125172-the-open-world

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Something that has bugged me since beta I gotta get off my chest.
 
Does anyone else feel like the world isn't really "open" ?
 
A lot of times when I am exploring I find the only way to get into another zone is to take a designated path ( in most cases ) as a Dominion character I almost never see 1/3rd of the world because the only way into the Exile zones is either to run right through Thayd ( bad idea ) or go all the way across whitevale ( no taxi for us to that side ) and run up through Galaras. I know on the Exile side it's Wonky too. In beta I had to run through Wilderrun and swim through the ocean or Auroria.
 
The other thing that makes it feel even more dis-conjoined to me is the map. I often times find myself exploring off the charted map, outside of the zone in no mans land. It feels off I don't like it. There are some nice short cuts in Wilderrun you can take by going through no mans land when heading north but it just feels like you are not meant to be there.
 
I was wondering if there were any plans to change the maps at all to better represent the entire world as a whole rather than small sections with inaccurate maps.
 
Lets face it if you look at the zone on the continent map it looks nothing like the zone map. I really enjoy the game and exploring but  I just want the world to feel more whole. I would love for some of those mountain to have more paths through them. Greater accessibility to the opposite factions zones and maybe even some achievements and minor quests or path things there to give us a reason to explore and use those places.
 
The world doesn't feel small, it just feels strange that the only way for us to get to some areas is to go way out of the way or go off the map completely.	
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			I remember a while ago a couple of devs mentioned they where working on a new game map system to help make the game feel more like a world.	
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			That's great to hear. I know the map on the PTR looks a tad different. I like the changes and i am hoping they continue to expand on the art of the maps and make them a lil more like wow were you can see the edges of the map where they touch the other zones.	
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			Just saying hello to Yaz. :D	
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			:D hello, i miss you	
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			I really, really enjoy exploring Nexus but ya, the map makes it feel very segregated. Easy to read though.	
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 :D hello, i miss you
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While i agree it would be nice, its quite a common things in mmo's. But wow does this brilliantly tbo. I've never seen a better way of zoning than what they do in wow. I never realy felt confined in wow...it realy felt open...even with mountains surrounding you etc. The worst ever way of doing things was SWTOR....THAT was linear etc...If you saw a mountain you could assume...cannot be climbed!!! bad bad...
 
Looking foreward to any changes that will feel ws more like the openess in wow e.g.	
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			When looking at the map it really looks like you cannot walk between the zones except for the paths on the map but there are lots of places where you can indeed walk that is not shown on the map. I completely agree that they need to change the map so that it doesn't look so confined.	
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