Give ALL Wizards a Lore Staff, Not Just Gandalf
I'd like to suggest that we expand the lore items so that all the Wizards (Saruman, Radagast, and the Blue Wizards) receive a unique staff as a lore item, rather than restricting it exclusively to Gandalf.
Why we should add this:
It's Lore Accurate: In Tolkien's lore, the staff is the symbol of the Istari order. All five of the wizards who came to Middle-earth wielded staves, not just Gandalf.
Creates Better Incentives: Right now, Gandalf gets the cool gear, which makes the other wizard roles feel a bit underwhelming by comparison. Giving them all a staff makes taking on these other roles way more beneficial and appealing.
Breathes Life into the Roles: Because there's less incentive to play the other wizards right now, those roles can easily go dead. Giving them a proper lore item will encourage players to actually pick up Radagast or the Blue Wizards, which creates way more RP and dynamic interactions across the map.
Unique Flavor: You could even give each staff a slight tweak or effect based on the wizard (e.g., Radagast's being more nature-focused).
Let me know what you guys think!
Heya, First of all, thanks so much for your suggestion! It made us reassess a lot of our lore items and what value they bring to TOR! Suggestions like these keep us actively thinking about aspects that we might've been running on auto-pilot or were implemented years ago and never given a second thought! We've discussed this a lot and it spiralled into a whole other discussion and then we forgot to reply lol. While it is indeed cool, we have deemed them (for the time being) not necessarily cooler than other lore items we have. We don't want to bloat the lore item catalogue with too many similar items that players might feel less connected to. This would make it harder to justify a new lore item (like the recently released Treebeard's Appendage) as the category has gotten too full. For us to be able to represent as many types of players within a category of lore items, we ensure to take bits and pieces of various Middle-Earth cultures. Right now there really aren't any 'roles' as you describe either, but more on that with the other suggestion.