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Markarth zone feedback (better then Greymoor)

Wing
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that might be contentious, it might not.

The zone's more intimate size seems to better fit the skyrim map that the devs were working with. the large clifs, hills, use of verticality, clear cut roads, wayshrine placement (thank you for not making that mistake again, glad to see you quit being stingy for now) seems much more memorable when there is not 20 of each back to back to back. there is a readability here not previously in greymoor.

i find this tends to happen the most in DLC that uses previous main line game nav mesh and re scales it for ESO (both vvardenfell and now skyrim) what were once long rolling hills, gentle slopes, and mountains in the distance, all scaled and designed specifically around the individual game, its needs, and move speed, seem to get completely ruined when converted to ESO.

skyrim: ____/```\______n___n____/```\____
ESO: _/\__nn_/\_

this is extra apparent because ESO devs do in fact now how to make decent landscapes for the game. i personally feel that the zones for Wrothgar, Summerset, and Elsweyr. were far better designed then the ports of skyrim and vvardenfell. the canyon in Elsweyr is stunning, and the biomes are of decent size and well layed out. because ESO uses a scaled version of previous games biome layout the large biomes and subtle transitions turn into tiny areas with jarring transitions. the Morthal swamp area was tiny, came out of nowhere, and disappeared just as fast.

Markarth however, feels scaled better and because it has less overall in it, what is their is more memorable and unique.

so, let your world builders build some worlds, and stop porting main line games, its very cool, and nice to see places familiar, but it literally does not fit into ESO.

looking forward to the next expansion. . .because i think your out of main line nav mesh's to port, cannot wait to see what YOUR devs make next.

Edited by Wing on November 5, 2020 6:30AM
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  • Starlight_Whisper
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    For reals! The devs to great job on landscaping like Elsweyr.
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