Release Notes - Update 2: Echoes of the Dead -(BULLROARER ONLY)-2-22-11 The following release notes apply only to the Bullroarer Test Server. All changes and updates listed are subject to change before being released to the live servers. These release notes should be considered incomplete and subject to change at any time. Release Notes General Gameplay * BULLROARER ONLY: The unique 6-person Fellowship Manoeuvers that previously did Area of Effect damage have been corrected to once again do Area of Effect damage. These are “Hew the Stone”, “Break the Door”, “Tramp of Doom” and “March of Ents”. * The Pet skills “Return to Master” and “Rally!” can no longer be toggled on by the player. Skills/Class Burglar * The Knives Out Defence legacy has been reduced to +10% maximum. * BULLROARER ONLY: The Quiet Knife and Gambler stances are now fully compatible with Stealth. Champion * The tooltip for the Champion's Dire Need skill, as well as other skills that drain power or morale from a foe to yourself, now always correctly shows what the conversion for the transfer is. Hunter * BULLROARER ONLY: The Burn Hot power cost cost reduction effect has been decreased from -20% to -10%. Cool Burn modification to this value has been reduced from -60% to -50%. * BULLROARER ONLY: Fleetness no longer has an animation. FX will be added later. It currently is using the Beneath Notice FX. * BULLROARER ONLY: Heartseeker base damage has been decreased. * BULLROARER ONLY: Shot Through the Heart removal damage has been increased. Minstrel * Lay/Lyric of the Hammerhand has had its cooldown reduced from 600s to 300s. Skirmishes/Instances/Raids * Killing bosses in the Ost Dunhoth raid now awards the appropriate medallions. Oops! * Barter Tokens for the Ost Dunhoth set are now unified. One token for helms, one for shoulders... * Some cases where a monster corpse would cause a fight to continually reset have been fixed. * BULLROARER ONLY: Instance – Annundir: Stoneheight o Fixed resets for all three bosses, so when you fail you can get up and try again. o The boss kills deed should work on both Tier 1 and Tier 2 difficulties now. o Added a Sleeping buff to the wolves to better indicate the fact they are actually sleeping. o Lowered the Aggro Radius for the sleeping wolves slightly. o Fixed a number of items that led to player tomfoolery. Bad players. No cheatie. o Fixed a few voice overs and color text issues. o Fixed the Uruk-hai boss so he no longer sounds like a giddy Goblin. * Northcotton Farms o Deed now required to enter Northcotton Farm o AOE now will do Poison damage rather than Wound Damage o Challenge quest now gives proper rewards o The challenge quest The Unquenched Flame now advances the deed The Cleansing of Darkthorn, and other deeds. o The Door between the 2nd and 3rd Boss should now always open, even if you walk away from either NPC during their drama. o The Reset Relay outside the 3rd Boss room is now de-activated when you defeat Thadur. o Thadur's Skill "Poisonous Fumes" now appropriately distributes the Damage. o Two Trash pulls were removed from this dungeon in an attempt to equalize the time to complete when compared to the 3-man dungeon in the Cluster. o Several pieces of text were fixed for Gladiola's Drama. o The Doors in the Cauldron Fight should no longer be usable by players. o One of the Hobbits was calling the wrong text after being slapped. Legendary Items * BULLROARER ONLY: Item xp gained with 7 or 8 LI slotted is now normal instead of being reduced to nearly zero. * BULLROARER ONLY: Legacies extracted from level 65 Legendary Items can now be used on up to level 70 Legendary Items. * Revised the names of Legacies of and Legacy Replacement Scrolls so that they fit within the item tooltip. Crafting Farming * Updated names for all pipe-weed. Scholar * Added more detailed information to many crafting ingredients that are used by Scholars to make dyes and paints. Items * BULLROARER ONLY: The Ost Dunhoth armor set and bonuses have been updated to use more primary stats as needed by the classes. In some cases the armor set bonuses have been changed as well, to focus more on the secondary stats usually needed by the class. Some of the armor saw little or no change while other pieces have seen lots of tweaks. * Put the bomp In the