That Volcano in La Noscea

Is there a official name for it? If not what would you think it would be called.
Gurgu Volcano like from FF1? Will we be able to access this volcano before 2.0?

Yes this useless thread is useless, but standing around in Uldah for a PT has had me ponder on the current world of Eorzea.

it's where the world has it's period B)

O'ghomoro (similar to U'ghamaro Mines)

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Originally Posted by Shikaree

The current world has something I found mind blowing.

You get on the ferry from the Western Thanalan dock. You're out at sea, while everything looks the same, the compass shows you moving West the whole time until you reach Limsa. But wait! You end up on La Noscea's South Western side, where Limsa's docks reside! Which means when you see Limsa, you're seeing it as if you were facing in an Eastern direction!

"Pfft, the ship just sailed around the island.". Shouldn't we be able to at least see the island as we're moving around it to Limsa then? What ship would take such a wide around turn that we'd never see the island until we move back at it dead on? Or is my compass broken? Did a wizard do it?

Real world directions making sense in a game world? Mind blown. Of course it could just be laziness.

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I think it just comes down to the current dev team have to work with something that was strung together for a force boot out the door, so there's probably lots of little bits and pieces to things that need polishing, much like many of the mechanics and systems in game are undergoing.

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Originally Posted by Minya

it's where the world has it's period B)

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Thank You/

In alpha I was saying how that volcano would be just like Ifrit's Cauldron in XI. NOOOPE.

But in 2.0 it appears as if it'll get some cool use, so we'll see what's done.

yeah I was bummed out there were no 'fire' or 'ice' zones of any kind in the game...I know they said it was a southern continent but mountains can be cold, and that volcano is certainly hot! But it seems like this might be changing in 2.0 so, woot?

Pretty sure the volcano is just a random coincidence of copy pasta'ed hills stacked on top of each other.

Let me drop some lore on ya:

The place is called O'ghomoro Volcano (not sure on the spelling). It is the homeland to both the Kobolds and the Hellsguard Roegadyn. They both have settlements inside the volcano and fight over the territory for religious reasons. The Kobold see it as the resting place of their Primal God (Titan), while the Roegadyn believe the Volcano houses a portal to Hell, and they've pledged to guard it and make sure a certain mighty Demon (Titan) never comes through.

One of the entrances to the Volcano is U'ghamaro Mines, and presumably, the mines were going to be an instanced dungeon where you fought Titan as the boss. Titan was going to be the first Primal battle and his model has been in the game since launch, but they decided to postpone the Titan battle because they thought it would be insensitive to Japanese players still recovering from the earthquake.

Hope that answers your question, and then some. :)

WHY IS IRON LAKE NOT A LAKE OF MOLTEN IRON?

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Originally Posted by Meow_Zedong

Let me drop some lore on ya:

The place is called O'ghomoro Volcano (not sure on the spelling). It is the homeland to both the Kobolds and the Hellsguard Roegadyn. They both have settlements inside the volcano and fight over the territory for religious reasons. The Kobold see it as the resting place of their Primal God (Titan), while the Roegadyn believe the Volcano houses a portal to Hell, and they've pledged to guard it and make sure a certain mighty Demon (Titan) never comes through.

One of the entrances to the Volcano is U'ghamaro Mines, and presumably, the mines were going to be an instanced dungeon where you fought Titan as the boss. Titan was going to be the first Primal battle and his model has been in the game since launch, but they decided to postpone the Titan battle because they thought it would be insensitive to Japanese players still recovering from the earthquake.

Hope that answers your question, and then some. :)

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I understand about half of this to be just an assumption - the Hellsguard are known to have the mentioned connection to volcanoes, but as to whether O'Ghomoro is one they inhabited is a very different question, as is any conflict with the Kobolds. If you have proof, I'd be keen to know your source. I'm not saying you're wrong, but that you might not be right either.

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Originally Posted by Catapult

I understand about half of this to be just an assumption - the Hellsguard are known to have the mentioned connection to volcanoes, but as to whether O'Ghomoro is one they inhabited is a very different question, as is any conflict with the Kobolds. If you have proof, I'd be keen to know your source. I'm not saying you're wrong, but that you might not be right either.

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You're absolutely right, sorry I should have clarified.

This info isn't really stated, it's what I've put together via clues. There really isn't that much lore in the game, so you kind of have to fill in blanks. I could be completely wrong, but we'll never know until they tell us.

Seeing as Hellsguard live in volcanos, and O'ghomoro is the only volcano on Eorzea, I thought it was a pretty safe assumption, especially since the Roegadyn originally came from a Western continent and when they migrated, the island of Vylbrand was the first land mass they discovered. (hence the bigger population of Roe's in Limsa.)

