Book 8 fixes...

[Scatha the Worm]

So Book 8 comes out, and even tho there are absolutely no news for hunters (which is probably because they won't touch a thing), they are heavily nerfing champs survivality in DPS stance and RKs damage/power.

What the hell are they thinking? If they have to nerf/buff/nerf/nerf/nerf all the time at the main DPS classes, isn't it clear enough THAT SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE CONTENT?

Are they trying to throw their own game to the trash? They are practically ****ing off half the game population with the total amount of "balancing" done since MoM launch.

If this goes on, we will still be a broken class, but we're sitting in the bench with more company than just burglars now...

Turbine developer manual premise:

Make content harder by nerfing well performing classes

[Scappydog]

From the Bullroarer patch notes:

Hunter
■The legacy "Strength Quick Shot Slow" is now properly buffing Quick Shot's slow.
■Fire bolts will no longer remain in the Hunter's hand after using Improved Swift Bow - Ablaze.


So unless anything else is added/changed we have so much to look forward to.

Guess that means we are WAI.

[Lenin_]

Originally Posted by Scappydog

From the Bullroarer patch notes:

Hunter
■The legacy "Strength Quick Shot Slow" is now properly buffing Quick Shot's slow.
■Fire bolts will no longer remain in the Hunter's hand after using Improved Swift Bow - Ablaze.


So unless anything else is added/changed we have so much to look forward to.

Guess that means we are WAI.

OMG, so many fixes to our broken skills and tools. NOT!

Just..... lol'd.....

[MéLAnoR]

epic fail ..
im glad im not wasting my summer.
though there are nice addings to the game regarding legendary barter system some fix to gift boxes and better vendor UI plus they re watching other classes and trying to balance them ( yet only nerfes nerfes nerfes) Maybe book8 raid turns out fun?

fact : THE WAY THEY LEFT HUNTER MEANS THERE IS NO DEVELOPER WORKING OVER HUNTER CLASS.YES IT IS TRUE CAUSE THE FACT THAT I CAN COUNT YOU DOZEN THINGS BROKEN YET WE SEE NO FIX.
Wish we had graal ; he is so good over dynamic combat system and communication with players.
anyways good luck to those hunters out there ; my heart with ya ^^
/goodbye

[Aroril]

wow talk about overreacting . But I really wished that they would have fixed the Bow Chants or at least posted some kind of explanation for them.

So you really don't think that rune keepers needed a nerf? You know, its not even a nerf, just changes to some skills and a more balanced dps output. They will still be an extremely good dps class.

The changes to champs was made so that you could not run the entire content with a fervour champ tanking. Their survivability is DPS stance has not changed as you should not even get hit when doing group contend as you will have a guardian/warden tanking. All self heals are not effected by the - Incoming Healing so when you are solo there will be no change. "Heavily nerfed" as you put it is just taking out of thin air.

[Silmahad]

If I read about the Hunter patch notes, the nerf to Champions and the Runkeeper patchnotes (with the so called "nerf"...), I get the strange feeling, that the RK patchnotes are still incomplete.

I miss a sentence like:" We decided to change the title of the class "Runekeeper" to "Warlock". This will be a great help for new players, coming from WoW, for orientation in choosing the actual godclass in LotRO."

[Telaron70]

hmmm... I don't think the Champs are very happy, but I can at least see the reasoning behind their "nerf". Burgs are getting some much needed TLC, Mini's damage nerfed a little & RK's spike damage is being reduced but otherwise it looks like a reasonable balancing of the class, upping power costs a bit. I'm sure many RK's feared worse than this. IMO this is what should have happened to Hunters with book 7, a reasonable response to somewhat OTT dps, but instead we got a bit of a hammering.

It makes an awful lot of difference when the Dev pops up & explains the changes like ZC & Graalx2 have done for RK's, Burgs & Champs. Even if, like in the Champs case, it seems like bad news. At least it makes you think there is someone in your corner. On Hunters there is nothing but silence. Is anyone even working on Hunters?

Glad they fixed that fiery bolt thing tho'. I was about to quit over that

Aside from the class balancing there are some nice tweaks to the rest of the game I think, but I would dearly like to see the LI system overhauled

[MéLAnoR]

Originally Posted by Telaron70

It makes an awful lot of difference when the Dev pops up & explains the changes like ZC & Graalx2 have done for RK's, Burgs & Champs. Even if, like in the Champs case, it seems like bad news. At least it makes you think there is someone in your corner. On Hunters there is nothing but silence. Is anyone even working on Hunters?

lol
There is no DEV appointed over hunter class.Dangerdan posted his last message by january and it was not on hunter boards ; yeah we know he doesnt post much but I BET A GOOD DEAL OF MONEY he is gone.Long ago ZC has taken over his job for dealing burgs too.
Additionaly a very good dev Hakai is gone too.
Non-officialy there is no dev working over hunter just content devs and community officers post on hunter boards.And who cares ? Frak hunters they have paid enough to feed the company the future is warlocks and mages look far east you ll see the $$

[James_Ross]

I was surprised there weren't *any* things for hunters to look forward to in the prelim notes, I'm tired of having being relegated to an off-DPS taxi.

[Telaron70]

Originally Posted by MéLAnoR

lol
There is no DEV appointed over hunter class..........

..... Frak hunters they have paid enough to feed the company the future is warlocks and mages look far east you ll see the $$

In that case I want magic arrows