bomp bah bomp bah bomp. It had been removed in error. Quests * The Quest, The Long Reach of Angmar, has been removed from the game. * Friend of Lórien Deed: This deed no longer requires the quest "Trust of Lórien" instead it requires that you are 'Known to the Galadhrim' * Quest: Lich Bluffs - Weaken the Grip of Darkness- Fixed text regarding Trac-Plas Volume II * Book 4, Chapter 7: The Drowned Treasury & Epic: Volume 2, Book 4, Chapter 7: Sage Quest: Drowned Treasury - Text updated to include information regarding Inspired Greatness. * Book 6, Chapter 8: Orc-Defiler NPC should now properly display vitals * Book 6, Chapter 8: New Devilry: This quest now mentions the effect of inspired greatness, and that this instance can be completed as a solo player or as a duo. * Book 7. Chapter 8: The Secret Road : Several monsters were removed to make the instance slightly easier to solo. * Book 8, Chapter 4: After completing the Solo version of the Waterworks, the instance will now close 15 seconds after completing the instance. * Book 8, Chapter 6 - Text update, Clarifying Inspired Greatness * Book 9, Forward: Assault on The Gates, Out of Supply, Barring the Gate: Each of these quests has had the number of monsters involved reduced to make these areas easier to complete, with lower DPS classes * Book 9: Several Chapters have had their challenge level changed to reflect the areas that you are required to enter. Chapter 6 & 7 have been releveled to level 63, and Chapters 10 & 11 have been adjusted to be level 64. * Book 9, Chapter 2: Monster camp has had several mobs removed. * Book 9, Chapter 6 - Mob density in Audaghaim has been adjusted. * Book 9, Chapter 9: Reduced overall mob numbers located near the quest target * Book 9 Chapter 12: The Armies of Gathburz - Orc camp densities reduced, monster respawn rate reduced Tasks * The task board that was appearing in the Red Pass instance will no longer make an appearance. Who knew that inanimate objects could go where they wanted, when they wanted? * Some Oat Barton tasks could only be completed once. This has been fixed. * Reputation will now appear on the Pure Black Skin Task out of Sûri-kylä. Graphics/Animation/FX/Sound * The Falcon Banner housing decoration no longer disappears from view when viewing your house from the curb. User Interface * Wardrobe now remembers the selections in the filter menus when closing/reopening it and no longer resets them when items in your wardrobe change (for example when dye is applied to them). * "Dúnedain" (ie Ranger session play) is no longer shown as an option in the class filter page for the social panel. * BULLROARER ONLY: There are now buttons to view outfits 3-5 in the inspect display (when inspecting other players) * BULLROARER ONLY: When logging in to session play as an evil character, the character equipment page should now show the evil background * Using the "Customize Toolbar Slots" button or the "Change Text Colours" option of the chat window now make sure to clear any search string set in the Options Panel so that it can be shown properly. * You can now see fractional durations of buffs and debuffs to the tenth of a second precision. * You will no longer get a tooltip when mousing over cosmetic items held in a character's hand. Travel/Maps/Radar/Mounts * The travel skills earned through Reputation (Bree, Thorin's Gate, Mirkwood, Ost Guruth, Enedwaith, Rivendell, and Michel Delving) no longer trigger each other's cooldowns. LOTRO Store and Account Services * Upgrading from a Free account to a Premium account (purchasing Turbine Points) should no longer require you to log out and then back in to take effect. * BULLROARER ONLY: If you've bought the new items giving shared storage space above 5 - you will now be able to use that space * BULLROARER ONLY: The Well Traveled store offer that reduces the recovery time on milestone skills has been renamed to 'Hurried Traveler' to avoid confusion with the Well Traveled deed. * · Power and Morale potions have had their potency improved. These potions now provide 5% of their effect up front and then pulse the remainder over 10s.
* The travel skills earned through Reputation (Bree, Thorin's Gate, Mirkwood, Ost Guruth, Enedwaith, Rivendell, and Michel Delving) no longer trigger each other's cooldowns.