The Coramoor thing is certainly something that's fallen by the wayside, but so many other things have, too. Jordan just picked up too many ideas and decided to use them. He could have had Perrin rescue Faile quickly, killed off Masema and run Perrin smack into Galad after two books. No need to drag it out the way it did.

He could have gotten Mat to the Tower of Ghenjei in three books and not ruined the timing. He could have gotten Elayne on the throne in one book.

He didn't, though. To me, the real problem was book eight - Crown of Swords...or was it the next one, book nine? Either way, there was one that actually went back in time and re-described something that had already happened - the Salidar tower going through the gateway. That was when the pacing got messed up. Book Seven was weak, but there was still a big ending and some suspense. Book Eight started to drag. Nine was awful. Ten was awful. Eleven was actually almost as good as Seven. Twelve was almost as good as Eleven. This one is like a book hopped up on meth and trying to get everything done, but unable to because of the drugs.