Potential Unused Passage in Southern Thanalan?

There appears to be this dirt road covered in sand at the very southern tip of Southern Thanalan that has been here ever since 2.0. that drops into the abyss. Looking outward, all you can see is endless dessert as far as the eye can see. Is this a potential passage to lead to a new location or dungeon someday that just hasn't been touched upon yet? It's bugging me to know.



https://i.imgur.com/rCZBuyn.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/bbSKS5W.jpg?1

https://i.imgur.com/F9NwFZf.jpg?1

Looks like a mini sand cascade to me. o.o

It’s probably a passage to pagith’an. there are parts of thanalan and in ARR in general we haven’t visited yet, just like we’re still missing East shroud (dunno if I count the pvp map) and parts of vylbrand

Remember that the maps were cut drastically in the transition from 1.0 to 2.0 for which there were many roads, entrances and zones simply "leftover" and that probably will not have any use or be used much later (as Castrum Oriens)

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Originally Posted by Soupa

It’s probably a passage to pagith’an. there are parts of thanalan and in ARR in general we haven’t visited yet, just like we’re still missing East shroud (dunno if I count the pvp map) and parts of vylbrand

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I thought we had East Shroud, do you mean West Shroud?

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Originally Posted by Soupa

It’s probably a passage to pagith’an. there are parts of thanalan and in ARR in general we haven’t visited yet, just like we’re still missing East shroud (dunno if I count the pvp map) and parts of vylbrand

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I hadn't realized that the PvP map was in West Shroud. I didn't pay attention to that.

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Originally Posted by Soupa

It’s probably a passage to pagith’an. there are parts of thanalan and in ARR in general we haven’t visited yet, just like we’re still missing East shroud (dunno if I count the pvp map) and parts of vylbrand

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We have East Shroud, it's West Shroud we don't have. Looking at the map, that area could be Carteneau.

I'm pretty sure that's just the rest of the Sagolii desert. In 1.0, I think it wasn't even accessible and you can only see it from a distance.

New expansion area?

There are tons of gates and paths that lead to no where like this in most the ARR zones that have been there since relaunch. There is another one in south thanalan too.

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Originally Posted by Vivi_Bushido

I hadn't realized that the PvP map was in West Shroud. I didn't pay attention to that.

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Yep, the newest Feast Map is in Lichenweed, which was an aetherial gate part of West Shroud in 1.0

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Originally Posted by Yasmina

Remember that the maps were cut drastically in the transition from 1.0 to 2.0 for which there were many roads, entrances and zones simply "leftover" and that probably will not have any use or be used much later (as Castrum Oriens)

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the only maps that got transfered from 1.0 to ARR are the city maps from gridania, Limsa and Ul'Dah.
Everything outside of the cities got designed from stratch.

http://chrysaliswiki.wdfiles.com/loc...nalan_ff14.jpg

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Originally Posted by Felis

the only maps that got transfered from 1.0 to ARR are the city maps from gridania, Limsa and Ul'Dah.
Everything outside of the cities got designed from stratch.

http://chrysaliswiki.wdfiles.com/loc...nalan_ff14.jpg

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In the 1.0 maps, looks like Little Ala Mhigo was in Eastern Thanalan and Southern Thanalan didn't have any part of the Sagolii Desert in it. Northern Thanalan was also triple the size it is now.

One broken path that I've noticed seems to run from the Lavender Beds to the East Shroud - there's a path running east out of the Lavender Beds that leads to nothing but a locked gate, and in the southwest corner of the East Shroud there is also a locked gate. I haven't actually checked to see if they're the two sides of the same location, but it seems to add up. (Though I'm not certain whether the Beds are supposed to be northeast or southeast of Gridania?)