Yes, it is odd that the range of shout is so very very short. And has such artifical boundry lines. When they said they were going to make it zone-less with no loading... well... they did not quite achieve it. There are 'soft' zones and although there is no 'loading' screen, there is plenty of time spent 'loading' all the people up!

But yes, if you spread shout to at least the same floor/level, that would help a lot. I can easily craft in a far away area rather than with 50 other people trying to listen in on parties being formed. Yet not contribute to the lag.

Good suggestion.