I'm not enirely sure that anyone wants to see areas shut down, but more that from an IC perspective, some of the dark aura characters have no real reason to thwart a dark magic spell. It is definitely more fitting that light aura characters are working to resolve the issue because the chosen theme is not neutral. It also requires contact through the KD and figuring out riddles, which is unique but requires coordination with said KD and the group going out looking for X at a convenient time to play for everyone. It's certainly not impossible, but may take a while to wrap the grp up.
Imo, it would have likely been better to have very strong undead boss NPCs and minions inside each shutdown zone that have some decent loot but also have a piece of a sceptre(or whatever) and once you collect all 6 etc, you can eradicate the spell. In this method, there is less involvement required from the staff and the end-goal is clear and achievable at the same time.
It seems that the staff involved with the grp are making a clear effort to immerse players in a unique storyline and I think we can all be thankful for that, but at the same time, shutting down access to leveling areas and creating aggro zombies (that seem to only be killing/hindering newbies/low level characters) feels sorta like a punishment.
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