The Lord of the Rings Online Preview

The folks at MMORPG.com have posted a preview of Turbine’s The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, based on what they learned about the game during this year’s Penny Arcade Expo.

The concept of Accomplishments is a neat innovation among MMORPGs. These are goals given to each character means to be achieved while you play. In exchange, players earn titles and traits. While titles are self-explanatory, traits are innate abilities (or buffs) each character equips into a finite number of slots. Players can swap them out, for a price, over time if they choose. Accomplishments are often (exploration based achievements). They can be as simple as finding a certain famous place or as easy as using one of your skills X number of times. These are rewards for playing, not rewards people must grind to earn.