The other day I spent about 45 minutes in a mission searching for the last of glowie on a Circle of Thorns underground city map during the Ghost Widow patron arc. The location of the last glowie, a magical spell ingredient, was even marked on my map after I found the second ingredient, but it took me about 45 minutes to locate the passageway leading to that part of the map. I got lost and backtracked all over the map several times. I was unable to auto complete the mission because I had already used my auto complete on another mission the day before.
Anyway, I think some of the Circle of Thorns maps are more frustrating that fun. The decor and atmosphere of the city is great, but could we open up the maps a little bit by getting rid of some of the dark maze-like passageways and hidden areas and dead ends? I hate mazes and puzzle games. I've quit several video games just because I kept getting lost all the time. No fun. Fortunately most City of Heroes maps are either simple or feature just a small amount of navigational challenges. But the Circle of Thorns maps are something else. Terrible. Please consider updating them, simplifying them a bit. Thank you!
P.S. I can't believe this game is back and free to play and there are actually people updating this game. Thank you so much! I will be watching for when donations are open! I have more money now than I had when the game shut down.