Quote Originally Posted by Valkyrie_Lenneth View Post
1.0 did have loading screens, they were long narrow pathways between zones where you would see players phase out and in.
This.
I never really played 1.0 but I've listened to explenations about the old loading screens.
They disguised it as narrow pathways that blocked the line of sight of the old and new area and while you ran there the game was loading in the new zone while phasing out of the old one outside of the players field of vision.