My old account no longer works. Says it no longer has a valid LOTRO sub. Had to create a new one to even play.
Lord of the Rings Online
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Gorestabb
Bronze Knight of the Realm
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- 66
By Gandalf's beard minstrels are powerful now. I started a minstrel a week or so ago and he's now around level 30. I've not even come close to being in trouble despite soloing multiple signature mobs at once. Or has the whole game been made easier? I remember struggling through the "elite" side of the goblin camp in Lonelands as a hunter, breezed through it on my minstrel, mobs seem to die quicker too.
Also, the ability to use the points earned by completing deeds to purchase coins to teleport to quest hand-in npcs is a god send.
Also, the ability to use the points earned by completing deeds to purchase coins to teleport to quest hand-in npcs is a god send.
McCheese
SW: Sean, CW: Crone, GW: Wizardhawk
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Minstrels have always been really good at soloing because of their ability to self heal. That said, it is possible things were made easier, so I dunno.
I felt I played the minstrel effectively 1-50 in vanilla. I understood what every ability did and came up with what I thought was the best order to use them. It was not as easy as you're describing.
Gorestabb
Bronze Knight of the Realm
- 376
- 66
Indeed. I made an alt minstrel at launch also, but it was slow and tedious by the second half of Lonelands.
Now though, my minstrel is mowing through content faster than my champion. Typically I use my ballads to kill the first mob, launch an anthem that gives me health regen and kill the second mob with a coda. Rinse repeat, and the regen makes me near enough invincible.
Thought I'd kick this thread since Helm's Deep is going live today and there is no other LOTRO thread here.
Main features are:
- max level to 95
- Western Rohan is opening up
- Big Battle system, basically you can re-enact the Helm's Deep battle(s) with tons of NPCs and mobs etc. going at it.
- Complete revamp of the trait system, instead of slotting traits you have a trait tree akin to the old WoW talent trees.
I pre-ordered it a few weeks ago on a whim, and got into beta. It was extremely disappointing: they butchered the classes, the big battle system is full of bugs and imbalance and all the feedback given on the beta forums is literally 100% ignored. What I heard from people that were in the beta till the end, is that it will ship like that.
The epic quests will probably be great though, so I guess I'll pick up my 85 champ and roll through the epics, see the new Rohan landscapes and then quit in disgust as always.
Main features are:
- max level to 95
- Western Rohan is opening up
- Big Battle system, basically you can re-enact the Helm's Deep battle(s) with tons of NPCs and mobs etc. going at it.
- Complete revamp of the trait system, instead of slotting traits you have a trait tree akin to the old WoW talent trees.
I pre-ordered it a few weeks ago on a whim, and got into beta. It was extremely disappointing: they butchered the classes, the big battle system is full of bugs and imbalance and all the feedback given on the beta forums is literally 100% ignored. What I heard from people that were in the beta till the end, is that it will ship like that.
The epic quests will probably be great though, so I guess I'll pick up my 85 champ and roll through the epics, see the new Rohan landscapes and then quit in disgust as always.
Bruman
Golden Squire
- 1,154
- 0
I enjoy LOTRO, but I'm a nerd, so even though the gameplay is typical MMO bear ass and click shinies, I get a lot of enjoyment from the world and lore. They do a great job at bringing the books to life.
I think the Big Battles, watching from Youtube, look pretty fun, but not too sold on the class trees. I'll live with it though, obviously.
I think the Big Battles, watching from Youtube, look pretty fun, but not too sold on the class trees. I'll live with it though, obviously.
Rangoth
Blackwing Lair Raider
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This totally. It had good and bad qualities like any MMO but the "lore" and relationship to LotR made this game pretty enjoyable, I even payed for a sub for awhile. Funny part is I never read any of the books, thought the movies were above average but not fantastic, never saw the new hobbit one either. But it was just really neat running through a world I "knew". I also enjoyed how the main story quest had me interacting with all the main characters and such.
Overall I actually thought this game was pretty damn fun. Never made it far and got frustrated when I hit the first spot I needed to go into an elite dungeon and there was zero groups my level to do it
Then I did a few of those skirmishes or whatever and holy shit do you level fast, no wonder no one does lower level stuff. Anyway, yea the story rocks.
