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I feel you :/

I don't have anything against adding new customization options, within lore (Bearded Man Race females is just non-LOTR, imo).
But more options is always good, so long as they are in the context of...

I also dislike these changes.

I would be fine with adding new options (except Beards for Man race female, that's plain silly in a LOTR setting).

What I really *really* dislike is that my toon...

To be fair, as far as the Motivate skill goes, OnnMacMahal is absolutely correct. Spot on.
It *IS* a little onerous to keep freshing a skill that won't do anything if you're just refreshing it.

...

On the Captain feedback thread, some players were asking about Motivate and its rather short duration for what it does. SSG replied:




Now, I wholeheartedly agree with that change. I've always...

Ghyn, I respect you and you channel. However, maybe you haven't read the Mini feedback thread (understandable if you're not a Mini main) and thus you haven't had the grasp of what Mini players are...

Lies and strawman.

I never said I wanted any Dev fired. In fact I Said that the Dev in question most likely had good intentions (but bad execution).
I do not confuse the man with the job. Maybe...

If you had bothered to read my reply, I did not count all of the replies.
Many were not counted due to being off topic or more than One reply had already been counted from that player.

Why do you...

I counted replies on the 17 pages of the minstrel changes thread, spliting into "Positive reaction", "Mixed Reaction, "Negative Reaction". I discounted people that posted multiple times.
I only...

Fair points.

To expand on your ideas

Minstrel Gameplay was changed (at least partially) because the Dev didn't like how Anthems played.
Nevermind that the reception was mostly negative (64%)...

Fact: LOTRO has an official Forum

Fact: Devs open threads on the official forum asking for feedback

Fact: Said threads get no replies from the Dev that opened them

Fact: That same Dev finds...

Looking at players as enemies instead of fans or long term partners: this is one of the longest SSG's problems concerning their players.


LOTRO, because of its age, has fans instead of players....

I can't stand playing Mini these days. Ramp up phase: Balad-Anthem - CotC- Anthem, wait a lot, Balad-Anthem, wait a lot, Balad-Anthem CotC-Anthem..wait a lot, Balad-Anthem.
Now, spam 3 Athems off CD...

Don't be logical and reasonable. This is not how balance is made by some Devs around here.

I apologize but I think you're being quite unfair.
The idea that there was no consideration for solo play is wrong.



The truth is that there was NO consideration for any kind of play...except...

Not quite true.
OnnMacMahal only changed minor stuff but the main issue - having to spam Anthems for almost 60 scds and then spam them on CD - did not change. At all.
He beat around the bush...

Maybe it should, I dunno...say so on the tooltip?

Yes. I did, at least.


The build that makes me happy now is having someone else play the mini and I play another class.
Or stopped playing the game altogether, after OnnMacMahal decided to...

Yeah. That is pretty much SSG's mode of operations when dealing with they playerbase: tell us what's going to change and why we are wrong to disagree.
No meaningful interaction, no changes based on...

I agree with you.
Raiders only care for the power level of a skill or class, not if it's fun or not.
As a raider myself, when I am with my raider hat, that is what I want: more power, coulnd't care...

This thread is dead and has been for a while.
The intention here was not to gather feedback, otherwise these changes would never have been pushed to live.


This thread is pure lip service to...

There is no question our heals are at least roughly the same if not outright better.
There's also no question that Anthems are very powerful too.


So, as far as raid performance, it's a "yes"...

I know right?
Minstrel's main role is now so clunky and unfun that players are shelving their Minis...but hey, at least now Red Mini is better. ^^



@OnnMacMahal:

+15 scds of Anthem...

No, they wouldn't feel less bad.
Again, the issue is not that players want even more power creep. We're not complaining just to get even stronger effects slapped onto Anthems.


The core issue...

I'll give you my answer, but bear in mind that plenty of other players are complaining that the Mini is now a button-smasher, not just me. It's the most common complaint of all the changes that you...