Quote Originally Posted by KisaiTenshi View Post
Why would it require a redesign when the V1.0 cities were one map before? No I think this is a misinterpretation. They probably said they would need to justify the time/resources for doing so, and it's not a priority.

They could always do this as part of an expansion of the V1.0/V2.0 areas as there are places on the map that were just truncated like the Labyrinth to Nalds Reflection, Nanasawa Mines, the fact that the entire Black Shroud used to be a maze, and so forth.
Unless they literally reused the cities as they existed in 1.0, they probably built them with the separation in mind, which probably means there are oddly structured or untextured areas that aren't a problem because you'll never see them from the wrong angles.