LDON

[Zuranthium]

Originally Posted by Kika Maslyaka [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

West Karana - dull and empty - no zone geography what so ever, no landscape features. Not even mobs in sight! Nothing. It barely had any players even in classic times, even before Kunark.

Erm, that's not true at all. There were a lot of people in West Karana pre-Kunark. Bandits, Scarecrows, Cyclopes, and Ogres in that zone were all heavily camped. There are farm houses, big hills, towers, and forest lines throughout the zone, plus the river to the south. I really like the expansive nature of the zone.

Now, I do think Everquest has a design flaw in that running around and trying to hunt random stuff in West Karana doesn't give you a good reward. In zones like this, individual monsters in the spread-out areas should give exp bonuses because it takes you extra time to actually get to them. Groups should be rewarded for having a tracking Ranger in these areas, since they can find stuff to hunt quicker that way. With West Karana being such a large zone there's definitely room for more content as well, although you don't want to overdo it because the point of the zone is that its supposed to be a giant plains/farmland.