Minas Morgul launches + pointers

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The Minas Morgul expansion has been confirmed to launch on the 5th of November with a downtime that (currently) ends at 19:00 Cet.  For full details you can read the patchnotes here.

Login priorities

Any Valar and Carry-all will only be available on the first server you log in to! Be careful with the legendary server or alt-servers.

Black book or Mordor or starting Minas Morgul

The expansion starts with chapter 11 of the Black book. You don’t have to complete the previous 10 chapters if you want to jump straight in. Though you will have to complete the interlude you can get from the Beorning house in the Vales (takes about 45-60 min).

Gameplay changes

  • Runekeeper has gotten their general revamp and specific skills and abbilities
  • Warden damage has been updated and defensive buffs have been lengthened
  • Outgoing healing and critical magnitude has been changed.

Gear changes and updates

  • Embers are still capped and topped off at 10.000 on launch
  • Previous ember-giving quests will now give motes (as well as 120 gear)
  • “Older armour set with > slots = max level 120 (No 4-slot Osgi armour etc)

Pvmp

At launch creeps are a mess. Nothing to sugarcoat. Vastin has already stated he has been working on an update to it. But you can look pretty with cosmetic outfits.

Instances and tiers

  • At launch Minas Morgul will only be available on tier 1
  • At launch U23/U24 will only be available on tier 1 and 2
  • Upcoming patch (first week will release higher tiers)
  • Scion for T4 and T5 are disabled for U23/U24 instance for the “introductory part” of Minas Morgul
  •  *T 4 and T5 were available during beta. Perhaps only the gold loot is disabled.

Mischelanious

  • Black book gives 2 addition traitpoints. Max spendable points is now up to 94.
  • New UI Settings option “Induction Bar Display.”
  • A new Housing Item called the “Training Dummy Stand” is now available for Barter from the Curator when the Curator is available.
  • Virtues can now be earned up to rank 65.
  • The Hobbit Gifts system has received a significant update

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