Why did they changed this from version 1.0 ?

[Dannythm]

Yeah, I have a gaming laptop that only a bit more than a year old, couldn't play 1.0 on anything higher the Medium settings. But that's not the point here. The zones were changed because we asked for it. Before the end of 1.0 Yoshida put up a poll over whether we wanted to keep the large, bland zones or go with smaller, more vibrant zones. It was practically unanimous for the latter. We voted for this, we asked for this, we got it. And you're complaining? There's way too much complaining over something we wanted.

Maybe the people complaining didn't vote in favor of the change? I didn't vote for smaller zones, that's for sure. Or maybe they didn't play version 1.0 and just come up with this feel by themselves, but back then they couldn't vote.

[Felis]

Maybe the people complaining didn't vote in favor of the change? I didn't vote for smaller zones, that's for sure. Or maybe they didn't play version 1.0 and just come up with this feel by themselves, but back then they couldn't vote.

Maybe this is the problem.
If they would have played 1.0, they would know that the zones in ARR are much better and full with variety than a whole region in 1.0 where everything looked the same. You could have been somewhere around camp skull valley or wineport and would not know until you opened the map.

Sure, the zones could be bigger, but they are still much better than the regions we had.

[Naunet]

Sure, the zones could be bigger, but they are still much better than the regions we had.

I'm not saying the zones aren't "better" than 1.0. They are. I'm saying they need additional improvements.