BBC likes LOTRO better than WoW

The BBC recently published their preview of Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, and I have to point out that I'm not surprised that their man liked it better than World of Warcraft. You see, Blizzard doesn't have that one quality that John Ronald Reuel Tolkien had: being British. Of course the BBC is going to root for the home team. Regardless, the write up is still pretty sound, and I have to respect someone who knows where the real fun of playing comes from:

As a result, five of the seven choices of class for your character are combat-based. The other two are burglar and Lore-master - the latter is a kind of scholar who can use everyday objects to create magic-like effects.

Once I'd chosen my human champion, I was thrown into the game, which starts with an "instance" - essentially a self-contained adventure - that familiarises a player with the combat, movement and questing system.

First, Human Champion is awesomesauce. The only thing that worries me is that Burglar is seen as a non-combat class. Burglars are really good at dealing damage, and they have some of the best Debuffs in the game. They also have attacks that start out the Conjuctions most of the time.

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