New Zones Annoyances

Greetings,

While I am just barely starting the third zone, Yak T'el, as I write this, and still haven't turned in the initial introduction quest, I've found I've yet again run smack into an annoyance I encountered in the first two zones.

What I'm referring to is a great big, "natural" barrier of some sort blocking my path and stopping me from going over the entire zone in the first pass so to speak.

One of my big enjoyments when I start a new zone is the exploration. I like to run around clearing all the explore points and snagging all the aether currents that aren't locked behind MSQ or side quests before I do anything else in the zone. So far, all three zones have had something to stop me from doing just that. The first two zones gave out half the place in one clump, then had me come back later for the other half. I'm assuming based on that, Yak T'el will follow the same course.

Now I do get the reason this is done. It's for the jokers like myself who clear it early and either spoil themselves on the sights and/or possible plot points then complain there isn't anything to do in the zone. With that said, I still find it annoying overall in the extreme that this was done with the zones.

ARGH!

This is just a post letting me vent. Not asking for a change. Thanks for reading this mess.

Lien

EW and ShB had the same thing (maybe before too but I don’t remember). Not new.