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Lord of the Rings Online : Interview with Jeffrey Steefel

Executive Producer Jeffrey Steefel, one of the top decision makers at Turbine on the Lord of the Rings project, fields fifteen of our questions in this new interview. Mike Jobbagy gets into the different game systems to unearth some new information.



MMORPG.com: I?ve heard the timeline for the game has been changed. Can you tell us when/where we are when we log into the game? 

Jeffrey Steefel: Our current plan is to begin the timeline roughly when Frodo leaves the Shire (from Crickhollow in Buckland).

Where you begin depends on which race you belong to buy LOTRO Gold; the four races have different starting points and different newbie experiences. Human characters will begin their stories in the town of Archet, outside of the Chetwood Forest. The starting points for the other races are still unannounced.

The simplest answer is that the launch version of the game essentially happens during the time of the first book, and then will expand beyond there after launch.

MMORPG.com: What forms of alternative advancement will be available or will combat be the only option?

Jeffrey Steefel: Advancement is primarily through combat and questing. Although combat is the focus (you are, after all, a heroic adventurer), there are many quests which don?t involve killing things, and there are other activities besides combat.Of interest, too, is that our version of advancement (for quests and for combat goals) has multiple dimensions that involve ?Accomplishments? and ?Traits? in addition to more standard things like class, level and skills. We?re not saying much about this system just yet, but stay tuned. :)

MMORPG.com: The offline advancement system, has it been scrapped totally, or is it still being tweaked?

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