This thread is EXACTLY why I am so confused about the concept of dying in game. The only IC argument I have heard for not /die-ing is that it hurts and you wouldn't do this idly and whatnot. But there are so many compelling reasons to go there in-game. The Library, the trainers, the bugs that you can't escape in any other way, the fact that you are not invincible, quests that want you to go there to talk to people, etc.
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I did find it endlessly frustrating the first time i ended up there, but I did take the time to look around for the several hours I was stuck. I also think that the Curse is a IC solution to a OOC "problem". The only reasons I have heard to justify it are that you shouldn't just kill yourself and to keep the miners from loading up and using DR as a "shortcut". Well, given how large Y'liakum is, I have been included to use this even without being loaded down with items.
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But anyways, I agree with those here that think the DR is a nice area with much to explore.
