Essences and their troubles

[Kerr_Avon]

Why do we need essences at all? Everything was fine the way it was. This game is becoming less and less like The Lord of the Rings day by day in that it's getting too much about improving kit and less about actual LotR lore and exploring Middle-Earth. I think idle programmers are so fed up with twiddling their thumbs that they introduce a lot of unwanted and unnecessary "dross". Nothing's simple anymore and it's getting too complicated, so much so that new players must be totally bewildered by it all. Old players must be thinking, "For goodness sake, whatever next? Can't they leave things alone?!"