Lord of the Rings Online

[Apocalypse]

Farming for mats and killing trash mobs.

[Apocalypse]

I looked lotro up, and I don't see any healing classes...

[Asher]

Ministrel is a healing class.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Apocalypse
Do you know how much of a time sink end game is compared to WoW?

I haven't gotten to end-game.

[Apocalypse]

* Raise the Spirit: The Minstrel's words of encouragement renew the morale of a companion.
* Clarion of the Valar: Calling upon the name of the Valar can send evil foes fleeing in terror for a short time.
* Tale of Heroism: Increases the Will and Fate of the Minstrel's fellowship.
* Inspire Fellows: Words of encouragement renew the morale of the Minstrel's fellowship and increase its vigour.
* Soothing Song: Decreases the Minstrel's threat in the eyes of her enemy target and all adjacent enemies.
* Noble Cause: The next three Herald's Strikes that the Minstrel executes do extra damage and return part of that as morale to her group.
* Song of Aid: This song enables the Minstrel to reduce incoming morale damage by lightening the hearts of her fellows.
* Enlivening Grace: Bring hope to those whose morale has been entirely depleted, reviving a defeated target.
* Piercing Cry: A shout that does light damage to the Minstrel's enemies.

Looks like a DnD style Bard, not a healer.

[Asher]

Morale = health

It is the healing class.

[Harovan]

Asher is right, minstrels are de-facto healers.

And they kill their foes by shouting at them and playing the lute.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Asher is right, minstrels are de-facto healers.

And they kill their foes by shouting at them and playing the lute.

What a way to go.

[Harovan]

I should know, I'm playing one.

[Asher]

My SO plays one.

How do you find the game so far?

[Harovan]

Well, it's WoW in easy-mode (yep, that's possible). It looks nice (a bit simplistic tho, but for a good reason - performance), and it has only a few bugs which is good for a game so short after release. As game design it's pretty shallow though, it has the simplicity of Guild Wars (only 7 classes) without the tactical depth and it doesn't take much effort to be successful. It's a game for roleplayers (and as that it shines) but you'll have a hard time to "powergame" in it.

I don't want to talk trash about it, but I don't think it has the content for more than 1-2 months, unless they come out with expansions soon (which again would reek a bit like scam).

[Jon Miller]

Sounds good, I will try it in a month or two.

Jon Miller

[Jamski]

I'm playing the preorder. No depth at all, looks pretty, plays very nicely, but all surface. Minstrel too. Bothered by total lack of choice re skills, equipment and tactics. Deffo for roleplayers only.

[Jon Miller]

I like Roleplaying.

Jon Miller

[Jamski]

I like roleplaying. I dislike having the exact same skillset and equipment as everyone else of my class.