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Old 06-18-2010, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I think the only way to handle a non-instanced world for a modern MMO is to have an insanely huge, non-sequential environment that's too big for any one person to ever fully explore or even think about. I think it's also important to keep transportation slow--no high speed vehicles, no teleportation.

Instances seem like the easy way out because the right way to do it takes a lot of designers for a long time and no one likes to make that kind of investment.
I agree. Make every zone the size of West Karana and remove all forms of teleports. Then when a boss mob spawns you have to travel like an hour to reach it. That's true mobilization.