Should the last 2 expansions have come in reverse order? I have a hard time seeing the zones in NoS as end zones. As they are more or less newbie zones in SoL
Emperor Ssraeshza is highly unimpressed with your lack of story-driven immersion. We need to help out the gorangas, come on! Some evil crackhead akhevans are trying to destroy everything!
No? ToL was freeing mayong from luclin who is doing evil stuff (sacrificing vah shir to build an army of shades or something) NoS is a continuation with luclin trying to kill all vah shir off the moon (except 1 that she favors)
To respond to the topic itself, which zones are high or low level is more about the flow of the narrative than a definitive reflection of the lore. Look to how the NPCs talk to judge that more. The zones are higher level because of what is happening in them. Though they both take place on Luclin, other than the events in ToL emboldening the Akheva the storylines aren't directly connected. It's not like ToV -> CoV where it's the same continuing plotline. But (some of) the events in NoS would not make sense before the events of ToL. That's not really accurate, unless you're just trying not to spoil more specifics. Do these boards really lack a spoiler tag? I never noticed that before, or I'd say more.
All lore aside, is there a reason that the geographical location of power can't shift? The new expansions are not a relaunch of the old story. They are new stories. Cities fall. Powers shift. Resources change. So forth.