Ask Turbine's Jeff Anderson About LOTRO

Last month, Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar went live in what was arguably the most well-received launch for a Massively Multiplayer game since World of Warcraft. The game soared to the top of the retail charts, and has been a breath of fresh air for gamers looking to get a taste of something just a little bit different and a little bit hobbity. Today, you have the chance to ask Turbine's CEO Jeff Anderson questions about the process of creating the game, the Tolkien license, and new content we'll see in Middle Earth in the coming weeks and months. One question per comment, please. We'll take the best of the lot and put them to Mr. Anderson in a phone interview later this week. We'll post his responses as soon as we can, so make sure to get your question in today if you want it to show up in his response.

Preference: oil- or water-based lubrication...

[GodfatherofSoul]

...for the sodomizing you're going to suffer trying to take on WoW?

Re:I wonder

[maroberts]

You can only mine fish if you're Gollum

Re:Virtual Economies (follow up).

[maroberts]

Do you have any plans to deal with Gold Farming?

I would doubt it, after all its a racial characteristic of Dwarves and Dragons.

Tolkien

[untaken_name]

Has anyone reported any earth tremors near Wolvercote Cemetary? If so, are there any plans to re-bury Mr. Tolkien in a spin-proof coffin?

Mr. Anderson

[FiloEleven]

We'll take the best of the lot and put them to Mr. Anderson in a phone interview later this week.

Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is a phone call when you are unable to speak?

Re:Virtual Economies (follow up).

[Puff of Logic]

Do you have any plans to deal with Gold Farming?

I would doubt it, after all its a racial characteristic of Dwarves and Dragons.

If the devs would be willing to let a Balrog rampage around periodically eating all of the gold farmers, I'd actually subscribe to the game!

Re:Feeling the love

[Anonymous Coward]

So do you work for Turbine or their marketing firm?

Re:Ent

[quantaman]

Can I play as an Ent?

Yeah, though when playing as an Ent it takes several years to complete the in-game tutorial.

(and you still don't get any women).

Re:Virtual Economies (follow up).

[dangitman]

According to Wikipedia:

A sense of humour is the ability to experience humour, a quality which all people share, although the extent to which an individual will personally find something humorous depends on a host of absolute and relative variables, including geographical location, culture, maturity, level of education, and context. For example, young children (of any background) particularly favour slapstick, such as Punch and Judy puppet shows. Satire may rely more on understanding the target of the humour, and thus tends to appeal to more mature audiences.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor [wikipedia.org]