Latest LotRO Stream Showcases Upcoming Changes To Character Creator, Preview Of Upcoming Raid
The latest Cord of the Rings stream by The Lord of the Rings Online's Community Manager Jerry «Cordovan» Snook gave some insights into upcoming updates to The Lord of the Rings Online, including a look at the new character creator changes.
The weekly community stream yesterday morning gave players a ton of information, starting off with a discussion with Allan «Orion» Maki, touching on the damage mitigation changes, balance changes, the new tech that allowed for a hotfix to deploy after Update 35 without needing to drop the servers, and work being done to Delvings for Annuminas and The Great Barrow and more.
Crafting was also touched on, with Maki assuring players that the team is working on ensuring that «crafting has a role moving forward,» with Orion noting the team has to address the issue surrounding essences, as well as potentially updating the way Traceries are «integrated into the crafting system.» However, he does admit that the introduction of LI Ages that «significant harm» was done to the Weaponsmithing crafting skill, though the team is working on ways to make it more meaningful, with a focus on level 100 through the level cap in the «immediate future.»
During this discussion, Cord was showcasing the new raid area, Gwathrenost, the Witch-king's Citadel, and eventually moved onto the upcoming changes being made to the character creation tools — which the teamhighlighted in the Bullroarer patch notes this past week.
«LOTRO is celebrating the uniqueness of every player! Our latest update celebrates individuality with additional character customization options for the Race of Men (humans) that let players express themselves in new ways. We want to make as many players feel represented in the game as possible, and
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