[ffcmike]

I don't know if this is an attack on Classic specifically or to do with the recent related discussion regarding this type of thing but where are your examples?

There aren't really any servers that do have a high density of enjoyable content spread around its overworld inwhich to judge, and you can hardly call the Classic server that did have a central area inwhich the community congregated but lots of surrounding empty space with a sparce amount of content a success.

Plus if I remember the "good ol' days" correctly, there was alot of open space, but there was content spread around it intended to draw you out to it.

Also has it occurred to you that in theory the more enjoyable content there is, the higher your playercount tends to be, and therefore the more freedom inwhich to expand further you have?
(lets assume you've used up 90% of the available space in your current overworld and so the expansion is necessary).
Size of the overworld and the amount of content should really go hand in hand with eachother.