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Ganoderma · 03-02-2009, 11:12 PM

[00:41] Turbine_Jalessa (jalessa): (ganoderma): Will there be new instruments soon? either complete new or tier 6 ones because we minstrels still have to use our old, worn instruments

We will be introducing tier 6 instruments with Book 7

[00:41] anon11: [Xf Helper] MasterRen (masterren): wickedpt (wickedpt): Can you explain the un-legendary Sticky Gourd Lore-Master skill? Why is a level 60 skill worst than our level 1 skill. Lore-Masters have allways been a very imaginative class. Every skill usually has somekind of buff/debuff/cc component to it. But this one, our last skill in the game simply seems lackluster. Can anyone comment on that?

Ultimately, we had to be very careful with giving the LM a strong direct damage component. Like many of our post 50 skills, it’s their upgrades that make them strong. (Having you seen the flaming pyres of goblins?)
[00:42] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): Ragter (ragters): Will we be seeing a new hobby coming in the near future?

We are considering a few ideas. For now, I can neither confirm nor deny... but I'd be happy to hear your suggestions!
[00:43] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): Bephwyn (bephwyn): When will Isengard be open for Applications again?

The Isengard private test environment has not gone away... it's just been sleeping for a little while. When we reopen it I expect the team will post this on the forums along with notifying folks that are already part of that community. Book 7 is coming!
[00:44] Turbine_Amlug (turbineamlug): Moir (xmoirx): Hi team and happy new year, Moria is a very dry place, we need a Place to go have a few drinks in the evening and play a few tunes, is there any plans for a bar MOM?

Who knows where the adventures of the Inn League will take us next. We fully intend on supporting more Inn League shananigans!
[00:44] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): smokeymcg33k): could we see more non-quest type player interaction? sports is a cool idea, maybe some other stuff too

Hobnannigans!
[00:45] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): *sigh* Floon!
[00:45] Turbine_Sapience (turbinesapience): Hobnannigans! *hides*
[00:45] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): A lot of player-player interaction is difficult to synchronize between all clients and the server, so there are technical hurdles to overcome to make for enjoyable experiences.
[00:46] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): Sapience, go play some freeze tag.

[00:46] anon11: [Xf Helper] Jubjub (breadie): Banshee (s2banshee1020): Will Minstrels see a buff to their healing abilities? It is almost impossible to keep up with the damage mobs do in some Moria instances.

Healing has definitely become harder. (Remember Amlug being sad in SoA about things being easy?) Our instance loot got a big buff in Moria, and so did the challenge level of those instances. Though ballads will begin to impact your healing output post book 7, and the Watcher of Resolve trait line will increase the magnitude of that.
[00:49] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): khrain: The hook system that is used in housing is....unpopular. Any plans to change to a more free-form style?

We're always looking at ways to improve housing. The hook system is what we could do for the live product, to provide as much functionality as possible, and make the limits on house decorating as clear as possible. We're hoping to look at it again in the future, but (as I say a lot) it's a Big Feature, and A Lot Of Work, and we have A Lot Of Other Things To Do.
[00:51] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): smiljan66: i really like to meet gollum

He's creepy, and smells like rotten fish. Give him a wide berth.
[00:51] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): And he's in the Trollshaws!
[00:52] anon11: [Xf Helper] Supercop007 (supercop007): sageofsaria: Many players complain about the new player classes being better than older playing classes; what do you plan to do about this?

This is in the eye of the beholder, I’ve read the Rune-keeper isn’t as good as the Hunter? Which is it? J As always we’ll look at each of the classes and make sure that they can serve in their primary roles.
[00:53] Turbine_Amlug (turbineamlug): Ragter (ragters): Can we expect to see the rest of Lothlorien and perhaps beyond in bk7 or maybe even new parts of Moria?

We are opening up all of Lothlorien for Book 7. It is coming out really well and I think after several months of the darkness of Moria, you will all be very very happy with what we've done. But be careful, the elves don't take kindly to stangers... time to make friends!
[00:54] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): We're really proud of Caras Galadhon. The artists and world builders involved have really created something special. Hie thee hence.
[00:56] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): Wow, the hour, she is almost gone.
[00:56] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): That was fast.
[00:57] anon11: [Xf Helper] MasterRen (masterren): Banshee (s2banshee1020): Who's idea was it to add -1000 mentor cooldown for a Minstrel legendary trait? It always makes me laugh when I see that.

I laugh too! But seriously, the dreams of Minstrel’s making thousands of gold using their mentor skill cooldown items in Moria, will be sailing into the west shortly.
[00:58] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): (cymbol): Goat mounts can be used outside of moria. Was this intended?

Well the lore states pretty clearly that horses wouldn't go into Moria. This doesn't mean that other things can't come out.

[00:59] Turbine_Amlug (turbineamlug): (toktic): Does that mean we'll need to earn reputation with the Elves of Lothlorien like we did with Forochel?

