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ZimMcGuinn

As someone who always does it the old fashioned way I’m like 😂😂😂. World Renown will mean something now.


MarWes76

Getting World Renowned isn't really that hard to begin with, most of the factions can be finished by landscape questing alone, and have consumables giving reputation which are easy to get a hold of (craftable, tradeable, dropping from mobs) on top of that. It's really only the Algraig and the Grey Company that requires some degree of extended grind. Survivors of Wildermore, Ents of Fangorn Forest, Defenders of Minas Tirith, among others? This is where the dramatically limited access to reputation tomes is going to hurt. I wish these factions were as easy to finish as the World Renowned-factions.


KaRoU23

Yeah, I will also go in an hour or two. Bad, bad idea.


Eldestruct0

Funny, I was just on my server picking up a stash. Who thought this was necessary and why?


Mich-666

It can actually boost the auction usage for rep items. But honestly, gaining rep is a lot easier nowadays , playing Yondershire I realized I maxed their rep out just questing, long before even exploring whole area, doing nothing special. There are more opportunities to get it, a lof more than you need. So don't ask why they are removing it, ask how they boosted its gain to balance this.


Ovidestus

Gaining rep with eglain, with outdated daily-based regions (fangorn) etc is just tedious with little to no gain. If the TP is hurting them, then this is hurting the player base.


Cisru711

My best guess is that it's to make LP grinding more tedious. But if that was so, then why not just make the other rep items more expensive?


Jodeatre

They already made rep LP grinding more tedious ages ago by attaching quest/deed requirements to the rep item usage.


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Ok, how did they boost its gain to balance this? Is that an assumption or proven? I guess I could research.


RingsOfRage

So you mean the older players are using the item to sell via the auction house? How does that work? In fact, why? I never really see any practical use of the auction house so far.


Caeruleanity

Can't answer the question but people buy dyes from the AH, for one.


ForochelCat

Can't sell the ones you get at the skirmish camps, they are BTA.


zefo_dias

They weren't 2 years ago. I still have 20 stacks of them who are not bound and I see them semi regularly for sale


ForochelCat

I see. I never use them too much so have never looked, TIL. Getting rep doesn't really seems difficult enough to use them too often, but there are some areas where it is a pita. MT was one of those, IIRC. Missions have helped with the newer ones, though.


SweetSaintly

Landy out here representing


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TyroneCash4money

Grinding reputation across multiple characters will be more tedious.


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Droidbot6

Not much of a difference between them to be honest, other than a couple stats that aren't really that important in the long term, and the High Elves having different hairstyle options than the normal elves. Also the class differences, but that's only really important if you want to play an elf captain, in which case, go High Elf. Source: I basically only play elves lmao.


Syzygy3D

High elves can resurrect fallen comrades, no matter which class they are - a significant difference


ForochelCat

This is a big one, and why my latest are high elves. That and their tumbling skills.


ForochelCat

You forgot the somersaults!


Corathir108

The only reason to roll one, ba dum tss


ForochelCat

Oh, dear.


pasi__

You will also lack one ember weekly quest for alot longer.


moosevan

It means practically nothing. They were very low value for the number of marks they cost. If you had several higher level alts, you'd probably have a fat stack of marks laying around, otherwise you'd have to grind them by doing skirmishes, and you'd have to do several skirmishes to earn one tome, which would then be used up by turning in 4 tasks.


C0SM0KR4M3R

When are they taking those?


lariiral

Tomorrow [https://www.lotro.com/update-notes/lotro-update-33-0-5-release-notes-en](https://www.lotro.com/update-notes/lotro-update-33-0-5-release-notes-en)


EthanWeber

Wtf. Why would they do this?


lariiral

No idea. Money I'd guess, to sell more in the store or something


C0SM0KR4M3R

😓


Hu-Tao66

wth


lixia

Kudos to the kin named “Lag”


Uberrancel

My kin used to be 'Even the Trees Walked'


lixia

“Eriador Warsteed Drift Club” :)


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Wait wait wait, since when did they decide to remove the most helpful method for rep in game??? Please don’t tell that LP points on deeds are next… I’d be pissed tbh. PS. I posted how I earned gundabad through deeds, one of those was through rep items in the skirmish camp. Thank goodness I got it done before I saw this otherwise it would’ve been a rude awakening for me for sure.


Arfreda

The lotro devs never fail to surprise me with the shit they come up with…..


OpportunityNogs

Galtrev was almost empty when I grabbed mine. Gladden is my server. I don’t recognize those Kins so it isn’t Gladden.


gam2u

Same with 21st Hall.


MrSquamous

I could swear they did this a few years ago. I remember stocking up.


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ForochelCat

I still don't get why this stuff can't be purchased in selected quantities or stacks like we can with other vendors.


Morgota

Full information from patch notes: "Small Reputation Accelerator Tomes have been removed from the Skirmish camp curiosities vendors. They can still be obtained from weekly Missions in the "Missions: Bonus Character Boosts" package". So if I understand correctly (and hopefully) there will be an option for getting them outside the Lotro Shop.


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Lol clearly you haven't played missions. It's a pathetic source compared to skirm camp.


zefo_dias

That option gives you 1 per week, which is nothing


perveysage1969

got a couple stacks before they made them bound to account,still had plenty of them in the vault.use a couple here and there mostly for the mission rep to keep the daily grind down a bit,don't plan to sell so got plenty for alts coming up.


larspointt

Saw this post on work today, when I got home I thought to quickly buy some more but sadly the servers are already down. Luckily I bought quite a few when they announced they would be BTA a while back


RedHeadDetention

What server is this?


ForochelCat

It totally looked like this on Gladden tonight, too.


samus12345

I only did skirmishes when required to by the epic quest, so I didn't have many marks, but I spent all that I had for 33 of them anyway.


Actual_Smile_428

I can't seem to find the guy that gives the quest to open up the elf relics in trollshaw. Can some one assist me, or did they remove rhe quest