The Hinterlands Aetheryte

[Freyyy]

So that's why that part in the HW trailer where they were riding up that long road to enter idleshire isn't a thing in the actual game?

Pretty much yes. You can still walk on this bridge by glitching under the map (you can go through a rock next to alexander) and flying until you get out of the borders.

Just took screenshots of it :

You can safely walk on the entire bridge except a small part with no physics where you will fall until you reach an invisible floor. Everything else has physics, so it's pretty much guaranteed that they wanted us to be able to walk here but ended up cancelling it.

[AskaRay]

More like five seconds off your life to talk to the "Goodly Adventurer" to warp you to the entrance.

I still think it's lazy...and this is coming from someone who sometimes takes two minutes to load into a new area (uuuugh) so. Yeah.

[Erendis]

More like five seconds off your life to talk to the "Goodly Adventurer" to warp you to the entrance.

I still think it's lazy...and this is coming from someone who sometimes takes two minutes to load into a new area (uuuugh) so. Yeah.

Now I have to wait two loading screens instead of one. Sometimes takes forever to load

There is also no sanctuary there...

[Velox]

From what I understand, Idyllshire will be developed in much the same way that Revenant's Toll was. However, the Toll was stifled by the fact it was in the same zone as Mor Dhona. This means it could only be developed to a certain point before it would start to negatively affect PS3 and low-end PC users (imagine waiting 5 minutes to zone in to Mor Dhona as it loaded all those models).

By instancing Idyllshire, SE has a LOT more freedom in its growth. As a QoL addition, the good-willed adventurer NPC near the aetheryte will instantly telephoto you to the Hinterlands.

[Canadane]

The Hinterlands have many aetheryte crystals laying about.
Hope you know how to fix them...

[Felis]

Now, both zones were once a single city, and each city have only 1 aetherite instead of 2 for both city zones.
Just the smaller city aetherites need some repairs