@datruth: , the enki race model has almost everything worked out, different skins something the others don't i think you should start bragging instead of brawling about the "long" walk else, have a good day 
Actually, some of the other races do have different skins available in the form of various hair colouring and horn options, so there is some degree of customisation available for some of the other races as well. Perhaps, considering both hair and horn options, it's fair to argue that some of the races respawning in Hydlaa can have even more individualised appearances than enki's do. But at any rate, how customisable a particular race's appearance is is rarely the reason most people choose one race over another, just as a respawn point probably isn't.. unless, say, the person is a really hardcore fanatic about mining.
I think the real issue is equality in respawn points.
Logically, it makes sense to have each race respawn in it's own city. I don't think that having the option of choosing a respawn point on a death-by-death basis is a good option as /die can then easily be abused as a shortcut.
But, since some people in this forum seem to think that being enki is all about advantages, let me give you an example of what some (not all) enki's have to deal with:
As a dark furred fenki, clipping is a major problem for me. My character cannot walk through the pubs (either of them) without having to jump over tables and chairs. There are areas in the bronze doors reqion that members of a group I was exploring the area with could access, but my charrie couldn't due to clipping. My character is a miner. Every single time I go into the temple to mine it takes me half an hour or more to get out of the temple. Not because I don't know my way, because I do, but because with the clipping problem, my charrie cannot get between the boxes and the wall. Trying to jump over the boxes is is a sad joke, as she gets hung up on the boxes every single time. Usually, the only option is /die, not an option I particularly care for. I have seen dwarves, krans, and every other race slip past those boxes with no problem.. my charrie can't do it. (So much for the clear advantages of having an enki char, eh?)
My solution, after three nightmare trips to the plat mines was to forego mining platinum.. at great finanacial expense to my character, considernig the surge in platinum prices. I've also had to put metallurgy on hold.. either that or pay exhorbitant prices for the iron ore.
The equitable thing to do is to have everyone respawn in one place until all the cities for the various races are up and running.. and I do not believe that Hydlaa would be the best option. Far better to make it an out of the way location so that death is a very undesirable option.. if not Oja, then perhaps someplace in the wilderness.. BD area for now? Or, considering the mana that must absolutely permeate the place.. the magic shop area.
