So about Tuluk

I just call my character Albie

I agree that it was unnecessarily expansive and I don't disagree with the downgrade.

With that said, I'm disappointed in some of the places they've decided to cut from the city, such as Ysania's Way. She was a very influential character that carried on much of the old Tuluk traditions, supporting a certain bard (who later died trying to cheese-kill someone using 'rent me' code, utterly spoiling everything his character had offered the game) and in many ways was one of the few characters who championed the culture of old Tuluk in a time when all most PCs cared about was using it as an excuse to murder each other.

I would be very sad to see the tavern go as well. I remember spending many hours there as an informant for both sides of the rebellion, trading in poison and arranging weapon shipments. It feels very much like a piece of what used to be and I have to wonder if that is the reason for it ending up as a potential for the chopping block.

Like old players who remember, it's a reminder of better times to the people who experienced them.

The predominant reason for Tuluk being stale and barren, aside the general Armageddon populace wanting to escape from Nry's immediate presence, is the lack of outside influence. These changes may indicate that there is an upcoming push to relieve some of the "kill all outsiders" mentality that has been built up to the point of nearly encasing the zone in a stifling bubble of protection.

Of course, the more likely reason for specifically including non-citizen taverns is for the merchant house clan members and we can expect the snowflake effect in Tuluk to continue unabated.

I have to question the overall reason for continuing to invest in a zone so few people care for, without so much as listening to the reasons why and correcting them. This seems like a wasted effort that will push people further away from the area, rather then draw them into it, at least once the "new car smell" has worn off.

As he said, "Wait a month." or three and you will see the fallout quite readily.

Qoriya is such a detriment and major complaint about Tuluk that I don't understand why the character hasn't been forcibly retired.

Has a love affair with Nyr. Its why she didn't out his bender, and he doesn't store her.

*Edited to add: Joking speculation, not actually a thing - no one could love Nyr.

I'm positive she's not. And, frankly, here's the thing. The problem is not Qoriya's player. The problem is that making mentally omniscient thought police is bad for the game's play in the area. The fault is on the guild's design, not on the player who is playing it and doing so with ruthless effectiveness. Is it bad for the game? Absolutely. Is it the player's fault that the niche for their sponsored role is a detriment? No, that's on the people who designed the guild.        

Say what you will about whirans, in the time I was on staff, Qoriya pk'd more characters than every magicker in the game put together, for the entire duration of the time I was on staff. So... you might want to rethink that premise.