LotRO Weekly Forum Discussion Summary August 29

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Updated Mon, Jan 05, 2009 by Darkgolem

LotRO Weekly Forum Discussion Round Up

By Darkgolem

This week's forum discussion has a fair amount of complaint, probably understandable considering that the newness of Book 14 is now over and the Mines of Moria does not quite loom on the horizon. There is some complaint about end game content (big surprise) and crafting (also no big surprise), but there are some pretty good expressions of concerns about questing, finding rare mobs, and so on. Read all there is to see about this weeks hot forum topics right here.

1. So like.. How many raids and other instances are in MoM?

"I apologize in advance for the flamewar this will deteriorate into, but myself and several people that I play with are concerned that there may only be two real "raids" released with Mines of Moria.

The MoM FAQ mentions "The Watcher" and "Balrog" as possible instances. That's two. Turbine... really... Here's a humble request. When MoM releases, please have three 12-mans and two 24-mans, or at least by Book 9 or whatever Book is the first MoM book/patch. Then spend your time getting all the casual content in. EHEHEHEH.... I'm half kidding. But in all seriousness. Lets have some more great instances that are for 12+ people. The Rift is frickin sweet... the first 25.."

2. Elf--The nerfed Race....

"OK... RACE. what do we get??

A 10 second 70% parry...wow that super sucks.. Everyone knows about class skills like HIPS for burgs, still as death for healers, DF for hunters, last stand capt. etc. these provide survivability. Race skills do the same...strength of morale, hobbit silence, dwarf endurance But what about the elves......10 sec 70% parry.....I propose these changes

1.The change from 10sec to 20-30sec
2.Add 70% evade as well(parry doesn't work unless you are facing the mob, so if you are trying to run and survive just parry doesn't cut it.)
3.We are ELVES!!!!!! we are immortal...give us some survivability pls.

This is not to much to ask turbine and will be more equal with the other race skills..
give us a reason to feel proud of our elf champions and not have the majority of people choosing man race just because of "strength
of morale".."

3. I seem to have run out of quests...

"I've got a nearly level 49 character, but have noticed that I've only got enough quests to get him up to level 49. Beyond that, I'm not sure what I'm going to do to get him up to level 50.

He's a Guaradian, so I spent a lot of time doing orange quests (and an occasional red one), and killed mostly orange NPC's, so he did a lot of the higher level quests earlier. I've done abot 90% of the quests in Forochel, I've done about 80% of the quests in Angmar, I've done about 85% of the quests in the Misty Mountains, and I've completed books 1 through 7. I know for a fact that the number of quests that are left wont be enough to get me the 203,000+ experience points I need to go from 49 to 50. I guess I'll just have to start grinding stuff..."

4. Do you let your child play LOTRO unsupervised?

"I started wondering how many parents let their kids play LOTRO unsupervised after reading the thread about kinships and age restrictions. So I'm wondering how many of y'all let your kids play LOTRO unsupervised. And if you do, how old are your kids (the ones who play)? How long do you let them play unsupervised? Do you let them join kinships or pugs? And what's your policy on your child using voice chat?

Please don't mention your kids' screen names, for safety's sake.

I've read posts from people who were grouped with children, who said they heard those children's parents yelling in the background (over voice chat) about various things like doing homework, cleaning the room, and either reading or listening to adult language in raid chat.

Yes it's nice to let the kids go do something so the kids don't bug the parents for a few hours, but other players in the game are not virtual babysitters. I think some parents are probably expecting kin/guild members to act that way and always act responsibly when the child is...

5. Frost-antler and Inn League taxidermy?

"I think I've killed every frost-antler in Ita-ma at least 5 times, have 2 and a half stacks of exceptional hides, but no undamaged corpse. Are these even the right ones? or is it just bad luck and a rare.."

6. Please revamp the crafting situation

"I am a complainer by nature, but I am not a hater. Until now.

I think the concept of adding GM Crafting Scrolls is a lame, lame, lame idea.

I just made GM Jeweler (I have a GM Woodsman) and raced to get my toon up to 45 so that I could use the +18 crit tool (or a random attempt for a superior crit tool). This is my understanding of the situation in attempting to crit.

1. You need to find a rare recipe to learn;
2. You need to have a specialized tool (that you either buy or make yourself);
3. You need to have the mats to make the item, which is not so hard.
4. You may need a Beryl Shard which drops from mobs throughout the world, most are random within the world and there is no predictability of when those individuals appear.
5. You need to get a scroll to increase your crit chance.
6. Now, you need a GM scroll which is a rare drop or which you can turn in from Annuminas. You need 25 and 4 of the fragments to turn in for one scroll.
7. You need to go to a superior forge/workbench/fire/field to use the item.
8. The above only gives you a chance to crit.

You have to rely on a series.."