Horn and Hand Faction Rewards

Paging thru this reset's reward offerings for Horn and Hand:

- 4 Hempen Bowstrings (200)
- 1 Undyed Velveteen (200)
- 1 Raptor Sinew Cord (200)
- 2 Lanolin (300)
- 2 Mythril Ingots (300)
- 2 Mahogony Lumber (300)
- 1 Electrum Ingot (300)

Could you possibly have made this already non-relavent faction anymore non-relavent? Apparantly, the answer was - yes, yes we can.

While I'm on the topic of faction leves, admittedly, I'm relatively new to leve NM's, but I have to say, so far I've participated in about 15 of these, and we're 0/15. Seriously, 600 faction points to get to that point with a drop rate this lame >< It's not like, that's ok, we'll do another run next week. Perhaps there are things you can do to shore up the drop rate, like leve linking, etc. I don't pretend to know the answer, but this much I do know - with the newly introduced de-empasis on leve's, coupled with this sort of drop rate, SE, you've essentially removed leves entirely from my game menu.

Has anyone seen any of the tattered, or blackened, scarred, etc. gear as rewards for any leves since the update? Have these rewards been totally removed from the game? (Maybe they fall now only in chests?)

I'm surprised no one else has any issues with this? Seriously, hempen bowstrings, undyed canvas, lanolin for Horn and Hand faction leve rewards. There is no correlation at all now with reward vs. the effort to accumulate faction points.

I guess I should just be happy I have my vintage robe, vintage jesters cap, vintage square shield, and vintage thighboots. Only thing I'm really missing are vintage smithy's. I got one set prior to the update, and I synth'd them and gave them to a LS friend, thinking I'd see another set eventually.