And the part about them fighting the Kobolds (who definitely inhabit the volcano) just makes sense. The Kobolds want to summon Titan and the Hellsguard are trying to stop a great beast from coming from the volcano. Makes sense to me that Titan and the "great beast" are one and the same.

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Originally Posted by Shikaree

"Pfft, the ship just sailed around the island.". Shouldn't we be able to at least see the island as we're moving around it to Limsa then? What ship would take such a wide around turn that we'd never see the island until we move back at it dead on?

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Ships usually follow certain routes which are easier and faster to travel and have lower risk on getting damaged.
So maybe south/north of Vylbrand are dangerous currents which will throw a ship into the cliffs,
or there are many shallows, so the ship will have to take a wide detour.

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Originally Posted by Atoli

Ships usually follow certain routes which are easier and faster to travel and have lower risk on getting damaged.
So maybe south/north of Vylbrand are dangerous currents which will throw a ship into the cliffs,
or there are many shallows, so the ship will have to take a wide detour.

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Actually, I can attest to the ferry not going directly east to west and then slightly north, and vice-versa. I [accidentally] discovered that the ferry goes south of Limsa Lominsa a LOT before going east. I glitched into the water once from Bald Knoll, and decided to take a run to Limsa Lominsa (Ran into a cave, lagged, and ended up underneath the Isles of Umbra. Also, the water textures glitch(?) very far from the shore - it turns into black squares). Over there, in Limsa Lominsa, the ferry was just leaving as I ran underneath it, so I continued following it. Around 30 seconds later, the ferry speeds up a LOT, leaving me behind, but I continued running to it in a straight line until it vanished. I waited for the next ferry before doing the same, and discovered I was running directly SOUTH, even slightly to the west in fact. (This was before chocobos, so I did not have the advantage of my fast fat chicken.) I was off the map already (the M one) but the mini-map still showed which direction I was running to.

By the time the ferry actually started angling to the east, Vylbrand was barely visible, much like how we actually see it when we approach Limsa Lominsa. And this was only when it started angling; it angles not directly east, but south-east, making it even less likely to see the island. This may be taking the realism a bit too far, but that is the path the ferry takes when I was running with it. Sorry, there were no screenshots; I only remembered that occasion when I read back to this topic; I didn"t think it"ll be something interesting like this, haha. I also did not make it to Thanalan; game kept disconnecting me after a certain point.

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Originally Posted by Meow_Zedong

Let me drop some lore on ya:

The place is called O'ghomoro Volcano (not sure on the spelling). It is the homeland to both the Kobolds and the Hellsguard Roegadyn. They both have settlements inside the volcano and fight over the territory for religious reasons. The Kobold see it as the resting place of their Primal God (Titan), while the Roegadyn believe the Volcano houses a portal to Hell, and they've pledged to guard it and make sure a certain mighty Demon (Titan) never comes through.

One of the entrances to the Volcano is U'ghamaro Mines, and presumably, the mines were going to be an instanced dungeon where you fought Titan as the boss. Titan was going to be the first Primal battle and his model has been in the game since launch, but they decided to postpone the Titan battle because they thought it would be insensitive to Japanese players still recovering from the earthquake.

Hope that answers your question, and then some. :)

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According to a NPC in Ul'dah, Hellsguard are actually from the northern mountains of Abalathia's Spine, Which is a mountain range with volcanoes north of Dravania. It's apparently north of Ishgard but most Hellsguard in game seem to immigrate to Ul'Dah. The Seawolf homeland on the other hand is apparently even farther north of Eorzea, many of them just happened to settle in Limsa.

Hope that clears things up.

It save to say that the Hellsguard Roegadyn do not live in the mountain of LL because Elezen are the original inhabitants of Eorzea and the rest are just living on Eorzea.

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Originally Posted by Shikaree

I find it funny how Elezen are the natives and yet (also including players) there are Hyurs, Miqo'te, and Lalafell EVERYWHERE. It's a strange comparison, World of Warcraft has elves everywhere and are generally hated and in Final Fantasy they are a rarity and at worst they're just giggled at.

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That becuase most male play Female Char and seeing how Miqo'te are hot in there eyes they pick them. Just how in FFXI people was told not to take girls being mithra for real because they could be guys trying to get money which was the case more then not. People also play hyurs the most like in ffxi "Humes" because that what we are in real life and lalafall just like the tar in FFXI there cute so most girls and guys pick them also for that reason.

I myself like elvaan due to the fact how they look and find the female really nice looking and i myself don't think miqo'te or humes are just w/e to me lalafall are cute but i can't stand being that small lol.