This totally. It had good and bad qualities like any MMO but the "lore" and relationship to LotR made this game pretty enjoyable, I even payed for a sub for awhile. Funny part is I never read any of the books, thought the movies were above average but not fantastic, never saw the new hobbit one either. But it was just really neat running through a world I "knew". I also enjoyed how the main story quest had me interacting with all the main characters and such.
Overall I actually thought this game was pretty damn fun. Never made it far and got frustrated when I hit the first spot I needed to go into an elite dungeon and there was zero groups my level to do it
I think the reaction to the class changes strongly depends on which class and which role you play, and how long you've played the game for. Some classes have come out of this in much better shape than others, Guardians for example seem to be fine, while Wardens are a mess at least as far as tanking goes. As always YMMV. There's a whole bunch of tweaking to animations especially the ones that took a long time to complete.
Many of the more vociferous posters don't like the fact that they no longer need five taskbars full of skills that they can pick and choose from for any fight. They were ignored simply because they didn't want any change, and change was going to happen.
The big battles seem like a cop-out to me, but I can see why they'd at least try it. If it works for Helms Deep, then they can use it for Osgiliath, the Siege of Gondor, Pelennor Fields and the last battle outside the Black Gates. I'm not a fan however of game systems that take you "outside" of your class.
McCheese
SW: Sean, CW: Crone, GW: Wizardhawk
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I played this pretty seriously (subscription and all!) between Moria and Rohan releases. Like others have said, I really enjoyed the setting and story and I definitely think everyone owes it to themselves to play through at least once just to do the epic quest line. They even made it all soloable long ago. Additionally, this game still feels the most like a real "world" to me; by that I mean, I don't feel like I'm in a virtual chat lobby waiting for games to launch. It is very cool to see people farming crops in fields, see houses and decorations, and the sheer size of the world which is largely seamless is very impressive. The graphics are really nice and the cosmetic outfits are fantastic, also.
That said, the thing that ultimately made me quit was the clunky combat. I played a guardian (tank) and the combat was just god awful in pretty much every way possible: very slow and unresponsive, choppy and confusing animations, boring abilities without any flare or creativity, extreme "whack-a-mole" syndrome (i.e wait for ability 1 to trigger, which opens ability 3, which opens ability 4, etc.)
That said, the thing that ultimately made me quit was the clunky combat. I played a guardian (tank) and the combat was just god awful in pretty much every way possible: very slow and unresponsive, choppy and confusing animations, boring abilities without any flare or creativity, extreme "whack-a-mole" syndrome (i.e wait for ability 1 to trigger, which opens ability 3, which opens ability 4, etc.)
So they magically seem to be having network / connectivity problems that caused them to postpone the HD release until further notice.
Call me crazy and put on yer tinfoil hits, cause I think it's just a ruse to do some last-minute polishing / bug-fixing on HD. Smells fishy anyway.
Call me crazy and put on yer tinfoil hits, cause I think it's just a ruse to do some last-minute polishing / bug-fixing on HD. Smells fishy anyway.
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Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:49:06 +0000
All LOTRO Game Worlds and Websites are now available. Thank you for your patience while we worked to resolve issues that resulted from a power outage at our data center. In order to provide the best possible experience for players, we will be delaying the release of Helm?s Deep untilWednesday November 20th.
Release notes are up:
Of Special Note
Western Rohan
Rohan's once-serene fields are fraught with gruesome evil among roaring fires that burn the pillaged lands. Heroes are needed to stand against fell deeds in these treacherous times. Five new areas in western Rohan have been added to the game. You can learn more in the Region Developer Diary.
Broadacres
Stonedeans
Kingstead
Westfold
Eastfold
The Epic story Continues
The White Hand moves to seize Edoras as Th?oden King broods within the Golden Hall. Without their King the people of Rohan despair. Gandalf and his brave companions arrive at the capital as West Rohan falls under Saruman's control. The fate of the kingdom will be decided at Helm's Deep. You can learn more through the Quest Notes Developer Diary.
The tale is told through three new Epic Books!
Book 11: The Golden Hall
BOOK 12: War in the Westemnet
BOOK 13: Helm's Deep
Epic Battles
Stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Th?oden King, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli as Helm's Deep thunders from the White Hand's fell army. Their only desire is Rohan's annihilation, and their only opposition stands atop the great and ancient Hornburg. Take on three new roles and battle through five epic spaces from Helm's Dike to the final refuge of the Glittering Caves. Read the five part developer diaries for a full understanding of roles, challenges, and rewards.
