What Dreams May Come...

[modtek]

About consumables and their availability - for example, Free People players get an account-bound tome of +5% damage for 6 hours with each new character from the 2nd Anniversary Gift. The beorning is free, the speed of his prologue is about 5 minutes, this provides an unlimited source of such damage tomes to account with such gifts. Beornings are also used, among other farming things, for the mass opening of lowbie lootboxes after lvl 20 with free black keys (also anni gift) to obtain unbinded tomes, which also gives more consumables to freeps. It may be worth making useful items from anniversary gifts bound to the character, all items from lowbie lootboxes are bound to the account, including consumable tomes.

I agree that it is worth looking into including sources of consumables for both sides, ease of obtaining them.

[Saruman_Of_Numbers]

a WarLeader can easyly outperform a Defi in HPs

this is so wrong on so many levels.

[Kate00]

Let's stop punishing defilers shall we? They don't need a nerf unless you plan to nerf the #### out of bear healing/tanking ability for example.

Maps have already been nerfed. Heal tagging to punish defilers was removed. They have no ranged interrupt and freeps are escaping pvp completely. I don't understand this constant crusade to get rid of defiler players.

[Thurallor]

I don't understand this constant crusade to get rid of defiler players.

Is it too much to ask that I should be able to enjoy a nice afternoon picnic with my family in the Ettenmoors without fear of Sauron's minions slaughtering them?

[Nouri]

RED are commonly disruptive server block boundaries (aka lag lines) or areas cursed with lag
GREEN are areas that commonly see less lag when large fights occur in their center
PURPLE are areas that commonly see less little to no traffic compared to other areas
YELLOW are areas that commonly see high traffic, especially from shuffles or zergs
ORANGE-ish are notable landmarks that are otherwise not demarcated on the map


all areas of the map not pictured should be considered "mostly empty"

This is 110% spot on where I see lag. The only exceptions being I seldom ever get any lag around Ninja Hill/LC or HH. Very, very nice mapping.../bow

[Elmagor]

So we have area with big traffic and big lag. What if develores try clear that zone, like remove trees, some rocks around TA, and with less details and less loading time we will get less lags?

Or another idea, what if they turn TA into big fortificated island, so people can't just cross it from NW to SE, and need go around island with "mostly empty" zones?

[CHEBURASHKA]

Your new ideas about artifacts, siege, events are interesting but I would like to ask some questions about the creep class rework that has started a long time ago (since Fantus) and that's still not finished.

1) What are your plans for warg? I'm specifically interested in 2 things:
- are you gonna increase the usefulness of warg in group PvP (rework of 20% mit debuff primarily)?*
- are you gonna increase Shadow warg dmg?
For more details check my post about warg rework here (post #62): https://forums.lotro.com/forums/show...roarer-3/page3

2) What are your plans for dps WL (stance)?
- is it gonna be an offensive support class like red cappy?

3) What are your plans for BA?
- are you gonna add something useful to melee skils (except 'Gash' which is already useful)? Like debuffs or buffs ['next skill requires no induction', for example]
- are you gonna make 'Skirmisher Stance' useful (by giving it some kind of identity)?
- are you gonna rework traps so that they can perform some useful function in group PvP?
- are you gonna turn 'I See You' into some kind of a group buff (short duration, short CD)?
- are you gonna rework 'Centre' (by removing induction)?

4) What are you plans for corruptions?(the ones that can be cleansed, not the stat buffs)
- are you gonna add more?
- are you gonna balance the corruption removal skills across all freep classes (so that every class could remove identical number of corruptions)?

Thank you in advance.
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*Out of all questions above the '20% mit debuff' is the biggest issue.




On a side note, could you please do something with tool tips so that you can't close them by using 'Esc'? Maybe add an option to stick them to your screen. I think everyone will be happy if you do that (both in Pve and PvP communities).

[CreepNeedBuff]

Make use any skill auto cancel march,it is Inconvenient that you have to click march to cancel it before fight.
Make use any skill auto cancel march,it is Inconvenient that you have to click march to cancel it before fight
Make use any skill auto cancel march,it is Inconvenient that you have to click march to cancel it before fight

[Vilan]

Difficulty of the Grodris Fight.

