I agree > I think that mountains give the world more surface > area - there more > nooks and crannies to develop. They also make > travel meaningful and to > direct movement to areas of interest. Also over > time the idea was for > people to carve out areas in the mountains like was > done with the Ring > Mountains. If there is no where to go to, just > flattening the mountains > to aid movement would actually shrink the game world > IMHO. You have > people just locking into run mode and zipping along > for a while. > Getting there should be half the fun and there are > always portals and > boats and other shortcuts for the road weary. __________________________________ Yahoo! Music Unlimited Access over 1 million songs. Try it free. http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/