Part of my idea was driven by bemusement re: certain people complaining about "easter egg" hunts when there is no way they would have access to barrier UNLESS it was an individual "easter egg" hunt that other players could not interfere with. So it was kind of a "now you get what you wish for" type of solution.

And the other part was to eradicate the value of OOC information exchange after the static locations became widely known.

I will try to brainstorm ideas to account for Zulg's and your comments re: rich getting unstoppable, and giving the mediocre/poor players a chance at getting barrier without having to compete for it. It will be better. Faster. Stronger.