Zombie Columbus was nice enough to throw a bone to all you Burglars out there. He’s offered a sneak peak of some of the upcoming Book 7 changes for the class.
A new tier of Signal recipes will be added to loot. They will be more potent then the previous tier in two ways:
1– The cooldown will decrease from 15m to 10m.
2– Exploit Opening will now apply the Signal buff to the Burglars fellowship when used.
Cunning Attack and Well-placed Strike have been buffed:
1– Cunning attack will apply a stronger DoT on critical hits, and a mauch stronger DoT on from Stealth critical hits.
2– Well-placed Strike deals much more damage on it’s positional hit.
3– The Cunning Wound trait will increase the damage of both skilsl by more then before.
Gambles have had their mechanics altered and rebalanced.
1– No longer is there a countdown wait until the Gamble’s effect hits. Gambles will apply their full effects immediately. All skills that have added benefits when striking Gambled targets will be able to trigger durring this time.
2– All Gambles last 15 seconds on their targets now. Disabaling Gambles, which apply dazes/stuns of various durations, will have a seperate “Gamble” effect on them that lasts for 15 seconds, which will allow skills to trigger.
3– A new FX of a rolling die will appear when a gamble is applied. The number rolled on the die will be the tier of Gamble applied.
4– The tier of Gamble rolled will more consistently be potent.
More to come later! (If I told it all now, it wouldn’t be a sneak peek, now would it?)
I don’t know much about Burglars, but people seem to be happy with what he’s offered thus far. Book 7 can’t come soon enough.
There’s been a lot of talk about the new Warden and Rune-keeperclasses and what they’ll be able to do in Mines of Moria, but there’s been very little talk about what will happen with our existing Level 50 characters. Today Turbine updated with three separate articles that cover just that. If you’re a Burglar, Hunter or Lore–master you’re in luck as Turbine has you covered. The rest of us will have to wait for new articles.
Mines of Moria adds a new Trait Set system to the game. According to Turbine, “Trait Sets group each class’s Class Traits into three loosely related sets of eight traits and give additional bonuses for using multiple Traits in a set.” Players would be choosing a set based upon how they’d like their character to play … This is similar to trees used in other MMORPGs and finally gives LotRO players a way to quickly tell others how they’re specced (i.e., a “mischief-maker burglar”, which is focused on tricks).
Additionally, the expansion will also see improvements to existing skills, both active and passive. Hunters can find three new group travel skills (one apparently leading to Forochel if you’re on good terms with the Lossoth). Lore–masters will gain access to two new pets, the saber-tooth and the bog–guardian. Burglars will find that their class quest reward, the Burglar’s Tools, will be converted to Legendary status and can be leveled up alongside the character.
For Burglars, it’s all the more reason to go after those class quest items now while the Token promotion is going on.
Be sure to at least read the article about your own class, assuming one is ready. It’s a nice way to get a headstart on what to expect.
My Response to "Tell the Community Team":
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