[return to ivalice] Unfolded far east map (SPOILER)

Not sure if this is the right thread to post it but i guess a world map could go either to general or lore..

Its been a week since hte newest 24 man raid arrived and i have always hoped for somebody to post the missing bit of far eastern map. Our personal map has some areas covered with skies above, but after doing the new 24 man raid quest and watched some cutscenes.... this caught my attention! I have always been interesting looking at maps and when sb came with expanded map i got so excited! But this was even better! I did not know there was a land beneth the skies below The burn! (Or i kinda knew but didnt know dalmasca would be placed there)

UNFOLDED PART BELOW THE BURN
http://oi65.tinypic.com/25gq62h.jpg
(Sorry dunno how to tab this)

OUR PERSONAL MAP
http://oi63.tinypic.com/2yuj8s9.jpg

As usual 24 man raid usually show us rare places that cannot be visited such Weeping City of mhach!(which has unique touch of enviorment and close to mor dhona)

Question is simple: will they unfold it on our personal map?
Will some places be visited?(near future mayhaps? Hard to tell and prolly never)

I rlly want to speculate more and more about far east! And hopefully SE gives us «kind» of answers.
I want to know more about dalmasca enviroment besides rushing thru raids. Let js visit some part of that missing area!

Golmore jungle: LOVE the pure forest ish area at the beginning of the raid! Kind of forest i always wanted (for gposing lol) xd black shrouds forest is fine but its too magical for me lol. While the jungle gives off another kind of vibe.

AND as for Viera! They must give out some hints since they live close to The jungle aswell! We got to visit where Au Ra lives and elezens on ishgard.

For personal use, here's a version of the map where someone managed to edit out Fran's hand.

https://i.redd.it/m2nnv4jln6a21.png

I wonder why it took so long to pull back the terra incognita.

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Originally Posted by Daralii

For personal use, here's a version of the map where someone managed to edit out Fran's hand.

https://i.redd.it/m2nnv4jln6a21.png

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That might actually be data mined; it seems perfectly rectangular and the edges are black rather than showing the table beneath.

The thing that has been bugging me about the map fran is using is where does the cartographer hail from if they are from Garlemald it would make more sense why Dalmasca is noted rather than Rabanastre but if they hail from Dalmasca why not name the city Rabanastre. Lea Monde being absent might be because something bad happened there or the map itself is much older than Lea Monde existence

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Originally Posted by Crushnight

The thing that has been bugging me about the map fran is using is where does the cartographer hail from if they are from Garlemald it would make more sense why Dalmasca is noted rather than Rabanastre but if they hail from Dalmasca why not name the city Rabanastre. Lea Monde being absent might be because something bad happened there or the map itself is much older than Lea Monde existence

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Encyclopedia Eorzea II establishes that Dalmasca was split in two after its fall, with Lea Monde being the capital of Dalmasca Inferior and on the coast. If anything happened to it, it would be very recent.

What is that one at the bottom? Yalnain?

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

What is that one at the bottom? Yalnain?

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Valnain, a city with some importance in the game Vagrant Story iirc. Can't remember exactly what it was, it's been too long since I played that game (PS1). :)

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Originally Posted by Valenth

Valnain, a city with some importance in the game Vagrant Story iirc. Can't remember exactly what it was, it's been too long since I played that game (PS1). :)

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Doesn't ring a bell, and a google search produces nothing.
Also the first character is the same as the first character in Yanxia, so seems like a Y not a V.

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

Doesn't ring a bell, and a google search produces nothing.
Also the first character is the same as the first character in Yanxia, so seems like a Y not a V.

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It actually is an Eorzean V, not a Y. The two characters are similar, but different. It can sometimes be hard to read the Eorzean text on the world map due to it blending in slightly with the background.

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Originally Posted by Crushnight

The thing that has been bugging me about the map fran is using is where does the cartographer hail from if they are from Garlemald it would make more sense why Dalmasca is noted rather than Rabanastre but if they hail from Dalmasca why not name the city Rabanastre. Lea Monde being absent might be because something bad happened there or the map itself is much older than Lea Monde existence

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There's more talk about this over in this thread~

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Originally Posted by Seraphor

Also the first character is the same as the first character in Yanxia, so seems like a Y not a V.

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Capital Y's and V's are very similar in Eorzean, but if you look closely at V's, the downward stroke connects at the very bottom point of the letter, while in the Y's there's the tiniest bit of tail hanging down from where the two strokes intersect. But the port city is Valnain, and it gets some mentions in both the lore book and the Ivalice raid text.

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Encyclopedia Eorzea II: "The mention of Dalmasca conjures images of a kingdom rising from the desert, but at the edge of the sands lies the port city of Valnain, known for its history as a center for shipping. In the Valnard Sea to the south, a lighthouse perches on the lip of the Ridorana Cataract - a gaping maw in the ocean believed to lead into the seventh hell. This spire illuminates the path to the northern sea routes, and thence to the docks of Valnain. With advances in Gyr Abanian navigation techniques, overland caravans slowly gave way to merchant ships, but Dalmasca’s hold on the shipping lanes ensured its continued prosperity.”

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https://i.imgur.com/dxW1myy.png

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Originally Posted by Sounsyy

There's more talk about this over in this thread~

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Ty ^^
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Originally Posted by Valenth

Valnain, a city with some importance in the game Vagrant Story iirc. Can't remember exactly what it was, it's been too long since I played that game (PS1). :)

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valnain is where the headquarters of the VKP is

So this Valnain is the only thing left to be implimented to this game?
If so... usually the 3rd 24 man raid is the end. But by the looks of it they might add sidequest for it?

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Originally Posted by Johaandr

So this Valnain is the only thing left to be implimented to this game?
If so... usually the 3rd 24 man raid is the end. But by the looks of it they might add sidequest for it?

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Spoilers from the new raid.

The main plot threads are wrapped up, but with room left open for both the Dalmascan resistance plot with Fran and her boss along with the stinger scene with the Empire finding something in the clockwork city, it looks like they're setting up to continue these threads in the future. Maybe in 5.X's alliance raid story or even working it into the msq somehow.