LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE: Turbine’s Nik Davidson has crafted a post clarifying how PvP gameplay will work in LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE. Players will be able to temporarily inhabit an evil monster character and battle against other players in specific areas and instances.
Subscribers will receive “monster points” for partaking in skirmishes, which can then be used to play as bigger, badder baddies or spent on their main avatar. Sounds fun. I just hope the situation doesn’t often arise where players are standing around waiting for monsters or monster chars are hanging around biting their nails waiting for “good” players to fight. Roar! (source: mmorpgdot)
“Players will have a chance to take on the role of a minion of darkness, a dark creature such as a goblin, orc, troll… or maybe even something fouler! Your monster player character is temporary – as a monster player, you have quests to complete, but you don’t level up as an orc. At launch, this is the only method by which players will be able to play as a member of an evil race.”