[suggestion] Give a story reason for why we can't enter locales that require a tech

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Maybe you were planning on doing this already, but I'm not sure. I think it's important to tell a player entering a witch's hut or ruin why nothing is happening. For example, let's say I walk over an ancient ruin. Instead of blankly staring at it and scratching my head, I should get a pop-up that says "You walk up to an ancient ruin. The entrance is shut with an advanced lock that you dare not attempt to fiddle with lest you be killed by a trap. Maybe you should ask your scholars to take a look at it before you return.... [Requires Ruin Delving Tech]"

Something like that. I'm sure you can do better, but you get the idea. 

Thanks! 

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Reply #2 from Elemental Forums Top

Yes please! Otherwise you'll have thousands of complaints from people who haven't completely read the manual.

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

yeah i concur, but i think they will prob be doing something like this anyways.

Reply #4 from Elemental Forums Top

I truly hope they will abandon this idea of "teching" adventuring locales. It just kills the spirit of adventuring.

The adventuring path should be risky but rewarding. If there will be adventuring "techs" they should deal with making it less risky. Like a "Device mastery" tech that would deal with traps.

Teching adventure could be about studying ancient maps and texts to reveal bigger quests that would not otherwise be available. Like discovering some ancient temple with lost magical knowledge in it. But there should be plenty of ruins to explore in a post-cataclysmic world even with no "techs".