Update 18.2.3 - July 27, 2016

Update 18.2.3 Release Notes

Here are the Release Notes for Update 18.2.3, released on Wednesday, July 27th.

News and Notes

Collections

• The Stable-master link from the main map page is now hidden when in Session and Monster Play, and for new characters.
• You can no longer purchase Mithril travel from the Stable-master Collections UI within a private encounter, during Session or Monster play, or during combat.

Festivals

• Summer Festival

• The Great Mathom Fishing Swap is now mutually-exclusive with The Fishing-hole. Only while the mathom fishing timer is actually ticking down will you receive Mathoms or weeds when fishing. This quest now also awards a Summer Festival Token.
• Fountain emote and Hobbit dance 4 emote granting items now Bind to Account when acquired.

Housing

• The house at 1 Stonemirk Street once again has its housing hooks.
• The Clover Table housing decoration has regained its correct appearance.

Quests and Adventure Areas

• Post-Pelennor Minas Tirith now has mailboxes.
• Post-Pelennor Houses of healing no longer have a door that sends you back to earlier Minas Tirith.
• The Defenders of Minas Tirith Quartermaster now offers cosmetic weapons in exchange for Minas Tirith Silver Pieces.

Raids

• Throne of the Dread Terror:

• Mumakil:

• Mumakil now drops four groups of Haradrim each instead of five.
• Mumakil auto-attacks have had their potency increased.

• Unbroken One:

• The timer of the Fury of the Unbroken (hard Enrage) has been increased to 900 seconds (15 minutes), up from 720 seconds (12 minutes).
• The health increase of the three sub-boss Broken has been reduced to x2.5 from x3. Their full-corrupted health is now roughly 12 million, 12 million, and 7.5 million.)
• The potency of the Ancient Defence aura has been increased as it is a corruption, and is removable.
• Devouring Darklings have had their health reduced by half.
• Oozing Darklings have had their health reduced slightly.
• Black Numenorean Binders will no longer continue to spawn after wiping on the Unbroken One.

• Nazgul:

• The incoming damage debuffs on the Nazgul now properly apply to their listed damage types.

• Gothmog:

• The Carn Dûm segment of the Breach of Terror has been altered to be smoother and faster.
• Lorniel now applies a harsh damage over time to Golodir if she reaches him.

• Challenge:

• The Returned King now requires you to escape the Breach of Terror in under 20 minutes.

Sound

• The Disable Combat Music option now consistently disables combat music.

Store

• The Steed of the White City and Battle-worn Steed of the White City now move faster and endure longer; they have their proper 250 Morale and +68% speed.

Known Issues

• Items on the newly restored housing hooks at 1 Stonemirk Street are temporarily not present and inaccessible. We will correct this issue in a future patch.

Source

• https://forums-old.lotro.com/forums/showthread.php?645133-18-2-3-Release-Notes