Class Changes are here!
All classes have undergone significant revamps and trait trees have been introduced. Please take the time to review the changes and go through your trees and familiarize yourself with the system and changes. To help you understand the new system, Beta players compiled very comprehensive guides for each class. You can find them in the appropriate class forums.
Burglar by bobhashum
Captain by Belnavar
Champion by Redit
Guardian by Smartbean and Schinderhannes
Hunter by Widoch
Lore-master by Easca and PKCrichton
Minstrel by bobhashum
Rune-keeper by Eomon
Warden by Redit.
Level to 95
All Characters may now advance from level 85 to level 95.
Stat Cap Adjustments
Stat Caps have been adjusted to account for the jump in item level and new gear stat-ings. As a temporary solution/bridge to these jumps, we have implemented intermediary stat caps as follows for Block, Parry, Evade, and Critical Chance:
Level 1-50: 15%
Level 51-84: 20%
Level 85-95: 25%
At lower levels, rating contributions should remain relatively untouched, but as players approach level cap, they should notice a slightly decreased return of rating to percentage. We will be revisiting stat caps and rating contributions in the near future to allow for a much smoother transition throughout leveling.
Crafting Changes
Several important changes have been made to crafting in addition to a new Tier. Please be sure to read over the notes carefully.
It's the Little Things...
Vault-keepers now sell bags of copper, silver, and gold coins. These bags of currency can be sent to other characters on the same world through Shared Storage, allowing you to share money without using the mail system.
Housing Chests have undergone a transformation. They now function more like vaults and other storage and can be upgraded to 75 storage spaces via in-game gold and to 225 via Mithril. Personal housing chests will accept bound items from the account that purchased the house. Kinship housing chests will not allow bound items.
A thank you to our Fashion Bloggers from Aubergine
We would like to extend a very heartfelt thank you to the fashion bloggers that have so generously donated their outfit designs to the LOTRO Mannequins! Hymne of Cosmetic Lotro has contributed many of the beautiful designs you've seen throughout most of this year. In September, we began using the equally stunning designs from Starry of the Starry Mantle. I am constantly delighted and awed by the outfits both have created, and we are very grateful for their generous gift of allowing us to use their creative talent for our designs. Creating wonderful cosmetic outfits is a labor of love and takes an enormous amount of time. It has been a pleasure to use such beautifully and thoughtfully crafted designs in game. - Aubergine
A Special Thank you to the Players Council and members of the Palantir private preview program
The number of changes to classes and the truly massive size of the Epic Battle system required a great deal of feedback and testing even before we entered the Beta cycle. Without your help and insights early in the process, taking on these challenges would have taken longer, caused far more sleepless nights, and resulted in a less polished final release. We thank you all for your assistance, your passion and for your dedication to helping us make The Lord of the Rings Online the best it can be. - The LOTRO Team
Release Notes
General
Captains, Champions and Guardians can now wear heavy armor beginning at level 1.
Guardians can use heavy shields beginning at level 1.
Bows and crossbows can be used starting at level 7.
Skirmish Marks and LIXP Runes have been added to Hobbit Presents.
The female hobbit run, walk and jump animations have been updated to accommodate shields better.All level 85 armor and weapons that had an associated seal cost are now barterable for marks and medallions
Bounders Bounty Tokens have been converted to Marks.
Seals have been reset and converted to Marks and Medallions.
Seals have been removed from all non-raid challenges.
Travel rations are no longer required.
Classes
Burglar
Provoke will no longer immediately break targets out of the Disabling Gamble it applies with Double Down.
Captain
Grave Wound and Improved Grave Wound no longer apply additional threat when Cutting Attack's bleed is present. In addition, Improved Grave Wound always applies its damage over time effect.
Battle-shout's range has been increased to 30m, up from 20m.
Inspiriting Call is now available at level 20.
Call to Arms: Archer is now available at level 26.
Shadow's Lament now deals Light-type damage
Withdraw and Fighting Withdrawal are now Immediate skills.
Champion
Champions should now be able to equip crossbows.
