But, I do look them over. I get a huge kick out of seeing what people came up with in the Exile world. I just can't actually play them. The exceptional ones get a run. Half and half.
Puzzles provide relief from combat, and vice versa.
And the friendly NPCs are almost never fair game. The guards are mean. Something neat, something that gets the imagination going. Like, for example, the fact that you can buy your own house in Exile III, and there are tiny adventures that go on inside the house. People absolutely love that.