Stagger’s little issue is going to be fixed for Book 8, however it’s going to come with a little change to the skill as a result.
The runspeed debuff will be applied just like it is currently, on a critical hit or from behind. The attack speed debuff will be applied 10% of the time regardless of position or critical hits.
The two debuffs will be separate though, so bigger run speed debuffs will no longer remove the attack speed debuff.
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LOTROCast Episode 008: Dev Interview – Berephon is live
In this episode, LOTROCast interview Berephon, a member of the LOTRO team to
discuss lore, backstory, and what to look forward to in the future.
Get answers to some questions like:
How does Turbine draw the lore-line?
What’s going down in Erid Luin?
What is the Everseer?
Who is the cat lady and why has she been missing for so long?
In addition, we introduce a new segment, the LOTRO Workbench. Make
sure to check out the shownotes at www.LOTROCast.com.
BlizzCon 2009 Exclusive Pet Grunty the Murloc Marine
World of Warcraft fans already know that during the Blizzcon event new interesting pets will be available, and the 2009 edition is no exception.
Everyone who attends BlizzCon 2009 or purchases the BlizzCon Pay Per View event via DIRECTV will be joined by a new World of Warcraft in-game companion, Grunty the murloc marine. This tiny terror is fully armored and comes equipped with a gauss rifle, which he’ll occasionally fire into the air to make sure no invisible spacecraft are swooping in to attack. – WOW-Europe.com
MMO Champion published a little video of Grunty in action.
BlizzCon Tickets on Sale Today
Just in case Saturday, May 16 isn’t circled on your calendar, here’s a quick reminder that BlizzCon tickets will be going on sale today. A second batch of tickets will go on sale May 30.
And for those unable to attend the show, in-depth coverage of BlizzCon will also be offered by DIRECTV as a Pay Per View event, available both via satellite and Internet stream. BlizzCon 2009 will take place August 21 and 22 at the Anaheim Convention Center, and tickets cost $125 each. For further information about the convention, check out the official BlizzCon site.
Lotro Bullroarer Dev Night
You have probably heard about Lotro Bullroarer Dev Night and prizes. If you have the same question like MataTahu: What’s on the menu for the evening activities? The answer is YOU 🙂
Mainly we’re trying to put as much heavy stress on the servers as possible. Our goal is to really put a hurtin’ on them so we need everyone who can spare the time to log in and give it a go. This is all about performance under load so the more load we get (that’s people logged in at the same time), the better the data will be. You will need to download and patch the Bullroarer client before Thursday.
If you remember back a few weeks when I said we were focusing on improving server stability? This is one of the pieces we’ve been looking at. First we had the changes to the game for stability and those went well. Now we’re taking this step and then we’ll take further game stability steps to make sure we’re back to providing as rock solid a service as we possibly can (and have in the past).
Bullroarer currently has the exact same player database it had when it was shut down prior to Book 7 (based on the Elendilmir database). So what ever state your character was in at that time, it should be exactly as you left it. You can, of course, make new characters.