Guardian
Might's contribution to Tactical Mastery has been increased.
Hunter
Focus and Improved Focus is no longer useable while moving.
Lore-master
Combat Summoning has been removed from the game, as Lore-masters can now summon pets in combat a special ability is no longer needed.
Lore-masters - a bunch of changes have been made to make the quests for cosmetic pets easier and more accessible. The quest is now bestowed directly by Radagast instead of the Class Trainer. The rabbit and turtle have been moved closer, and the Sparrow quest will now have a much longer time limit on it. At the end, the player may choose one of the three pets they helped.
The Ettenmoors
Monster players now have access to 6 additional Corruption slots.
Corruption set bonuses. Corruptions now provide various bonuses if 3 or 6 of the same corruptions are slotted.
Monster players damage has been boosted by roughly 30%.
Monster players morale has been greatly increased to compensate for the change in potency of their enemies.
Monster player cooldowns have been reduced across the board to reflect the change in cooldowns for the class revamp.
Items
Various quest items should now make a sound when used while in your inventory.
Items - The Armour of the North Star set no longer gives Motivating Speech a Tactical Mitigation buff.
Fixed the Ettenmoors Minstrel item set bonus that was supposed to increase power restore from Song of the Hammerhand by +3% to work correctly
Jeweled Bell once again works when you are not on a horse.
CRafted champion horns can now be used while moving.
Crafted Champion horns are now consumable.
Crafting
All lower level leather and wood forester recipes will now have a second processing step, similar to that in Tiers 7-9. The names have also been changed to be more consistent with those in the later tiers.
Both Tier 1 and Tier 6 tin deposits and the recipes to make tin ingots have been removed. Tin ingots should now be available via the Supply vendor. Any tin ore that is still in player inventories will be able to be converted into copper ingots via the multi-output option on the copper ingot recipes.
The scholar glass now has a decreased "researching" time similar to mining picks and forester axes.
New vocation craft tools and corresponding recipes will be replacing the single craft tools/recipes in the lower level crafting tiers.
All ingredient packs have been combined into one, the Universal Ingredient Pack, and are now paper items that go into your barter wallet.
New processing recipes have been added for lower level jeweler, metalsmith, tailor, weaponsmith and woodworker professions.
Components have been removed from metalsmith, tailor, weaponsmith and woodworker recipes. Any components that players have in their inventory can be turned back into useable crafting materials via auto-granted recipes listed in the crafting panel under Obsolete Item Conversion.
Craftguild reputation items have had their reputation amounts adjusted.
The crit chance bonus on the Scroll of Ages has been lowered.
Tier 6 crafting resources have also had the following changes made:
There is now only one ore deposit found throughout the regions pertaining to this crafting tier: Khazad Skarn Deposit
There is also only one wood and one hide: Ilex and Magnificent. Any mallorn wood or extraordinary hides that players still have in their inventories have been renamed and will be able to be converted into useable planks/leather via multi-output options on the wood and leather recipes.
Name changes to crafting materials no longer used:
A Log of Mallorn Wood is now a Gnarled Ilex Branch that can be used to make Thin Ilex Planks.
A Treated Mallorn Plank is now a Treated Ilex Wood that can be used to make Solid Ilex Planks.
An Extraordinary Hide is now an Aged Extraordinary Hide and can be used to make Brushed Extraordinary Leather.
A Tin Ore is now a Piece of Copper-infused Ore.
A Khazad-tin Ore is now a Piece of Khazad Metal.
Mithril Services
Lowered the rate of Mithril Repair to 2 Mithril Coins
Due to popular demand, there are now Mithril Traders located in all of the post-new player racial starting areas. These vendors offer easy access to our more popular items for players just starting out.
Mithril quest teleportation costs have increased slightly for Helm's Deep questing areas only.
User Interface
Tooltips that referenced fractional duration less than one second should show the value correctly
Fixed a bug causing player auras to not apply to their newly-summoned pets when the player is not in a fellowship
Items that were intended to be uncommon landscape drops should now display as such in their icons
Under-leveled on-equip effects have been pulled from new landscape gear
Quest Guide Examination for monsters and items now includes information for underway deeds as well as underway quests.
Quest Guide
Fixed a problem that was preventing quest guide from correctly pointing you to the destination of channeling quests.
