Logging onto the Landroval server last PM, I noticed yet another nice feature of the game. It looks like the new patch now “flags” people who are roleplaying with a white name instead of the more common yellow. You were flagged previously, but you had to cursor over people and look at the pop-up to see if they had the flag activated. I often did this if I was looking for someone to help with a quest in character but this makes it very obvious and easy to spot at a distance.
To turn on your Roleplaying Flag, simply type: /rp on
At that point, your flag is toggled on and your name will show up as white instead of yellow. It doesn’t “do” anything else, but it certainly does make it easier to find players on the server who are interested in something more than the hack-n-slash aspect of the game – simply look for the white names and you are in great shape.
As an example, I walked into the Prancing Pony last night and saw around 5-7 players who were roleplaying. It was easy to walk up next to them and quickly start conversations in character about game events. I have very little MMORPG experience with my only other game being Guild Wars, but I must say that I’m continuing to be impressed with the atmosphere within Middle Earth. I have heard all the terrible things about how immature the typical MMORPG audience is an in general I do think they lend themselves towards that with a pretty simple model. But this has been different and while there are many who don’t care about the story, many do and there is a sub-set of the community that is very interested and excited about seeing the game from a character’s perspective.
All in all, I continue to be impressed and while this was a subtle change with the patch; I think it is an important one that will serve the roleplaying community nicely. Excellent work Turbine!
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