Update 18.2 Beta #1 Release Notes & Known Issues - PRELIMINARY AND NON-FINAL - BULLROARER ONLY

[Kanoraukar]

Check out champ rend armor debuff...

going from 4800 --> 6300
also Crit multiplier 96% --> 126%
yay crits

By now i'm wondering how much armour raid mobs have and when we will remove more armour than they actually have...

[anonymousas]

I do not know if you did notice, but the new socketed instrument includes the main stat of the main versions of any instruement.

That being said, it can be used by any Minstrel on any stance (blue/red/yellow).

So it is more likely 3 in 1, if I get it right.

Why would anyone need +critical healing magnitude?

Like Minstrel does not already heal more than enough!

Why would anyone need a new instrument at all?

Minstrel is one of the most buffed classes, in general.

While I find the idea of a socketed instrument quite original, I would prefer a socketed light shield more than that.

i hope u get the socketed shield u desire but the point here is there is nothing else that is according to minstrel healing that is the point, crit heal magnitude is quite something btw to mention(24% it has always been there until now so just u know...)

[Geventh]

going from 4800 --> 6300
also Crit multiplier 96% --> 126%
yay crits

By now i'm wondering how much armour raid mobs have and when we will remove more armour than they actually have...

Critical Hits are going to do even more damage than Devastating Hits! Just hope you won't devastate unless its Remorseless...

I want pre-HD classes back with their class/skill balance. The OPness back then is nothing compared to what classes can/will achieve.

Poor Huntards, just hope you are getting carried along in the new t2 Raid if you are lucky to be in a Raiding Kin. Same goes to Burglars but at least they can debuff if content requires it...

[devdor]

On tier 1, this raid has no raid locks. On tier 2, raid locks will be applied to your group with every boss defeat.
Are these locks 1 day or a week?

[Mercho]

[*]The three balance effects that increase the power of all Tier 2 instance mobs are now visible. These effects have always existed, but they have been invisible until now.

So what does this mean exactly?

[*]The Silent Street - Redeemer of the Cursed Line - You will no longer fail the Silent Street challenge (or complete it without getting the chest) if your party wipes before the Gloom summons Earnil and Mardil. However, once you engage them for the first time, the challenge will fail if you do not complete it on that attempt.

Is this a temporary fix or is only getting 1 attempt at challenge your goal?

[mmogaming]

On tier 1, this raid has no raid locks. On tier 2, raid locks will be applied to your group with every boss defeat.
Are these locks 1 day or a week?

That's what it looks like. 1 week raid locks.

[Narthalion]

Please join us this week for an early preview of Update 18.2. We welcome your feedback and would particularly appreciate feedback on the new 12-person Raid - Throne of the Dread Terror.

The following release notes are for the Bullroarer public test server only and may not reflect the final list of changes or updates included at release.
These notes are not final and should be viewed as a work in progress and subject to change.

1. The Eyes and Guard Tavern is open!
2. The Bullroarer character database has been wiped. You can re-copy your live characters using the transfer wizard on your live launcher.
3. The final boss in the Raid has not been fully implemented. Trash mobs in the raid also are not complete.
4. German and French localization has not been completed for U18.2 content and features.

Important Note: Please be aware that the build you are seeing here is a work in progress and is by no means the finished Update 18.2 product. There are items that are not yet complete. There may also be items missing from this initial list, this is not intentional and will be added as we progress.

The Enemy's grip tightens on the defenders of Gondor as Gothmog seizes control of the armies of Mordor. Marching from the gates of Osgiliath, foes pour into the Pelennor Fields with a renewed vigour. In the wake of the Witch-king's defeat, vile sorcery looms over the field as the most powerful allies of the Dread Terror are summoned forth. If Gothmog spoke true of the fate he shares with Golodir, can victory yet be found?
Level 105 characters can use the Instance Finder Specific tab to access our new 12-person Raid: Throne of the Dread Terror. This raid is only available to capped characters and can be run at tier 1 or tier 2 difficulty. On tier 1, this raid has no raid locks. On tier 2, raid locks will be applied to your group with every boss defeat.

Our LOTRO architects have been experimenting with ways to add housing hooks to our existing housing system. Note - as of this morning (6/15/2016), Kinships can temporarily purchase a house at rank 1 on Bullroarer. You can find one test house of each type to check out the results:

Elf

5 Haven Way - Standard
7 Haven Way - Deluxe
8 Haven Way - Kinship

Dwarf

1 Stonemirk Street - Standard
4 Stonemirk Street - Deluxe
5 Roaring Road - Kinship

Hobbit

3 Myrtle Court - Standard
6 Myrtle Court - Deluxe
4 Myrtle Court - Kinship

Man

3 Long Street - Standard
6 Long Street - Deluxe
5 Long Street - Kinship

*tears of joy at the increased Housing Hooks* At last...THANK YOU !!!