Music System
Loading music files to play (with /play "filename") will now work properly on Mac.
Lua
Lua classes API changes:
Burglar - removed mischief stance and the tier 3 critical response
Champion - removed stances
Guardian - removed stances
Hunter - removed Fleet stance
Runekeeper - removed GetWinterstormLevel, GetMasterOfTragedyLevel, GetMasterOfConnotationLevel, GetMasterOfAllusionLevel
Warden - removed Recklessness and Way of the Warden stances
Helm's Deep Known Issues
Note: The majority of issues listed below are currently slated to be addressed in Update 12.1
Epic Battles
The following Secondary Quests are currently unavailable.
Deeping Coombe - Prepare to Fall Back, A Pillage Denied
Glittering Caves - Bombs and Bats, Cave In
Hornburg - Final Blockade
Helm's Dike 6-man - A Stone Obstruction, Guarding the Watchtower
Promotions - Vanguard combat skills are missing audio and visual effects
Items
Several Gear Set Bonuses are not functioning correctly.
Relics
Level 85 and 95 Sealed Devices of Potency are granting Device of Protection when deconstructed.
Legendary Items
Several legacies are unable to be extracted, including Champion Minor Class Legacy:Strikes Line Power Cost and Major Class Legacy:Strike Skill Power Cost, Rune-keeper Minor Weapon Legacy:Chill of Winter Damage and Minor Class Legacy:Frost Damage, and Warden Major Melee Legacy:Light Damage and Minor Class Legacy:Light-type Damage
Legendary Item Legacies
Hunter - AoE Skills Maximum Targets legacy isn't applying to Cry of the Hunter skill
Rune-keeper - Chill of Winter Debuff Duration legacy is not applying to Flurry of Words skill
Quests
Broadacres - Brigands in the Wild - Waves won't spawn if attempting to speak to Frithild immediately after someone has completed the waves
Kingstead - A Summons to Magla - Magla will be phased out before the quest is completed if you've already started the Middlemead quest arc
Westfold - Session: Let's Take the Hornburg! - Instance is locked.
Classes
Champion
Furious Swings set bonus is not applying +30% Blade Skill Damage to Blade Wall and Blade Storm skills
Guardian
Vicious Rebuttal does not increase the duration of Redirect
Hunter
Several skills cause the player character to sink slightly into the ground when used while moving; this includes Barrage, Blood Arrow, Exanguinate, and Penetrating Shot
Master Trapper references Set Trap and Snake Bite instead of Triple Trap and Piercing Trap
Lore-master
Dispel Corruption does not remove tiered corruptions
Loyalty is not applying a heal when it procs
Rune-keeper
Improved Final Word is not dispelling tiered corruptions
Of Special Note
Western Rohan
Rohan's once-serene fields are fraught with gruesome evil among roaring fires that burn the pillaged lands. Heroes are needed to stand against fell deeds in these treacherous times. Five new areas in western Rohan have been added to the game. You can learn more in the Region Developer Diary.
Broadacres
Stonedeans
Kingstead
Westfold
Eastfold
The Epic story Continues
The White Hand moves to seize Edoras as Th?oden King broods within the Golden Hall. Without their King the people of Rohan despair. Gandalf and his brave companions arrive at the capital as West Rohan falls under Saruman's control. The fate of the kingdom will be decided at Helm's Deep. You can learn more through the Quest Notes Developer Diary.
The tale is told through three new Epic Books!
Book 11: The Golden Hall
BOOK 12: War in the Westemnet
BOOK 13: Helm's Deep
Epic Battles
Stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Th?oden King, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli as Helm's Deep thunders from the White Hand's fell army. Their only desire is Rohan's annihilation, and their only opposition stands atop the great and ancient Hornburg. Take on three new roles and battle through five epic spaces from Helm's Dike to the final refuge of the Glittering Caves. Read the five part developer diaries for a full understanding of roles, challenges, and rewards.
Class Changes are here!
All classes have undergone significant revamps and trait trees have been introduced. Please take the time to review the changes and go through your trees and familiarize yourself with the system and changes. To help you understand the new system, Beta players compiled very comprehensive guides for each class. You can find them in the appropriate class forums.
