Armour aura - Please don't turn this into WoW

[Valakircka]

Finally! Love armor and weapon Auras, MORE Please! Full Raid armor sets too!

NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is lotro not a corean mmo!!!!

[Valakircka]

To clarify about "Auras", the new aura slots are for weapons only. There is no plan to add auras to armour. Whatever glowing effect that you see on armor is intrinsic to that armor and will not change based on an "aura".
There will be a "null" weapon aura which will disable weapon effects for the specific weapon it is applied to while still showing the auras for other weapons/players (the game option disables everything).

We have a lot of weapon effects that are no longer used or were updated to a more flashy version *cough* legendary weapons *cough*
While my plan when adding this option was to enable players to show whatever currently available legendary effect they want, it was also to bring back the more subtle rune script and monster detection auras as cosmetics as well as open up the ability to add new effects.

All that said, I do not have the final say on what we add to these slots, but I can influence the choice. I will keep subtlety in mind as the team discusses what effects to add to the auras list.

i really hope you stay on this!
in previous expansion the armour sets was themed on mordor outfit!
dont do this again! dont base your armour sets on that glowing thing!
yes to aura on weapons! make them glowing only when enemys are neaby!
yes to more and new weapon titles! revamp them!
base your landscape and instance sets on the blue outfitn not on this mordor glowing thing!!!
remove glowing parts from the horse!!!
i really thinking of not buing this expansion cos of this glowing thing.
you can check if i m buyind with real money and not using my store points!
thanks in advance!!!!!

[greetingsdownunder]

NEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is lotro not a corean mmo!!!!

Corean? I think you mean Korean
This is LOTRO”
“This is Tolkien! He would not want glowing armor in his video games”
Seems to me all of you are projecting.
Tolkien had zero opinions on video game graphics.
This game is built by SSG; they aren’t obligated to follow Turbine’s original vision for LOTRO, and in many respects, I’m glad they don’t.
The most popular and profit making MMOs have glowing armor, cosmetic pets, glowing weapons, etc…
You need to chill and lower your Bloom settings if it bothers you.
Personally, I max my bloom intensity settings!
Also, Enemies have had glowing Armor in this game for 11 years. you guys are in the wrong.

But "Tolkien" was against "Glowing Armor" & "Auras" or something

[Brethwyn_EU]

Hm. My armour aura disappears when I go stealth. Sneaky aura! I should be wandering lights!

[Lord.Funk]

Well some news in the latest update on this topic.

https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthr...-Release-Notes

Update 24.3.1 Release Notes


Here are the Release Notes for Update 24.3.1, released on Wednesday, October 2nd.

• Reduced the opacity of the Weapon Aura of the Dead City as the effect was too bright.

No mention on the Armour Aura, but it seems the weapon aura of this first one was at least brighter than intended and now tuned down a bit.

I guess we will have to wait and see if LoTRO will start getting more and more sets of screamingly flashy glowing armour as rewards. To see if LoTRO turns into another Anime Online in the style of GW2 etc. Glow or no glow I think already the design on the cosmetics and mounts included in MM looks more like some Masquerade/Carnival costumes rather than acctual armour or clothes that we got with RoI, RoR and HD Expansions (which in my personal taste were really nice and well worth their price).

[oldbadgerbrock]

I'm so glad it's possible to turn off the weapon glow, I really hope there's a way, if this turns into an aura-fest, to turn off both weapon AND armour glow eventually.

This is my hope, also. (It's a shame we can't toggle off the minstrel's "glowy hands", too.)

[Lady_Lethargy]

This is my hope, also. (It's a shame we can't toggle off the minstrel's "glowy hands", too.)

I'd kill for that option.

[Lord.Funk]

I'd kill for that option.

Hmmm. Now that makes me a bit worried (joking of course).

I'm acctually currently watching alot of Serial Killer Documentaries after a tip by a friend pointing me towards a YT Channel that has a huge archive of such documentaries. I never knew there had been so many over the decades, as we always hear about basically the same handful. When in fact there have been alot more out there, I mean alot more, and might still be. Never heard of one so far that would have this as MO/Motus Operandi or Signature though. Who knows maybe in the future I will come across such a documentary.

Sorry about going totally off topic...now back on topic...

[Brethwyn_EU]

So... whatever happened to the aura? We even have aura slots now...

[Palenen]

So... whatever happened to the aura? We even have aura slots now...

Ultimate Fan bundle? Mine are collecting dust in the vault now.

[Brethwyn_EU]

Ultimate Fan bundle? Mine are collecting dust in the vault now.

I know about the ultimate bundle, I'm just curious whether auras were intended to be a bigger part of the game than it currently is, because of the slot and all. I vaguely remember something from a blue name about adding more auras in the future as well. Not that I would really want any, as I've described earlier. I'm just curious now that it seems to have been put on hold.

[scorrp10]

They are likely still trying to determine how to squeeze the most $$ out of players with those.

[gildhur]

I know about the ultimate bundle, I'm just curious whether auras were intended to be a bigger part of the game than it currently is, because of the slot and all. I vaguely remember something from a blue name about adding more auras in the future as well. Not that I would really want any, as I've described earlier. I'm just curious now that it seems to have been put on hold.

We haven't really had a content update since the xpac. I'm sure new ones will be added in the future where the content makes sense to have them.