I've noticed the slope in Kithicor. It's fairly obvious there. Not so obvious in the Commonlands zones. The tunnel leading out of Blackburrow into Everfrost has a similar slope but due to the short length of the tunnel some imagination must be used to convince oneself that the player is climbing from temperate hills into a snow-covered biome.
Is High Keep supposed to be the former seat of government of the Combine Empire? I never read most of those EQ lore tidbits but that seems like the most logical place.
I figure most zones are square simply because that's the easiest shape to build and takes the least amount of work. Dark Age of Camelot zones were even more square than EQ's as a relic of that game being built more quickly and on a much smaller budget.
Danth
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