Meteor Survivor Day

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Originally Posted by mbncd

around the Minstrel in Limsa?

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It was playing in all the usual event areas. Though I wish it would have been entire cities and housing wards.

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Originally Posted by ruskie

It was playing in all the usual event areas. Though I wish it would have been entire cities and housing wards.

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Ah, was it? I've been a Limsan gal since 1.0 So don't really spend much time in the other cities' event areas unless running through for a quest or something. Still, that was a huge thing for me personally in the one place I did encounter it.

Looking at these pics I miss the visual polish 1.0 had.

Seems like more time has passed between 1.0 and ARR than it actually did. The Dalamud days were kinda exciting :) Here's hoping a mini Dalamud shows in the skies again, to crush into the awkward mess that the Housing system is and wipes it in order to be rebuilt anew. This time without ridiculous solutions and excuses.... OR the rotated maps (lol) for the messiah-like solution that is subwards :rolleyes:

I'll share a couple screens too, why not :)

Inner Goobbue wall:
http://s24.postimg.org/mo8b26os3/image.jpg

The rally:
http://s30.postimg.org/wbkg8vt7j/image.jpg

Prearing for the final attack:
http://s12.postimg.org/5q5nsuia4/image.jpg

The End Of An Era cutscene still makes me legit sad, as lame as that sounds heh. Glad that FFXIV is still here in some way though, i'm still happy to be here (Y)

All these 1.0 pictures are making me miss all of the friends I've lost since 1.0 ended. T__T *sobbing intensifies*

I ended up sitting in the amphitheater in Gridania with my LS and a few other people while meteors fell from the sky.

I think I just lost all my 1.0 screenshots (that few I had)... that is, I believe, I had them all on a hard drive that seems to have died. :( That said... I do remember the eerie atmosphere and the epicness that was the video to end all videos 1.0. And I also do miss the awesome graphics of it - I do hope at least some of it can be brought back somehow in the future.
/reminisce

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Originally Posted by Ecks007

That there be some interest'n facts.

Funny how nobody's aged or died in 24 years. :D

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Haven't aged a bit, although I'm pretty sure I've died quite often ;).

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Originally Posted by KaMuiSouZou

Before the Fall of Dalamud
A nostalgic look back at the world of 1.0. Includes scenes of all my time lapses of various areas around Eorzea.
Dalamud Time Lapse
Highlighting my Dalamud Time Lapse, since this one was especially popular and relevant to this thread.
Time Lapse Playlist
Playlist of all my time lapses, starting from La Noscea.

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Just looking at some of the videos there. Some places just look so much better than they do now :/ The reality looks of some scenes there is amazing.

Bring back 1.0 graphics...let the ps3 go already......
Let's hope Heavnsward lets go of ps3 and its limitations!

Go above SE, above the ps3. Ps4 and PC are above

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Originally Posted by xnonamex

Just looking at some of the videos there. Some places just look so much better than they do now :/ The reality looks of some scenes there is amazing.

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A lot of the 1.0 sceneries are terribly bland. Yes, the texture resolutions may be higher. But the worlds are vastly empty. It looks far from amazing, or realistic. It has the appearance of any random Korean grind MMO. I'm glad they took the current direction in terms of graphics. Yes, the texture resolutions may be lower however the world is much less empty in return.

And even with that, performance for many players is minimal. If they'd throw in higher resolution textures on top of it the PS3 would be far from the only limitation holding the graphics of this game back. Many PC gamers would end up being forced to upgrade into more current-gen gfx cards.

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Originally Posted by Ghastly

Bring back 1.0 graphics...let the ps3 go already......
Let's hope Heavnsward lets go of ps3 and its limitations!

Go above SE, above the ps3. Ps4 and PC are above

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Probably not until 4.0. Don't get me wrong, I'd love for them to show us what they can do without the limitations, but I believe they mentioned that they won't drop PS3 support until way after 3.0.

One last batch of screenshots >< I promise.

Back in Excalibur with an awesome GM in a role play event. The guy in the subligar is Cloudio Onizuka. He was well known for his taste in fashion.
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/...al/1202711.jpg

Fighting Kokoroon Quickfingers
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/...al/1202755.jpg


http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/...al/1138275.jpg

Naanja, and old friend from 1.0
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/...al/1085363.jpg

http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/...nal/947232.jpg

Loved using this move. I think it was Dragon Kick.
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/...nal/947247.jpg

I think we can all remember seeing this at least once. I think this was the node at Cedarwood. Dem RMTs.
http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/...al/1085329.jpg

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Originally Posted by Crimen

http://assets-cloud.enjin.com/users/...nal/947232.jpg

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I miss Simian Thrash so much ><

Pics from before my race reassignment surgery (ala 1.x)

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...hofLight-1.jpg

Darnus dun killed all my friends! QQ

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...Nightmares.jpg

Just trying to take a nap!

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...pingCloser.jpg

Obligatory Dalamud creeping closer pic

Lets not forget the bad either, like one of my favorite visual issues with my character.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...1346980313.jpg

My main character and alt account back in 1.0 in overlooking Coerthas and Dalamud during the final hours of 1.0 (before my main character's sex/race change)
http://cdn.guildwork.net/albums/imag...752da60acd.jpg

Seems to be about the only 1.0 pic I can find from that time, the rest were all way before the End of an Era event started heh. I do like the way Coerthas was in 1.0, not covered in snow!

