I love this game. I haven't played in a while. I stopped playing in most part because I made the mistake of remorting into the gypsy class. And while obviously some people like playing a gypsy, it was not for me. There was no choice but to go through all the classes. I am glad to see now there is a choice of specializations. It is nice to see old friends and meet new people and I really look forward to learning the lay of the lands again and the quests. 4D has never left my mind. This mud is 1st class. Also congrats to the Table Round clan.
My frustration is the time it takes to recover. I tested it three times and it takes 20 minutes. I made sure I wasn't hungry or thirsty. I killed some mobs for 6 minutes, then spent 20 minutes idling to recover - then repeat. That slow progress is very boring. I don't remembering it being that way before. Vryce told me about opa potions that I had forgotten about that aid in recovering health points, but the vendor wouldn't sell them to me saying I had too many magical items. Some new player may not know about opas and wait it out to recover and get fed up and not stick around. Still, even without potion, it shouldn't take 20 minutes to get to your full health points.
I guess I am wanting to know if this is everyone's experience and if something can be done to speed up recovery time. It doesn't even give you a tick to encourage you; I get no prompt of encouragement from the computer screen unless I hit return.