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Embark Beach 2.0
User	Tennessee Ernie Ford
Categories	Mechanics → User interface World → Places

Lorazcyk's layout idea  is worth looking at.

Embark Beach 2.0

Update Embark Beach so that it requires little/no navigation to find the mostly commonly needed NPCs.

Overall

• Dismantle the current villages for Cantha, Elona, and Consumables.
• Change the arrival location to always be at the beach or in the area of the current Tyrian village.

Tyrian Village

• Move the other two travel NPCs into the current Tyrian Village.
• Remove all other NPCs (from this village) except for storage, merchant, or travel

Turn Canthan Village into the NPC market place

• Move the 4 EotN consumable NPCs into this area.
• Also move any of the NPC traders: Runes, Dyes, Scrolls, common mats, rare mats, ...

Turn Elona Village into other services

• Add the seven storybook NPCs
• Add the Bonus Mission Pack NPCs
• Add the Kurzick and Luxon faction dealers.

Turn current Consumable mini-village into weapons and armor

• Add the four EotN Armor crafters and four Eotn Weaponsmiths (these do not allow toons early access to their wares)

Background

Consider the primary uses for visiting Embark Beach:

1. Gathering a party.
2. Merching before/after an activity.
3. Easy map travel without reforming parties of 6 or 8.
4. Collecting Zaishen rewards or obtaining new challenges.

Also, the are common activities that cannot be performed in EB: transfering faction, turning in (or updating) story books, and crafting armor or weapons.

Currently, only (1)-(2) are simple; the others require extensive walking and/or searching for the correct NPC with cursor and/or hoping to spawn in a convenient location. In other words, right now, it's almost always more convenient to visit a Guild Hall and/or GToB for most activities. For map travel, reaching Tyria requires less effort by navigating via Kaineng Center → Boreal rather than using EB.

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