Here I test out the "Public Area" feature and complete the quests related to this area
Note: I did not realise you could harvest the crystals until after I made this video, but you can by clicking on them (get various rewards after a set amount of time, but the rewards are pretty small)
The best use of this area seems to be to earn exp while you are not actually playing, as all the other rewards earned from here seem pretty small
Hopefully they will do more with this area at a later date
Any questions about this please feel free to ask, this looks pretty straightforward and could be a really cool feature later on if more is added to this area