What are the LOTRO loot developer(s) doing?

[Emachine]

Used to be that Gold was really for raiders only wasn't it? I mean in RoI the only gold level items I can think of were the cloak and the necklace. Both of which required a clasp to upgrade. I don't recall if the Orthanc gear was teal or gold (I thought teal). If there were more, call me out on it. At this point half of some people's gear could be gold after never having done a raid.

It was said in another thread that seeing someone with gold items used to make you think, "Man, they must be good to have finished some really hard content." Now you mostly think, "Wow, they're lucky."

It would be nice if both the scrolls and the gold items have a drastically increased chance of dropping in the new raids. Like 50%+ for t1 and 100% for t2 by which I mean that in a t1 there's a 50% chance that at least 1 person will get a gold item (not individually 50% chance as that would be quite high).

I don't mind that they drop on landscape mobs. More power to the people willing to farm them but I'd like there to be a more reliable (fun) way to get them.

In summary: I want those Horse Bracelets but would rather do hard content to get them rather than farm 10k mobs.