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On 11 December 2005, the [[Lord of the Rings Online TCG]] platform launched its league system for players to have the opportunity to participate in regular events, just about a year after publicly launching. The leagues were not just mirrors of their physical counterparts, however, as they incorporated gameplay mechanics that leveraged the nature of the digital platform, including the meta-path [[Race to Mount Doom]] modifiers as well as '''Customizable League Cards''' | On 11 December 2005, the [[Lord of the Rings Online TCG]] platform launched its league system for players to have the opportunity to participate in regular events, just about a year after publicly launching. The leagues were not just mirrors of their physical counterparts, however, as they incorporated gameplay mechanics that leveraged the nature of the digital platform, including the meta-path [[Race to Mount Doom]] modifiers as well as '''Customizable League Cards'''. | ||
Such league cards initially had a D rarity (for "Digital", not to be confused with Decipher's printed D for "[[DGMA Promo]]" rarity). Each card starts with no game text and basic stats, but as players earned League Character Points for participating in the league they signed up with, those points could be spent to upgrade the Customizable League Cards in their collection. | Such league cards initially had a D rarity (for "Digital", not to be confused with Decipher's printed D for "[[DGMA Promo]]" rarity). Each card starts with no game text and basic stats, but as players earned League Character Points for participating in the league they signed up with, those points could be spent to upgrade the Customizable League Cards in their collection. | ||
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The Customizable League Cards were introduced before [[Shadows]] was launched, and so the [[Free Peoples]] cards do not deal with [[Resistance]] (except Frodo). In fact, the CLCs were apparently not legal to use in War of the Ring events and were restricted to King Block and earlier<ref>Fellow forum member clarifying the scope of CLCs in WOTR events: http://web.archive.org/web/20050304070427/http://lotrtcg.decipher.com:80/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35059&</ref>. | The Customizable League Cards were introduced before [[Shadows]] was launched, and so the [[Free Peoples]] cards do not deal with [[Resistance]] (except Frodo). In fact, the CLCs were apparently not legal to use in War of the Ring events and were restricted to King Block and earlier<ref>Fellow forum member clarifying the scope of CLCs in WOTR events: http://web.archive.org/web/20050304070427/http://lotrtcg.decipher.com:80/forum/viewtopic.php?p=35059&</ref>. | ||
Often ridiculed by players who never played online, the forum posts that remain on the Wayback machine seem fairly | |||
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Each character had 3 tiers of upgradable options, costing 1, 3, and 5 points apiece. Not all upgrades were at the same tier for each character, and some characters even split upgrades between multiple levels (Gimli for instance having a [[Strength]] +1 upgrade at each of the 1, 3, and 5 point levels). Originally there was also a 7-point tier, but all 7-point options were reduced to 5-point options at an unknown time<ref>Early fan forum post consolidating all then-known spoilers, including some 7-point tier options: http://web.archive.org/web/20050304123913/http://lotrtcg.decipher.com:80/forum/viewtopic.php?p=33713&</ref>. | Each character had 3 tiers of upgradable options, costing 1, 3, and 5 points apiece. Not all upgrades were at the same tier for each character, and some characters even split upgrades between multiple levels (Gimli for instance having a [[Strength]] +1 upgrade at each of the 1, 3, and 5 point levels). Originally there was also a 7-point tier, but all 7-point options were reduced to 5-point options at an unknown time<ref>Early fan forum post consolidating all then-known spoilers, including some 7-point tier options: http://web.archive.org/web/20050304123913/http://lotrtcg.decipher.com:80/forum/viewtopic.php?p=33713&</ref>. | ||
Some upgrades could be purchased multiple times, most commonly Strength up to 3 times. There were also mutually exclusive upgrades, but these were limited to [[Signets]]; naturally you could only select one of the four available signets at a time. | Some upgrades could be purchased multiple times, most commonly Strength up to 3 times. Originally there were plans to permit [[Vitality]] to be purchased up to 3 times, but apparently a Vitality 6 Eomer or [[Besieger]] was considered too efficient, and the option was reduced to +1 Vitality max (except for Frodo, who could go +2). There were also mutually exclusive upgrades, but these were limited to [[Signets]]; naturally you could only select one of the four available signets at a time. | ||
Players could of course dump all of their points into one power card if they so chose, but they could also spread them around to multiple different characters as-needed. Any upgrades purchased for one card would apply automatically to all copies of that card in the same league, so upgrading 1 Arwen would upgrade all 4 you might have in a deck<ref>World's Apart employee Nakano clarifying that all upgrades for a given card apply to all copies of that card: http://web.archive.org/web/20050118220206/http://lotrtcg.decipher.com:80/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4682&</ref>. | Players could of course dump all of their points into one power card if they so chose, but they could also spread them around to multiple different characters as-needed. Any upgrades purchased for one card would apply automatically to all copies of that card in the same league, so upgrading 1 Arwen would upgrade all 4 you might have in a deck<ref>World's Apart employee Nakano clarifying that all upgrades for a given card apply to all copies of that card: http://web.archive.org/web/20050118220206/http://lotrtcg.decipher.com:80/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4682&</ref>. | ||
