#LOTRO Bug

[lonicera-edulis]

#lotro #lotro art #I did what I could #hand with stick looks more interesting on previous wip #kinda bugs me that all my finished poses look more stiff than on sketches T_T

[loremastering]

tried to do an evendim chicken run but became the first ever long range flying rooster

#lotro #it was actually a very annoying bug like #i think the game thought i was in water starting at brockenborings #then it calmed down until i got to high kings crossing and i started flying/rubberbanding again #was determined to make it to longbough but couldnt reach him cause i was too high in the sky ngjndkjsn

[rohirric-hunter]

🥳🥳🥳

(bullroarer notes)

#lotro #not implemented yet but soon #this has been bugging me for a while

[hallothere]

i have more buttons for you to push

#lotro #also if you're on crickhollow or landroval i will do any of these with you #i've made raid groups before for Content TM reasons #we can chill and do story :D #my window bugged out so i can't see if there are typos in this #typing on trust here

[arytha]

i miss playing mmos

i need my computer to come back to me

#i played lotro on a shitty thinkpad laptop #best thing ever #my computer is infested with bugs so im not touching it until i can get it cleaned out and also out of this apt #so it might be. another year (we move in march but i'd need money to get it cleaned) #sighs in defeat #mara's shit

[loufromgh]

lotro number 1 again babey!!!

#number one benefit of launching lotro through steam is seeing it absolutely crush any other game i play there #also so funny to see phantasmagoria's thumbnail bug out but that is my number 5

[kemendin]

LOTRO venting re the reactions I’m seeing to the new update, with the disclaimer that I’m very very white and obviously can’t speak for any POC:

Man, I gotta say, I am severely disappointed with the reaction of so many people to the new Men options. And honestly, a little shocked. LOTRO has by far the nicest, most welcoming community of folks I’ve encountered in an MMO, and it feels disconcerting to see the ugly underside of that. Like, yes, the Tolkien fandom as a whole has always had that subset of racists, but LOTRO’s always felt much more niche and welcoming. Maybe I shouldn’t be surprised, but - I am, a little.

But seriously - the influx of inanities, the sheer immaturity I’m seeing on these comments. Adding more diversity to the character options is ‘ruining the game immersion’ and ‘an insult to Tolkien’s vision’ and all the other phrases these people like to throw around to cover up the simpler meaning of ‘POC shouldn’t exist here’. It’s the same thing that happened with Rings of Power.

And you know, I can even almost understand the point I’ve seen made several times, that they should have added more actual race options to go along with these new looks - Haradrim, Southron, Rhun, etc. And yes, that would be great! But a) do the people complaining even know how often players have chosen race not based on location, but on the visual options? Roleplayers do this ALL THE TIME. And b) until the devs DO give those options for more race origins, why not just... have the diversity in the character creation anyway? Why does it hurt so much if you can’t actually shuffle them off into another box that’s labelled ‘POC’ in your brain? I really don’t know whether to start Hulk-smashing people in my imagination or just sit here and laugh at their poor offended tears.

And then women with beard options - got to witness those reactions in SWTOR not long ago, and now in LOTRO. Someone quite correctly made the point that if you don’t care for such options, just don’t use them, to which the offended individual responded, in essence, ‘but they’re still being forced on me every time I see someone else playing one’.

Seriously. How is more options EVER a bad thing? How hard is it to just say ‘this is not for me’ and move on with your life? People -

Grow.

Up.

There are legitimate issues with the new update. I’ve seen a lot of general cosmetic bugs reported, and the whole face customisation being reset on acceptance is HIGHLY frustrating, when you have to go back and redo all the sliders when all you wanted to do was change your eyebrows. But MORE OPTIONS is not. An. Issue.

I can’t wait to see what happens if Elves get a revamp with darker skin tones....

(But also lol at all the people throwing hissy fits and saying they’re quitting over this. Trash takes itself out, I suppose!)

#kem rambles #lotro #lord of the rings online #i just can't even with people #i've been playing this game for over a decade #it's my home in a way no other game can be #and right now i want to take a giant can of raid and start spraying all the cockroaches complaining from the corners

[daddyklingon]

I love when the LOTRO Character Select bugs out.

