Bullroarer Update 35.1.2 - Beta #1 - CLOSED

[LordOfTheSquids]

Bullroarer is CLOSED

Thank you all for your participation and invaluable feedback!

'A Beta is never late, nor is it early, it arrives precisely when it means to.'

Server Opening Time: Wednesday, 04/26 ~2:45 PM ET
Server Closing Time: Friday, 04/28 ~5:00 PM ET (subject to change)

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• Character Copy is AVAILABLE. This can be accessed through the 'Transfer' button on any LOTRO Launcher.
• NOTE: The player database was wiped for Beta #1 on 04/25.
• If you have not purchased 'Return to Carn Dûm' on your live account you can purchase Preview Access through the Bullroarer LOTRO Store.
  
  • LOTRO Points for only Bullroarer may be obtained from Aubergine, near the fireplace in the Eyes and Guard Tavern.

Update 35.1.2 - Gwathrenost, the Witch-king's Citadel!
Welcome to Update 35.1.2, and Gwathrenost, the Witch-king's Citadel, on the Bullroarer Public Preview server! This is a new Raid for Level 140 Players set in a re-imagined Carn Dûm.

• Gwathrenost, the Witch-king's Citadel

"Once the seat of the Witch-king of Angmar, the dread citadel of Gwathrenost casts a long shadow upon the city of Carn Dûm. All but abandoned after the Steward of Angmar was deposed, the remnants of the Iron Crown have crept forth from the shadows, seeking to master a lost artifact of the Witch-king and reclaim dominion over the realm."

Angmar Reborn: Carn Dûm

• Raid:
  
  • Gwathrenost, the Witch-king's Citadel - (Available to tier 3)
  • Please post feedback here: Gwathrenost, the Witch-king's Citadel

Players who wish to aid in the fight against the Iron Crown should travel to Bail Avarc in Angmar. Bail Avarc can be reached via the stable-masters at Esteldín, Gath Forthnír, and Rivendell. Bail Avarc can initially only be accessed via stable-master routes. Travel skills are also available for barter from the Stewards of the Iron-home.

Release Notes - Beta #1:

Avatars:

• Slider settings are now preserved when using the barbershop.
• Corrected a human male dance to match other avatars.
• Human male scars have been re-added to the Details and Details 2 lists.
• Numerous clothing bugs have been corrected for human males and females.
• War-steed animations for Humans and Beornings have been corrected.
• Beards and stubble on female human characters are now default to "locked" to Option 1 so they are not included in randomized appearances by default. Players can unlock this setting if they wish to have it included in randomized results.
• Color pickers now support clicking and dragging.
• Several visual issues with Brawler Gauntlets and Hands have been corrected.
• An issue with lower body baggy outfit meshes has been corrected.
• Corrected an issue with human male Helmingas, Eorlingas, and Westfold Hooded and Non-Hooded cloak appearances.
• Corrected an issue with Beorning female hair styles fourteen through sixteen that resulted in a bald appearance.

Classes:

• Numerous Brawler animation issues have been corrected for male and female humans.
• Slip Free is once again usable while Stunned, Dazed, or Knocked Down.
• Find Footing is once again usable while Stunned, Dazed, or Knocked Down.
• Corrected an animation issue with male human Lore-masters when using Power of Knowledge.
• An animation has been added for "Defiant Challenge" for female humans.

Items:

• New "Mighty Ram Fireworks" are now available on Anniversary barters in both consumable and permanent versions.
• Legendary tier bows now drop all versions of Beorning, Champion, and Guardian classes in Sagroth and Gwathrenost.
• Drop chances for class items are now consistent across all classes in Sagroth and Gwathrenost.
• The "Fireworks Wall Rack" has been renamed to the "Fireworks Rack" and now works on wall hooks.
• The "Fireworks Throne" is now usable.
• Colors and textures now fender correctly on female elves and high elves with the Firework Launcher's face guard.

Quests and Adventure Areas:

• The missions "Stirring of Spirits" and "The Ruins of Gaervarad" now work correctly on Delving variant six.
• The final Orkish Gate on the mission "The Bridge to Caranost" no longer stacks the Delving Malice "Sauron's Touch" when played on Delving variant four.
• The mission "Caranost Courtyard" now has proper malice strength at high tiers.
• The mission "Caranost Courtyard" now properly activates for both players in duo mode.
• Completing the quest "A Cave in the Hills" will once again correctly unlock access to Raid: Draigoch's Lair.

[Khluzainn]

Nice to see animations getting fixed.

Is there any plan to fix many of the hit and speed effects of animations on most classes for race of man?

For example on burglar and minstrel most notably you will cast Flashing Blades or Ballads and the animation is noticeably slower than it was before the avatar update. On top of that the damage hits extremely delayed after the ability is already over. Sometimes you have even used a second ability and finished its animation before the damage from the first animation even hits. Kind of like old Shadows Lament would do but even worse.

