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From the Forums…
Nov 8th
From the Forums is a new column where I’ll be looking at what been posted on the forums in the past week. If you find something interesting, please feel free to send an email to lotro.reporter@gmail.com
We start with a new Tell the Community Team, this time about VIP’s and Mini-Games. Pub style mini-games? Could be fun….
A thread aboutThings Not To Say in Public Chat? How novel! The trolls haven’t gotten this much ammunition in years!
Drunk Features taken a notch too far? Has the original poster ever been drunk? Seems about right to me.
Dude where’s my rested xp? It’s like, totally not there. Dude….DUDE…. DUUUUUDE! Probably played your toons too much bro.
Is Amazon seeing a rise in Mines of Moria orders and therefore raising the prise? This thread seems to say YES!
Do you have some threads that you think we should highlight? Send us an email at lotro.reporter@gmail.com.
My Ideal Minstrel
Nov 8th
We’ll be taking a short hiatus from the class cooperation series to take a look at what changes I’d love to see for the primary healing class. I know it’s a little late for the Tell the Community thread and that no significant changes were made after all the input that was provided. This isn’t meant to be critical of Turbine, just an opinion article based on some of the best ideas I have seen over the past few months. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m perfectly fine with the status quo, but it’s nice to dream of what some small changes could do for the class.
Developers got on the good side of a few minstrels with the new Annuminas Medium Armor set, though its still pretty much a toss up about which way the division will lay once radiance is re-worked/removed. In the mean time, a new shiny set of armor with +150 radiance is great to have. Sure, the Will and Fate bonuses are deficient to say the least…
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Did Bill forget to wash his face? No – it’s Movember!
Nov 7th
- Update, November 9. Orange hair has taken root. The moustache seems take over whenever a camera is pointed at me and is causing an inability to not project serious attitude in pictures. The power of the ‘stache is not to be underestimated.
I’m participating in Movember, which is a charity event to aid prostate cancer research. The long and the short of it is that men are encouraged to decorate their upper lips with a small bit of manly luxury and gather sponsorship for their follicle foliage.
Check out my Movember profile here: http://ca.movember.com/mospace/983020/. I will be updating it on Tuesday where you’ll be able to see my ‘stache status. If you’d like to donate, there’s a big fat yellow donate button in the top right corner of the page. Style comments are also appreciated!
I’ll update this post with updates as Movember progresses!
Early Patch Notes are Revealed!
Oct 30th
So, earlier this afternoon, Turbine showed us the November patch notes. I must remind everyone that these are still temporary and may change before the November release.
The notes are located in the lotro forums, so click here to read them.
There will also be a Developer Diary in the coming weeks explaining the Lore-master changes.
In the meantime, I’ll just paste the Lore-master related notes:
Lore-master & Minstrel Fellowship Manoeuvre changes
Lore-masters and Minstrels will now use the tactical versions of the “Ent’s Strength” and “Spider’s Guile” fellowship skills instead of the melee versions, just like Rune-keepers. This means that any time a Fellowship Manoeuvre is triggered, Minstrels and Lore-masters will no longer need to be in melee range to contribute.
Skills/Classes
General
- Lore-masters and Captains now have a new skill on their Companion’s skill bar immediately to the left of their active skills. This new skill, “Return to Master” for Lore-master and “Rally” for Captain, will summon an existing companion to the character’s location. It is not useable in combat and has a 5 second cooldown.
- Player Pets and Soldiers now get the benefit from the following
- Hunter skill “Find the Path”.
- Minstrel Tales.
- Rune-keeper “Rune of Restoration.”
- Captain’s Banners
- Lore-master’s Raven’s “Shield of the Raven’s Wing” and the Eagle’s “Nobility”.
The Looking Glass
Oct 28th
It’s been a long time since we posted a new LOTRO video, so I thought I’d add something. Here is a great video about a hobbit burglar’s financial trouble. **Caution** the music has some “adult content” words!
Bullroarer Patch Notes for the November Update
Oct 27th
Sapience today release the patch notes for the build currently on Bullroarer. This is the content and changes that will be put on the live servers in November.
Take a look at the full patch notes after the break.
Lore-Master changes on the way
Oct 25th
Hello everyone.
Yesterday, there was a very interesting post at the oficial LOTRO forums, by Sapience, when someone asked about the next patch contents:
Funny you should ask! There are a lot of great changes coming for the LM in the next update. Graalx2 and I were just discussing the dev diary this morning in fact. You’re going to have to wait a little bit to read it, but we both think LM’s are going to be really happy with the changes (and new skills!).
So now you know two things due in the next patch. Vault updates (you should see the Developer Diary for that on Thursday) and Lore-master changes (Dev Diary probably a couple weeks from now). I’ll even throw you a bone and let you know Rune-keepers will get some attention this update as well.
So, seems like the Lore-master is next in line after the last patch updates to the Hunter and Captain classes. There where already a few tidbits of information flowing out from the devs. This is what’s already planned:
- The diferent Lore-master pet appearances will be changed to a skill. So no more using necklaces for that appearance you love so much.
- Blinding Flash will have an interrupt component to the skill. So even if a creature is immune to mezzing (Bosses, for example) they can still be interrupted. But there is a catch: The regular Blinding Flash immunities will apply, meaning that the Dead and Creatures of Nature will still be immune to the interrupt.
- New pet food. I was digging around the Lorebook and found these little items: Cut of Lean Meat, Handful of Hearty Seeds and Bowl of Fresh Water. I would guess that they will work just like the Honey and Oats work on the Bear pet.
Let’s wait on the Dev Diary in a couple of weeks.
Save Second Base!
Oct 25th
We’ve got another great submission for Breast Cancer Awareness Month, this time from the Pheonix Reborn Kinship on Imladris. They not only posed for these great screenshots, but they also held a march through Bree! Click on the thumbs for full sized versions of the images. Thanks for the great shots!
You can find out more about Breast Cancer Awareness Month here.
Wardens – Learning to Tank
Oct 22nd
The primary role of the Warden is tanking, but if you haven’t done it before you may be wondering how to learn and practice tanking. Now there’s the obvious “go get in a group” answer that while true, isn’t always possible nor is it always the best option. Luckily over the past few updates and expansions, there have been a number of additions that make learning how to tank an easier process.
