Moon and another attributes of the real Earth. Why?

Good day

I wonder why the SE created the world of the game so looking like the Earth. Moon, Sun and so on. Of course it is not the Sun, but another star by the worm of which the life can exists, but still. Was it really hard to create the really unusual world, but not the COPY OF THE EARTH?

We need a "moon"? Ok, but create 2 or 3 moons. We need a "sun"? Make it different. Make really a different world. Why the copy of the Earth? Does the SE have the lack of imagination?

Do you remember the "Star gate"? Was it hard to create something like this?

http://i88.fastpic.ru/big/2017/0104/...9fec91ad11.png

once we had 2 moons...

why tho /char

Yeah, I personally want a strange looking world myself. My favorite maps are the un-earthlike ones like Azys Lla, Churning Mists or Mor Dhona when they have that unusual looking sky. I want more of that.

But my immersion.

Realism and relatability are what make worlds believable.

World building is also not always that easy as popping another moon or sun on the sky. You'd want to know what kind of effects it would have on the environment for example. Did it ever cross your mind that maybe the human life we understand is only possible in the conditions we have on Earth? That's why most "fantasy" is still very Earth-like.

Play No Man's Sky or something if you want space exploration.

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Originally Posted by Kitfox

Realism and relatability are what make worlds believable.

World building is also not always that easy as popping another moon or sun on the sky. You'd want to know what kind of effects it would have on the environment for example. Did it ever cross your mind that maybe the human life we understand is only possible in the conditions we have on Earth? That's why most "fantasy" is still very Earth-like.

Play No Man's Sky or something if you want space exploration.

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Physic- is only the conception of the laws of nature in the current world. We have our physic, but the world of the game can has different physics laws. Of course it is wise to save the main laws like gravitation and others, but why not to imagine of something new? But it is not necessary to CLONE the Earth. USE the IMAGINATION

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Originally Posted by Xyno

Physic- is only the conception of the laws of nature in the current world. We have our physic, but the world of the game can has different physics laws. Of course it is wise to save the main laws like gravitation and others, but why not to imagine of something new? But it is not necessary to CLONE the Earth. USE the IMAGINATION

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There's plenty of imagination used in Eorzea to make it different from Earth, the elements just don't break basic life support. You're in the wrong game and genre buddy.

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Originally Posted by Xyno

Physic- is only the conception of the laws of nature in the current world. We have our physic, but the world of the game can has different physics laws. Of course it is wise to save the main laws like gravitation and others, but why not to imagine of something new? But it is not necessary to CLONE the Earth. USE the IMAGINATION

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They hardly cloned the Earth. Created a planet that is somewhat similar, yes. Far from a clone though. I mean, it is not like Earth have islands floating around in the sky.
There is also quite different animal and plant life than we have on Earth.

Keep in mind that making things too different will just scare off players, and making things different just to be different is almost never a good idea.

I see no other way to fix this than to bring the current moon down!
... wait.