Originally Posted by redman5427 
Yeah, I have the same thoughts. I would rather have a world to travel between locations than sliding along using Mount and Blades method to go places. Maybe more world is planned but you are right the potential is there.
Also, I hate random encounters with monsters who kill your party with a couple hits.
We have made them much more balanced now. We are also adding positive random encounter so you can meet travelling salesmen and so forth.
/Martin
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