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Post by Sagewell on Dec 15, 2013 16:27:12 GMT -5
I have logged on once in about the last 5 or so weeks, and didnt think there were many constructive, non-troll threads on the lotro forums (correct me if Im wrong). I hope a thread here may help kin members that either are curious or just want to rant or rave their opinions. (No worries if you dont have anything to say about all the topics I listed below, and add more if you want.)
What do you think: About HD, overall? Big Battles? Trait Trees? Revamped Skills/Spells (or lack of?)? New Zone(s)? New Craft Tier? New (non-BB) Skirmishes/Instances?
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Post by Fordil on Dec 15, 2013 17:35:18 GMT -5
Personally, I like it so far, but I haven't done much BBs yet (just the Dike once). The new areas are awesome as usual, great landscapes and sweet locations you can recognise from the books or movies.
About the trait trees: I love the improved DPS on my mini, he kicks ass like never before, but they totally screwed up on the Melody stance (except if there's still a bug that has to be solved). I used to be able to deal moderate damage and AoE heal in that stance, but now my DPS is meh, and the AoE heal is nearly non-existant. Other than that: awesome changes, loving my revamped skills.
The new crafting tier is as usual: even more than before, it takes hundreds of base mats to just reach proficiency, and I wouldn't be surprised if the number needed to reach mastery is near 1000, but in return the new tier of guild recipes totally blasts everything out of the lower level stuff. Lvl 95 gear is twice as good as lvl 85 stuff, if not even more.
The only thing that I really dislike is that nothing changed to mounted combat. It's still the same, dull button-mashing with just 5 skills. It used to be moderately powerful in RoR, but now I'm way better on foot than on horseback. More or improved skills would help a lot, now I just use my war steed for the high speed and survivability, and the ability to circle non-mounted foes without taking any damage.
That's my opinion on it, it might change in the future... Now rounding up my quests in the Broadacres, then only Westfolds left before I'm done in Westemnet.
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Post by Fembrys Argonar on Jan 7, 2014 12:53:12 GMT -5
I don't ever want to touch my Hunter again....
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Post by Vendla on Jan 8, 2014 12:20:55 GMT -5
I'm with Fembrys on the hunters. I've logged in Vendla twice since the change, spent a decent amount of time doing my usual hunting and questing, and was miserable the entire time.
She's not even a fraction of her former self, even though Faral keeps insisting the skills are the same. It's not so much the skills that are the problem...it's that before I had choices, and even though many other hunter-players might not have chosen the particular skills I chose, they worked for me and my playing style, which made Vendla (in my eyes, anyway) an effective hunter and an asset to groups.
The new trait trees took away a lot of my choices....they put some in one tree, some in another tree, and still others in a tree I'll never use...which leaves Vendla with THEIR idea of what should be used, instead of what worked for me.
So, yeah, Vendla is officially retiring her bow. *sobs*
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