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Originally Posted by sox7d
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Maybe games now days are trying so hard to make every single zone feel wondrous that it negates from the capstone zones? Perhaps a game needs to have banality in early levels for contrast to obtain that feeling.
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Basically, this.
By making everything amazing, all the time, it becomes normal and ordinary. By making everything have their own instances sure eliminates a lot of the social problems related to competition but it also kills exclusivity.
Inaccessibility plays a role, too. When you first enter Sleeper's Tomb, or Vex Thal, it feels epic because you read about the zones, the mobs, the loot and then you finally get in with your friends after a long time grinding and camping for the key. You know that you have access to a part of the game that is restricted to most people.