Almost everyone I talked to on my LS in FFXI say the game is better now then pre 75 where everything was so hard to organize groups for and had crap drop rates. Abyssea let you gear up in a decent amount of time.
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Yea they were introduced as a way to go to the past [S] areas. However they also became the entry way to Abyssea which is a major part of FFXI endgame for the past couple years. People used the maws for abyssea in FFXI on a daily basis so that is what comes to mind.
Actually, in the trailer it seems like something emerges from Dalamud, like some sort of bridge. It doesn't exactly collide at all, at least not in its entirety.
I would have to agree with you on Atomos though, I do not remember Cavernous Maws being linked to Atomos aside from the design. Though I wish the dev team would have remodeled Atomos altogether instead of using the FFXI rip and having everyone go nuts and saying Abyssea is here. xD Besides, weren't Cavernous Maws introduced in WotG? Not Abyssea? O-o
I know, all jobs lvl 99 in 2 weeks (less actually) all geared in no time, Abyssea is just easy mode, give me a good old Dynamis where one wrong move would wipe a linkshell, or (in the case of windy) one wrong move meant the rest of the run was almost impossible any day over "Lets duo this with a WAR and WHM" and the awesome "You can't proc GTFO and level something useful" yeah loads better when my SCH and DRG struggled to get into fights just cos they couldn't proc as well as other jobs, and oh yeah "we only want as many jobs as we need so there's less competition." so much better.