Zeus
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Clockwork Knight said:If you're gonna remove the arrow, you need to have plenty of landmarks, like IRL. Morrowind had both the arrow and landmarks.
The nice thing about the LotRO "area blobs" is that they lead you in the right direction, without getting all GPS precise about it.
Let's say some Pig Farmer wants you to fetch some toadstools growing in a tree in the north end of a nearby forest.
It's very unlikely he'll have a detailed map to provide you, and even if you have a map of your own, he's not going to know exactly where to mark it just by looking at it. But he CAN circle a general estimate, representing the sort of, "If you see the fallen log with initials carved in it, you've gone too far" directions people give.
I like it, because I can glance at the world map and immediately track down the right forest, enter the forest and immediately hone in on the general area where the tree is, and then once I get within, I don't know, a few blocks of my destination, the game forces me to explore a little.
Of course, if the Pig Farmer came along and served as a guide, a pinpoint destination would make sense.