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Budin, I hate that your trek experience was not a good one. There are many players out there that love to help get refugees to the other cities (in fact, my guild leads a weekly trek for any and all players, new or old alike) and can always be asked to organize one at a specific date/time.

Ryzom is an adventure and we refugees are all about adventure/exploring. Just because "we had to do it," does not mean that we want everyone else to "suffer" as we did (trekking back in the old days was a lot harder and required 2 - 3 teams of players; today it can be done in small groups). Trekking is not a punishment for many old players, it is one of the favorite passtimes! Not only does it help us to hone or skills and seek/find adventure, it lets us meet new refugees and get to know them a bit, perhaps even determine if they would be a fit in our guilds.

A huge part of the Ryzom community is that we love to help others, take trekking away and you would be missing one large part of the community experience. Yes, we could still trek, but for what purpose if new players could already access all the continents? I think that as you progress in Ryzom (making one huge assumption you are a new player - so could be totally off on this) that you will come to find how beneficial the treks themselves are to our community base.

As far as your idea, and only my opinion, I like the reward for effort system already in place in regard to the teleport pacts and access to various locations around Atys. It only makes sense, if you have not been somewhere you have not made the necessary contacts to access quick transport to the location. Also note that most MMOs do have this same type of system in one form or another, transporting/traveling to, map visibility, etc.