It’s in the Conan Exiles Enhanced Patch Notes: Conan Exiles Enhanced Patch Notes - #2 by Dana
Why would you remove a npc that has been in the game for years.
Balancing. The NPC dropped a set (or most) of end-game gear, and was relatively easy to kill, while being located in an early game area.
so fix the gear he drops, instead of removing an entire reward/buff system from the game? what are hearts of nordheimers even for anymore?
Then fix it, removing is a cheap fix. The giant croc is in the eary game area and easy to kill and get his key over and over and over, that is not a fix to just remove things that have been in game forever , fix it not remove it.
While I agree with your overall statement, removing something is indeed a fix. It gets rid of the issue entirely. It might not be a fix that you or I agree with, but it is a fix.