Was Qeynos really one of the first cities designed?

[SantagarBrax]

Qeynos just didn't have that great zone that FP has: Oasis

Sure, Blackburrow is fun when it was brand new but players were going there at lvl 5-6 and it wore out its welcome by lvl 12 or 13. It was time to go explore the world. I don't remember anyone making the journey from FP to Qeynos as there was nothing out there to bring the people over. Everfrost could have been that zone, but it wasn't.

When I hit level 13 on my ranger, some friends said let's make the trip and it was a wild one. We made it through the karanas, highpass (mainly due to the amount of folks training through and dying), kithicor, all the way to west commons where I died by the only HG hugging the wall around befallen. I had to make that trip a second time, naked.

It was glorious and I'll never forget that first run