFXI, Dragonrealms, sad little stint in WOWland.
    Awaiting: Fallen Earth, Hero''s Journey, Tabula Rasa, Age of Conan.

  • XramlrakXramlrak Member Posts: 26
    Originally posted by Kemenlith

    Originally posted by Emmeric

    Originally posted by Kemenlith

    Originally posted by Lcsoldiers


    So is there fighting against other human players?
     
    I really don't understand what you mean by player vs monster player, please explain.
     
    I know, i am a little slow, but thanks for the response!
    There is PvP, but no player character versus player character. Its player character versus a monster player character. In Bree you can go to a fell scrying pool and create a monster character in the ettenmoors. No open PvP, just in Ettenmoors. Fits LOTRO perfectly.

    If i remembner right when Helm's deep was under attack i dont remember the gang saying hey send out the monsters to battle the monsters i have good gear and all these spells but i dont feel like using them! Eh? That made no sense to me at all. I'm with you Kemenlith.  I'm significantly confused most of the time and ergo  thought myself unconfusable.  Yet, Emmeric's statement, given the context, has me utterly perplexed.  It would be nice to have some clarification, but that might spoil the sentence's contextual uniqueness.
  • gpettgpett Member Posts: 1,105
    The simple answer is:  Yes, LotRO dos have a PvP element in Player versus Monster Player BUT monster play is designed so that the players will win.  The devs have stated that in the lore the heroes won and so they should in the game. 



    So, if you are looking for a balanced PvP experience LotRO is not for you.  If you want an easy and fun PvE quest experience then LotRO is for you.
  • GrindalyxGrindalyx Member UncommonPosts: 657

    Monster play is not balanced so that the free people will win. It is not a 1 vs 1 PVP system. The advantage that the monsters had is numbers. I am sure that there are people who have beta tested monster play in closed beta and will tell you that it is a group PVP system. Meening that you get a group of monsters together and try to take that keep that the freeps are holding. Or defend that keep you the creeps are holding.

    Monster play in LOTRO has all of the elements that traditional PVP does except you do not lvl your monster player from lvl 1 to cap, you can't run around the world in a FFA PVP setting and gank low lvls. You do get to upgrade your lvl 50 monster to make it stronger and badder. You really need to check out monster play in the game to decide if it is for you.

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  • LcsoldiersLcsoldiers Member Posts: 15

    I am a pvp guy, but monster play actually sounds interesting if people participate in it.

     

     

  • GrindalyxGrindalyx Member UncommonPosts: 657
    Have you checked out the official forum for LOTRO. They have a monster play section and you can ask all the questions you want and get an idea how many people do participate in it.

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  • Mars505Mars505 Member Posts: 623
    Originally posted by Lcsoldiers


    Just curious if there is any pvp in this game? And if so, what kind of pvp? Is open world pvp or instanced or what?

    Thanks in advance
    Dueling

    Monster play , which is set in the ettenmoors zone which is not instanced.

    who me ?

  • phanatxphanatx Member UncommonPosts: 41
    The PvMP system was a great idea to have PvP in a game that was not geared for it. During Beta 2, I was in the Ettenmoors for 99% of my time, either on a warg (Snoopy) or playing on my auto-50 characters.



    This is not a 1 on 1 game. The pure leveled characters that hit 50 are well more powerful then the monster characters at rank 0 (which is where you start), By Rank 5, you are close, but not yet equal to the PC characters.



    MP is based on raiding. You need to group up to take a keep, or even to have a chance at a battle because of the strength of the PC characters. Numbers is the way for the Monster Players, and coordination.
  • JetrpgJetrpg Member UncommonPosts: 2,347
    Originally posted by Lcsoldiers


    Just curious if there is any pvp in this game? And if so, what kind of pvp? Is open world pvp or instanced or what?

    Thanks in advance
    NO

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  • Jammer11Jammer11 Member Posts: 8
    I cant wait to try this PvMP out.  Im a big pvper,  and this sounds really interesting! 

    If I need heals Im not killing fast enough

  • jor8888jor8888 Member Posts: 378
    Originally posted by Lcsoldiers


    I am a pvp guy, but monster play actually sounds interesting if people participate in it.
     
     

    pvmp will never work reason is population inbalance.  ppl will always flock to the larger population side so when free ppl are out # u will see ppl login their monsters and and when monster are out # ppl login their 50 toons to gank monster.  When there is nothing to gank u will see ppl standing there doing nothing all night not to mention u cant even have more than 50 ppl around u without 1 min delay lag. 

     

     

  • KyleranKyleran Member LegendaryPosts: 43,975
    Originally posted by jor8888

    Originally posted by Lcsoldiers


    I am a pvp guy, but monster play actually sounds interesting if people participate in it.
     
     

    pvmp will never work reason is population inbalance.  ppl will always flock to the larger population side so when free ppl are out # u will see ppl login their monsters and and when monster are out # ppl login their 50 toons to gank monster.  When there is nothing to gank u will see ppl standing there doing nothing all night not to mention u cant even have more than 50 ppl around u without 1 min delay lag. 

     

     

    I think its a bit premature to declare LotRO's PVP system DOA.  Let's give it a few months to see how its going to work and then revisit it.

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