LOTRO Twitter Developer Chat – Class Changes. August 21, 2013 3PM Eastern.

[Anharmon]

Which class is taking the most changes? The least?

[HeirOfNumenor]

All roles have been covered by at least two classes:

• Tank: Guardian, Warden, Champion, Captain
• Healer: Minstrel, Rune-Keeper, Captain
• Damage: Hunter, Champion, Burglar, Lore-Master, Rune-Keeper
• Crowd Control*: Burglar, Lore-Master
• Buff*: Captain, Minstrel
• Debuff*: Lore-Master, Burglar

*Indicates a role which isn't a main role.

I disagree on revamping the classes - if anything they should be simplified back to their original missions, with a much smaller skill set (say 10 active, 10 passive skills) that get better every 20 levels... (EQ2 did this and it allowed for a reasonably uncluttered keyboard, and made grouping with other classes a necessity).

Warden needs to be down-powered, and 6-man/raid role as an off-tank ONLY. I love playing my warden (except the long wait time for the sneak attack with javelin) - but still, should not be more powerful/survivable than a Guardian or Champion...


Questing is still good - even if it may feel repetitive.

I do not think quests are TOO easy...I generally do my quests about 6 levels over stated level (still GREEN names), but that is because I like to do EVERY QUEST/DEED in EVERY AREA (the four racial areas, switch off between heading into Lone-lands then to North Downs and back, etc); naturally I am going to be higher leveled.


I have yet to One-shot = Kill anything that is a colored name (even grey names still take 2-3 shots unless I have 10+ levels above). Most of my kills are 3-5 shots (including a powerful opening action), with signature mobs taking 7-12 shots (cyan or green).

Am I overpowered? Perhaps - but look what contributes to that:

• Doing every quest/deed
• Doing every area
• Crit-crafting every piece of gear (purple or cyan)
• Buffs and accelerator drops from lotteries and Hobbit-Presents (I NEVER buy them from store)
• XP boosts (whether VIP, loot-dropped, or HP buff).

Want to make it harder, without reprogramming mob toughness, making things so hard to solo and ticking off most players?

Limit areas of play per character: racial homeland quests, Epic quest line, and journeys only one direction (East OR North - NOT BOTH...if you head North instead into Lone-Lands, once you finish Angmar then you'll get ported to Rivendell and then directly to Walls of Moria).

Revamp Legendary items, or do away with them altogether - make the best get either crit-crafted, or obtainable ONLY in raids.

End the various buffs and boosts from the store & Hobbit presents. This will make WB scream bloody murder, so maybe we need to visit:

END Free to Play (or severely restrict it, similar to how EQ2 does).