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My favorite zone....would be a tie between Forochel and Evendim. I also like the Trollshaws....Hell I like every zone except Lonelands.

My favorite instance would be The Great Barrows I love the maze like dungeon crawl feeling, it actually reminds me of the old school dungeons, not the WoW-type style that holds your hand and leads you down a linear path.

I have groups of areas that I like for different reasons. I'm big on the glitz so some of the outdoor areas simply astound me at its detail. Thorins Hall is even gorgeous, those dwarves do have some flare after all.

Since early in beta, I've been in love with Tom Babaldi's place. The trees are more enhanced, the waterfalls have a nice splash to them. It's an excellent place to relax and immerse yourself.

If I'm actively killing, I prefer dungeons. Almost any dungeon will do for me. You only have to worry about certain directions, and you can keep mobs from scattering all over (mostly). Basically they have a linear format, you can only go certain ways so you dont have to worry about roaming all over a land area to look for items/mobs.

Not sure if I can pick a favorite instance. I just dont know which ones I still like. I love sitting at a pool though seeing which ones let me in solo.

For the scenery I like Rivendell. The Library's ornate leafiness is beautiful. I lag bad, for some reason though, coming across the main bridge. It's caused me to fall into the river more than once.

I like the Southern Trollshaws, it's interested scenery, fun quests and a nice variety of monsters.

My favorite dungeon has easily been CD. It's challenging and creepy and the trolls are awesome.

I've been a bit disappointed with some of the redundant structures. You can find the same side-slanting suspension bridge in just about any dungeon requiring a bridge. Many buildings and small dungeons are simply the same as others in design and lay-out. I noticed the same thing in Vanguard. Probably a dumb thing to even notice though.

Lonelands is a pit. Kitca said it reminded him of Thundering Steppes; I've never been but it reminds me of the Overthere from EQ1. Big empty, uninteresting yellow-tan landscape full of hostile fauna. Sure, they did a great job of capturing the feel of an empty, blighted landscape but it's still boring. Plus, when I was there, it reminded me of the Overthere in another way -- full of the biggest dinks in the game. Of course these days it's pretty much deserted.

I didn't care for the elf/dwarf starting region at all and only spent a short time in Evendim, being pretty unimpressed and sick of swimming.

My favorite area so far has been the big orc/troll camp east of Estelden (or however its spelled). It doesn't start out visually stunning but the climb through the forts up to the bosses' areas is pretty impressive. Plus it has a very threatening feel to it. I was a little sad when I finished the quests in that region.

Edited, May 16th 2008 9:01am by Jophiel

Although it may be completely off-lore, I'm loving Forochel and am heartbroken I'm nearly done with all the available quests there.

I love and hate the Old Forest. The music is spooky, the trees are deadly and it's impossible for me to find my way through there without taking a hundred wrong turns. Yay for immersion!

Rivendell is lovely and the Shire is tons of fun. You just can't beat the Shire for sheer number of newbie quests. Make sure to read what the npcs are saying. It can get rather amusing.

Finding Bilbo's stone trolls by accident in the Trollshaws had to be one of my favorite moments in the game.

..and the horseride down the mountain pass and through the mountains throat to GT's main entrance is pretty fun.





Edited, May 27th 2008 5:19am by Elinda

I don't think the trolls in the Trollshaws are out in the daytime.




Edited, May 28th 2008 7:24pm by Elinda

I think my favorite area has to be Forochel and not just because it is the newest one. I tend to be a somewhat anti social gamer (sounds odd doesn't it) And I prefer to either fly solo, or group with people I know. I have bad experiences with PUGs normally though I am sometimes pleasantly surprised.

I love Forochel for several reasons. The zone is almost completely solo, that is so refreshing to me. There are only 4 0r 5 quests (not counting book quests) that absolutely require a group to do. Every quest practically gives you faction and the four areas of the map that give you repeatable faction quests (not bad money either) is a really nice touch. The scenery despite being "arctic" is really well done imo, I never get bored with it like I do in the lone lands or angmar. You can tell a lot of work went into this and the ice spirit Grims are probably the most beautiful mobs in the game, imho :P They are just neat to look at and can be a pain to fight if you happen to not see them coming. I love getting launched so far by them that I break a leg or (on my hunter) getting tossed so far from them I'm out of range. They're just fun to fight :P

The area I loved to hate was the Old Forest :P I could never seem to find my way in there despite being many many times. If I was trying to find my way futher in, I'd always accidentally wander out. Once I managed to find my way to where I needed to be, I could never find my way out again :P