I dont know how many more times we as a community have to go over this, but I will restate what Funcom has already made abundantly clear: Maprooms and Obelisks arent going anywhere, and the games fhe games fast-travel system is NOT going to be removed! Forget it and move on, because its not to happen.
MAPROOMS AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE
This was a statement issued by Robert during the Community Mailbag developer stream on the 10th October.
Twitch Comment: Are you planning on expanding the map when the mounts are implemented or remove the maprooms ? What are the thoughts on that ?
Robert: Maprooms will not be removed and expanding the map won’t happen. Mounts will be very valuable but no, we won’t all of a sudden do something like level the unnamed city to make room for a huge plains. Personally, I was really worried about the more craggier landscapes, but honestly, horse-riding in the desert turned out to work great.
You all can find it here in Multigun’s Dev Stream recap.
And I say thank goodness that common sense prevailed on this issue. I like many other players am EXTREMELY limited in the amount of time I get play each week. I am lucky if I get to play for a few hours on saturday and a few hours on sunday, and that is on a good week! And I dont want to be spending half of that time walking from one end of the map to the other and back again. No thankyou, I would rather decide for myself which mode of transport I will take. Also bear in mind that the Maproom and Obelisks are tied to several of the games Journey Steps. People should and will continue to have the option to choose their own playstyle. As I always say:
The option which presents more options is usually the better option.