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Insightful comments, as always. I myself have been looking for a game to "fill the void" since quitting WoW a few weeks back after playing 2+ years. LotR had been getting some pretty positive word of mouth at the forums I visit, so I checked out the free beta and played about 5, 6 hours or so on two different characters. I really fail to see the appeal of this game and the relatively high interest in it by others is mystifying. The game seems competent and functional ... which should be a given but as we know with MMOs it isn't. But beyond that it fails to capture my imagination or interest. I have enjoyed LotR since I was young, but really it was all about the narrative ... the world itself apart from the story really holds no interest for me. The look of the game is only slightly less generic than what EQ2 or Vanguard offers, and it plays like a stripped down, smaller WoW. But, folks are thirsting for something new that at least delivers a playable experience ... though I can't help but think that after other games like Warhammer, Pirates of the Burning Sea, Conan, etc. come out later this year that LotR's playerbase will shrink considerably.