I played it for almost a year before quitting. Compared to FFXI, LOTRO was honestly very easy. If you're any good at FFXI, it might be a little
too easy for you. XD
As someone mentioned above, there is a very large amount of content available for solo play. It took me only a few months of sporadic play to get my Hunter to level 60, which was the cap at that time. If I wasn't determined to explore 100% of the world, it would have taken even less time. I liked that the best way to level up was to do the quests and follow the story, as opposed to beating up walking onions and pink birds for hours on end. XD
I definitely had a lot of fun playing LOTRO. I really enjoyed both my class and the crafting system, which isn't punishing like in FFXI. After hitting the level cap, I did a lot of the endgame content, all of which was in the Mines of Moria back then. It was exciting for awhile, but I got reeeeaaaally tired of the freakin mines so I quit. XD
To give an idea of the game's difficulty: by the time I quit, I had never joined any of the endgame kinships (like linkshells or guilds) on my server, but ended up having almost all of the best gear and a large amount of money. <_< I quit in favor of FFXI when I ran out of things to do and stopped having fun.
I'm a little surprised to hear it's going free-to-play. If you don't have to pay for it, then I definitely recommend giving it a shot.^^ Personally though, I barely have enough time for one game, and FFXI is it. :)
Aaaaand fixed for the above poster:
Siren.Flunklesnarkin said: