One of the developers of LOTRO, Jessie "Vastin" King, shares with us some insight into the development of the Reputation System.  Check it out:

Hey folks! I'm Jessie "Vastin" King, Annumvin's arch-nemesis in the choose-your-own adventure dev diary, Escape from Vastin's Castle . It's been quite a while, so it's high time for me to make another dev diary entry. If you've kept a keen eye on the boards till now, you'll know me as the dev who inflicted most of the Deed quests upon you, letting you work to earn new virtues and titles throughout the game.

To read the full developer diary, click here!