I like having the npc around and marking territory, but I feel like it is missing one of the more important directions which is finding the Dungeon merchant. Which brings me to my second point.
I think the player base pretty much knows there will more than likely never be a new dungeon outside of Fractals. Would it be possible to not take away all of our dignity and at least return the dungeon merchant stalls and have representatives of each dungeon there? There is a lot of open space in LA and could easily be done.