New THF player, old EQ Live, EZ Server player

[JLPicard]

Been here like, what four days? I was getting bored with other stuff so I thought I'd get back to some EMU action. I fired up my old EZ Server account, but upon logging in, I just didn't feel up to the 'grind', so I thought I'd see what other servers had to offer. I poked around a bit and found THF. Seemed polished and professional looking.

Was pleased to see the log in zone included some holiday cheer and quests! I quickly got a PC up and running and began the mission from Santa to hand out gifts to the NPCs around Norrath. After overcoming some snags (North Karana) I was able to complete the quest. By that time I did some levelling (57) finished my Crushbone armor and then my City of Mist armor, as well as some of the associated quests.

By then, I discovered I could do the Polar Bear prince Scavenger hunt and helped Santa's helper out by returning the Stolen Presents. (I couldn't get these missions when I looked earlier until I levelled up).

So, Feedback: First off dang guys thanks for the time and effort put into these missions, really had a blast getting these done. The rewards didn't matter as much as the fun I had doing them. Lots of love was evident. Second, please eliminate zone level restrictions. Let the PC decide if it's 'doable'. I've played EQ since the late 90's and I have spent countless hours with a low level character trying to figure out how to travel to places I didn't belong and surviving. What a challenge it was back in the Velious days to get a level one Wizard to Thurgadin, but I did it! Hella fun! Karana had been a problem to me apparently because it had a level restriction placed on the zone. Why? To keep me 'safe' I suppose, but really there's no need. Imposing needless level 'flags' on certain zones that don't require them is not necessary.

[Lillu]

Heya,

Thanks for your feedback, it's much appreciated. I'm glad you liked the festive event. If you did, I'm sure you'll love the rest of the content up and beyond raid tier.

There's a fair point about the restricted zones. We usually only restrict zones from visitors if some development is going into it. We do have plans to go over all restricted zones again in the near future to remove unnecessary lockouts. Also, GM Peterigz will look into changing the way zoning into a restricted zone is handled to avoid this "forced" zoning into the Arena.