That's a fully valid point. As I recall, it's one of the reasons why static QP-granting quests were removed. People knew how they operated, and ran newbies through them for a quick jump on the game. Change simply for the sake of change is frequently exciting, if not always in the best interest of the whole. That being said, goals are the heart and soul of playing Darke to me.

I agree with Carmy that as you complete more and more goals, you run out of new things to keep you enmeshed in the day-to-day life of the mud. This mud in particular boasts an infinite leveling system, but doesn't support reasons to level at more than an adequate rate. Areas should have both risk and reward, draws in-and-of-themselves, and potential drawbacks from going to them (but not from not-going, which ties back in with static quests being a poor solution).

Is it just me, or do the "big" changes immediately proceed a relative inactivity of admin? I'm probably wrong, but it seems like the last few changes that have seemed like something that would need to be tweaked and carefully monitored over the course of some months as the ripples and ramifications are discovered have gone implemented, and then ignored. Save on ghost? Tinker guild revamp?
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