Well in all honesty that is a big part of the problem: the beginning. The murder investigation, while initially interesting, gets to be a bit of a drag once you know "who done it" on subsequent play-throughs, and the idea of going through it all again to get back to the better parts of the game doesn't really excite some people.
There's just a lot of talking to be done in the town, and not many people are going to enjoy reading it all again second, third, or forth time. And just clicking through it as quickly as possible can be just as monotonous.
The "slow start" is a frequent complaint for new players and it makes the prospect of restarting very unappealing.
Actually, you do not have to do any talking at all to investigate the murder.... Fight your way through to the mortician's hut and read Thelyrons diary, break into Evelyn's house and read her diary + various conduit letters: problem solved.
That doesn't really change anything, unfortunately (and not really viable for someone looking to regain all the XP available during the investigation). All the other quests need to be picked up (many completed within town), which requires a lot of legwork through the town. A whole lot of dialogue needs to be clicked through in the process. And an insane number of containers need to be searched through while in the town to help finance your adventures.
The town of Cyseal is a very large time-sink placed right near the start of D:OS, like a hurdle players must get over before they can start enjoying the meat of the game. And it's all fine and enjoyable the first time through when the experience is fresh, but it starts to wear thin on subsequent playthroughs. The pacing in the beginning could have been a lot better, and I can easily understand how it can put players off from starting all over again.
Yosharian I wonder if Translate could be the standard X,Y,Z parameters. Where the scroll lies...
As in the ones on the map display in-game?
Holy crap I think you might be onto something.. checking it out now...
Update: Aaaaand we have a winner!
http://s16.postimg.org/nkuu12tol/Sigh.jpgEvanNotIvan you get +1 internets. You're a genius my friend.
Thanks to everyone who helped me, you guys are great. <3
Good job, guys.
