Why do people beat video games? Do they beat it to get mad loot? Remember those cheesy NES games you beat, got shown two or three happy images with some 8-bit soundtrack and do you remember how that was enough? If the reason for keeping it closed is that you are worried about people using OOC knowledge to get gear that will upset game balance, then tweak the reward. People who just want to solve the puzzle will be happy no matter what the reward is. Give them enhanced extinguish, throw an edge point or two at them. Make it so people are doing it for the satisfaction of doing it.

I have never gone to the tower, and I hope to...someday. If I do go, I will be using no OOC knowledge. I don't know where to look for that info, and if I did, I wouldn't bother looking. It wouldn't make it much of a puzzle if I did that. I bet there are plenty of people who won't use OOC knowledge, who have never been to this area and would love to. I am actually curious about how many people can solve the puzzle using OOC knowledge and how many have no clue what you're talking about? It might be a good poll to see how many people know ST through OOC or previous chars and how many have no clue how to do anything in the area.