Open up the world, please! Part I

[Skivvy]

Archeage has seams, but they're not very obvious except from the air ships. When you cross a zone boundary you actually see a huge chunk of draw distance change. Trust me, you do notice where the seams are, as the PvP/PvE mode changes immediately when you cross them. The only places that feel completely seamless in that game are when you go out to sea on a ship other than the rowboat.
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You are correct - AA of course has seams, but you rarely ever notice it while roaming around. The only time I personally ever notice a seam is when I'm boating, and now and then there will be a tiny blip/weird graphics - although this could also have to do with their servers as AA has definitely had it's own set of issues in the past. lol.

But anyway, I would in a heartbeat take an open world like AA or similar. Sadly, I doubt we'll ever see that in this game as it would be a complete overhaul of the game. As it is, SE claims they can't implement x,y,z due to server stress/loads/etc, I'd be worried about the amount of stress an open world would create*

*this is my assumption as I really don't quite understand servers/loads/all that jazz. I also think SE uses that excuse too frequently, but what are we gonna do :P