User blog comment:LOTRMod/On the Removal of Diamonds/@comment-70.192.35.34-20141230140528/@comment-25101089-20141230141014

They are actually pretty easy, people can find 100+ diamonds in just a few hours with the right strategy. Plus mining in ME is generally much safer than in OW due to lack of mobs. And Uruk weapons may be equal in damage but that does not make them equal, nor does it make the armour equal.