Turbine announced that they were going to move to a free to play method of gaming with Lord of the Rings Online(LOTRO) following its younger brother DDO(Dungeons and Dragons Online) A few months back. and Now at PAX Prime they released a trailer for FTP and on their site they have a free section that gives details on FTP and a small ad to the right saying its yours - free September 10th. Oh wait thats tomorrow, Awesome sauce I know what I'm doing tomorrow.
From what they have on their Free to play section on their site, you'll have three account types. of course theirs the free account, with lots of limits and restrictions were you can pay to have those removed. then theirs the Premium Account type, this one still has some restrictions but less and even has some things not restricted where the free one does. And last theirs the VIP account which has no restrictions other than getting more player slots and wardrobe slots. To get the Premium account all you have to do is purchase Turbine points and your upgraded. And VIP is a Monthly fee account, I'm not seeing a price on the webpage but I'm going to guess its $30 a month.
**Update**
I just checked my Email and found a newsletter from Turbine about LOTRO going FTP. And in the letter it says I'm a premium player because I had a previous account. so so if you've played LOTRO then you're most likely a Premium player. and If you bought the life time membership when the game first came out then you are an VIP (from what I've read).
The way that turbine has it set up for DDO and for the LOTRO is that if you have ever bought anything from turbine, then you are automatically a premium player. So even if you just buy a few turbine points, they still give you premium access to both of the MMOs.
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