Yes. We are building a very nice reputation system with Lorien. Our goal is to support the lore of Lothlorien and the elves and not let everyone waltz into their sacred home but at the same time we don't want to make the reputation gates too grindy. We are working on the balance now and we are pretty proud of what we've come up with... For those who may have had dealings with elves of Lorien before Book 7, you may find it even easier to get in...
[00:59] Turbine_Jalessa (jalessa): Supercop007 (supercop007): Hankyone (hankyone): Will the new Lothlorien quests be Worth doing for a lvl60?

Absolutely. The quests will help you get tokens to exchange for cool new reputation items (including recipes for some of those nifty new tier 6 instruments I hinted about earlier). Amlug's dev diary (coming soon) will have more information for you on Lothloriens quest and reputation system.
[00:59] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): OK, not answering a question now, just saying things. Personally, I'm really looking forward to Book 7 and opening up Lorien to you guys. We wanted to ship with all of Lorien in the expansion, but when we realized we needed more time to do it right, we took that time. I think we've done it justice, and can't wait for everyone to have a look.
[01:01] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): Thanks for having us for this chat. Be sure to tune in to my cranky answers to various questions in the forums.
[01:01] Turbine_Amlug (turbineamlug): Thank you guys for some great questions and some pretty funny ones as well! We are as excited as you to play the new content in Book 7 and beyond!
[01:02] Turbine_Jalessa (jalessa): Thanks all! *jingle* *jangle* (I just wanted to ring the bell again)
[01:02] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): Alright everyone!
[01:02] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): We've come to the end!
[01:02] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): Now to announce the winners!
[01:02] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): 5 lucky users will win 30 Free Days of LOTRO!
[01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): And the 5 winners are...*drumroll*
[01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): Sageofsaria
babyboom-freak
smiljan66
evenlas
Hankyone
[01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): PM me if you've won! I need some info!
[01:03] Turbine_Jalessa (jalessa): Congratulations!
[01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): Thanks for participating everybody!
[01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): 8 more days left in the Play 2 Win event! Keep Playing!
[01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): LOTRO is rank 12 on Xfire. Let's get it into the Top 10!
[01:03] Turbine_Sapience (turbinesapience): Woot! 'Grats to the winners!

