So far main issue with this zone is rewards, they are just bad, for every type of player, be it casual, alts or main.
I propose following changes to make it more alive and worth doing:
- Make rares give you Loamm Niffen reputation, it should be at least 25 per rare.
- Make rares drop Barter Bricks with some chance (like 25% or so).
- Fix amount drake crest fragments dropping from rares after recent loot lockout increase hotfix (you basically nerfed those drops by a factor of 3, since rares still only drop 1 just like before hotfix but now have much longer loot lockout). You claimed drops were increased to compensate, but they clearly were not.
- Double Loamm Niffen reputation rewards from world quests.
- Quadruple Loamm Niffen reputation rewards from local events across the zone and make some of them that take loo long to complete easier/faster.
- Reduce HP of all rares by a factor of at least 5, and increase theirs pre-spawn announcement time to make it easier to get to spawning rare in time.
- Change all elite creatures that spawn during Researchers Under Fire event to non elite, nerf theirs damage and make it possible to complete all 12 tasks even if you are solo on the event.
- Increase reputation rewards from Researchers Under Fire event by factor of at least 5.
- Remove no fly zone in caldera area and nerf all elites in that area as well. ZC is supposed to be catchup content for casuals and alts, but this area is way overtuned even for mains, yet alone undergeared casuals or alts. This is unacceptable.