The $99.99 for one-year of VIP subscription deal is back. This is something we’ve seen a few times and always for a limited time. There is no listed date as to when this special ends.
This is cheaper than the current multi-month subscription that equates to $9.99 per month. This special is a yearly savings of $19.89 (or almost 2-months free VIP time compared to the $9.99 per month plan). The single month plan is $14.99 so would be even a better deal if you are switching from that plan.
Comparing the $99.99 yearly cost to the other subscription plans:
- $9.99 / mo = $119.88 / year (16% savings)
- $14.99 / mo = $179.88 / year (44% savings)
While it is quite a bit in up-front costs, this is a good deal if you plan to be playing LOTRO for a while.
April 25, 2012 at 9:03 am
Fingers crossed that they will have a Lifetime Subscription offer during the anniversary period. I think they did last year, although I could be mistaken.
April 25, 2012 at 9:52 am
selling lifetime subscriptions is extremely bad for business, so i doubt we’ll see anything like that on a large scale anytime soon.
April 25, 2012 at 11:04 am
As our friend Crell points out, if they’re willing to sell 23,000 Turbine Points for $200 and you can essentially buy all of the game content and have a F2P account, isn’t that like a lifetime account?
April 25, 2012 at 11:08 am
Yes true, I forgot about the new TP packages. My mistake was passing on the $99 Lifetime Account offer they had roughly 2 years ago. I still get wife aggro over that….
April 25, 2012 at 1:13 pm
If you are able to buy every quest pack, skirmish and have all your virture/class slots available, the only thing you are really missing out on is PvP. Otherwise you are a Lifetime member.
April 26, 2012 at 5:36 am
Except the current lifetime subs include a monthly allowance of 500TP (6000TP per year).
April 26, 2012 at 11:07 am
I’d pay $200 a month for a “lifetime lite” subscription that has all of the VIP content (zones, quests, skirmishes) and features (no gold cap, character slots, destiny points, etc.), but without the 500 TP a month.
April 25, 2012 at 9:53 am
European players can have a deal at 89,99€ for one year when upgrading from f2p/premium to a subscription plan, if going for the 12 month plan. That makes one months at about 7,5€.
Not too sure if it is temporary or exclusive to upgrading or available even to new accounts.
April 25, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Interesting. They will sell/market some lifetimes to websites,
but not to us for a game that almost died under subscription only and is now 5 years old. As someone has already said, you can buy almost every facet of the game besides the little sandbox with a merry-go-round called the moors.You can play there for free with the underdogs “like never before”.
Not biting.
April 25, 2012 at 4:31 pm
You miss more than just PvP if you’re not paid. You get rest XP as a paid player. Which helps with leveling. You also get to use all those destiny points that F2P players get but can’t spend. I’m sitting on 40k of destiny points I can’t use for anything but monster play which doesn’t interest me at all. For a F2P player you have to use TP to get those same buffs. In my opinion, the biggest thing about being a paid player is being able to use those destiny points and getting rest xp. The monthly TP rations aren’t bad either.
April 25, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Thanks for posting about this, because it caused me to go back and take a look at my payment options. I had been paying $14.99/month, and while I don’t think I am ready to plunk down $99 for a year, I did change to the $9.99/month option, so that will be a tad more cash in my pocket.
April 26, 2012 at 7:57 pm
I may just do this, I don’t plan on going any where soon, I’ve tried just about every mmo out there and I always keep coming back to lotro. May as well save a few dollars.