#LOTRO #lord of the rings online

[miriel-therindes]

1, 6, 15, 16, 34, and 42 for the lotro asks! <3

1- How did you first get into LotRO? Do you remember when you started playing? I actually started playing right at the very beginning of the pandemic- my mum had covid so she tried it out and got me into it! I've been playing off and on since then, though i switched servers and started a new main character at one point (so still have never gotten to level cap at all xD)

2- Do you have a favorite region or expansion? I'm very basic but I love playing in the Shire, it's just so lovely and fun to do! One of my favourite points at when I was playing LotRO is when I was just starting my new main (a hobbit hunter) and used to quest in the shire while listening to podcasts, being very completionist about it. I also have a special love for Eregion & the beginning of Moria (i get tired of the dark after a while, but I did LOVE all the exploration I did in that place, and some parts of it are gorgeous)

15. Do you have a favorite class to play? A favorite specialization? My favourite classes are hunter and rune-keeper! I can't remember what the names of the specializations are on hunter, but I play the mobile mid-range one and love it!

16. Do you have a favorite race to play? Favorite combos of race and class? I like playing hobbits and elves best! As far as combos go, my fave characters (I have quite a lot of them, though most of them are quite low-levelled as I usually just play my main) are my high elf RK and my hobbit hunter! honourary mention for my human burglar.

34. Do you have any wishlist things you would like to see added some day? Hmm...while I think there are a lot of little bugs and gameplay things that could make it better, I can't think of a lot of things that come to mind at the moment, but I'm sure I'm going to think of seven as soon as I post this lmao.

42. Are there any fun easter eggs you’ve found that you enjoy? I love the nod of "The Bird and Baby Inn" to The Eagle and Child! It's a small easter egg but I enjoy it very much xD My first lotro lore I ever learned (one of the first pages I looked up in the wiki)

#thank you so much for the ask!! #lotro #ask game #asks

[thorinsbeard]

6, 7, and 29 for the lotro ask game?

Hello thanks for the ask! 6. Do you have a favorite region or expansion? I haven't visited them all yet but I absolutely love the storyline of the Moria expansion it blew my mind having to play the first encounter of the balrog. And region. I will always say Rivendell or the Lone Lands I like the feeling of solitude out in the Lone Lands and Rivendell always relaxes me. 7. Do you have a least favorite region or expansion? Hmm. I was going to say not really but then I remembered my recent first trip to Angmar and have to say, not a fan. Would not recommend for a vacation. Also I died to some statues multiple times and not sure why. 29. Have you run into any major and/or fun bugs? I had a hilarious bug on Shadowfax where I play if I want to mess around. My high elf was newly arrived in Celondim and I tried to go up the stairs and for some reason she fell through them and died? XD

#beardy answers #lotro asks

[southfarthing]

(as someone who just started lotro) 6, 11, 15 and 29 :3

6. Do you have a favorite region or expansion?

EREGION!!!! it's sooo beautiful and the enemies are just what i want. and it's full of berries <3 and the music is gorgeous and ethereal and a little bit creepy and haunting at parts and it makes me insane

11. If you could have one npc as a companion to run around with you, who would it be? would it be the same for all your characters?

BINGO!!! my darling boy <3 he's so cute and polite i'd love for him to follow after me and be like "erm excuse me mr nazgul sir? a please and thank you would go a long way" <3

15. Do you have a favorite class to play? A favorite specialization?

guardian on red <3 looooooooove getting ten orcs to chase after me and then attacking them all at once ahhhhhhh aoe and bleed damage make me so happy

29. Have you run into any major and/or fun bugs?

not really? there was one annoying bug during the anniversary at mirrormere (because it takes a ridiculous journey to get there) where the remembrance you're trying to pick up is like... inside the earth lmao but other than that, not many that i remember?

#ahhhh you just started!! how are you finding it? which server are you on? i'm on evernight if you ever wanna hang out! #klngfili #replies #lotro

[loremastering]

ignore the blinding white light but, birdy <3

with @isi7140

#lotro #i say as if its not impossible to ignore that rain bug lighting

[rohirric-hunter]

#lotro #:( #i should submit a bug report #but i cant be assed to remember my login details rn

[medicinemane]

Just had the most absolutely dog shit experience ever in lotro

Like I've progressed passed being mad to just being tired because... I mean this is unacceptably bad design combined with a mission breaking bug, and they'll never give a shit so... who cares

Was playing with my dad, was running a new character of his through and area that had only recently come out so I needed the achievements for my max level character. Some I'm doing this mission at level 30 while I'm 140, so I run it as a 6 man instance for more xp for the character I'm helping

Everything gets vaporized up to the final boss (as it should be)

