LotRO: Book 12 Notes and Patch 1 for Roheryn

The LotRO site has released the patch notes for the upcoming Book 12, Patch 1. Here's what's inside:

Classes/Skills

* Ranged auto-attacks have had their miss rates increased when on the move.
* Quest items will no longer drop while in a raid unless the quest items are used for a raid quest.
* The range for melee conjunction skills has been increased to 2.5 meters to match the standard distance for all other melee attacks.

* Guardian Skill Updates:
o Movement effects have been prioritized to prevent lesser effects from overwriting more powerful effects.
o "Thrill of Danger" has been fixed to drain power from monsters again instead of fellows (unfortunately it will also break mez again).
o "Overpower" will no longer toggle off when a Guardian is silenced.
* The trait "Grim Challenge" will no longer reduce the cooldown of the skill Engage.

Crafting

* Re-added the missing Tailoring, Weaponsmith, and Woodworker crafting recipes to treasure tables. These recipes should once again be available via treasure drops.

Items

* Crafted Shields will now properly sheath on the player's back during ranged attacks, and will properly display the visual FX during combat.
* Ashûrz's Adornment has been converted back to a necklace as it was originally introduced into the game as. If the item is currently slotted into an earring slot it will remain there until unequipped.
* The sixth bonus on the Hunter's "Armour of the Aurochs" has been switched back to "Penetrating Shot."
* The Captain's Rift gear now grants the wearer the shadow mitigation bonus when the improved trait is slotted.
* Dwarf medium short sleeve armor appearances are now using the correct textures and dyemaps. Dyemaps of dwarf medium upper and lower body textures have been adjusted.

World

* Certain Elites managed to sneak into the Angmar landscape spawns, but they are now appropriately Normals.
* Players should see fewer instances of monsters entering anti-exploit mode.

User Interface

* Pressing Delete in the crafting panel's search box will now refresh the list just like any other key.
* Fixed an issue with the spar timer where it would sometimes appear to stop while sparring.
* Fixed a bug in the dressing room where body parts could vanish.
* If you try on an item in the dressing room it will now be displayed even if that slot has been toggled off on the character journal.

Graphics/Animation/FX

* Mount animations have been adjusted to reduce the jarring nature of run turns using mouse-look.
* Avatars will no longer play their hit animations when hit while riding a mount.
* Idle emotes will now activate less often. No more itching!

Miscellaneous

* Fixed the issue with losing the trail of a fellowship member's companion.
* Fixed an issue where newly-added swift travel routes would be unavailable until you talked to the destination stable-master again.
* Fixed an issue with Fellowship Maneouvers breaking pets' vitals.

Quests

* "The Matron and the Master" is no longer restricted to solo players, and the instance can now be completed as part of a fellowship.
* Fixed the pathing for monsters in the final boss room of "Book 12 Chapter 6."
* NPCs will no longer spawn in the ground in "Book 12 Chapter 9."
* The boss of "Book 12 Chapter 3" now spawns in his adds correctly.
* The issue blocking more than one player from entering the "Seven Swords" instance has now been fixed.

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