What are these Machines in this Compound?

Was doing a little exploring today are saw these so decided to investigate, does anyone know what they are? Is it a Garlean outpost?

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Don't mind me in the last one I was just taking a nap :p

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Night Shots showing eerie green glow, Mako Reactor maybe????

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New Shots from above and some building in the compounds:

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mysterious reactors in desert?

that's why Bin Laden got killed

mako reactors duh! they are making materia for the new materia system.

What Allcars said lol

If they are really materia reactors (which is what people were suggesting as far back as alpha) then that means SE always planned to introduce the materia system.

Does that mean J.E.N.O.V.A is in there then :p

Ahahahahaha

They do give off an eerie green glow at night, they could well be Mako reactors.

Night Shots:

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

If they are really materia reactors (which is what people were suggesting as far back as alpha) then that means SE always planned to introduce the materia system.

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How were people seeing these in alpha? We only had La Noscea up until Open Beta.

Where abouts are those located?

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Originally Posted by Armok

Where abouts are those located?

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North of Camp Blue Frog, good luck getting there. They added diremites and that patch that increased the mob population makes it one interesting trip :p You can see them in the distance from the camp, to get closer you gotta sneak around a pack of bloodthirsty mongrels

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Originally Posted by Cairdeas

If they are really materia reactors (which is what people were suggesting as far back as alpha) then that means SE always planned to introduce the materia system.

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There was no Thanalan in the alpha >.>

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Originally Posted by Maxi_Irving

How were people seeing these in alpha? We only had La Noscea up until Open Beta.

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Very true, they have been in the game from release though as I saw them a long time ago but this is the first time I have actually bothered to go up close and investigate.

Now a new question, IF they are indeed Mako reactors and were put there from the start then the Materia System was not a new idea and was something that had been planned all along.

If the Materia System was planned from the start then what else are they not telling us? We know a lot of stuff got pulled from the game before release was this one of the things or was it just not complete. If so then are they really making all these new changes or are they just finally getting around to implementing and finishing content they had planned from the start as they released to early.

I have been around the whole area now and you can't get close to the Reactors as every possible path is blocked off with temporary fences, like the ones in the Cities that stop you from getting into area's your not supposed to yet.

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Originally Posted by Wobi

North of Camp Blue Frog, good luck getting there. They added diremites and that patch that increased the mob population makes it one interesting trip :p You can see them in the distance from the camp, to get closer you gotta sneak around a pack of bloodthirsty mongrels

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And they are the easy mobs later you have to dodge Headrip Ogres, Inferno Drakes, Widowmakers and some R90+ Beastmen are floating about too lol. I got one shotted at R50 with 395 DEF by a Smolenkos that hit me for 2325 DMG ; ;

New Shots from above and some building in the compounds:

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i really doubt it has anything to do with meteria or anything ff7 related. they are most likely something to do with the story/imperialz

I need to explore that area. Nice find!

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Originally Posted by viion

i really doubt it has anything to do with meteria or anything ff7 related. they are most likely something to do with the story/imperialz

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It does seem a bit of a stretch, but they do look a FFXIV spin on a Mako Reactor. Only time will tell I guess, just need SE to hurry up and get everything in place so they can open the world up. There are so many zones and area's blocked off with fences and invisible walls it's starting to get a bit depressing when you go exploring and know whatever you find will have no meaning ; ;

I can see Rufus falling from one tower..


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Originally Posted by Evangela

mysterious reactors in desert?

that's why Bin Laden got killed

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Bin Laden obviously got killed because he hid the world's largest porn stash, don't talk such nonsense.

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Originally Posted by Maxi_Irving

How were people seeing these in alpha? We only had La Noscea up until Open Beta.

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There were pre-release pictures of these mechanisms before alpha began. I think that is what Cair meant.

Maybe Garlond Ironworks is under the mountain

This game is FF7 mmo, you guys haven't noticed this yet?

Mako reactor omg!