Now i don't know why there not that many NPC elvaan o.o lol there more of the other race then anything maybe there a reason for it.

this text was taken straight from finalfantasyxiv.com

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Far away, deep in the mountains of Ul’dah, live mountain clans of reclusive Roegadyn known as the Hellsguard, said to have mastered the magical arts.

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Hellsguard come from the mountains of Ul'dah.

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Originally Posted by Baxter

this text was taken straight from finalfantasyxiv.com


Hellsguard come from the mountains of Ul'dah.

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Hmm, the NPC Vavaki in Ul'dah says otherwise. I guess they don't have their stories straight haha.

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Originally Posted by MikkoAkure

Hmm, the NPC Vavaki in Ul'dah says otherwise. I guess they don't have their stories straight haha.

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That and it's likely due to FFXIV.com being very old and a teaser site lol.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

That and it's likely due to FFXIV.com being very old and a teaser site lol.

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that's likely due to baxter making a joke and no one getting it.

The Hellsguard are a clan of Roegadyn with body and mind tempered by the unforgiving heat of the volcanic regions they inhabit. Believing these mountains of flame to be gates to the underworld, their line has for centuries stood vigil over them to prevent the passage of souls back to the realm of the living. Their sheer girth and steely demeanor open to the Hellsguard a wide range of paths, from the martial to the monastic.

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Originally Posted by Shikaree

The current world has something I found mind blowing.

You get on the ferry from the Western Thanalan dock. You're out at sea, while everything looks the same, the compass shows you moving West the whole time until you reach Limsa. But wait! You end up on La Noscea's South Western side, where Limsa's docks reside! Which means when you see Limsa, you're seeing it as if you were facing in an Eastern direction!

"Pfft, the ship just sailed around the island.". Shouldn't we be able to at least see the island as we're moving around it to Limsa then? What ship would take such a wide around turn that we'd never see the island until we move back at it dead on? Or is my compass broken? Did a wizard do it?

Real world directions making sense in a game world? Mind blown. Of course it could just be laziness.

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Suspension of disbelief activate!
Now everything's all better.

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Originally Posted by Shikaree

Back in FFXI, I used to know someone that really wanted to play as an Elvaan. He ended up rolling Hume because all our other buddies gave him slack about it.

Now I had a Hume because I wanted to be able to play anything efficiently enough, but also the "I want myself as a game character approach". I grew out of that phase after I was done playing the game. I already fell into wanting to play more to a fantasy character in a fantasy game approach.

Both Miqo'te and Elezen both rank tops on my badass meter. I just went with the cat because it was further different from humans.

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Play elvaan in FFXI for 6years :) i did play Hume in FFXI for about few months then delete my 44 pug and now i;m a elezen. I was trying to be something else but i just could not be a hume if there a elvaan from the race list to pick from :( that and i just enjoy the overall lore and how they look so i went with elvaan again.

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Originally Posted by Minya

it's where the world has it's period B)

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It's that time of the epoch.

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Originally Posted by Meow_Zedong

Let me drop some lore on ya:

The place is called O'ghomoro Volcano (not sure on the spelling). It is the homeland to both the Kobolds and the Hellsguard Roegadyn. They both have settlements inside the volcano and fight over the territory for religious reasons. The Kobold see it as the resting place of their Primal God (Titan), while the Roegadyn believe the Volcano houses a portal to Hell, and they've pledged to guard it and make sure a certain mighty Demon (Titan) never comes through.

One of the entrances to the Volcano is U'ghamaro Mines, and presumably, the mines were going to be an instanced dungeon where you fought Titan as the boss. Titan was going to be the first Primal battle and his model has been in the game since launch, but they decided to postpone the Titan battle because they thought it would be insensitive to Japanese players still recovering from the earthquake.

Hope that answers your question, and then some. :)

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That's pretty cool actually. Wish there was a voice acting cutscene where some badass Roegadyn Hellsguard chief said this too me in game. But I'll just use my imagination.

Did they even say that Volcano will BE in 2.0? I thought they were making a new world? Not just redoing the graphics and servers??

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Originally Posted by PEANUT

Did they even say that Volcano will BE in 2.0? I thought they were making a new world? Not just redoing the graphics and servers??

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They have not stated it and yeah major changes are coming for Eorzea. There's a map of northen la noscea too. And yea I do see the volcano still in the updated teaser map and it looks the same. LINK

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Originally Posted by PEANUT

Did they even say that Volcano will BE in 2.0? I thought they were making a new world? Not just redoing the graphics and servers??

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The Volcano is huge by going by the map scale. It really wouldn't make sense if it just suddenly vanished.