(11-19-2013, 01:39 AM)LiadansWhisper Wrote: Actually...there was something floating around (not sure if I got it from the THM questline or somehwere else) about how, given the amount of precipitation Thanalan gets, it shouldn't be a desert. Â That it is seems to be possibly related to the drain Thaumaturgy/Black Magic has on the Aether. Â Meaning that it might actually rain that much...though I wish it didn't. Â It's so jarring. Â >.<
I'd love to see a source! :o
That said, I'm more liable to believe it's just another moment of game mechanics trumping lore (just like the sizes of the zones - though really, Squee, couldn't you have made them just a teensy tiny bit bigger? They're so cramped!)
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