Originally posted by Honorable_D:

The Mistlands is meant to be a very challenging zone and a major step up from the Plains. The low visibility is obviously meant to be a part of that challenge.

I think trying to take the mist out of the MISTlands would be absurd, though a wouldn't be opposed to an item that you can craft after you kill The Queen that makes the mist more transparent or something.

Challenging =/= so intolerable that it causes you physical pain and makes the game unplayable. They *tried* to have it be part of the challenge, but they failed at making it an actually valuable part and instead it just makes the zone suck ass.