Quest 1: Abelia
Other: some spattering of skills you can do and gives you a selection of food stuffs to get started.
Have her start off by giving you a free beer. Now that will give a nice first impression.
Seriously, and I am speaking about making a good first impression here, we could put Abelia behind a table (maybe just a crafting prep table will do), with some additional items on it like mugs, some bread, or other food items. And though this is a map issue, I'd really like to see some signage in the tutorial. Just a nice banner above Abelia saying "Welcome", or a sign clearly saying "Hydlaa Orientation Center"...or something. It would really give players the sense they are being welcomed and there is an IC purpose for them being there.
One thing I think we can ALL agree upon is the tutorial needs some work. It has been an idea floating around for a few months and I'm glad to see it get going. Venalan:
And this is also a good opportunity to point out that if you want to help out, you can always join the settings team.