I just tried this for the first time last night on Landy. We beat Grodris in a 9 man freep pug without much difficulty, a couple deaths in the last phase but we got them back up. I'm sure a well-coordinated group could beat her with 6 or maybe less. As a 12-man raid boss, she's probably in an OK spot, but I recall you saying she was intended to be a challenge for a 24-man raid, and she is not. It's a nice confined space, have her spit out fire puddles that she can knock people into. Maybe some waves of adds too. I'd suggest a wall of fire blocking the cave entrance to stop ranged DPS from casually backing out of puddles and pew-pewing away, but that'd also block players from the other team from entering during the fight.

Collecting loot while in a raid is also still not working properly. I'm sure you know. Just a reminder.

[Dranak123]

Make use any skill auto cancel march,it is Inconvenient that you have to click march to cancel it before fight.
Make use any skill auto cancel march,it is Inconvenient that you have to click march to cancel it before fight
Make use any skill auto cancel march,it is Inconvenient that you have to click march to cancel it before fight

Agreed. .........However, as an aside i would like to mention that numbers all round are on the up ( Landy) and action is good , polite , and respectful. As such I have severely supressed that part of my heritage that is Scottish and spent some money on Lotro points to the point of pursuing Moors success. This therefore is the underlying thrust of my post ------- please continue with your work Orion , it is mainly positive ( you will never achieve universal acclaim ) and has re-invigorated the Pvmp lotro concept. As the originator of the conceptual vision for this 'arena' it may be arrogant of me to suggest that the hopes of many players are in your creative hands. I continue to subscribe and purchase lotro points in the hopes that you will prevail and 'the moors' will thrive, excite , and generate income for the foreseeable future. If the project fails I fear i will miss a bunch of freinds as i 'check out' and pursue other life goals. lol..p.s. if you are an idiot please stay where you are and dont come to Landy.

[SSG_Orion]

However, as an aside i would like to mention that numbers all round are on the up ( Landy) and action is good , polite , and respectful. As such I have severely supressed that part of my heritage that is Scottish and spent some money on Lotro points to the point of pursuing Moors success. This therefore is the underlying thrust of my post ------- please continue with your work Orion , it is mainly positive ( you will never achieve universal acclaim ) and has re-invigorated the Pvmp lotro concept. As the originator of the conceptual vision for this 'arena' it may be arrogant of me to suggest that the hopes of many players are in your creative hands. I continue to subscribe and purchase lotro points in the hopes that you will prevail and 'the moors' will thrive, excite , and generate income for the foreseeable future. If the project fails I fear i will miss a bunch of freinds as i 'check out' and pursue other life goals.

I am but a cog in the wheel. Our success is due to the efforts of our entire team.

We are not done, not by a longshot - but we are trending, I would like to think, in the right direction.

[LegendOfKamikazee]

Very few people if any play Warden in Ettens so this bug prob hasn't been picked up.

There is an issue with morale taps where heals are either not registering or you are getting a tiny heal (1% of tooltip heal total, ie 700 instead of 70k heal). This is happening without any debuffs applied to the Warden.

Anyone got any ideas as to the trigger )

[SSG_Orion]

Thank you all for the reports on lag locales, we are looking into root cause.

I also forgot to mention on the stream today that as part of the next large update, U36, we will be updating the Lootboxes that drop through monster play with 2 new skins for every class, 2 new cosmetic weapons for classes that can wield them, along with 2 new shields for warleaders. There will be new NPCs placed at Gramsfoot wearing the skin and gear that you can acquire through the drops so that you can see what options are available.

[Dranak123]

Thank you all for the reports on lag locales, we are looking into root cause.

