Quote Originally Posted by Hyperia View Post
They absolutely could merge the old ARR zones but the resources needed to do that are the same as making brand new zones as that is what they would have to do when merging the old zones. They make new ones and delete the old. I don’t think anybody wants to give up an expansion for an ARR clean up.
The resources would generally be far more than creating a brand new zone. There are tons of quests, Fates and other things tied to specific maps that would need to all be adjusted to accommodate moving to a new map. It’s a massive rework.

The best I’d ask for is merging the city states to be a single map each, which is still a massive task for the same reasons.