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Originally Posted by Bisonzabi
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Map based on proportion. I truly don't understand why these zones are so god damn huge when they really shouldn't be. I get this feeling that during development, these were some of the very first overland zones they made before they realize they're idiotically huge before they made overland zones 3x smaller throughout the rest. If it were up to me, I would cut down their size to the same size as places like Commonlands and Desert of Ro ect, make it so the textures look a lot crisper compared to Commonlands, place a city/town south of Qeynos which would be Highborne (from EQOA's lore as a small Erudite town) and have it connect directly to South Karana through a mountain pass or something. West Antonica always needed dire love
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There is actually really good reason for this. It has t do with mob population density and zone geography. When you are in a foggy forest, very hilly area, or a dungeon with lots of twists and turns, it easier to hide a mob spawn behind every corner. ( I bet than Blackburrow has more mobs than West Karana.)
However, when you are in wide open area that SUPPOSE TO BE WIDE OPEN AREA - having mobs standing 5 feet away from each other will look ridiculous - you have to spread them out to make things look realistic. If any of the plains of Karana would be size of Lesser Faydark, while NOT being a foggy forest, then by standing in the middle of it you could see the zone from one end to another with every single mob in sight. And that would be just plain stupid.
So yes, large open area outdoor zones HAVE TO BE MUCH LARGER, in order to spread mobs out more, to make it look real. Plains being a bit empty and lacking some decent geographic features is another thing - that has to do with early zone makers not being very experienced - Kunark outdoor zones were clear upgrades in that regard.