[Ahalaniel]

Migrating foot traffic to towns via inconveniencing players is a terrible idea.

I agree that Cellsvich's layout helps make it the dominant hang out area. It's a very dense town, so it's extremely convenient to use, as opposed to some others (Looking at you, Lispool). Other towns both lack a center and are quite spread out, so I don't see them getting much use unless people go out of their way to use them. Players will always favor the most convenient town - look at every MMO in existence for evidence of this.

However, I don't think it's everything. Changing the towns might be rather hard at this point, also, and the "being spread out" issue doesn't have to be solved to help with the problem. Personally, I'd do two things;

1) Add some sort of small, dense "town square" area to existing cities. Add decoration (like Cellsvich's fountain - i.e statues, greenery, whatever.) and places for people to stand - benches, empty spots under trees, whatever. And put these areas between the mage's guild and the nearest town exit - these absolutely have to be put somewhere that there is going to be guaranteed foot traffic.

2) Bring attractions to that part of the map. Right now, Cellsvich is near everything - mostly the beast invasions and the arena. The arena being a big one. Perhaps either add new, different arenas, or come up with other ideas for minor locations - like the "world event" idea mentioned above. Something combat related, that could give daily rewards - giving people even more of a reason to traverse the map? (Maybe a "show up and help train our guards/combat trained dolphins/whatever, and we'll give you a reward every day you help out"? Or even, "Help out with our summoning research by guarding us from whatever we might randomly pull from the Plane of Giant Mutated Terrifying Death-Creatures? - 2-4 player quest, fight a daily boss for currency you can spend at our shop for cool things!&quot

Just my thoughts. With both of those, you'd definitely start accumulating little groups in the other towns.

EDIT: I also want to point out that the Arena is an invaluable tool for dungeon clearing. The Inn is less than a dozen steps away from the zone entrance - it seriously could not be more convenient. Just something to keep in mind when thinking about getting more use to other regions.