I enjoyed the two Bozjan instances as well. I agree that SF's aesthetics is a bit bland, and if they wanted to go for warzone, might as well amp the background action like in Ghlimyt Dark (sp?). Zadnor is actually pretty fine, I think.

The raids are interesting, however the main activities could've used a bit more polish.

- We should get EXP and Mettle from random mob kills too. This would make farming clusters and spawning Skirmishes more rewarding. I think they could also had a Challenge Log system like in Eureka.
- Skirmishes need to have their location pointed on the map 30s BEFORE it starts (while on that small scene that happens), so players have actual time to get there and participate.
- Eureka had more interesting "miscellaneous" events going on the maps, like bunny fates, or the sprites that buffed you up. Those add a lot of flavor to the maps, and can be a reason for people to roam around.
- Lost Actions are fine, but I wish we had more 'out of the box' ones like Flarestar or Lost Assassination... Most of them are just passive buffs.