[Thoroval]

Our LOTRO architects have been experimenting with ways to add housing hooks to our existing housing system. Note - as of this morning (6/15/2016), Kinships can temporarily purchase a house at rank 1 on Bullroarer. You can find one test house of each type to check out the results:

Elf

5 Haven Way - Standard
7 Haven Way - Deluxe
8 Haven Way - Kinship

Dwarf

1 Stonemirk Street - Standard
4 Stonemirk Street - Deluxe
5 Roaring Road - Kinship

Hobbit

3 Myrtle Court - Standard
6 Myrtle Court - Deluxe
4 Myrtle Court - Kinship

Man

3 Long Street - Standard
6 Long Street - Deluxe
5 Long Street - Kinship

This is so cool and unexpected! I say cool because I can finally fill my home with stuff instead of living in an echo chamber. I say unexpected because Turbine has said for years that this just couldn't be done. It reminds me of cosmetic weapons and shields which also supposedly couldn't be done, but we got anyway. Deja vu all over again!

Anyway, I went to take a look and immediately noticed 1) very few neighborhoods are available (can you just open the flood gates?), and 2) it appears the majority of players are purchasing houses and keeping them to themselves (I had no ability to toggle Decoration Mode).

Well folks can't look at and test what they don't have access to, so I decided to purchase a single neighborhood's test houses and give decorating permissions to everyone on the server. I went with Hobbit houses, so all three Myrtle Court addresses shown above, including the kin house, are available. The 'hood is Slighting. Everyone is invited to visit, toggle Decoration Mode and have a look. There are a lot of hooks!

I'd suggest that others provide access to their houses and advertise the addresses here so people can take a look. We can only purchase one house per account after all.

[siipperi]

How so?

3.5% healing accords fine to Minstrel healing, if I am not mistaken.

Besides, as I stated above, Minstrel does not need +critical healing magnitude, the same time it is quite easy for any player to cap everything with socketed armour/jewels.

There is no issue about this item, in my opinion.

It is another OP item (which will make Minstrel even more powerful...), just like everything about Minstrel class.

And why would you use inferior item?

[RicardoFurriel]

Can anyone check how many long lost coins are per each featured instance jewellery item? And are the pieces BoA or BoE?

Thank you

[Nydhogg]

How so?

3.5% healing accords fine to Minstrel healing, if I am not mistaken.

Besides, as I stated above, Minstrel does not need +critical healing magnitude, the same time it is quite easy for any player to cap everything with socketed armour/jewels.

There is no issue about this item, in my opinion.

It is another OP item (which will make Minstrel even more powerful...), just like everything about Minstrel class.

I don't play a minstrel so correct me if I'm wrong. They've removed a healing stat (critical healing magnitude) from an item and now it has become an OP item for healing minstrels?

Or do you only consider dps minstrels?

[Ardillatkd]

Something I didn't see... what about quays of harlond with 50k + hits with boulder on light classes ?.

Quays is mean to be done using cc with my kinsman we achive defeat the trolls withoud being slammed with the boulder... and now we re working in the dps control for the challenge

[Evadar]

Quays is mean to be done using cc with my kinsman we achive defeat the trolls withoud being slammed with the boulder... and now we re working in the dps control for the challenge

all you have to do is INTERRUPT the main troll..... every class has at least 1 skill to do so.

[SjsharksBoy]

What is left in Challenge Chests of Featured Instances now? Anything special? Higher chance to get crystals/solvents?

[Oelle]

What is left in Challenge Chests of Featured Instances now? Anything special? Higher chance to get crystals/solvents?

a higher chance to get nice blue items without essence slots :P (nothing useful as long as essences are clearly better and 1.4 slices fit in a spot thats calculated as 1 slice)

[ChrisRK]

Beorning yet again ignored....All 3 trait lines need improvement/tweaks, perhaps some changes to wrath cost. But most importantly, no fixes for all the class bugs

[steelrain79]

1. Where is any mention of the PVP update armor/cloaks/rank gated gear... it is in need and long (years) awaited.

2. Hunters have long, long, long needed a serious look. We are out dps'd by most everything other class in the game, out ranged by some, have no heals ( which I don't mind, we shouldn't ) and our survivability is a total joke. And NO, desperate flight is not survivabilty, even if you could use it in the moors in combat once again.