Burglar by bobhashum
Captain by Belnavar
Champion by Redit
Guardian by Smartbean and Schinderhannes
Hunter by Widoch
Lore-master by Easca and PKCrichton
Minstrel by bobhashum
Rune-keeper by Eomon
Warden by Redit.
Level to 95
All Characters may now advance from level 85 to level 95.
Stat Cap Adjustments
Stat Caps have been adjusted to account for the jump in item level and new gear stat-ings. As a temporary solution/bridge to these jumps, we have implemented intermediary stat caps as follows for Block, Parry, Evade, and Critical Chance:
Level 1-50: 15%
Level 51-84: 20%
Level 85-95: 25%
At lower levels, rating contributions should remain relatively untouched, but as players approach level cap, they should notice a slightly decreased return of rating to percentage. We will be revisiting stat caps and rating contributions in the near future to allow for a much smoother transition throughout leveling.
Crafting Changes
Several important changes have been made to crafting in addition to a new Tier. Please be sure to read over the notes carefully.
It's the Little Things...
Vault-keepers now sell bags of copper, silver, and gold coins. These bags of currency can be sent to other characters on the same world through Shared Storage, allowing you to share money without using the mail system.
Housing Chests have undergone a transformation. They now function more like vaults and other storage and can be upgraded to 75 storage spaces via in-game gold and to 225 via Mithril. Personal housing chests will accept bound items from the account that purchased the house. Kinship housing chests will not allow bound items.
A thank you to our Fashion Bloggers from Aubergine
We would like to extend a very heartfelt thank you to the fashion bloggers that have so generously donated their outfit designs to the LOTRO Mannequins! Hymne of Cosmetic Lotro has contributed many of the beautiful designs you've seen throughout most of this year. In September, we began using the equally stunning designs from Starry of the Starry Mantle. I am constantly delighted and awed by the outfits both have created, and we are very grateful for their generous gift of allowing us to use their creative talent for our designs. Creating wonderful cosmetic outfits is a labor of love and takes an enormous amount of time. It has been a pleasure to use such beautifully and thoughtfully crafted designs in game. - Aubergine
A Special Thank you to the Players Council and members of the Palantir private preview program
The number of changes to classes and the truly massive size of the Epic Battle system required a great deal of feedback and testing even before we entered the Beta cycle. Without your help and insights early in the process, taking on these challenges would have taken longer, caused far more sleepless nights, and resulted in a less polished final release. We thank you all for your assistance, your passion and for your dedication to helping us make The Lord of the Rings Online the best it can be. - The LOTRO Team
Release Notes
General
Captains, Champions and Guardians can now wear heavy armor beginning at level 1.
Guardians can use heavy shields beginning at level 1.
Bows and crossbows can be used starting at level 7.
Skirmish Marks and LIXP Runes have been added to Hobbit Presents.
The female hobbit run, walk and jump animations have been updated to accommodate shields better.All level 85 armor and weapons that had an associated seal cost are now barterable for marks and medallions
Bounders Bounty Tokens have been converted to Marks.
Seals have been reset and converted to Marks and Medallions.
Seals have been removed from all non-raid challenges.
Travel rations are no longer required.
Classes
Burglar
Provoke will no longer immediately break targets out of the Disabling Gamble it applies with Double Down.
Captain
Grave Wound and Improved Grave Wound no longer apply additional threat when Cutting Attack's bleed is present. In addition, Improved Grave Wound always applies its damage over time effect.
Battle-shout's range has been increased to 30m, up from 20m.
Inspiriting Call is now available at level 20.
Call to Arms: Archer is now available at level 26.
Shadow's Lament now deals Light-type damage
Withdraw and Fighting Withdrawal are now Immediate skills.
Champion
Champions should now be able to equip crossbows.
Guardian
Might's contribution to Tactical Mastery has been increased.
Hunter
Focus and Improved Focus is no longer useable while moving.
Lore-master
Combat Summoning has been removed from the game, as Lore-masters can now summon pets in combat a special ability is no longer needed.
Lore-masters - a bunch of changes have been made to make the quests for cosmetic pets easier and more accessible. The quest is now bestowed directly by Radagast instead of the Class Trainer. The rabbit and turtle have been moved closer, and the Sparrow quest will now have a much longer time limit on it. At the end, the player may choose one of the three pets they helped.
