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This has been a hot topic on the official boards.

There were a few level 42-45 droppers in Tal Bruinen that mysteriously stopped spawning. What has been gleaned is they were not working properly (i.e. spawining in the same campable locations too often) so they were pulled. Price in AH dropped considerably (400sp) but now prices are back up above 1gp.

You can still get them off other signature mobs scattered around Middle Earth. Someone may be able to scrounge up the link to the dropper list. I'll edit this if I find it again. Most often these sites are camped by gold-sellers so getting one has become a pain.

I think there are some things planned for book 12 in regards to shard droppers.
If they are going to continue to have them drop from signatures, they need to make them spawn in random spots. I would prefer a small percentage drop from RANDOM mobs above a certain level. That way the gold-sellers could not easily corner the market.

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Edited, Jan 21st 2008 11:07am by Dottiel

Well I was able to get 5 or 6 shards from those mobs and it was bit rediculous the way they spawned so I am glad they pulled the plug on them. They ARE trying to fix the situation so I am going to wait and see.

I will not be buying any shards at 2gp and no one else should either. Otherwise the gold-sellers will get what they want: an inflated economy where gold buying is too tempting.

Not all were pulled, just the 3 or 4 that were in Tal Bruinen.

There are several that spawn elsewhere, like the Dourhand guy in Misty Mountains. I managed to get him once a few weeks ago but usually he is camped 24/7.