[DoRonRon]

[*]Human male horse riding animations have been corrected.
Could not the Beorning riding animations have been corrected at the same time more easily? Or done (because its using the same code) but missing a note?

[Baritone]

Nice to see animations getting fixed.

Is there any plan to fix many of the hit and speed effects of animations on most classes for race of man?

For example on burglar and minstrel most notably you will cast Flashing Blades or Ballads and the animation is noticeably slower than it was before the avatar update. On top of that the damage hits extremely delayed after the ability is already over. Sometimes you have even used a second ability and finished its animation before the damage from the first animation even hits. Kind of like old Shadows Lament would do but even worse.

^this. Combat is completely broken and clunky for Men. I haven't seen any official word yet

[rodin12]

The beta is closed, when does it open?

[Elmagor]

[*]The final Orkish Gate on the mission "The Bridge to Caranost" no longer stacks the Delving Malice "Sauron's Touch" when played on Delving variant four.

I hope next step will be removing +50% run speed malice from Orkish Gates too?

[*]Human male horse riding animations have been corrected.

Male beornings encounter that bug too. Not fixed on this week?

[Thorebane]

^this. Combat is completely broken and clunky for Men. I haven't seen any official word yet

Seconded on the mini ballad part of the original post.

[ZepherZaner]

bullroarer is broken and not letting me in tried reinstalling it does not work I get the same error this is not pc based because I have tried on several pcs please fix this error

[RicoFTW]

bullroarer is broken and not letting me in tried reinstalling it does not work I get the same error this is not pc based because I have tried on several pcs please fix this error

Maybe it's not letting you in cos it's closed ? It opens later but not yet.

[ZepherZaner]

Maybe it's not letting you in cos it's closed ? It opens later but not yet.

ok you did not understand what the error is the error is it will not even pre-patch the data. it stops at the screen saying installing pre-reqs and goes no further.

[RicoFTW]

ok you did not understand what the error is the error is it will not even pre-patch the data. it stops at the screen saying installing pre-reqs and goes no further.

Explain yourself better then next time. It's not open for patching yet. Usually comes on later in the evening European time.

[Kehleyr_SSG]

Nice to see animations getting fixed.

Is there any plan to fix many of the hit and speed effects of animations on most classes for race of man?

For example on burglar and minstrel most notably you will cast Flashing Blades or Ballads and the animation is noticeably slower than it was before the avatar update. On top of that the damage hits extremely delayed after the ability is already over. Sometimes you have even used a second ability and finished its animation before the damage from the first animation even hits. Kind of like old Shadows Lament would do but even worse.

You should see fixes in these areas in this Beta. Please let us know if they still feel like they are performing incorrectly.

[*]Human male horse riding animations have been corrected.
Could not the Beorning riding animations have been corrected at the same time more easily? Or done (because its using the same code) but missing a note?

This is just a poorly worded Release Note. Apologies for that. A more accurate note reads:

"War-steed animations for Humans and Beornings have been corrected."

[Kehleyr_SSG]

ok you did not understand what the error is the error is it will not even pre-patch the data. it stops at the screen saying installing pre-reqs and goes no further.

There was an issue with the launcher earlier today. This should be corrected.

While Bullroarer is still not open or updated at this time, you should now be able to patch to its current build.

[Geremir]

Any chance to get the server open before 2-3 PM EST? (aka 8-9 PM CET)

If you want us to test this raid you can't keep postponing the opening of BR forever.

I planned on Wednesday immediately as all previous releases on BR didn't happen in time or on the first day due to ''issues''

If you want feedback I hope you can open it rather soon. We Europeans have no use for testing something that opens up at 12 (at night).

Hope you can comply!

Sincerely

[Ulderen]

Seconded on the mini ballad part of the original post.

Hey buddy! The beta not is open yet! As per the BR patch notes, it opens Wednesday (tomorrow) at an unknown time - thanks!

[Storm_]

Any chance to get the server open before 2-3 PM EST? (aka 8-9 PM CET)

If you want us to test this raid you can't keep postponing the opening of BR forever.

I planned on Wednesday immediately as all previous releases on BR didn't happen in time or on the first day due to ''issues''

If you want feedback I hope you can open it rather soon. We Europeans have no use for testing something that opens up at 12 (at night).

Hope you can comply!

Sincerely

Second that. We also planned for 2:30pm EST(8:30pm CET) when the opening date was still the 25th. Its really hard for EU kins to plan beta testing because of the late/switching opening times.

[Kehleyr_SSG]

We understand the frustration around the instability of our Beta scheduling, and we appreciate your patience!

With that, The Aratar smiled upon us today, and Beta is now open!