Member Feedback: Special Hunting Areas

Hello all! The admin team has been discussing some updates to the systems before we reopen them (soon!) and we would love member feedback! We will be posting a series of discussion threads as we do this and encourage all members to post on these threads for ease of review. Discussion of these changes out of their threads may be missed-- so please keep them in the proper threads if you can!

Our second subject is: Special Hunting Areas!

These include the Enchanted Forest, Deadwoods, and Regales glade. Do you like these areas? Is there something that feels missing? Would you prefer if we did a hunting season type thing with them? Anything else? Please let us know below!

This thread will close on January 1st 2021 so please post your thoughts before then! Thank you so much! <3

Having hunting seasons for the Enchanted Forest and the Deadwoods sound like an interesting system, especially since the Enchanted Forest was originally meant as the setting for the Gala events, but Regale's Glade seems like something that should remain as it is - only available to outsiders doing his or select monthly quests.

One thing I think would be cool, since we have Jackalopes as both a prey type AND a companion, would be to make the other Enchanted Forest animals, Deadwoods animals, and RQ level two animals into new companions. The Enchanted Forest / Deadwoods companions could be awarded as participation prizes during the area hunting seasons (depending on how those would end up being structured), and the RQ animals could be a bonus drop that are rolled for pieces that take place in the glade? Something like "Oh? This (insert animal) has taken a liking to (Ballator Name) and followed them home!" as flavor text without being required to equip them to that particular horse or something?

Also, since prey choices within the special regions are much more limited as opposed to regular hunting, maybe new Capes could be added to the prize pool that are redeemable for a region-themed blindbag import? Just as another little extra special surprise if you're able to get one.