Bad Layout? Hmmm... I've never had an issue, although I'm not a pompous San'dOrian. We all know San'dOria has been favoured in terms of area advancement by SE due to it's population. SE has to keep it's n00bish plebs happy, ya? Most of the idiots that play this game would have picked San'dOria because it looked "cool". 9 out of 10 characters with names like Sephiroth, Cloud, Squall, Goku, Neo, Tidus etc picked San'dOria to start in. Now another fact is that Elvaan's have the lowest INT in the game, now lets put two and two together. Idiots... Unoriginal Names... San'dOria... Low INT... Eureka! Nation of the Stupid. So that might be the reason why you find it hard to get around in Windurst, you get lost in your Moghouse. I rest my case.
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