== Physical Printing == | == Physical Printing == | ||
Physical versions of | Physical versions of some Customizable League Cards were eventually printed as 0P62 - 0P67, albeit very toned down with only 1-6 points of upgrades applied. Each physical promo was awarded to anyone who joined online leagues for a particular month in 2005. The participation months were as follows: | ||
* January 2005: {{Card|0P65}} <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050314204041/http://lotronline.decipher.com/newsletters/2005_01_06.html</ref> | * January 2005: {{Card|0P65}} <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050314204041/http://lotronline.decipher.com/newsletters/2005_01_06.html</ref> | ||
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* June 2005: {{Card|0P67}} <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050603235822/http://lotronline.decipher.com:80/</ref> | * June 2005: {{Card|0P67}} <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20050603235822/http://lotronline.decipher.com:80/</ref> | ||
These physical promos are among the most elusive to gather nowadays, considering the (relatively) limited scope of who participated | These physical promos are among the most elusive to gather nowadays, considering the (relatively) limited scope of who participated (and it probably doesn't hurt that most of them did not appeal to players at the time due to their underpowered nature, meaning only die-hard collectors cared much). | ||
== Rarity == | == Rarity == | ||
There is some confusion regarding the D rarity applied to these cards within the LOTRO client. Initially this was established to mean (D)igital, but later cards physically printed by Decipher were for (D)GMA rewards, which could lead one to believe that | There is some confusion regarding the D rarity applied to these cards within the LOTRO client. Initially this was established to mean (D)igital, but later cards physically printed by Decipher were for (D)GMA rewards, which could lead one to believe that ''these'' D-rarity cards were also printed. Add onto the fact that some of them ''were'' printed with a P rarity, and it's a right mess. | ||
Later, it appears that World's Apart altered their internal naming scheme and referred to all digital-only cards with the rarity of W, presumably for (W)orld's Apart and to avoid the ambiguous D issue. This must have been done late in the platform's lifetime, however, as none of the website help articles were ever updated to reflect this information. | Later, it appears that World's Apart altered their internal naming scheme and referred to all digital-only cards with the rarity of W, presumably for (W)orld's Apart and to avoid the ambiguous D issue. This must have been done late in the platform's lifetime, however, as none of the website help articles were ever updated to reflect this information. | ||
To be absolutely clear: none of the | To be absolutely clear: none of the D-rarity cards were ever printed. Also none of the fully customized cards were ever printed. Some barely-customized cards were rebranded under the P-rarity and were printed as almost-but-not-quite useless base versions. | ||
Some of the Customizable League Cards had physical counterparts which were issued on an unknown basis to individuals who participated in some league events; these cards are among the rarest in the [[Promotional]] set due to the very narrow distribution. These cards are 0P62 - 0P67, and are for the most part based on the mostly-blank variant, with perhaps a point or two spent to keep them from being ''completely'' unusable. | |||
== Cards == | == Cards == | ||
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! Basic Unupgraded Card | ! Basic Unupgraded Card | ||
! style="min-width:300px" | | ! style="min-width:300px" | Unlockable Buffs !! Fully Upgraded Card !! Physical Promo Print | ||
! style="min-width:200px" | Printing Point Value | ! style="min-width:200px" | Printing Point Value | ||
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| '''1 pt:''' | | '''1 pt:''' | ||
* Assignment: Spot an ally to make that ally participate in skirmishes and assign this minion to skirmish that ally. | * Assignment: Spot an ally to make that ally participate in skirmishes and assign this minion to skirmish that ally. | ||
* | * Fierce | ||
'''3 pts:''' | '''3 pts:''' | ||
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'''1 pt:''' | '''1 pt:''' | ||
* | * Damage +1 (up to 3 times) | ||
* Strength +1 | * Strength +1 | ||
* Aragorn signet '' | * Aragorn signet ''OR'' Frodo signet ''OR'' Gandalf signet ''OR'' Theoden signet | ||
'''3 pt:''' | '''3 pt:''' | ||
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| [[File:LOTR-EN00S062.0_card.jpg|frame|link=Gimli, Dwarven Delegate (0P62)|{{Card|0P62}}]] | | [[File:LOTR-EN00S062.0_card.jpg|frame|link=Gimli, Dwarven Delegate (0P62)|{{Card|0P62}}]] | ||
| 2 pts ('''Damage +1''', Strength +1) | | 2 pts ('''Damage +1''', Strength +1) | ||
|} | |} | ||
== References == |