Roadblocks that randomly appear each session. Do we need them?

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The design reasons for adding Randomized Barriers are explained here:

Randomized Barriers

The person above who described themselves as always running along the same level wall out of habit is exactly what we hope to alleviate. That is the type of thing I might do and I think many others do just out of habit or for the sake of efficiency.

As an example, before we had the barriers, I had created various possible routes through the starting area but in playing, I realized that I almost always go the same way without really thinking about it. The barriers prompt me to deviate off the normal path now and it keeps things fresh.

To illustrate how important it has been to Crate: This feature was implemented before the Kickstarter campaign, when resources were scarce. Maybe it was also relatively easy to implement (i.e. a low hanging fruit).

Personally I used to explore everything, too - and I sometimes still do if I feel like it. But it gets old, if you do this all the time, so I appreciate that the barriers provide me with varying directions.