so.. more bullshit from me..

I started playing a bit again because Ive grown a bit bored of Gems of War or
whatever other crap games ive been playing. To put myself back in the BAT
mood, i grabbed a compass and ran down a 2 gemmer. EXciting! actually i do
quite enjoy ships but...

the person who sold it to me asked politely just what the hell the compass
was and what was involved in tracking it down. I explained and inevitably
when ships were mentioned, the player in question said that theyd look into
it when they could afford a ship.. further down the line.

Its great content and it does throw motivation to the player to look into
ships in later game, but i was wondering if similar content could be thrown
together for land based compasses. I'd imagine same basic concept ie
difficulty
scaled items that need to be tracked down on land.

Could be as simple as unearthing a hidden cache, surprising a camp of
brigands,
or even a map to the ruins of a forgotten temple. YAy! Adventure. That way
newbs can face the hot flaming death that old sailors run into.