Combat changes

[Terina/Sinaroc]

*Ter attacks Jim*
*Ter does 3244 points of common damage to Jim with this post*


LotRO combat upgrade! Run for the hills, well actually more of a stat changing.

www.lotro.com/gameinfo/devdiaries/249-developer-diary-combat-changes


BTW Radiance= hope every 10 points of radiance = 1 hope

[jim]

Cool.

From what I'm reading here it will be closer to UO's system which is good if it works out that way. I never liked how much I miss a monster if it was too many levels above me.

Previously, the system was heavily reliant on comparing the monster’s level and the player’s level for adjusting the difficulty for fighting more powerful creatures. Although there is still some of that involved, many of these checks have been reduced to ratings checks. So if you find yourself with more powerful gear, you can overcome some of the previously level-dependant mitigation and resist penalties you faced before. This enables truly daring players to reduce the penalties for fighting up-level.

[Terina/Sinaroc]

These changes seem like they are going to make gear more important. As it is now it really doesn't matter all that terribly much unless you raid or pvp.

I've read that the mobs in Moria are going to be more 'challenging' to in terms of their debuffs and even healing/helping. People say Moria is probably 90% soloable though with very few group quests other then some instances and book quests.