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Welcome to Update 41!
Welcome to an early look at some of the changes coming in update 41!
Hard Tack of Thorin's Hall Craft Event
Update 41 introduces our second crafting event. The new event is a community effort involving the professions of prospecting and cooking. Unlike the initial forester event, the Hard Tack of Thorin's Hall event is a cooperative. Additionally, it can be entered and completed by crafters and non-crafters alike.
The event occurs every hour with an access point in Thorin's Gates outside of Thorin's Hall. Five minutes before the event begins, there should be a general broadcast to Ered Luin that the event is about to begin. Any player may enter the event space and take part. The event lasts for 20 minutes.
Feedback Thread
Monster Play - A Sapling Grows in the Ettenmoors & Glory-seeking
New quests were added to the game supporting the new Monster Player Reward Track offered by Faranil at Glân Vraig for Free People and by Cinaid at Gramsfoot.
Two quests serve to introduce the new daily offerings available. The first is to find a peculiar item in the Ettenmoors. The second is to seek advice from those who may know more. Once these introductory quests are completed, new daily quests from Faranil and Cinaid open for their respective sides of the battle. These quests rotate daily and drive direct conflict across the Ettenmoors. In all, there are ~25 associated quests with this new offering. There are no restrictions to acquire the new quests aside from completing the tutorial experiences in the Ettenmoors for your respective side of the battle.
When asked, "What is the secret of Orc-kind?" Akúlhun responded, "To drive my enemy before me, to hear the lamentations of Man-children, and above all to seek glory!" That Uruk is somewhat depraved.
Glory-seeking is a new quest type available in the Ettenmoors. Up to four players on each side of the battle can choose to become glory-seekers. Doing so marks their location on the map, places a gaudy VFX over their head so they are noticeable on the battlefield, and increases their damage output by 20%. As they roam the Ettenmoors looking for victi- err competition. They are rewarded for massacr- err defeating the opposition by growing stronger with every few kills. Should they eliminate a large number of player opponents within a 20-minute time limit they receive a buff to damage, renown/infamy gains, and a bonus to earned glory for an additional 30 minutes.
Feedback Thread
Release Notes - U41 Beta #2 (New notes in Yellow):
Events
Hard Tack of Thorin's Hall - Feedback Thread
A new craft event comes to Thorin's Hall. This craft event is open to all players. Prospectors and Cooks are featured as the crafters participating in the event.
Go to Thorin's Gates to enter Ukhbab-gair and engage in the Hard Tack of Thorin's Hall event.
The event should run every hour on the hour and requires you to choose to be an assistant, a prospector, or a cook for the purposes of the event.
Main quests track your progress in supplemental quests and completing enough advances and rewards you with craft event currencies (participation, runner-up, and winner ribbons).
Overseers are placed in more logical locations in the event space.
Wrapper quests for assisting, cooking, and prospecting can no longer be cancelled.
If any of the wrapper events fails there is a 30-minute cooldown. This will allow you try again at the next event update.
Each internal wrapper objective of acquiring Thorin's Hall Commendations now consumes the previous 5 commendations earned to avoid exploitation.
Cook and prospector event quest wrapper rewards are now: T1=10 Participation, T2 = 10 more, T3 = 20 more participation T4= 5 Runner-up and for completion a winner token.
Inductions to use items in the space should now accurately display Using when using.
Induction timer reduction bonus should no longer be able to stack.
Speed modifiers should no longer be usable in the space.
All the bonuses from the foods are now working in the space.
Channeling events in the space should now slow you down when carrying items, unless you are under the effects of the event food.
The quest "Pick Them Up" will now fail when too close to Sneaky Hobbits.
The quest "Barrel of Fish" should now allow for fishing to occur in the space and will grant an additional Thorin's Hall Commendation for catching all the necessary fish.
Lazy Prospectors who receive ale, or snacks should now respond with drama.
Lazy Prospectors who interrupt you while you carry ore will now respond.
Small nodes were renamed to weak nodes.
Mining a weak node will now generate 4 small chunks of ever-burning ore.
Mining a rich node will now generate 3 medium chunks of ever-burning ore and a small chunk.
Mining a laden node will now generate 2 large chunks of ever-burning ore, a medium chunk, and a small chunk or ever-burning ore.
To finish the small deliver ore quest you now must deliver 3 chunks of small ever-burning ore.
To finish the medium deliver ore quest you now must deliver 2 chunks of medium ever-burning ore.
Cooking should no longer display completed in any of the delivery portions of the quests.
Cooking interactive objects should no longer glow when they can no longer be used.
Cooking quests should no longer be able to be taken concurrently.
Some of the barter rewards have been added to the barterer just outside of Uhkbab-gairu. This includes recipes and some new outfits. We continue to work on getting them in.
Added commentary to the coordinator in the Hard Tack Event.
More rewards added related to the prospector and cooks.
Added new cosmetic for other professions.
Barter profiles updated to reflect this on the reward vendor outside of Ukhbab-gairu and with Old Bauman.
New recipes available on craft event barterers allowing players to combine their top-tier matching axe and pickaxe.
Cleaned up language around deliveries of items in the Thorin's Hall Event
Made the objects for the ever-burning ore larger and appear the same.