The final boss melts me, cause it turns out he gets a power that removes 10% of your health everytime you hit him (and gives him 99% resistance to all damage). That's strike one, should never be a percentage, a max level character shouldn't be able to be killed by something 110 levels below them... seriously, like I've soloed old raids, and like... that's how it should be

So the way to beat him is you have to remove 10 levels of the effect, with a power that has either a 15 or 30 second cool down for me. Then... he reapplies it to himself, so I have to take another 10 levels off. After that he doesn't matter, but he made me so pissed with how unbeatable he is for a nobody, and then it's a slog

Well, here's problem two. We were only doing this cause it's involved in a questline. I completed my quest, by because lotro constantly forgets it's an mmo, my dad didn't get to talk to the person cause they walked off

Always good in your mmo when being in a group can me you can't complete your quest because someone else in the group did it

Anyway, I say fine. We do it again, this time as a 2 man cause I'm not spending another like 10 minutes kiting him around... well this time he just sat at 1 hp forever without going into his next phase, like for literal minutes

So all and all it's just a badly designed piece of shit mission, that on top of that is a buggy shitty mess

I'm serious that it had me sitting there thinking maybe I should just quit playing lotro, just if this is how bad at making games they are at this point that they think this is acceptable to put out and don't see what they've messed up with. Like do I want to deal with that from people who will never ever listen to feedback?

Like I'm probably not gonna quit, but you know you did good when that's what's on your player's mind as they quit for the night

Whoever made this should be fired. I'm not even saying that with malice, but I'm serious. They should get a job in something that doesn't require decision making or planning. Get em a good job on an assembly line or something, but they shouldn't be doing anything where they have to think, because they're clearly very very bad at thinking anything through

(I legit wonder if they ever even really test anything these days, with like how much pets get caught on pathing issues in places like that)

[lotrolulz]

The Couple Hours when Champs Ruled Them All

Soooo was anyone else around in early June of last year (2020)? Did you happen to remember the almost legendarily ridiculous Champion bug that had INSANE exploit potential?  Honestly I do not remember the context around how I heard of it, but I did spot a forum thread demanding, “Take the game down immediately” and clicked on it for shits and giggles.  It was not what I was expecting.

In case Tumblr decides to be stupid and squish the crap out of that screenshot, the jist is the following. On June 3rd, an update which included a tweak to Champions caused the skill “Champion’s Challenge” to incorrectly interact with an LI Legacy, specifically “Fight On Critical Rating”. Champion’s Challenge is meant to reduce the target’s outgoing damage along with briefly force-taunting. Instead, it was increasing the target’s outgoing damage, based on the legacy’s rating x 100, then - 30.. which maxed out at +859970% increased damage. G O D D A M N.   But since it buffed the target, you might ask, how could it be exploited? Well.. one, damage reflecting skills. Two, sparring another player, who could then take that insane buff and go ape-shit with it. Normally the effect only lasts for 5 seconds, but there were reports that the “debuff” was also bugged enough to be permanent until death/defeat, and that someone could very easily take this into an instance and one-shot everything, “including T5 Remmorchant” which was the latest raid at that point.  I have a champion, but he is parked at level 50 with an XP disabler for SoA instance funtimes, which means no LIs for him, which means I could not replicate this. Buuut thankfully someone provided a screenshot. 

*snort* ohmygod. Meanwhile here’s my Burn Hot with its measly +74.8% damage. 

I am really not sure how this got past beta testing (if there even was any...) but to their credit, this was temporarily disabled / hotfixed within a few hours of the forum post. I am not sure if anyone actually managed to use this to any nefarious intent, but personally I found this to be hilarious.  FEAR THE ALMIGHTY CHAMPIONS. Here’s a link to the thread my screenshots are from if you are curious: https://www.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?680590-Take-the-game-down-immediately

#LOTRO #LOTRO Game #LOTRO MMORPG #Lord of the Rings Online #The Lord of the Rings Online #LOTRO Champion #LOTRO Champion Class #LOTRO Champions #LOTRO Exploit #LOTRO Bug #LOTRO Lulz #LOTROLulz

[aurore-parle-de-ses-idees]

so it looks like you default to leaving halros behind if you don’t actually do ‘halros should stay/go’

entered the session just to see and yeah, definitely left him in the shire:

#lotro #on a field of red i would then assume follows with this #tho i haven't tried yet to see for sure #oo wonder what happens if i go back and try to bring halros #does it change the session you get from the map? #do i just bug everything out? #the important questions