Ldon - and being 85Follow

You can't gear shrouds, regardless of wealth.

From what I have heard, and I dont have verified, is that 85 couldnt get missions. I know jophiel had a small problem getting a mission a few weeks ago, but he wanst 85 either.
I have also heard that 80 could get mission but all the mobs were grey so you were only doing them for points.

What I do know is that a few folks , including my toons, around 80 to 70 have been doing them in Lucky Insane on povar. We have been getting exp, though even in hard tasks mobs are light blue, and 105 points an adventure.

Shrouding down to 75 to get missions is possible and at that level mobs even fighting shrouded, shouldnt be too difficult.

I wasn't able to get the LDoN adventure givers to speak to me at level 71 (while grouped with 2 others) but I don't know if that was just something wonky with me or if it's the way it is. Reading Jonwin's experience, it sounds as though it was me and not a hard cap on being able to get an LDoN (at least not capped for a 71).

there was a huge thread on the soe forums about ldons and this expansion. soe SPECIFICALLY said they are not going to support level 85 ldons. you HAVE to shroud if you're that level, OR get your group average lower than that, alrhough, by how much, i don't know.

there's really only two reasons to do ldons at level 85: max out the augment (there's better charm augs out there by now) and for the paladin and rogue epic quests. maybe SoE will make an exception for ldon raids, but for groups, what's the point ? the monsters max out at level 70, it would be completely trivial even for a group of 3. heck, a level 85 enchanter could tank a level 65 ldon, solo, and do just fine.
and for those people who say that they want to do the content anyways with their friends.. well Crushbone is still around, The Warrens are still there, Crystal Caverns are still around but are you shrouding and playing in those zones ? with level 85 mains ? i doubt it. if you were serious about ldons you'd have a level 65 alt that did them predominantly.
besides, now that ldon spells can be researched - and are so quickly replaced given that level 75 and 80 are so highly sought after by every singly player - there's barely even a point in buying the last remaining thing worth getting.

You are in such a rush to dismiss it you forget two other obvious valued parts of ldons. Slot 3 augs that many find use for (mods such as attack, dodge % mods). Also the tradeable named drops in the 65+ scaled missions are generally fantastic tribute, scaling up to as much as 30k+.