We are testing newbie areas that will be recommended instead of Newton Caverns as the first quests that a newbie might attempt. It is basically called the Pools of Remembrance. You enter the clear pool to go back to the past to learn a little history as well as questing or the murky pool which does the same thing only but is a much darker story line. Once you start one quest, you cannot do the other until that quest is completed (i.e., you have to complete the honour of the clear pool before attempting the murky pool quest). Both quests are heavily laden with hints.

Anyway, if you are so inclined, we would love to have you test these quests for us. Currently these newbie areas are open to all players so anyone may attempt the quests but later will be restricted to newbie-only (so if you want the honours, go for them now). They work best when only one person is doing the quest in each quest phase (there are 3 phases in each quest) so keep that in mind. However, we also want to know what a true newbie would experience so if you would like to create a newbie to test how difficult bashing is, that would be terrific too--I have been told that Newton is too easy so this should be a bit harder for newbies (and we'll probably up Newton levels correspondingly if these pools work out well for newbies).

Anyway, I'll open a forum thread for discussion (but feel free to email support@lusternia.com if you prefer not to use forums). What we are looking for are:

1) Bugs, obviously
2) Idea of difficulty level for newbies
3) Storyline feedback
4) Any recommendations/comments you care to share

The pools are currently located next to Newton Caverns. (This is temporary placement, they will be moved to their permanent location later.)

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