The Ettenmoors
Monster players now have access to 6 additional Corruption slots.
Corruption set bonuses. Corruptions now provide various bonuses if 3 or 6 of the same corruptions are slotted.
Monster players damage has been boosted by roughly 30%.
Monster players morale has been greatly increased to compensate for the change in potency of their enemies.
Monster player cooldowns have been reduced across the board to reflect the change in cooldowns for the class revamp.
Items
Various quest items should now make a sound when used while in your inventory.
Items - The Armour of the North Star set no longer gives Motivating Speech a Tactical Mitigation buff.
Fixed the Ettenmoors Minstrel item set bonus that was supposed to increase power restore from Song of the Hammerhand by +3% to work correctly
Jeweled Bell once again works when you are not on a horse.
CRafted champion horns can now be used while moving.
Crafted Champion horns are now consumable.
Crafting
All lower level leather and wood forester recipes will now have a second processing step, similar to that in Tiers 7-9. The names have also been changed to be more consistent with those in the later tiers.
Both Tier 1 and Tier 6 tin deposits and the recipes to make tin ingots have been removed. Tin ingots should now be available via the Supply vendor. Any tin ore that is still in player inventories will be able to be converted into copper ingots via the multi-output option on the copper ingot recipes.
The scholar glass now has a decreased "researching" time similar to mining picks and forester axes.
New vocation craft tools and corresponding recipes will be replacing the single craft tools/recipes in the lower level crafting tiers.
All ingredient packs have been combined into one, the Universal Ingredient Pack, and are now paper items that go into your barter wallet.
New processing recipes have been added for lower level jeweler, metalsmith, tailor, weaponsmith and woodworker professions.
Components have been removed from metalsmith, tailor, weaponsmith and woodworker recipes. Any components that players have in their inventory can be turned back into useable crafting materials via auto-granted recipes listed in the crafting panel under Obsolete Item Conversion.
Craftguild reputation items have had their reputation amounts adjusted.
The crit chance bonus on the Scroll of Ages has been lowered.
Tier 6 crafting resources have also had the following changes made:
There is now only one ore deposit found throughout the regions pertaining to this crafting tier: Khazad Skarn Deposit
There is also only one wood and one hide: Ilex and Magnificent. Any mallorn wood or extraordinary hides that players still have in their inventories have been renamed and will be able to be converted into useable planks/leather via multi-output options on the wood and leather recipes.
Name changes to crafting materials no longer used:
A Log of Mallorn Wood is now a Gnarled Ilex Branch that can be used to make Thin Ilex Planks.
A Treated Mallorn Plank is now a Treated Ilex Wood that can be used to make Solid Ilex Planks.
An Extraordinary Hide is now an Aged Extraordinary Hide and can be used to make Brushed Extraordinary Leather.
A Tin Ore is now a Piece of Copper-infused Ore.
A Khazad-tin Ore is now a Piece of Khazad Metal.
Mithril Services
Lowered the rate of Mithril Repair to 2 Mithril Coins
Due to popular demand, there are now Mithril Traders located in all of the post-new player racial starting areas. These vendors offer easy access to our more popular items for players just starting out.
Mithril quest teleportation costs have increased slightly for Helm's Deep questing areas only.
User Interface
Tooltips that referenced fractional duration less than one second should show the value correctly
Fixed a bug causing player auras to not apply to their newly-summoned pets when the player is not in a fellowship
Items that were intended to be uncommon landscape drops should now display as such in their icons
Under-leveled on-equip effects have been pulled from new landscape gear
Quest Guide Examination for monsters and items now includes information for underway deeds as well as underway quests.
Quest Guide
Fixed a problem that was preventing quest guide from correctly pointing you to the destination of channeling quests.
Music System
Loading music files to play (with /play "filename") will now work properly on Mac.
Lua
Lua classes API changes:
Burglar - removed mischief stance and the tier 3 critical response
Champion - removed stances
Guardian - removed stances
Hunter - removed Fleet stance
Runekeeper - removed GetWinterstormLevel, GetMasterOfTragedyLevel, GetMasterOfConnotationLevel, GetMasterOfAllusionLevel
Warden - removed Recklessness and Way of the Warden stances
Helm's Deep Known Issues
Note: The majority of issues listed below are currently slated to be addressed in Update 12.1
Epic Battles
The following Secondary Quests are currently unavailable.