The only one to remember by...

http://i.imgur.com/IUmE32i.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5CHECOk.jpg

Goodbye 1.0...

http://i.imgur.com/CBWRkAw.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oD5MfdZwLnA

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Originally Posted by Fornix

A lot of the 1.0 sceneries are terribly bland. Yes, the texture resolutions may be higher. But the worlds are vastly empty. It looks far from amazing, or realistic. It has the appearance of any random Korean grind MMO. I'm glad they took the current direction in terms of graphics. Yes, the texture resolutions may be lower however the world is much less empty in return.

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Maybe I'm nostalgia-driven, but I'd give a lot to run through the old 1.x world again.
I'm no Gridania fan (Limsa all the way!) but the old Shroud is way more to my liking since playing in the new one for over a year now. It was a green Labyrinth-like forest with huge, old trees and really eerie, especially with that "music box" music during thunderstorms. Just like in Thanalan it could happen that you ran into a group of 60+ mobs and just wished they didn't see, hear or smell you!
That's also what I miss about Thanalan. It had those random caves with either tiny bats in it or high leveled monsters. Then again, yes it might've been 'empty' for some people, but what do you expect of a desert? I am actually a bit sad that only Southern Thanalan has some dunes in it and then it's just such a small area.
Mor Dhona was simply dangerous and the pink/purple mist just added onto it and told you: Better stay in the camp. At least it was that way when I started playing in 2011.
Oh and don't get me started on the old Coerthas. Let's say I only wish that the snow will melt anytime soon and we get that great Alpine area back with its nice music and mostly clear view of Ishgard.

P.S.: And is it just me, or do the clouds in ARR not even move? 1.x's sky looked quite good imho. Even with that red pulsating pimble in it.


Nevertheless, more pics!

Old THM <3
http://screenshot.xfire.com/s/123228440-4.jpg


Nael all the way! Compared to him Gaius was kind of.. lame >.<
http://screenshot.xfire.com/s/123905995-4.jpg

http://screenshot.xfire.com/s/125952559-4.jpg

http://screenshot.xfire.com/s/123133736-4.jpg

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...r.png~original

http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...s.png~original

Visible belts!
http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/g...3.png~original

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Originally Posted by Coris

Maybe I'm nostalgia-driven, but I'd give a lot to run through the old 1.x world again.
I'm no Gridania fan (Limsa all the way!) but the old Shroud is way more to my liking since playing in the new one for over a year now. It was a green Labyrinth-like forest with huge, old trees and really eerie, especially with that "music box" music during thunderstorms. Just like in Thanalan it could happen that you ran into a group of 60+ mobs and just wished they didn't see, hear or smell you!
That's also what I miss about Thanalan. It had those random caves with either tiny bats in it or high leveled monsters. Then again, yes it might've been 'empty' for some people, but what do you expect of a desert? I am actually a bit sad that only Southern Thanalan has some dunes in it and then it's just such a small area.
Mor Dhona was simply dangerous and the pink/purple mist just added onto it and told you: Better stay in the camp. At least it was that way when I started playing in 2011.
Oh and don't get me started on the old Coerthas. Let's say I only wish that the snow will melt anytime soon and we get that great Alpine area back with its nice music and mostly clear view of Ishgard.

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This!

This is what I attracted to the world of Eorzea for the 1st time! :D

We celebrated the end of Eorzea in style =)

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-v...1351555162.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J...1352243332.jpg

The entire gallery if you wish, but I have a pile more stored on a hard drive.. https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/gallery/cdiij6cpfs8hrrpndidtkc7ras8

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Originally Posted by UlricCraft

If you're interested, since ARR's launch we've played for roughly 24 years in Eorzea.

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That may be true if you count the 15 years but here's how it is.
15years befor start of 1.0 the battle of silver tear lake the elder primal midsgardsmor dies with the explosion of the garlen dreadnought releasing the primals that wer sealed this is viewed in the 1.0 opening movie through the hyru when he used the echo so the 15 years that probly most are adding in has happened befor we ever started in 1.0. It can also give a hint as to maybe part of the city quests we did in 1.0 was just us using the echo. SHOCKER I KNOW RIGHT. This could also show how the people from the circle of knowing Thancred Yostola Papalymo and Yda didn't even know us during the grand company recruitment or the last quest of the original 1.0 story

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Originally Posted by mbncd

Did anyone else get choked up hearing the Answers track from the end of 1.xx playing during the anniversary event in August around the Minstrel in Limsa?

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Absolutely!!! I never expected to hear that ever again, and the memories that it evoked stopped me dead in my tracks and gave me goosebumps.

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Originally Posted by mbncd

Did anyone else get choked up hearing the Answers track from the end of 1.xx playing during the anniversary event in August around the Minstrel in Limsa?

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Absolutely did.
I don't mean this next bit in an elitist way, but that entire event had so many call backs to 1.0 events, quests, and themes, I don't think newer players would ever fully appreciate what the anniversary event really was. I enjoyed it on so many levels.

Thought I'd join this thread with some screenshots...

The Moon and Dalamud over Thanalan
Gridanian Sky
Hear. Feel. Think.
Somewhere in Thanalan (The Burning Wall?)
The only sound in the market ward was that of shuffling feet and heavy breathing.
South of Dragon Head
Natalan at Sunset
A GM Appears!
The Crystal Tomb

EDIT BONUS ROUND:
I am Batman.
Sunset over Thanalan


More screen shots from 1.0 here, here, here, and here. (content warning, some pics are silly/lewd and may involve butts.)

I just want my meteor survivor shirt already.... please make it happen...