ChloeRhodes wrote:
No, its supposed to be, exactly where it is.
It's placement was chosen as the best place to get the best possible angle without changing too much of the existing structures.
Except that it doesn't have the best possible angles. Where you have it placed, it's impossible to see the top of the palace roof, which is clearly visible from the left window in the live model. Your placement puts it level with upper floors of the palace, and well below the roof it looks down upon in the live model.
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If its placement was to be exact to all existing sources you would be wrong as well as myself, as the GZ coordinates for the Baron City office place it above the guild hall, and in fact not to far below the GZ itself. Which of course is impossible for it to be located and get the view on the backdrop.
The KI coordinates for the office are one of the few major flubs on the part of Cyan. The direction reading crosses over the map table in the Museum, and the distance and height readings place the office in mid-air, looking down on the plateau behind the capital structure. While I'm a usually a proponent for trusting virtually all of the KI coordinates in the game, that's one that has to be disregarded because it's flat out impossible.
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As far as seeing into the windows from below, there's an outcrop of rock, just below the windows that blocks the view from the stairs, you can however see it from in the center of the courtyard, but with those style windows you'd have been able to see it regardless of its placement on the mountain. So the idea that its placement is "secret" doesn't really work in terms of story.
Not if you are standing in the palace alcove, right at the top of the stairs and near the palace wall. The windows would be visible from there, as well as anyone inside the office who passed near them. The room around the desk would not be visible because of the angle, but that's about it. The ledge you mentioned is very narrow.
In terms of story... It's an integral part of the Uru back story that Sharper used it as a secret office where he kept things he didn't want the DRC to find. For someone in the courtyard to be able to see someone moving in there would break the game's canon "history".
Anyway, that's enough from me. I brought it to your attention, and that's all I was after. Whether you do anything about it is up to you.