Are the maps "desing" being remade or the entire "areas"

[neizero]

Pretty happy if/wen this happens, but I can't help thinking that if instead of revamping absolutely everything in the game, they couldn't have just canceled the game in October and start working on a brand new one? Surely that would be easier than to "patch" everything...

[Darkhaund]

All of this will just dely and dely (thank God) the ps3 version.

I hope they fix this game for good and it will be interesting to see everything change

[Genz]

I don't see how they could explain the map redesign with the prophecy. If the cataclysm happens, then what about all the quests that are screaming "a cataclysm is going to happen" (including main scenario and grand compagnies quests). An answer here is phasing, but it means new players will have to deal with the old maps, and I don't think it's the goal (since we assume that old maps = bad = make new players run away)

I think the redesign will mainly involve a reduction of overuse of field tiles by adding new tiles, greater empire presence (we can see it on the blurry screens from the live video) and growing wasteland around Mor Dhona (because the aether keeps being absorbed)

[Pyrix]

Holy cow!!! This is amazing. Ill get some pics and videos to remember the old zones. Is everything changing or just certain areas? I also imagine that the current location of the toto-rak will change and be moved etc? The place and location of quests will change? Am i right on this?

Why would you want to remember them? They're shit.

[Gramul]

Has anyone played WoW cataclysm?

How is this setting up to compare?

[Darkhaund]

WEll i HAVE to agree with most ppl here.. the current maps are horrible... heck, they are beyond horrible and I DO HATE the excesive copy past. I wonder how a game this poor "escaped" the higher ranks at SE. How and why did they allow this game to go to the public?

[Malakhim]

Has anyone played WoW cataclysm?

How is this setting up to compare?

Well, as opposed to a big dragon fucking up everyone's shit, it's a big meteor doing the job.

[zaviermhigo]

Pretty happy if/wen this happens, but I can't help thinking that if instead of revamping absolutely everything in the game, they couldn't have just canceled the game in October and start working on a brand new one? Surely that would be easier than to "patch" everything...

Its not, since they spent 3-5 years making the engine for this game, and then a year on development of the actual game in lore and concepts and such. While some of it has been changed you could say, the fact that they have a core now is better than scrapping and rewriting. Scrapping and rewriting is more costly than patches, its not always a matter of easier, but I can tell you its almost always a matter of cost.

[Zenaku]

Why would you want to remember them? They're shit.

Because most people does not even see the copy/paste without someone else telling them. I for one would never have knew about the copy/paste in LL. I did see copy/paste on grid with the Lakes but that about i don't really go out and see at every stone and grass to look for it.

But i can't wait for the new one the old one just feel boring for me they just the same land for the full map that the only thing that big me seeing green,brown,yellow all day long.

[Gramul]

WEll i HAVE to agree with most ppl here.. the current maps are horrible... heck, they are beyond horrible and I DO HATE the excesive copy past. I wonder how a game this poor "escaped" the higher ranks at SE. How and why did they allow this game to go to the public?

My best guess is that they rushed the game out to compete with Cataclysm.

Kinda ironic considering...everything.