Phantom train in Eorzea ?

Good evening/morning everyone!

I just had an idea of a dungeon that could be of use in FFXIV and it also could also bring some FF fanservice at the same time.

Here's my idea:
*The entrance to the dungeon could be at the black brush station in central thanalan
*The story behind the train is you and 3 other adventurers have aboarded a train to a certain destination in Eorzea, but after some time you and other Ul'dahns citizens has started to see ghosts appearing aboard the train. But now it is too late to get off the train since it already started to move to who knows where they will lead these mortals to. It is now up to the adventurers to find a way to stop the train before something happen!

*The bosses in the train could be

*First boss: Monster in the chest. When you approach the chest you encounter a mini boss.
*Second boss: Siegfried. After a while during the fight he will make a speach and run away but while running away he drops a certain treasure behind.
*Last boss: The phantom train. The fight would be at the top of his head and you will have to dodge certain steams and mechanical parts of the train. He would pop ghosts as adds from time to time during the fight. I was also thinking of making use of the phoenix down to do more damage to him since we pretty much all know that it is his famous weak spot in FFVI!

Let me know what you all think of it and also, that could be nice if SE see this idea!

Thank you for your time and let us speak in a civil way, please!

Phantom Train already uses the railroad connecting Castrum Meridianum and Centri. You even go to Phantom Train Depot in CM.

Yeah, the Phantom Train is already used as the name given to the Garlean magitek-powered train that the Empire uses to transport troops and supplies between Castrum Meridanium in Northern Thanalan and Castrum Centri in Mor Dhona. It's not yet physically shown though, but judging by the size of the tracks that are seen, it's huge (Yda even mentions several times how large the locomotive is, and Y'shtola agrees, saying it's a good thing that the Empire 'didn't give it wings'. Not to mention how uncomfortable it was to ride in ;)).

So yeah, a FFVI-style one probably won't be appearing in XIV I'm sorry to say, unless they use FFVIII's Doomtrain for a name instead.

Oh i see, i guess i forgot that part of the storyline, my bad ^^'

if we get to fight it... better be possible for monks to suplex it...

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if we get to fight it... better be possible for monks to suplex it...

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That would be a very fun dungeon. Since the actual Phantom Train is already being used, then as Enkidoh suggested I'd love a similar encounter to be done with Doomtrain. It'd definitely be a unique dungeon. >w<

Edit: Oh yes, can't forget the most important part. They should only include this encounter after Monks get a Suplex attack, and it should definitely work on Phantom/Doom/Whatever Train, in all its haxy glory. X3

I've little to add aside Phantom train being a dungeon is A: a good idea and B: perfectly possible since they laid out tracks already.

If monks get suplex as some power move, it absolutely has to turn ANY sprite upside down, oldschool style. There'd be something in picking up titan and dropping him on his head >:D

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You've got my support

If they can send us back to old dungeons with 'hard modes' and write in a story explanation for it, surely there could be a story explanation for something possessing the Phantom Train, causing it to change shape to something closer to the one in VI and threatening some part of Eorzea if it isn't stopped.

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If they can send us back to old dungeons with 'hard modes' and write in a story explanation for it, surely there could be a story explanation for something possessing the Phantom Train, causing it to change shape to something closer to the one in VI and threatening some part of Eorzea if it isn't stopped.

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Couldn't agree more. I think the Phantom Train described in lore right now is more of a reason to add a dungeon like this to the game, not less.

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I really like this idea. When I saw the rail tracks, I thought to myself that something like Phantom Train could be a potential dungeon. Then I saw that Castrum Meridianum used it as a reference and felt shot down. Overall I do think they should look at previous dungeons of Final Fantasy and cleverly bring them into FFXIV. Similar to how FFIX brought Mt.Gulug back from FFI.

I vote yes, so make it so.

Phantom Train in the Phantom forest with that awesome soundtrack to accompany it, Would love to see a forest type dungeon in game with the ominous fog and a classic tune of phantom forest playing all with FF14 graphics, would make me have giddy dreams!

Looks like we'll be seeing the Phantom Train in 4.2 hehe

Hell Yes. i'd love this.

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So yeah, a FFVI-style one probably won't be appearing in XIV I'm sorry to say, unless they use FFVIII's Doomtrain for a name instead.

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I know it's 4 years later but I was also wondering what Phantom Train would be called due to its name being taken but iirc just before the raid fights in Deltascape they re-used enemy names and gave them to their FFV counterparts.

To those 4 years in the future, what's your reaction now that your dreams have come true?

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I know it's 4 years later but I was also wondering what Phantom Train would be called due to its name being taken but iirc just before the raid fights in Deltascape they re-used enemy names and gave them to their FFV counterparts.

To those 4 years in the future, what's your reaction now that your dreams have come true?

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Easy peasy. The current phantom train is just named after the mythological phantom train. Same with "this creature looks a whole lot like Halicarnassus" in Haukke Manor. I'm pretty sure our boy Nero will explain everything. If not we can always bother Koji for asnwers.