You know what else is possible in 2.1?

The other half of Mor Dhona and Coerthas map :P. 2.1 is essentially bringing the rest of the content back into the game.

- Crystal Tower
- Moogle


http://www.ffxivinfo.com/images/maps/l/mor-dhona.jpg

http://www.ffxivinfo.com/images/maps...-highlands.jpg

Griffon's Crossing is blocked off ( when in 1.0 it was accessible to another area). They also would want to prep the areas for the expansion that is to come probably in a year.

You could say 2.1 is the patch that actually starts ARR ( unofficially anyways).

Could possibly see things like:

1) Hamlets
2) Chocobo Escort
3) More GC missions

What we saw here: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/000494.html is only a Preview. So, I am just keeping the hope alive of more exciting things to come!

I would have doubts about seeing "the other half" of mor dhona given that one of the two locations that lead in that direction instead takes you to thanalan and the other is a dead end with no evidence to suggest a zone could be put there.

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I would have doubts about seeing "the other half" of mor dhona given that one of the two locations that lead in that direction instead takes you to thanalan and the other is a dead end with no evidence to suggest a zone could be put there.

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Just seems weird that Mor Dhona (bottom half) turned into a part of Thanalan or the fact that it never existed x.x. At least Griffon's Crossing could still be a zone (blue line) that leads to other parts of Coerthas. ( I mean where are the other 2 Houses? I only see House of Haillenarte and House of Durendaire. The other 2 Houses aren't in the game yet.

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I would have doubts about seeing "the other half" of mor dhona given that one of the two locations that lead in that direction instead takes you to thanalan and the other is a dead end with no evidence to suggest a zone could be put there.

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Anything is possible with magic.

http://i.imgur.com/9KKtp.gif

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I would have doubts about seeing "the other half" of mor dhona given that one of the two locations that lead in that direction instead takes you to thanalan and the other is a dead end with no evidence to suggest a zone could be put there.

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A bunch of zone lines don't really make sense compared to the maps of 1.0. Mor Dhona to Northern Thanalan is one of them (missing south Mor Dhona/former Castrum Novum area). Coerthas to North Shroud and Mor Dhona too (missing Coerthas Eastern Lowlands and Coerthas Central Lowlands, respectively). Both of those had a "zone" worth of area in between them in 1.0 which is currently inaccessible. Here's hoping they reinsert those areas, even if it means a little more travel time.

We have like 20% of mor dhona and 10% of coerthas from 1.0. Actually all the areas like Thanalan, Black Shroud and what not are mere shells of what they were when it comes to size. Hopefully they will expand them all. The zones are way to small and the collective zones that make up an area are even dinky.

But with all the piles of fallen rocks (some of which will disappear if you angle your cam just right) and gates and invisible walls that just black you from running further give me hope the areas will grow.

btw the moogle fight was in the black shroud so that wouldn't effect these two zones anyways.

Actually, King Mog's area back in 1.0 was the West Shroud so maybe they'll re-add that zone when Mog is released. The old path to West Shroud used to be where Spriggan Dig is now. Maybe the Spriggans will excavate a path to that area again?

Also, for what it's worth, a few NPCs in Snowcloak mention that the giant ice wall that is currently there is blocking off access to Coerthas Western Highlands where one of the four houses is based (at Dusk Vigil).

That Coerthas map is exactly the same as the existing one, isn't it?

...or was that the point?

Old 1.0 maps can be found here: http://www.ffxivmaps.com/old.html

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Old 1.0 maps can be found here: http://www.ffxivmaps.com/old.html

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dat copy pasta landscape...

jokes aside, ARR's maps could have been bigger though

I hope that they put in the other half of Mor Dhona somehow back in the game.
Currently it is only 50% of the region.

http://www.ffxivinfo.com/images/maps/l/mor-dhona.jpg

http://www.ffxivmaps.com/img/region-mor_dhona-large.png

Well it's probably with good reason that the bottom half of Mor Dhona is inaccessible. It was so close to the front lines of the battle at Carteneau that it probably got trashed pretty bad between the clashing of forces and Bahamut's onslaught. Anyone there on the last day before the servers went down has an idea of how it was with all the Garlean forces there.

Anyway, Yoshi-P said sometime during beta that ARR was going to be 40ish areas (including instanced areas) with the capability of adding 40 more through patches. So I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they expanded upon Coerthas or Mor Dhona. I'm kinda curious where that new Pharos area is going to be. Mor Dhona seems like a suitable candidate.

More than anything else, I want Riversmeet in the western Coerthas Highlands back.

Literally more than anything else. I want my waterfall back ;__;

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9951/1hz0.jpg
http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/2954/z0ml.jpg

I'm sure with the 2 year span that they had, that they had to cut out some content/areas for a later date. I just assume they will reinsert them back in. It's a hope and possible.

Also, Pharos is at the "isle of umbra"

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Well it's probably with good reason that the bottom half of Mor Dhona is inaccessible. It was so close to the front lines of the battle at Carteneau that it probably got trashed pretty bad between the clashing of forces and Bahamut's onslaught. Anyone there on the last day before the servers went down has an idea of how it was with all the Garlean forces there.

Anyway, Yoshi-P said sometime during beta that ARR was going to be 40ish areas (including instanced areas) with the capability of adding 40 more through patches. So I honestly wouldn't be surprised if they expanded upon Coerthas or Mor Dhona. I'm kinda curious where that new Pharos area is going to be. Mor Dhona seems like a suitable candidate.

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Isn't it going to be on the island where you fought the siren during the story?

Yeah, if I remember rightly Pharos Sirius is the lighthouse on the Isle of Umbra (the big tower with the chunk of crystal sticking out of it).

I really hope SE at least adds the missing parts of zones into the game at a later date - having the West Shroud and Owl's Nest in Coerthas for instance would at least expand upon the current zone selection - some zones seem sadly a little too compact (but I guess they did that from an aesthetic viewpoint - smaller zones mean more detail can be made to them instead of the big and spacious yet mostly empty and bland zones we had in 1.0).

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Yeah, if I remember rightly Pharos Sirius is the lighthouse on the Isle of Umbra (the big tower with the chunk of crystal sticking out of it).

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Ah ok, shows how much I paid attention. :/

I remember in the first two weeks of going live in 1.0, I ran everywhere I could to explore and grab all the aetherytes. It was so large and expansive back then. I remember the first time i stepped up to the gate for the crossing to ishgard. I was like, the new jueno? Then I stopped playing shortly after. Little did I know, I would be coming back to a much smaller scale implementation of these zones. Not a bad thing per say, but I do miss the 15 minute run for exploration every now and then.

I just miss the majestic views and mountains of Coerthas more than anything. That zone, for some reason, it didn't feel like it was copy-paste. It was great and so so so so huge. I loved mining there.

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I just miss the majestic views and mountains of Coerthas more than anything. That zone, for some reason, it didn't feel like it was copy-paste. It was great and so so so so huge. I loved mining there.

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It seems everyone who played 1.0 misses the old Coerthas. I haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise at least.

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It seems everyone who played 1.0 misses the old Coerthas. I haven't seen anything to suggest otherwise at least.

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I love the snow and the Houses. dislike the fact that the other part of Coerthas is not in the game currently.

That bridge in the southwest part of Mor D'hona that leads to Thanalan... there's land under it, but the bridge was designed to pass over it and into Thanalan. Very likely, if we had access to the whole map, it would be possible to walk under that bridge. The rest of Mor D'hona hasn't been inexplicably removed, the bridge (built by the Empire to boot) simply circumvents it by passing over it.

That "bridge" is actually the Phantom Train's tracks. The possibilities!