3. Skills that should make their way (back) to the hunter, mostly PVP based:

-Track on horse in moors once again, and separate tracking skills CD. Every class has tracking in the moors on creepside. Hunters (barring store tracks) should be able to track quicker, perhaps even in combat. Look at making it an instant cast skill. Creeps dont have induction based tracking, neither should hunters.
-Camouflage, make it mobile. not like a burg, but with a 40% run speed or something, -% stealth level for moving. Let us hunt!
-Agile rejoiner would be fun to have back... perhaps only in blue line?
-Out of combat Desperate flight, make it fellowship wide or get rid of the damn skill for something useful. Keep the long CD though. (yeah, i know, im laughing at that one too... but would at least make it useful once every 30 min)
-A bump in raw DPS, we should (at range) out dps any single class in the game. You that are laughing at this, get rid of your self heals and escape skills, heavy armor and see if you laugh now...
-Add a 5 meter range in red line, just NOTHING should out range a hunter!
-CD on trap skills, take them down a notch. 1 min CD to 45s CD, something along those lines. Traps are %$#@ for DPS, but for CC usage, they should be able to be placed more than 1 time a min.
-Add another 5m range on traps in yellowline.

4. As im sure you will read this and take all to heart (yeah, i laughed too at that) place old EC and OC back in their old spots.

5. Get rid of back door use in combat, stomp out the shuffles at TR and Lugz.

6. Take a look at the class based essences. i like the idea, make some rank gated essences and try something in the moors with them. perhaps getting rid of a morale and slotting a track from horse essence from r12 essence vendor. I don't know, try something interesting!

I know Turbine/Devs/etc. say that this is and never has been/will be a PVP game. take a look around. stand in Bree and click on names walking by of random players. 7/10 of them have PVP ranks. you are missing a HUGE crowd. With limited end game most the time, PVP is what a TON of people do!

Get the PVP update out already!

Thank you for probably not reading this.

[SjsharksBoy]

a higher chance to get nice blue items without essence slots :P (nothing useful as long as essences are clearly better and 1.4 slices fit in a spot thats calculated as 1 slice)

Yippee ki-yay! What a great incentive to run T2C instances!

[SjsharksBoy]

Can anyone check how many long lost coins are per each featured instance jewellery item? And are the pieces BoA or BoE?

Thank you

As of right now, 25 coins for each piece and BoA.

[ISS_21]

For all creeps and hunters out here:




Looking forward to run solo into mordor with my freeps and oneshot sauron

[Montezuma's]

these changes bring more fun to the game. Game is evolving which is nice. My take is that Lotro moves further from initial grind-type game to fun-type. And there should be no place for conservatism. Kudos to devs.
Housing improved - so nice to hear

[anonymousas]

But I would not and I do not plan not to use this item.

First of all, I would love to test it, for sure.

I just said that an upgraded Minstrel instrument is not that needed at this point, since Minstrel class is already more of a superior class.

But, of course, I will take it, since someone decided to add it, in order to please those players, who have demanded an uprgaded instrument system the last 1/1.5 years.

That is all!

as i said before it is a key element and removing it will damage the heals way more than u think it will and all the other minstrel instruments are inferior compared to other classes, i dont understand ur hate towards minstrels i serously dont, the minstrel is supposed to heal the new raids right? so give them something to heal with...

[Peco]

I beg you! Please change the mini set bonuses on the armor, especially the yellow one!

[Vodomir]

-A bump in raw DPS, we should (at range) out dps any single class in the game. You that are laughing at this, get rid of your self heals and escape skills, heavy armor and see if you laugh now...

How about you get ripped off your range and see you like to deal with various stuff that only melee has to deal with - still laughing? You can't seriously be asking for the largest range AND the highest DPS at the same time ...

[Vodomir]

My point was that the fact they decided to remove one of the two main healing stats (aka +critical healing magnitude) is 100% reasonable in my eyes.

And that is because any Minstrel player does not need this stat at all.

...

Excuse me, but I find this specific item very OP; look its stats and its capacity more carefully pretty please and you will see what I do.

It is not useful only for a healing Minstrel; on the contrary, it can be used by any Minstrel on any trait line (blue/red/yellow).

You totally seem to miss the point that without that stat the new "legendary" level 105 flute is inferior to its lower level non-golden predecessor from a healing minstrel's point of view - now how exactly is this item useful for a blue minstrel and furthermore how is this supposed to be OP?