Request/Suggestion re: Blessed Zones
I know that the Gods of Dalaya can be fickle and are not likely to be swayed by the pleas of a mere mortal, especially when it comes to which lands to give their blessing to (though I suspect the denizens of those zones largely consider it a curse when there is a divine bounty on their heads...).
I would humbly submit the following prayer, though, related to blessed zones - at least as to some of the mid level zones, could they stay in place for a slightly longer period of time? It may be a recent aberration (I'm relatively new to the server) but especially in the past 2 weeks or so, it seems that the Zone Blessings have been changing every 2 days or so. Basically I started chasing blessed XP when it was in Oasis, then like 2 days later it was Mielech, then I think it was Wyvernfang Coast, then April Fools put in a ton of weird city zones, and now it is Obsidianshard Mountains and the old Cazic-Thule (I'm going to butcher the name, Yarazlith...?)
I understand this may be great for the high end zones where players may grind down to an XP malus in a zone within a few days and look forward to it being freshened up frequently, but for an untwinked casual low-to-mid level player (level 28 and counting!) the frequent changes make it very hard to take advantage!
I usually find myself spending all or most of my time on a given night simply getting to the zone (travel as a low level is often slow and/or difficult), and by the time I log in the next day I might get an hour or two to actually fight in a zone before it is changed the following day.
Of course, I am not required to fight in a blessed zone -- it is rather a perk to encourage exploring (which is great!) but if I am not chasing the zone blessing what reason is there to leave Goblinskull Mountains or wherever it is I am currently hunting? Leaving it in place perhaps 5 days to a week seems like it would strike a better balance of allowing an interested player to follow the Blessing and see the sights without changing so frequently that the time invested traveling outweighs the benefits.
What about non (or less) casual players? Why should a player not be granted new blessed zones every couple days so they can grind to an XP malus and move on quickly! Well, I would suggest that many lower level players are likely not as hard-core as that, and those that are may tend to be alts of higher level players that may be benefiting from faster travel (access to alts for porting) and twinking of some magnitude. Twinks and those benefiting from higher levels especially are going to be capable of leveling through content at a rate that negates the need for a zone to change every 2 days anyway; 2-3 days later, they're probably 5-10 levels higher and in a different "tier" of blessed zone in any event! Even those that may not be twinked or benefiting from high level toons but are simply playing more hours are likely to level through content fast enough to minimize their benefit of quickly changing zone blessings.
I would also recommend a more explicit intent to bless zones appropriate for practically all level ranges, though the choice not to do so sometimes may reflect a design choice rather than an oversight... A few days back, for instance, I dont know that there was anything for the low-to-mid-20 range that I could find (in fact Wyvernfang Coast was listed on the wiki as being for that range but all I could find there were deep red things and then blue-yellow Othmir that were faction related that I couldnt bring myself to kill. Poor otters!
Anyway, just two randomish requests from a newer player!
I know that the Gods of Dalaya can be fickle and are not likely to be swayed by the pleas of a mere mortal, especially when it comes to which lands to give their blessing to (though I suspect the denizens of those zones largely consider it a curse when there is a divine bounty on their heads...).
I would humbly submit the following prayer, though, related to blessed zones - at least as to some of the mid level zones, could they stay in place for a slightly longer period of time? It may be a recent aberration (I'm relatively new to the server) but especially in the past 2 weeks or so, it seems that the Zone Blessings have been changing every 2 days or so. Basically I started chasing blessed XP when it was in Oasis, then like 2 days later it was Mielech, then I think it was Wyvernfang Coast, then April Fools put in a ton of weird city zones, and now it is Obsidianshard Mountains and the old Cazic-Thule (I'm going to butcher the name, Yarazlith...?)
I understand this may be great for the high end zones where players may grind down to an XP malus in a zone within a few days and look forward to it being freshened up frequently, but for an untwinked casual low-to-mid level player (level 28 and counting!) the frequent changes make it very hard to take advantage!
I usually find myself spending all or most of my time on a given night simply getting to the zone (travel as a low level is often slow and/or difficult), and by the time I log in the next day I might get an hour or two to actually fight in a zone before it is changed the following day.
Of course, I am not required to fight in a blessed zone -- it is rather a perk to encourage exploring (which is great!) but if I am not chasing the zone blessing what reason is there to leave Goblinskull Mountains or wherever it is I am currently hunting? Leaving it in place perhaps 5 days to a week seems like it would strike a better balance of allowing an interested player to follow the Blessing and see the sights without changing so frequently that the time invested traveling outweighs the benefits.
What about non (or less) casual players? Why should a player not be granted new blessed zones every couple days so they can grind to an XP malus and move on quickly! Well, I would suggest that many lower level players are likely not as hard-core as that, and those that are may tend to be alts of higher level players that may be benefiting from faster travel (access to alts for porting) and twinking of some magnitude. Twinks and those benefiting from higher levels especially are going to be capable of leveling through content at a rate that negates the need for a zone to change every 2 days anyway; 2-3 days later, they're probably 5-10 levels higher and in a different "tier" of blessed zone in any event! Even those that may not be twinked or benefiting from high level toons but are simply playing more hours are likely to level through content fast enough to minimize their benefit of quickly changing zone blessings.
I would also recommend a more explicit intent to bless zones appropriate for practically all level ranges, though the choice not to do so sometimes may reflect a design choice rather than an oversight... A few days back, for instance, I dont know that there was anything for the low-to-mid-20 range that I could find (in fact Wyvernfang Coast was listed on the wiki as being for that range but all I could find there were deep red things and then blue-yellow Othmir that were faction related that I couldnt bring myself to kill. Poor otters!
Anyway, just two randomish requests from a newer player!
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