Heh, there goes the freedom to go anywhere.
And why the hell are they doing it? Are the koreean servers that crowded in Cruma Tower???
Or is this some kind of protection of farmers of CT? Or aren't there farmers in there? (haven't been in there in a while.. 3 major updates)
Don't know, maybe they want to revive Cruma as an xp spot for lowbies where high level gankers cannot enter. Kind of like a "semi-safe" zone to prevent lvl 80 morons from farming rep points on lvl 50s from enemy clans.
Weird. When I use to duo up there in C4 it was to AVOID war tags, because absolutely no one went there anyway. And now that you don't need the summoner books from there, it will really be dead, unless they put the mobs back to 4x hp like they use to be.
Off-topic:
I can imagine 2 explanations for limiting entrance to Cruma.
1) Cruma tower used to be the favor PK place. Higher level toons (usually untagged) used to go there for PKing lowbies. Then they used a BSOE which took them to Floran or somewhere near there. Maybe they intend to protect the lowbies leveling there.
2) They want to prevent higher level players (e.g. buffers_ from entering there to power level lowbies.
Both explanations stumble on one fact. Who goes to Cruma anymore? This can only be explained if they intend to make a revamp of the place and turn it into an exp heaven.
On topic: I imagine they will change the quest accordingly to bypass Cruma.
1) i heard, you can't communicate to NPCs excluding some special if you're in PK state...
2) if they make this loc available for 56+, this can't stop anyone from getting there a high-leveled buffer/healer. also, it can't prevent you from having a buffer logged off at the tower's entrance. :p
Off-topic:
I can imagine 2 explanations for limiting entrance to Cruma.
1) Cruma tower used to be the favor PK place. Higher level toons (usually untagged) used to go there for PKing lowbies. Then they used a BSOE which took them to Floran or somewhere near there. Maybe they intend to protect the lowbies leveling there.
2) They want to prevent higher level players (e.g. buffers_ from entering there to power level lowbies.
Both explanations stumble on one fact. Who goes to Cruma anymore? This can only be explained if they intend to make a revamp of the place and turn it into an exp heaven.
On topic: I imagine they will change the quest accordingly to bypass Cruma.
You all have to remember one thing. Very few changes are based on the NA market. There have been a few but they are not many at all. Whatever changes are being made at Cruma are very likely tied to how it's used in Korea.
and we will never know why the change is being made - I have a feeling this goes along the same lines and the person that came up with the "combat messages".