This is our Beta Roundtable that was recorded Tuesday, August 3rd. We have with us five special beta testers who agreed on very short notice to talk about their experiences. We appreciate them taking the time to share their adventures in the beta so far.
- Azz: our resident warden and who has been on several podcasts
- Elborigorn: recently heard on the Captain’s Roundtable as well as a writer for CSTM
- Kiarane: known for her decoration posts and was heard on episode 44
- Geiri: heard on the Dungeon as well as the Captain’s Roundtable
- Bryandt: who has guest blogged for CSTM as well as added his expertise in the Minstrel Roundtable
We tried very hard to avoid major plot line spoilers for things like the epic quest line and the changes to the introduction quests. I believe we did accomplish this however if you are sensitive to spoilers and really want to be surprised when Free-To-Play launches, perhaps this is not the best thing for you to listen to.
It gets asked every roundtable so I should mention that a transcript will not be available for this show. I’m very sorry for those who prefer to read.
List of Topics:
I have broken up the chat’s main topics into an outline with a timestamp of where that information starts in case you are just interested in a piece here and there and want the rest to be a surprise. I hope this is helpful!
- Enedwaith – Timestamp 0:02:24
- New Class Introduction Quests – Timestamp 0:27:10
- Class Changes – Timestamp 0:40:20
- LUA Scripting – Timestamp 0:57:49
- Playing as a Free Player/Premium/VIP – Timestamp 1:14:20
- LOTRO Store – Timestamp 1:22:02
- Dungeon Scaling – Timestamp 1:51:15
- Fall Festival – Timestamp 1:59:19
Links mentioned in the show:
- DocHoliday Examples of LUA Script Plugins
- Beta Store Cosmetics Posts: Head – Back – Body
Be sure to check out the other beta information and the beta videos already posted here on CSTM!
August 11, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Yay, Great work guys
I’ll download it on itunes
August 11, 2010 at 11:28 pm
I am currently listening to the round table and just got to the bit where you are poo pooing the combat practice components. I know some people who died immediately when they played the intro years ago and it put them off the game. Don’t underestimate the complexity of LOTRO – particularly for those who will come along and have never played an MMO or a computer RPG for that matter.
August 12, 2010 at 12:02 am
You’re absolutely correct. We were a bit judgmental in our assumption that most players would know how the controls of an MMO would work. As I’ve said before I have a friend whose first MMO was DDO because it was free to play and there’s no reason why LOTRO won’t be the same for a lot of other people. So you’re right there was a good reason to put that in there and we were a bit ignorant to dismiss it as we did.
August 12, 2010 at 12:37 am
My comment came across a lot harsher than I intended. Love the podcast – I download every epidode and play it (and other Lotro podcasts) when I go for walks. Great stuff
August 12, 2010 at 7:14 am
My best mans wife recently started playing, and the whole idea of computer games was new to her, never mind MMO’s even more so. It really made us appreciate just how much there is to learn for someone totally new.
On the plus side, with a little assistance she is absolutely loving this foray in gaming and MMO’s so LOTRO defiantely has a new fan!
August 12, 2010 at 9:12 am
Ah my rune keeper was defeated in her first battle with a fly in Ered Luin!
August 12, 2010 at 9:38 am
Omg, it shows so much that I was tired, sometimes my english doesn’t make sense, lol!
August 12, 2010 at 11:37 am
Finally finish listening to it all, a great epidsode!
You made perfect sense to me Kia, it all sounded great, and you and Goldenstar have got me dying to get into that haunted cellar!
August 12, 2010 at 1:36 pm
I can’t wait for the fall festival, really want that skeleton horse. Hopefully the drop rate isn’t too low.
August 12, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Great Beta Podcast!
I am excited!
I think if the General Forums in its entirety listened to you guys, there would be much less fuss.
-Welby
August 12, 2010 at 3:39 pm
just a quick comment on Lua scripting. There is also one called Pet Carousel for LM’s, it is similar to the port one for hunters where it has all of our pets in a neat little window that you can cycle through to pick the one you want, it even includes the cosmetic pets!!
This will get our pets out of our quick slots which is total win for all LM’s!!
August 12, 2010 at 5:22 pm
I believe if I said “uhm” any more than I did, my old public speaking teacher would hunt me down and throttle me.
August 12, 2010 at 9:35 pm
Don’t even worry about that Bry. I’ve listened to it three times and haven’t noticed.
August 15, 2010 at 4:49 pm
During the roundtable when the guests were going over class changes, Goldenstar mentioned something about Ministrels getting to “Mentor from Horses.” What does that mean?
August 15, 2010 at 5:24 pm
Minstrels can train (mentor) other players so they can learn to play other instruments like bagpipes, cowbells etc. We will be able to do this action from horseback.