Why is Armor a reward, and not treasure?

[Guidorocker]

When you open a chest, or kill a mob, why don't you find armor or weapons?

In most DND games you get a random item. In LOTRO you don't get ARMOR as loot or chest treasure, but only rewards for solving quests.
Why is that ??????

[Flaxie]

When you open a chest, or kill a mob, why don't you find armor or weapons?

In most DND games you get a random item. In LOTRO you don't get ARMOR as loot or chest treasure, but only rewards for solving quests.
Why is that ??????

Bad RNG luck for you?
I get both armor and weapon drops off mobs all the time, from the starter area up through my highest lvl char at 121.

edit: oh yeah, and jewelry.

[Pontin_Finnberry]

No luck for you is my guess cause Armour does drop from mobs when killing things.

[Galadh]

But if you are talking about good armor, high end that you would wear.....it's because LOTRO, as opposed to most other games out there, bases your stat/level improvement on Armor so it's more controlled than just random drops.