I'm a new player, and the other night I was poking around in The Shire on Windfola with my low-level hobbit. Abruptly a screen I hadn't seen before popped up as a higher-level character, an elf I think, offered me a lovely spring festival cloak.

Caught off guard, I did not properly understand the screen and did not know what to offer back (I had not yet been introduced to the idea of giving things away), and so I cancelled the transaction. Soon enough I figured it out, but by then of course it was too late to say thanks. I thought to myself, "Hey - I like this place."

If you're reading this, kind Player, thank you, and please excuse the unintended rudeness of a startled hobbit.