LOTRO Traits

One thing I have really liked about LOTRO is their use of deeds and accomplishments. Instead of a character getting free talents at each level, the player is allowed to run around and acquire Virtues, Class, Race, and Legendary Traits which a player can slot to make their character better at specific actions. This is similar to WOW, but instead of a player straight grinding to level up, a player has a reason to explore and grind monsters because they get a benefit from it. If a player explores the country side in the elvish and dwarven areas they can acquire a virtue just by exploring. If you want to go kill some creatures for XP you can choose a creature that gives you a trait in the end. Plus the use of your class skills can give you class traits you can use also. I find this whole system very well thought out as it not only gives players a reward or the feeling of a reward in taking actions many MMO players do anyway but also the class skills can be used to encourage use and learning how to use specific class abilities and how they interact instead of not using them at all like some skills can be. So over all I have found the Trait system to be a big benefit to the LOTRO Game. Again it allows for people with different play styles to have different options and not be pigeon holed.