I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to dedicate to questing the area, but was able to pick up a few and try them out. I agree with Nickgt that the respawn on the pack leaders is slow, especially compared to the groups. Perhaps if more of the groups had a pack leader in them that would facilitate the quest better.
The huorns around Hadrudad might need some scaling work done on them. Some are at 150-170k morale, which seems about right for a signature mob in the low 150s, but others are coming in at almost 500k. This might be a bit intense for regular landscape in the intro to a new area that folks are levelling into not experiencing as endgame.
Some of the quest highlights on the map aren't working the same way they do in most regions. This is not necessarily a bad thing. It appears that the key areas for specific tasks ie firewood for keeping the fires lit is highlighted on the map, but not the entire region one might encounter the huorns needed for the quest. I had several outside of the region count towards the quest. Which for my money is fine. Having half the map highlighted when the thing I need to know is where the 'pick up this item' is much more helpful!
One further note on game play, I took some regular stables around the area and they are bumping into a few trees. Nothing got totally stuck, but some of the pathing isn't entirely dodging them either.
Outside of gameplay, I'm quite excited by the housing items I'm seeing for this region. In particular, I am delighted to see the hanging lanterns and colourful fabric bundles. I've loved those since Umbar came out and I'm looking forward to having them for my house in future. The style and colours of the wall displays, dividers and tapestries are great.
My only real critique is that the carpets are so plain. I can see them as a woven reed thing done in natural colours, but I'll admit with the designs of so many of the wall items, I was rather hoping we might get rugs that reflected the Middle Eastern/North African inspiration we've been seeing. In particular I'm thinking of the bold geometric designs and rich colours of Bergama style carpets. The 'Impressive Woven Tapestry' has some of the feeling of it, particularly with its vibrant colours. It would be really great to get some floor options in that style. My other wonder is if they will be items for reputation barter, craftable or limited to Lalia's market. I appreciate being able to get things from Lalia's without questing, but it's the only place to get nice carpets from, outside of the few small craftable ones.
One other observation, the Zajani wash basin and wall fountain have no water in them. I'm guessing this is intentional, but I'll admit it's a bit disappointing. Much like the fish fountain with no water. Some might want the dry version, but could there be a version with water as well??? A dry fountain is a sad fountain and an empty wash basin isn't much good for scrubbing off the grime of adventuring.
Otherwise, I'm looking forward to seeing what else this region has in store.
