(11-19-2013, 01:59 AM)Naunet Wrote:(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
Tomorrow, when I get on, I'll go hunting through cutscenes and see if I can find the information. Â It was something like...that Black Magic drains the land or had drained the land at some point. Â Then again, it might also come from the White Mage quest. Â I'LL GO LOOK.
Quote: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!)
Ya, that seems the most logical explanation, sadly. Â I, too, am really disappointed with how tiny the zones are. Â I would like them to be bigger (although they are MUCH bigger than the way the SWTOR zones felt). Â I also am irked by being able to see like, shorelines and such that I can't get to. Â
 I WANNA SWIM OVER THERE.  
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