Deeping Coombe - Prepare to Fall Back, A Pillage Denied
Glittering Caves - Bombs and Bats, Cave In
Hornburg - Final Blockade
Helm's Dike 6-man - A Stone Obstruction, Guarding the Watchtower
Promotions - Vanguard combat skills are missing audio and visual effects
Items
Several Gear Set Bonuses are not functioning correctly.
Relics
Level 85 and 95 Sealed Devices of Potency are granting Device of Protection when deconstructed.
Legendary Items
Several legacies are unable to be extracted, including Champion Minor Class Legacy:Strikes Line Power Cost and Major Class Legacy:Strike Skill Power Cost, Rune-keeper Minor Weapon Legacy:Chill of Winter Damage and Minor Class Legacy:Frost Damage, and Warden Major Melee Legacy:Light Damage and Minor Class Legacy:Light-type Damage
Legendary Item Legacies
Hunter - AoE Skills Maximum Targets legacy isn't applying to Cry of the Hunter skill
Rune-keeper - Chill of Winter Debuff Duration legacy is not applying to Flurry of Words skill
Quests
Broadacres - Brigands in the Wild - Waves won't spawn if attempting to speak to Frithild immediately after someone has completed the waves
Kingstead - A Summons to Magla - Magla will be phased out before the quest is completed if you've already started the Middlemead quest arc
Westfold - Session: Let's Take the Hornburg! - Instance is locked.
Classes
Champion
Furious Swings set bonus is not applying +30% Blade Skill Damage to Blade Wall and Blade Storm skills
Guardian
Vicious Rebuttal does not increase the duration of Redirect
Hunter
Several skills cause the player character to sink slightly into the ground when used while moving; this includes Barrage, Blood Arrow, Exanguinate, and Penetrating Shot
Master Trapper references Set Trap and Snake Bite instead of Triple Trap and Piercing Trap
Lore-master
Dispel Corruption does not remove tiered corruptions
Loyalty is not applying a heal when it procs
Rune-keeper
Improved Final Word is not dispelling tiered corruptions
With the new exp, basically any class can faceroll PvE content with almost no chance of dying.
I'm playing a champ which is pretty OP (AoE everything down) and I've heard Guardians are soloing 6-man content atm.
But just pick whatever seems groovy to you. It's all good.
I'm playing a champ which is pretty OP (AoE everything down) and I've heard Guardians are soloing 6-man content atm.
But just pick whatever seems groovy to you. It's all good.
I haven't played this in forever and I need something new to play. Any primer to get back into things?
It's pretty straightforward MMO stuff, you shouldn't have much trouble with the basics.
A 64 bit operating system will help if you want to run the highest definition textures, otherwise you can expect crashes during transitions unless you dial things down.
Make sure you open the gift box your character gets in the mail once you get past the starting area. You'll get a mount that lasts 24 hours (real time, not game time). It can take a long time to get from A to B in this game so your first goal is to get a permanent mount so make good use of the free one. The elf area is the best place to do your first quests since you'll pick up Turbine points the fastest there, and you can use those for buying riding skills. The shire looks great, but has some poor routing for quests where you'll go up the hill, down the hill, back up, back down, and so on.
If you haven't played since they redid Bree it's worth seeing how its changed. If you have graphical problems they'll crop up there first.
Don't buy anything with Turbine Points until what you want is on sale. The F2P system works well in this game.
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My best advice for anyone jumping back into LOTRO (or starting new) is to take your time leveling up and try to enjoy all of the quests. There are lots of standard fedex quests, especially in the Shire, but the best part of this game is the story-telling and experiencing the world of Middle Earth. The entire epic quest line from level 1 through max is awesome, but there are tons of really great "mini-epic" quest lines scattered throughout.
I'm not sure how much the most recent expansion improved combat, but the grouping/raiding at high level in LOTRO has always been very mediocre. The strength of the game lies in the journey, not the destination, so if you race to max level you'll quickly find yourself bored and/or frustrated.
I'm not sure how much the most recent expansion improved combat, but the grouping/raiding at high level in LOTRO has always been very mediocre. The strength of the game lies in the journey, not the destination, so if you race to max level you'll quickly find yourself bored and/or frustrated.