I tried to get there back in September. Blocked off, what a crock lol

A friend of mine and I ran past those "reactors" back in open beta. We decided to run from Ul'dah to Ishgard via Mor Dhona (skipping the Shroud) at level 1 just to see if we could. Death ensued... but we did finally manage to make it! I'd imagine the new mob placement would make it more difficult now.

I remember thinking that the both the reactors as well as Ishgard would probably open up when the game hit retail. Boy was I wrong.... :rolleyes:

When the game went to retail I saw them from Camp Bluefog a few times when dropping off local leves there. Hadn't been back up to that area since then and wow getting to Bluefog is a huge pain, so many Diremites it's unbelievable. I just ran as fast as my legs could carry me and managed to get to Bluefog with 150ish HP out of nearly 2k.

Really hope SE are planning to go back and address mob placement again as it is pretty ridiculous in that area and there are many more like it.

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Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd

When the game went to retail I saw them from Camp Bluefog a few times when dropping off local leves there. Hadn't been back up to that area since then and wow getting to Bluefog is a huge pain, so many Diremites it's unbelievable. I just ran as fast as my legs could carry me and managed to get to Bluefog with 150ish HP out of nearly 2k.

Really hope SE are planning to go back and address mob placement again as it is pretty ridiculous in that area and there are many more like it.

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There's a way to get there without having to run through the diremite gauntlet. Enter the camp from the south.

There is mobs also INSIDE the gates lol we cant even get in!

i think we all know now that a lot of this game is hidden from us until they decide its finally time for content.

They're airships for a future airship-port town or hub.

Those are Mako reactors, they are draining the life from mother earth!
Oh no... The Treehuggers in gridania will get pissed when they see it.

uuummm those look a bit like those flying ships in the opening sceen, but then they dont have wings and seem to sit there and blow out green smoke...... *shrugs*

My idea is those are what are draining the deaspected crystals we've been getting. But even that seems unlikely. Due to the ranks of the mobs that surround them I'd say this is content intended for people ranks 60+.

What the...i've run around Thanalan forever and never saw those...

EDIT: Oh high rank area, no wonder.

They aren't airships as some are suggesting they are fixed structures with buildings and pipes going into the ground.

ever consider them to be Aether reactors? Channeling the aether?
ffxiv didn't start out with having a massive crystal which shattered..... The shards and crystals could be severaly compacted Aether.

Speaking of weird things, I've been noticing these odd vents that look like stone wells (circular) with a pipe coming up near it. I've also came across a docking platform of some kind south west of skull vally camp.

The docking platforms out in the field are airship docking stations for sure. There is one near one of the hamlets in Coethas and in the Hamlet an NPC asks if you saw the Airship Station outside.

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Originally Posted by AlexiaKidd

The docking platforms out in the field are airship docking stations for sure. There is one near one of the hamlets in Coethas and in the Hamlet an NPC asks if you saw the Airship Station outside.

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OOOOOOooooo neat. :) I had a feeling it was an airship dock but it looked tiny.... Like how big will these airships be? I already figured they will prob look like zeplins from WoW (just less cartoony) Since you do see a few in the sky and they have the zeplin look (boat with hot air ballon) Which is similar to the choci carrigages.

They said time ago there'll be different type of airships around. Hope they didn't trash that idea when it will be implemented.

This isn't Final Fantasy VII, calm down people.

My guess is you'll have the city to city airships from Ishgard to each city and back and then you'll have airships from LL, Gridania and Ul'dah to places like Skull Valley and Bloodshore. That chocobo outside Gridania with the inflatable thing looks like it could fly, maybe you ride those things for the city to camp airships?

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Originally Posted by Xenor

My guess is you'll have the city to city airships from Ishgard to each city and back and then you'll have airships from LL, Gridania and Ul'dah to places like Skull Valley and Bloodshore. That chocobo outside Gridania with the inflatable thing looks like it could fly, maybe you ride those things for the city to camp airships?

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.....thats just a Chocobo haling a merchant carriage -.-