What should I be doing to maximize the exploration experience that I can get?.

After reading a bunch of posts and going on a trip at the dream (for example) and getting a bunch of observation but little exploration. I became a scaredy cat for exploring around thinking that I messed it up.

So what I've tried lately with a bunch of my newbies is try to not visit any area if its suggested level is not within mine.

So basically before, whenever I rolled something I would go to morton, wood elves and dark guards to see if I could find stuff lying around. But I don't know if by going there as soon as I could to look for stuff I am destroying future posibilities of getting explore exp in those areas.

Am I overreacting?, or should I just move into areas that are within my level so I don't shoot myself in the foot, as I am dong now?

I looked for posts about this on both forums and reading the helpfiles but I didn't quite get what I should be doing or what is going on in my case.

-Jae

You reached the point too early.

You can only make it unavailable by leaving it until your rank is too high.

However, there is so much available that if I was you, I wouldn't worry about this.

If you actually do explore without trying to find ways into super high level areas while you are low level, you'll be fine.

The best advice I can give is try to explore areas at the lower end of the level range listed in the area list.

Other than that: Don't worry too much about explore Xp? When gathering edge points > playing a fun/interesting character, you're getting hung up on things which should be secondary to the primary focus of CF (ie: having fun.)

Thank you for both commentaries, I will use the suggested approach.

On a side note, I would like to say a few things about the kobold warrens.

I had "whined"posted a couple of frustrated bug forum posts about the warrens and the exploration points.

I would like to apologize about them. The situation with the key is still weird but whatever. What I am trying to say is that when I first cameback and went into the warrens I said ohh!, look they changed the layout a bit. And continued on my merry way....

three/four newbie characters after...oh look!, I didn't know that was there, cool, its bigger than I thought...

Fifth/sixth newbie ...Oh my god!, there is an entrance over here!, and ohh look there is another secret passage, omg!, check that room with cool mobs and stuff!.

I went from thinking it was the same warrens but with different descs to seeing this huge massive and intricate area.

I am blown away, amazing work to whoever redid it. And Yes I finally found the exploration points that Umi mentioned, and I am sure I am still missing a bunch of other secrets.

-Jae

If you are like me, one of the main draws to playing an RPG besides RP is in fact: character development. I love character development and I am the guy who will hit all the edge point stuff up, and I do enjoy it very thoroughly. So to imply that I am "having less fun" by maximizing edge points is "Like, your opinion, man.".

And, I think that this is why you see such backlash when the methods of obtaining edges continually get cut back. You are indeed removing things that people were having 'fun' with.