I was strolling through The Dravanian Forelands doing my dragoon job classes when I looked up to the stars and the moon. This reminded me of FFIV and going to the moon!
When do we get to summon a space ship from the ocean and visit the moon within Eorzea? I'm excited for this possibility!
To the moon!
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03-30-2018, 12:21 AMPwnznewbzTo the moon!
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03-30-2018, 12:26 AMLilseph
Haters will say it's stagged.
Spoiler?
Just in case. -
03-30-2018, 12:31 AMAmemeAmeklin
I want to go to the New World across the Indigo Deep. I will definitely be going full on native to earn a war bonnet properly. Alternatively, we can go to the Eorzean equivalent of Africa...wherever that is...I think it's been erased from the map, though.
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03-30-2018, 12:48 AMPwnznewbzI'm sure that is where the next expansion will go, but I'm still hopeful for the moon in some fashion (even if it's an alliance raid with FF4 story elements).Quote:
Originally Posted by AmemeAmeklin
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03-30-2018, 01:37 AM347SPECTRE
To be fair, if you look at the shape of Aldenard (the continent Eorzea is on) it's shaped a bit like Africa. With Ilsabard representing Europe.
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03-30-2018, 01:47 AMAmemeAmeklinI can't acknowledge the presence of African influences in world design until a sizable portion of the continent/another continent goes full on Black Panther + The Mummy. :D (That was facetiously phrased but the idea should be clear enough.) Eorzea itself draws heavily on European cultures and aesthetics with randomly Turkish stuff because Ul'dah.Quote:
Originally Posted by 347SPECTRE
Would be nice to see some other Asian cultures on the other side of the continent as well (the inclusion of Mongolian aesthetics in the Steppes was fun). I'd suggest Thailand but ehhh, there's a little...history between Thailand and Japan...actually there is history between Japan and a lot of other SE Asian countries due to WWII. But let's not get into that on a game forum. :X -
03-30-2018, 01:48 AMAyasaki128
been years I have a theory where Ascians are Lunarians. I hope we can go to the moon one day ¦D
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03-30-2018, 04:13 AMMuseTraveller
Oh yes, I hope we go to the moon and slap these Ascians around. You thought you are safe up there, huh? >.>
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03-30-2018, 04:28 AMWyssahtyn
Meracydia's thought to be the Africa equivalent on Hydaelyn, iirc.
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03-30-2018, 04:35 AMLineageRazor
I don't remember where I read it, but...
Spoiler:
Apparently, the moon is Zodiark, in much the same way that the world we play on is Hyaedalyn.
If that's true, it certainly seems likely that the moon will play an important role, whether we actually go there or not. -
03-30-2018, 06:41 AMFredco191
I wanna go to the moon in the next expansion!
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04-03-2018, 01:59 AMVoross
No need to go to the moon, maybe the moon will come to us.
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04-03-2018, 02:08 AMAmemeAmeklin
Let's send Magnai to the moon to find his Nhaama!
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04-03-2018, 10:46 AMEnkidohI don't believe the actual name of the primary moon is Zodiark as more just Zodiark is contained within, instead, there is more evidence to suggest instead that Eorzeans at least seem to refer to the primary moon as Menphina, after the goddess of the Moon (the main 'proof' for this was that Dalamud was called 'Menphina's loyal hound', not 'Zodiark's, which makes sense, given that Dalamud orbited the Primary moon not Hydaelyn directly - the Astrolabe weapon shows this specifically).Quote:
Originally Posted by LineageRazor
Regardless though of what the primary moon may or may not be called, I agree it is likely that the story will probably take us there to finally destroy Zodiark and His erstwhile Ascian flunkies for good eventually, although how we will accomplish that is anyone's guess, either through mechanical (specially adapated airship like a FFXIV version of the Lunar Whale, or maybe even one of the Allagan Ragnarok-class Internment Hulks) or aetheric (read: teleportation) means.
An interesting coda to this is apparently the original plans for 1.0's storyline was that the player was meant to eventually travel to Dalamud sometime in the (then) future; this changed when Yoshi took over as director and when the decision was made to replace 1.0 with ARR and to justify the changed landscape by some kind of apocalyptic event, Yoshi asked if it would okay to "Bring it (Dalamud) down," and well, we kind of didn't get to Dalamud, more Dalamud came to us. ;)
Also I think it's rather redundant now to regard Zodiark's existence as a spoiler, given it's pretty much common knowledge now. Hence I haven't spoilered it. ;) -
04-03-2018, 11:53 AMTracewoodI wonder how they'll handle a new world theme in FFXIV. We get glimpses of it in some of the glamours and WAR kinda has that tribal theme going for it. FFXI had the whole log cabin explorer theme, maybe XIV could take a different direction and go full Jurassic Park with huuuuuuuge enemies roaming around. I want giant Adamantoises and flying enemies that swoop down and attack unsuspecting passersby.Quote:
Originally Posted by AmemeAmeklin
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04-04-2018, 06:13 AMJyeraI mean, one of them already did...Quote:
Originally Posted by Voross
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04-04-2018, 10:21 AMCilia
My present working theory is that Zodiark's corporal body is the moon (known to Eorzeans as Menphina) based on a few facts.
1. Both the planet and the goddess are named "Hydaelyn."
2. Zodiark is, based on the Ascians' comments, effectively a dead god.
3. If Hydaelyn-the-goddess' corporeal form is a celestial body, it stands to reason that Zodiark's corporeal form would also be a celestial body.
4. A ruined statue resembling the one seen in the Chrysalis can be seen when Elidibus speaks to the Warrior of Darkness on the moon. This suggests it may have once been habitable.
Thus, it seems plausible to me that the moon is, in fact, Zodiark's corporal body. Will we go there? Well... dunno about that, if it's a dead "world" so to speak it's likely uninhabitable and the Ascians and Warrior(s) of Darkness could only be there because they are already effectively dead. It's just a theory though... I don't know where the story's going.