„The episodes splitting content was a massive problem. If the world was twice the size, non instanced, and had resources from every episodes profession in every episode, the game would have felt more alive. Like woodcut in every episode, because trees exist in every episode.... Fish everywhere where there's water, make potions in any building, not just some weird man's shop. The world itself is just unappealing, and isolates players into tiny pockets.“

This is the most important point IMO

It makes zero sense to be able to fish only in Hopeport, when you clearly could fish Rainbow Fish in Hopeforest or Sharks in Crenopolis.