» Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:11 pm
Sutch was an existing city in the game that they removed pretty late. Kynareth's chapel was going to be there, and there was even an Oblivion Gate quest associated with it (as with all the other major cities). Interestingly, the Gate quest is still in the game, but was turned into an attack on an abandoned fort that was put in place of the city. There are still people there asking for help when the gate opens, and completing the quest got you some extra soldiers for the Great Gate quest.
They also redesigned Kvatch (the road was originally going through it, north to south on your way to Anvil). I personally don't like the way the roadways and placement of Kvatch ended up in the game... it really does feel like the roads are unnecessarily avoiding the way to the city as a cheap way to build drama, but just ended up making that area a chore to slog through with all the unnecessary twists and turns to keep you from reaching Kvatch too quickly. I could understand not wanting to force players into the Kvatch quests if they were just trying to get through to Anvil, but the roads still could've been better designed.