Forageable Areas:
These areas are visually represented by a non-interactable model of wild plants spanning several meters in diameter. "Nodes" placed on this asset spawn interactable plants that can be harvested. These foraging areas are placed in certain locations which receive optimal angle of light, type of soil, proximity to water, etc. They cannot be removed by players. They could impede a player's movement (like real brush).
Quality of harvestable plants could first be determined by quality inherent to the area or randomly upon spawning plants at a node.

Harvestable Nodes:
Nodes are located on forage areas. Harvest nodes spawn a model of a full plant that is interactable and can be harvested. The spawned plants cannot be picked up and put into inventory like traditional items.
As a method of reducing objects in the scene, the plant could be spawned with a value indicating the maximum number of times it can be harvested before disappearing. Each time there is a successful harvest attempt, the number decreases by one. When the value reaches 0, the plant disappears.
For players to enjoy searching for plants they have picked many times, a randomized timer could determine when plants respawn. Alternatively, nodes could randomly spawn plants, and a forage area could have a maximum number of spawned plants at a given time.

Determining Quality:
When plants are spawned, they are automatically given a numerical quality. An expert should be able to see this upon inspection.
(Does quality represent potency? Durability? Both?)
Upon harvesting a plant, a player's skill can decrease the quality of plant parts. Difficulty of harvesting a particular plant increases the chance of decreasing quality when a player harvests. An expert will not decrease the quality of plant parts when harvesting.
This means there are two chances for quality to decrease.

Harvesting:
Players want harvesting to be more involved than going to the same placed item every time, but they don't want it to be so involved that it becomes a mini-game.
The player should be able to visually recognize a forageable area. The player could move around the area to find a plant. The player will need to be near to or selecting the desired plant. A command/button could begin a timed harvesting process. (Realistically, it takes time to forage without damaging the plant or yourself and to acquire enough materials.)
The harvesting action takes longer at lower levels. This represents the process of real foraging, which can be tedious, and the goal should be to acquire a quantity, not a single piece of a plant.
Harvesting yields a higher quantity of plant parts at a higher level. Lower yield at lower levels represents being unable to find parts or accidentally destroying them in the process of acquiring them.
Using the incorrect tool will yield very poor quality plant parts or make attempts unsuccessful.

Identification:
Players can inspect to identify a plant or plant part. Attributes are shown to the player based on their skill.
Attributes for plants: name, quality, uses (food, medicinal, poison, etc.)
Attributes for plant parts: name, quality, uses, effects (if consumed)

New containers:
Sacks are not quite large enough for harvesting nor realistic for carrying foraged materials. Plant parts could automatically be placed into these containers.
Foraging bag - An over-the-shoulder bag which hangs near the hip (closer to the back for animation purposes). It should be worn in a slot.
Basket - It's a woven basket. It should be carried.

(This is an organized summary of ideas discussed in Discord.)

So, the visuals are not as bad as Migg said. It looks cool.

But I don't see how it relates to the rest of the game or what you're meant to be learning in that maze. It's mostly running without visual suggestions to show you what you can do, like crossing to another path. For some reason you're not falling to your death when it appears you should be? It looks more like something you'd find near the end of a questline in the Death Realm.

If I were a new player thinking this was an actual roleplaying game, I'd uninstall. People don't enjoy challenges without progressive rewards, either. My assumption would be that this is an example of what to expect, and I would lose all interest in playing.

In terms of roleplay, it's only confusing and immersion-breaking. There's already written history for Yliakum. Every character I have interacted with grew up in Yliakum, and I'm sure they don't want to change their backstory this drastically. It would be quite a big deal if new characters were suddenly, randomly spawning in the plaza and going on about how they just arrived from some otherworldly plane of existence.

I'm not understanding how this is a tutorial. Every gamer already knows WASD and mouse movements, how to jump to reach targets, and how to go through doors/portals. I predict this filtering out players with vision issues, which would suck because PS has been fairly accessible.

...if you remember a really annoying Klyros always trying to create drama.

In 2009, I used feminine wiles to ensure the destruction of your guild.

I am pleased to inform everyone that Sarras's birthday will be held this year. But unlike the other birthdays, she'll truly be considered an adult! According to Dermorians, the 30th year cycle is their first year cycle of actual adulthood. And that's why she's been such a twerp for so long.

This isn't written anywhere, by the way. Sarras is so well-known, you just know this information. But you don't know which day is her birthday because I forgot.

I want to suggest an Azure Way spell that allows you to create the illusion that you're another race or creature or object without taking on the physical characteristics of said race, creature, or object. Maybe with a benefit of NPCs reacting to you as if you are whatever your illusion is unless they pass some intelligence check.

C'mon, it would be hilarious.

Wooow,  nice.

Maybe the default keybinds should be set to something more contemporary and widespread. Most people are not tech literate and would rather give up. It's a small change, but it would keep people interested in playing the current engine's version and more likely to play the Unreal version once it's out.

Ulbernauts ate everyone.

That's a semi-joke. Actual reason: enough people were attacked by ulbernauts that most who were capable of leaving the city fled.

What do you think?