that's it

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Ganoderma Fathomer of Riddles Join Date: May 2006 Location: The Netherlands Kinship: Limited Edition Server: Gilrain Posts: 2,088	[00:41] Turbine_Jalessa (jalessa): (ganoderma): Will there be new instruments soon? either complete new or tier 6 ones because we minstrels still have to use our old, worn instruments We will be introducing tier 6 instruments with Book 7 [00:41] anon11: [Xf Helper] MasterRen (masterren): wickedpt (wickedpt): Can you explain the un-legendary Sticky Gourd Lore-Master skill? Why is a level 60 skill worst than our level 1 skill. Lore-Masters have allways been a very imaginative class. Every skill usually has somekind of buff/debuff/cc component to it. But this one, our last skill in the game simply seems lackluster. Can anyone comment on that? Ultimately, we had to be very careful with giving the LM a strong direct damage component. Like many of our post 50 skills, it’s their upgrades that make them strong. (Having you seen the flaming pyres of goblins?) [00:42] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): Ragter (ragters): Will we be seeing a new hobby coming in the near future? We are considering a few ideas. For now, I can neither confirm nor deny... but I'd be happy to hear your suggestions! [00:43] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): Bephwyn (bephwyn): When will Isengard be open for Applications again? The Isengard private test environment has not gone away... it's just been sleeping for a little while. When we reopen it I expect the team will post this on the forums along with notifying folks that are already part of that community. Book 7 is coming! [00:44] Turbine_Amlug (turbineamlug): Moir (xmoirx): Hi team and happy new year, Moria is a very dry place, we need a Place to go have a few drinks in the evening and play a few tunes, is there any plans for a bar MOM? Who knows where the adventures of the Inn League will take us next. We fully intend on supporting more Inn League shananigans! [00:44] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): smokeymcg33k): could we see more non-quest type player interaction? sports is a cool idea, maybe some other stuff too Hobnannigans! [00:45] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): sigh Floon! [00:45] Turbine_Sapience (turbinesapience): Hobnannigans! hides [00:45] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): A lot of player-player interaction is difficult to synchronize between all clients and the server, so there are technical hurdles to overcome to make for enjoyable experiences. [00:46] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): Sapience, go play some freeze tag. [00:46] anon11: [Xf Helper] Jubjub (breadie): Banshee (s2banshee1020): Will Minstrels see a buff to their healing abilities? It is almost impossible to keep up with the damage mobs do in some Moria instances. Healing has definitely become harder. (Remember Amlug being sad in SoA about things being easy?) Our instance loot got a big buff in Moria, and so did the challenge level of those instances. Though ballads will begin to impact your healing output post book 7, and the Watcher of Resolve trait line will increase the magnitude of that. [00:49] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): khrain: The hook system that is used in housing is....unpopular. Any plans to change to a more free-form style? We're always looking at ways to improve housing. The hook system is what we could do for the live product, to provide as much functionality as possible, and make the limits on house decorating as clear as possible. We're hoping to look at it again in the future, but (as I say a lot) it's a Big Feature, and A Lot Of Work, and we have A Lot Of Other Things To Do. [00:51] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): smiljan66: i really like to meet gollum He's creepy, and smells like rotten fish. Give him a wide berth. [00:51] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): And he's in the Trollshaws! [00:52] anon11: [Xf Helper] Supercop007 (supercop007): sageofsaria: Many players complain about the new player classes being better than older playing classes; what do you plan to do about this? This is in the eye of the beholder, I’ve read the Rune-keeper isn’t as good as the Hunter? Which is it? J As always we’ll look at each of the classes and make sure that they can serve in their primary roles. [00:53] Turbine_Amlug (turbineamlug): Ragter (ragters): Can we expect to see the rest of Lothlorien and perhaps beyond in bk7 or maybe even new parts of Moria? We are opening up all of Lothlorien for Book 7. It is coming out really well and I think after several months of the darkness of Moria, you will all be very very happy with what we've done. But be careful, the elves don't take kindly to stangers... time to make friends! [00:54] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): We're really proud of Caras Galadhon. The artists and world builders involved have really created something special. Hie thee hence. [00:56] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): Wow, the hour, she is almost gone. [00:56] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): That was fast. [00:57] anon11: [Xf Helper] MasterRen (masterren): Banshee (s2banshee1020): Who's idea was it to add -1000 mentor cooldown for a Minstrel legendary trait? It always makes me laugh when I see that. I laugh too! But seriously, the dreams of Minstrel’s making thousands of gold using their mentor skill cooldown items in Moria, will be sailing into the west shortly. [00:58] Turbine_Rowan (turbinerowan): (cymbol): Goat mounts can be used outside of moria. Was this intended? Well the lore states pretty clearly that horses wouldn't go into Moria. This doesn't mean that other things can't come out. [00:59] Turbine_Amlug (turbineamlug): (toktic): Does that mean we'll need to earn reputation with the Elves of Lothlorien like we did with Forochel? Yes. We are building a very nice reputation system with Lorien. Our goal is to support the lore of Lothlorien and the elves and not let everyone waltz into their sacred home but at the same time we don't want to make the reputation gates too grindy. We are working on the balance now and we are pretty proud of what we've come up with... For those who may have had dealings with elves of Lorien before Book 7, you may find it even easier to get in... [00:59] Turbine_Jalessa (jalessa): Supercop007 (supercop007): Hankyone (hankyone): Will the new Lothlorien quests be Worth doing for a lvl60? Absolutely. The quests will help you get tokens to exchange for cool new reputation items (including recipes for some of those nifty new tier 6 instruments I hinted about earlier). Amlug's dev diary (coming soon) will have more information for you on Lothloriens quest and reputation system. [00:59] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): OK, not answering a question now, just saying things. Personally, I'm really looking forward to Book 7 and opening up Lorien to you guys. We wanted to ship with all of Lorien in the expansion, but when we realized we needed more time to do it right, we took that time. I think we've done it justice, and can't wait for everyone to have a look. [01:01] Turbine_Floon (floonbeetle): Thanks for having us for this chat. Be sure to tune in to my cranky answers to various questions in the forums. [01:01] Turbine_Amlug (turbineamlug): Thank you guys for some great questions and some pretty funny ones as well! We are as excited as you to play the new content in Book 7 and beyond! [01:02] Turbine_Jalessa (jalessa): Thanks all! jingle jangle (I just wanted to ring the bell again) [01:02] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): Alright everyone! [01:02] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): We've come to the end! [01:02] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): Now to announce the winners! [01:02] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): 5 lucky users will win 30 Free Days of LOTRO! [01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): And the 5 winners are...drumroll [01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): Sageofsaria babyboom-freak smiljan66 evenlas Hankyone [01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): PM me if you've won! I need some info! [01:03] Turbine_Jalessa (jalessa): Congratulations! [01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): Thanks for participating everybody! [01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): 8 more days left in the Play 2 Win event! Keep Playing! [01:03] LOTRO Chat Leader (officiallotro5): LOTRO is rank 12 on Xfire. Let's get it into the Top 10! [01:03] Turbine_Sapience (turbinesapience): Woot! 'Grats to the winners! that's it __________________ Server: Gilrain Chars: Musje, lvl 65 dwarf ministrel Taart, lvl 55 hobbit hunter Baium, lvl 36 dwarf runekeeper Kinship: Limited Edition Breakdown: Achiever 40.00%, Explorer 53.33%, Killer 26.67%, Socializer 80.00% Google!