I also forgot to mention on the stream today that as part of the next large update, U36, we will be updating the Lootboxes that drop through monster play with 2 new skins for every class, 2 new cosmetic weapons for classes that can wield them, along with 2 new shields for warleaders. There will be new NPCs placed at Gramsfoot wearing the skin and gear that you can acquire through the drops so that you can see what options are available.

anything new that appeals to some of the player base can only be a good thing. My twisted sense of humour immediately requested a new skin for my freep that meant if i stood still long enough and went afk i would be transformed into a bush like any other on landscape. However...i would consider purchasing an exclusive moors rank based cosmetic...or even better with class specific tweaks to boot...how cool !! please dont tell me they already exist

[CarenC]

This is 110% spot on where I see lag. The only exceptions being I seldom ever get any lag around Ninja Hill/LC or HH. Very, very nice mapping.../bow

Great map Casi, and all those completely empty areas is where you will find the rank farmers.

[galrodan]

Now that the word has spread on discord about lagging the servers with spamming the lotro store. Can we get a 20 second cd on opening the store? 1 person can legit shut down half the moors.

Mulatic
r14 Reaver
Arkenstone

[Grey_Havens_Taxi]

Now that the word has spread on discord about lagging the servers with spamming the lotro store. Can we get a 20 second cd on opening the store? 1 person can legit shut down half the moors.

Mulatic
r14 Reaver
Arkenstone

That is hilarious. An ingame app that provides no direct utility to the game, happens to be a detriment to its environment. How am I not surprised.

[SSG_Orion]

Quick update.

As part of the next major release, we will be changing the way that the lootboxes for monster players in the Ettenmoors work.

Monster Players who find and open lootboxes will now always get a draw from three tables:

• Table 1: Includes potions, 500 commendations, or barter lockboxes. The weighting is heavier toward the barter box.
• Table 2: has an equal chance for random perk items from a random pool of 5 items.
• Table 3: Offers an equal chance to find: a single audcaity upgrade scroll, 2 audacity upgrade scrolls, Lord's symbols, Captain's Marks, 1k Commendation, 1.5k Commendatins or a newly creation cosmetic selection box.

Inside of the cosmetic selection box you will choose from:

• 2 new skins per class
• Cosmetic 1-hand Weapon: Thrâng's Sword
• Cosmetic 1-hand weapon: Silvered Scimitar
• Cosmetic 1-hand weapon: Spider-clan Trident
• Cosmetic Staff weapon: Spider-clan Staff
• Cosmetic off-hand weapon: Gundabad Mace
• Ranged Weapon: Easterling Ghost Bow
• Shield: Dunharrow Shield

The Cosmetic box also allows the monster player to choose 1 of the following new cosmetic types:

• March: White Glow
• March: Fire Trail
• March: Acid Trail
• March: "Blue-foot" Trail

The base March aesthetic will change to now show the traditional speed enhancement buff shared by Hunters. The new cosmetic VFX option allows monster players to use one of their existing cosmetic slots to override the VFX.

We have created a large number of new cosmetics and will be rotating the rewards within over time.

We have also placed visiting NPCs along the hill and near the rez circle at Gramsfoot so you can see the new outfits, and weapons as they might appear on your monster player character.

[eliadon]

Quick update.

As part of the next major release, we will be changing the way that the lootboxes for monster players in the Ettenmoors work.

Monster Players who find and open lootboxes will now always get a draw from three tables:

• Table 1: Includes potions, 500 commendations, or bater lockboxes. The weighting is heavier toward the barter box.
• Table 2: has an equal chance for random perk items from a random pool of 5 items.
• Table 3: Offers an equal chance to find: a single audcaity upgrade scroll, 2 audacity upgrade scrolls, Lord's symbols, Captain's Marks, 1k Commendation, 1.5k Commendatins or a newly creation cosmetic selection box.

