Was Qeynos really one of the first cities designed?

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by BigPlays [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I kinda wonder if the intent was to make Qeynos "just" a starter area. But there are a lot of broken quests there like that warrior sword (forgot the name) and a few others. Plus, isn't it odd that two of the arguably best in slot items (SBS and FB earing) are in QH and require almost no effort to get other than waiting? The mobs are very low level and makes it seem like they threw it in there last minute.

Even if you factor everfrost, there is nothing there except for Perma which is a pretty high level zone and there is a gap between that and BB.

Rumour is the game was initially intended to have 20 levels, but on realising player appetite for xp it got changed to 50, which is why some of the earliest designed bits seem to be disproportionately low level. Idk if there is any truth to that though.