Flying... wow, is it bad

[Ashkendor]

I like flying because it allows the designers to be very lazy with the overworld, as it will be marginalized and largely ignored once flying is unlocked, a few hotspots aside. Moreover, since the maps are bigger and there are no set travel routes, it greatly reduces the chance to meet other players, which is great for people who just want to be left alone.

Er... what? They actually have to be more thorough in putting the new areas together, since they have to take into account that things will be viewed from above, behind, etc. Compare that to the mountains in CCH, where if you glitch off the map and run behind them you find out that the back sides of them don't actually exist and those trees over there are completely two-dimensional. xD

[Zojha]

Compare that to the mountains in CCH, where if you glitch off the map and run behind them you find out that the back sides of them don't actually exist and those trees over there are completely two-dimensional. xD

Erm...that is usually an extra step you do in order to reduce system load. They could've just put the regular stuff they already have in the rest of the zone there, you know? Would've been easier, but harder on your system.