Fighting Shadowfoot: Shot by Gul Dukat
One of the nice things about the search function on MMeOw is that I can tell what people look for once they get to our site. I thought it’d be smart to base some of our Tip Time entries on these searches.
Today’s Tip Time involves [Shadowfoot’s Paw].
Shadowfoot is a named wolf that wanders around the Old Forest. For most he’ll be a push over: he’s only level 13 and doesn’t have any obvious strengths. What’s unusual about him is that he consistently drops multiple [Shadowfoot’s Paw]s. These are not grayed out as vendor trash.
A while back, items used for critical success chances while crafting were largely gathered from mobs. Some of these were extremely specific and came from certain notable enemies. Things have been streamlined since then. You might still have some of these items, but they can be traded in for the current critical crafting items with various NPC traders. I spent some time looking at what they offered and Shadowfoot’s Paw wasn’t on the menu.
It’s not for crafting. I’ve yet to find a quest that specifically asks for [Shadowfoot’s Paw] either. I thought that perhaps this was one that managed to slip by unnoticed; however, I also found a thread on the European LOTRO forums from 2008 that discusses the general uselessness of this item.
Maybe it’s just playing off our assumption that everything in a MMORPG has to have a real use. Someone wants barghest eyes, after all. Don’t ask me.
Has anyone found out something about this I’ve missed?
there’s also the paw off the quest mob in the lone-lands (name escapes me) that is equally as useless. Maybe Turbine has an issue with creating random paws?
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Quite a few unique monsters have unique vendor trash. It’s usually worth a bit more than the normal equivalent.
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I appreciate the color it adds to the game. Odd quirks (expecially unharmful ones) can be memorable.
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