Inside of the cosmetic selection box you will choose from:

• 2 new skins per class
• Cosmetic 1-hand Weapon: Thrâng's Sword
• Cosmetic 1-hand weapon: Silvered Scimitar
• Cosmetic 1-hand weapon: Spider-clan Trident
• Cosmetic Staff weapon: Spider-clan Staff
• Cosmetic off-hand weapon: Gundabad Mace
• Ranged Weapon: Easterling Ghost Bow
• Shield: Dunharrow Shield

The Cosmetic box also allows the monster player to choose 1 of the following new cosmetic types:

• March: White Glow
• March: Fire Trail
• March: Acid Trail
• March: "Blue-foot" Trail

The base March aesthetic will change to now show the traditional speed enhancement buff shared by Hunters. The new cosmetic VFX option allows monster players to use one of their existing cosmetic slots to override the VFX.

We have created a large number of new cosmetics and will be rotating the rewards within over time.

We have also placed visiting NPCs along the hill and near the rez circle at Gramsfoot so you can see the new outfits, and weapons as they might appear on your monster player character.

Excited to see the work done here. You mentioned NPCS would be added showcasing some of these items. Will these displays include the trails? Barring an elegant sustainable solution that could organize and display all current and future cosmetics items, I would greatly appreciate a simple video showcasing the batch of all the items for easy referencing. To this day there is no way to find a collection of what everything looks like which is a baffling barrier to exist for the store items. Even the best player made showcases (rarely updated or working) don't include details such as item name.

[ithinkiamserious]

As part of the next major release, we will be changing the way that the lootboxes for monster players in the Ettenmoors work.

...

We have created a large number of new cosmetics and will be rotating the rewards within over time.

We have also placed visiting NPCs along the hill and near the rez circle at Gramsfoot so you can see the new outfits, and weapons as they might appear on your monster player character.

This is exactly what I've been waiting for in PvMP and exactly what we need. Thanks!

[SSG_Orion]

Excited to see the work done here. You mentioned NPCS would be added showcasing some of these items. Will these displays include the trails? Barring an elegant sustainable solution that could organize and display all current and future cosmetics items, I would greatly appreciate a simple video showcasing the batch of all the items for easy referencing. To this day there is no way to find a collection of what everything looks like which is a baffling barrier to exist for the store items. Even the best player made showcases (rarely updated or working) don't include details such as item name.

I'll see if we can get something put together...but no guarantees. These are a bit harder to make work.

[tanlis]

• 2 new skins per class
• Cosmetic 1-hand Weapon: Thrâng's Sword
• Cosmetic 1-hand weapon: Silvered Scimitar
• Cosmetic 1-hand weapon: Spider-clan Trident
• Cosmetic Staff weapon: Spider-clan Staff
• Cosmetic off-hand weapon: Gundabad Mace
• Ranged Weapon: Easterling Ghost Bow
• Shield: Dunharrow Shield

Any chance of something for stalkers? or just not possible?

[SSG_Orion]

Any chance of something for stalkers? or just not possible?

Skins and cosmetic VFX - Spiders are in the same spot.

[doodiethethird]

Offers an equal chance to find: a single audcaity upgrade scroll, 2 audacity upgrade scrolls

do they boost audacity beyond lvl 36? and are they bound to the char or account wide ? can i trade them ?

can you add Saurons Will Pots back as a reward to the game ?
are this new skins only inside the lootboxes or can i buy them ? / with lotro points or Comms?
since you add balistas and cataputls will the blueprints be also in one of the boxes ?

and is there a chance we can get cosmetic pets ? like goblins or ravens a small orc drummer ?

can you add different masks for defis ? without changing the whole skin ?

edit: one more can you add color pots to change the clothes like freeps have ?

[SSG_Orion]

do they boost audacity beyond lvl 36? and are they bound to the char or account wide ? can i trade them ?

No, they do not boost above 36. They can be made account wide. No, not tradable.

can you add Saurons Will Pots back as a reward to the game ?

Not at this point.

are this new skins only inside the lootboxes or can i buy them ? / with lotro points or Comms?

Only availble in the updated lootboxes.

since you add balistas and cataputls will the blueprints be also in one of the boxes ?

Let's see how siege goes.

and is there a chance we can get cosmetic pets ? like goblins or ravens a small orc drummer ?

Right now, no.

can you add different masks for defis ? without changing the whole skin ?

I can look into this.