User blog comment:Kogath/Monster Hunter: World Discussion/@comment-32313091-20170722095346

I just noticed while watching the announcement trailer a second time: at around 0:40 you can see sails in the backgroud on some structures. Part of the(/a) city? Part of the transportation you use to get to the different maps? Something else entirely?

Edit: I just realized on the map to the right (so in the direction of the structures) there's a long small corridor leading up to nowhere (no basecamp there), most likely leading to the structures in the background. So maybe that in the background IS the city and through that entrance you can go freehunt like in MHTri? They did mention you will be able to go to the map freely with no time restrictions, so it's possible.