They ruined a lot of things when they changed the moon gates into a transportation system. Prior, in order to get to some places, it was a real trek. You'd either have to go through ellaborate quests, or find a mage who had a rune and could make a gate for you.
When those mages became really common, they decided to overhaul the moongates. I can see why they did it, but it made it soooo easy to get anywhere. Additionally, they added a new player thing where monsters won't attack you unless you attack them first.. The result, was me going to the bottom of some of the hardest dungeons in the game uncontested.
That was a couple years ago, they might have fixed all that. It could be completely different now. When I left they were talking like the capitol city was going to be attacked by monsters. They did that once, where one of the major cities was over-run for a long time. Like a year.
When those mages became really common, they decided to overhaul the moongates. I can see why they did it, but it made it soooo easy to get anywhere. Additionally, they added a new player thing where monsters won't attack you unless you attack them first.. The result, was me going to the bottom of some of the hardest dungeons in the game uncontested.
That was a couple years ago, they might have fixed all that. It could be completely different now. When I left they were talking like the capitol city was going to be attacked by monsters. They did that once, where one of the major cities was over-run for a long time. Like a year.