Heh, well not disagreeing with you, but that chicken quest, and the wolf pelt, almost made me quit. Upping their XP wouldn't have helped since I could not complete either (I thnk I finally completed the chicken on my 3rd char... still have not completed the pelt).It may be a smaller number than those who use a level 1 Wind or Calm, obviously, but I think it help the target audience a lot... ie. low level players.LOL Dersu, I totally get the answer (and even agree with the Wind, as I still use it @ L1), but really, how many players benefit from this change for Nature's Touch? How many druids out there, regardless of level and build, have L1 Touch...
One of the other changes, for example, was to change the exp reward for the Farmer's Chickens quest. Again, a very good thing for lower levels. The quest was a left over from the origin of the game, I believe. (I base this on the fact that the reward was Celtic blowhorns, which are only useful to players below level 5... no one starting the game now would complete that quest before level 5).
Again, I think it was a choice based on player retention. Hook new players without the frustration of interruption. That being said, you are right in that it is a limited window of usefulness. They should probably bump it up to level 3 or something.
Re: UNinterruptable Nature's Touch????
#11World: Rhiannon