The fishing quest now functions correctly in the Thorin's Hall Event.
Combat & Monsters
Rectangle and Cone AoE Effects in game will now detect targets over significantly greater height differences than before.
This should allow area effects to operate more effectively when slopes, ramps, and stairs are involved.
Crafting
Several crafting introduction quests have revised dialogue to account for the removal of vocations.
New metalsmith recipes added to the Umbar tier. This allows players to craft tools affecting four professions at once.
Added the following new tool combinations of metalsmith tools:
Tools of the Umbari Arsman: weaponsmith, woodworkers, foresters, and prospectors
Tools of the Umbari Explorer: tailor, forester, jeweller, and prospector
Tools of the Umbari Historian: scholar, farmer, jeweller, and weaponsmith
Tools of the Umbari Protector: prospector, metalsmith, scholar, and tailor
Tools of the Umbari Tinker: jeweller, prospector, farmer, and cook
Tools of the Umbari Generalist: cook, farmer, metalsmith, and tailor
Quests, Deeds, & Adventure Areas
The objectives on the map for the Eryn Lasgalen quest, The Torech Emel Brood are now easier to see.
The letter that bestows the quest Outfitting Yourself and Others will now show the correct text for Beornings.
The Mordor deed Tales of Gorgoroth has been revised to identify which quests players are required to complete in order to complete the deed.
Resolved an issue with the Gundabad quest Searching for Gold in which players would receive two gold nuggets and only get credit for one.
The banners in the Dol Amroth quest Banners of Umbar are now easier to click on.
The objective, "Complete Citizens of the Cape of Umbar" in the Deeds of the Cape of Umbar meta deed, has been corrected to read "Complete Quests of the Cape of Umbar". The completion requirements have not changed.
Players will no longer be attacked by invisible corsairs while playing the Shield Isles quest Theft Beyond Measure.
The Storm-raven on the mailbox in Echad Naeglanc, Dunland, will no longer cause players to go into combat.
The name of a quest in The Wastes, Under the Watch of Narchost, has been corrected to Under the Watch of Carchost.
The tooltip on Albino Skin now correctly identifies it as an item that can be turned in for tasks.
Corsair Raiders in Barad Rill no longer eat using weapons as utensils.
Trees associated with the Eryn Lasgalen quest Mending the Mirkwood will no longer glow unless you have the quest underway.
The prospector representing the Iron Garrison at Gharâf-fehem in The Redhorn Lodes has had their name corrected to "Hersir".
The Temamir dwarf Asitam now has a consistent appearance whenever he appears (either in King's Gondor or in Furukzahar).
Zhélruka Warriors in the Câr Bronach quest Tûr Fúar: Captured Zhélruka will no longer respawn with quest rings even though they cannot be re-used to advance the quest.
In the Eregion quest instance Leader of the Foul Wood, Zagâfum will no longer attack the player before they are on the correct objective.
Instances & Skirmishes
In order to prevent several gameplay issues, scions are being removed from all tiers of the instance "Thaurisgar, the Vile Apothecary".
Missions & Delvings
The Elderslade Mission "The Hunting Grounds" now works correctly in a Duo Fellowship.
Note: The Hunting Grounds instance mission will be versioned on update.
The Gundabad Mission: "Sting Like a Grodbog" instance exit door now works correctly.
The Gundabad Mission: "Unwelcome Guests" instance exit door now works correctly.
Enemies now consistently spawn at the correct time in the Wildwood Mission: Attack on Cotfast.
Items & Rewards
Legendary Items now indicate if they are ready to be reforged in the examination tooltip.
If you have completed "The Abyss of Mordath -- Tier 2", Fragments of the Abyss crafting components are once again available for barter at the Gorgoroth Crafting Vendor or at the Master of Mordor Lore Gorgoroth Rewards Vendor.
PvMP/Ettenmoors
A Sapling Grows in the Ettenmoors & Glory Seeking - Feedback Thread
Sapling Quests now complete as they should at Cinaid and Faranil.
Cinaid's quests now advance and display their advances.
Saplings, to be found for Cinaid and Faranil in the Ettenmoors, were not spawning correctly. This has been addressed and they should spawn throughout the Ettenmoors.
Glory-seeker quests now teleport the player and monster player to their respective forward camps.
Glory-seeker quests now properly advance their benefits and culminate in the You are glorious effect when completed.
Localization
Adjusted the layout of the Class Traits screen to fix an issue where the German description of the Lore-master traits would be cut off at the bottom of the screen.
(Deutsch) Fixed a text wrapping issue on the Virtue Traits Screen.
(Deutsch) Fixed a text cut off issue on the Quest Screen.
(Deutsch) Fixed a text wrapping issue on the Crafting Recipe Screen.
Miscellaneous
The Fleet-captain barterer in Dâr Laja, the Meeting-hall now shows the barterer map note.
VO for the Kindred in the last step of the new quest for the Keteph storyline now plays correctly.
Old Bauman at the Combe Lumber Camp now shows a map note that he is a barterer.
A new Birding Tab has been added to the Collections Page to show all of the ornithological occupants of Middle Earth you can spot (Birds coming soon!).
