Quote Originally Posted by Orophin View Post
A recent Yoshi-P interview said that the transition between zones was a lot shorter than they anticipated on the new server structure, so now they're trying to figure out how to make adjustments on the loading screens where needed.

I think since the zones are being segmented we'll see a lot of variety in the different areas.
That sounds promising. I am no MMO tech guru but one I thing I never understood was why so much has to be done on the server side? Can't my computer handle all of the content and graphics locally while the server simply keeps track of positions of characters, items etc? So basically the server tells my client that another player is approaching and my computer does all of the rendering of that event?