One Shots: Born (soon to be) free

Yes, yes, we know. Two Lord of the Rings Online One Shots back to back. We're breaking our normal pattern of rotating games. However, after the tactical news nuke that Turbine let off this morning, we couldn't resist digging out the very shiniest image in our mailbox. The reason? Well, aside from the fact that we just love to look at gorgeous scenes in Lord of the Rings Online, we feel that this shift for a quality AAA title to free-to-play is going to change the MMO marketplace in ways we can only begin to fathom right now. But enough about our suppositions — we're going to turn this over to Foible from Laurelin (EU), who sent in this absolutely breathtaking image.

"[This is an image of] a stag taking a bath in one of The Shire's many peaceful, flowing rivers. You wouldn't even guess it's an area full of aggroing bears and goblins — and at least one of the above was sneaking up on the poor thing when I took the picture!"

MMOs from big to small are our raison d'etre, and One Shots is all about seeing these worlds through readers' eyes. If you'd like to show us a scene from your recent gaming adventures, then grab a screenshot and email it to us here at oneshots AT massively DOT com along with your name, the name of the game, and a brief description. We'll post it out here for everyone to enjoy and give you the credit.
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