LOTRO’s crummy icon art

We gaze upon it, we pull on the veins connecting to our characters triggering pummeling blows or forming magical sparkles in the air, how can you not like sparkles. I wonder if the talented artists creating eMiddle Earth™ were so busy making us drool over the world that they let a bunch of retarded monkeys draw up the game icons with crayons. While it’s true I can’t do better - I’m skilled in pooping in socks and flinging them around the room, which comes in handy when I want to give someone a black eye - anyone else who plays/played the beta think the icon art is lackluster?

With a rumored 10 million dollar development budget, I wonder how much got put into the user interface. Yea, there going to patch in some improved user interface functionality after release, that’s like telling me to eat half a cake without the frosting first then adding it later and the frosting will still be bad. Out of all the mmogs I have played, I dislike lotro’s icons the most. Did Turbine cut, copy, and past some AC2 icons to save money for hairy hobbit feet? I think I remember those looking shitty too, perhaps it’s the same artist/designer. Sorry mang, you draw as good as I write - not very good, double zinger. Here’s an icon comparison I pilfered from Adamar Hammerfel of Ascension.

All solid points that I mostly agree with, I’m shallow - I want new icons.