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LordOfTheSquids hat geschrieben:Minas Morgul has almost arrived!
Minas Morgul takes you on an expedition deep into the Morgul Vale in search of answers to a mystery that spans three thousand years. The words of the shade of Isildur will unearth secrets and visions of the Second Age that have remained untold until now, revealing playable landscape and new adventures from a crucial time in Middle-earth’s history.Visit LOTRO.com/MinasMorgul to read more. Some elements of the expansion, including the Shelob raid and new Instances, will be released in the near future. Players logging in once the Minas Morgul expansion has been released will get their Valar items, Expedition Supplies, Crafting Carry-alls and more. Visit LOTRO.com/MinasMorgul for details.
- Two New Regions: The Morgul Vale as well as Mordor Besieged!
- Level Cap Increase to 130
- New Crafting Guild benefits
- New Black Book of Mordor Quests
- and more!
News and NotesDiscussion Threads
- A new build is now available!
- Bullroarer will remain open until Thursday afternoon (10/31). Time subject to change.
- The expansion is still a work in progress, there will be bugs and unfinished content. If you see something that doesn't work or you think is wrong, please tell us about it!
- Character Copy to Bullroarer is available from Arkenstone, Belegaer, Brandywine, Crickhollow, and Gwaihir. Shared Item transfer is currently disabled.
Black Book of Mordor
- Rune-keeper Update - https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread ... une-keeper
- Premade Imbued Legendary Items - https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread ... dary-Items
- Crafting Carry-all Bags - https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread ... y-all-Bags
- Instance Feedback - https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?675960-U25-Instance-Feedback
Instances
- Characters that have completed 'Shades in the Swamp' can pick up the next chapter of the Black Book of Mordor from Gandalf in the Beorninghus.
- Chapters 11.1 and 11.2 are available for this Preview.
- If you have not caught up with the Black Book of Mordor, talk to Made of Lions in the Epic Book room in the basement of the Eyes & Guard Tavern. He will complete all the previous Black Book Chapters as well as Shades in the Swamp. You can then talk to DocOctoport in the hallway to port you to Gandalf.
Items
- Eithel Gwaur, The Filth-Well
- Gorthad Nur, The Deep-Barrow
- Gath Daeroval, the Shadow-roost
- The Harrowing of Morgul
Rune-keeper
- Armour value bonus scaling on the Shield of the Hammerhand has been increased, so the total armour values are more appropriate.
- Finely-woven Standard of the Veteran Captain Physical Mastery adjusted.
- Beornings will now receive heavy armour from the Gift of the Valar, Blessing of the Valar, and Aria of the Valar
- Universal Potions, Food, and Scrolls of Max Morale and Power in the store now Buff/Restore Morale and Power based on % of max values.
- Weapon Auras: Fixed aura visuals on weapons that were incorrect, either by scale or position. This does NOT fix the visuals for auras that weren't visible or were partially visible.
Warden
- Reduced Word of Exaltation bubble magnitude down by -5% (to ~35% max).
- Fixed broken string reference for Word of Exaltation damage reduction effect.
- Rousing Words ~20% reduction in heal/pulse (somewhat overpowered in the last round, so it's splitting the difference).
- Expanded Fates Intertwined radius to 20m & increased stone max vitality 50%.
- Increased Unwavering Confidence by ~12%.
- Increased Rune of Restoration heal pulse by ~30%.
- Searing Words from separate sources should now stack on a single target.
- Bombastic Inspiration initial heal increased ~10%.
- Mending Verse will stay as-is for now. In recent tests it remains an overweight component in the healing rotation and we want to see if these other changes (particularly the cast time fixes), allow for more balanced and interesting rotations as players get used to the new values.
Miscellaneous
- Warden Skill damage and damaging effects have been adjusted up.
- Several Warden defensive buffs now share icons with the skill that generated them.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Shieldwork" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Advanced Shieldwork" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Expert Shieldwork" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Evasion" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Advanced Evasion" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Expert Evasion" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Armour Use" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Advanced Armour Use" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Expert Armour Use" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Enduring Tactical Armour Use" duration increased from 30s->60s.
- Warden Buff "Celebration of Skill - Incoming Healing" duration increased from 24s->48s.
- Warden Buff "Dance of War - Block and Parry" duration increased from 24s->48s.
- Warden Buff "Surety of Death" duration increased from 24s->48s.
- Warden Buff "Conviction" duration increased from 24s->48s.
BULLROARER ONLY: Eyes & Guard Tavern
- You can now earn up to 94 class trait points after completing the Black Book of Mordor. Up to 94 class trait points can be spent in your class trait trees.
- Edgecase in the Eyes & Guard Tavern now offers an assortment of Minas Morgul gear otherwise available in the 3-person instances. Note that uncommon gear earned in a tier 2 3-person instance will have an item level of 405-406, but this item level increase is not available on the barter vendor.
- Dust in the Eyes & Guard Tavern now offers Traveller's and Adventurer's lootboxes for testing convenience. Additionally, the Adventurer's lootbox should now be usable by a character above level 120.
- You can now acquire a Dust-shrouded Essence Box from Arbor in the tavern, allowing selection of item level 405 uncommon essences.
