An underwater city ? possible new expansion zone ideas

So, ffxiv is kinda all about exploring new places and we've seen a lot. But we haven't had any underwater city exploration despite the fact we can breathe under the sea. Couldnt we have a cool expansion going to the sahagin homeworld with mermaids and sea dragons. Glams made of conchshells, coral and pearls. Armours with fins and serpentine spikes. Maybe this is a me thing, but I'd love if they could put this idea on the table at some point. Atlantas is a viable city we could explore, we know there's undersea civilizations and honestly.. I want a mermaid tail accessory so.. God imagine if they made underwater combat for it. Now you have undersea dungeons and maps too. So much potential really

Idk. If you like this idea leave a like. Also. What places would YOU like to see. I'd also like to see EGYPT represented in ffxiv.

hello, how are u? Im under de water, pls help me

Yeah, would like an underwater city. But a lot of changes would be necessary (underwater combat, in particular, unless the city is an exclusive zone).

Otherwise, I'd like some really mountainous areas. The flight would have to be quick to unlock so as not to tire players, but we haven't really seen any so far.

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

we haven't had any underwater city exploration despite the fact we can breathe under the sea.

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Remember us. Remember that we once lived. ...remember Amaurot?

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expansion going to the sahagin homeworld with mermaids and sea dragons.

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The Tempest even contained some of the First's version of Sahagin.

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Armours with fins and serpentine spikes.

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That would be every Dragoon armour ever.

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God imagine if they made underwater combat for it.

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It would be good if we had more underwater stuff where the water is still actually there, like when you're diving in The Ruby Sea. But it seems if they do a city they are more likely to do what they did with The Ruby Sea and The Tempest and create bubbles around them.

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Now you have undersea dungeons

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Sastasha, Shisui of the Violet Tides, Anamnesis Anyder.

It would be interesting with underwater battles but at the moment they seem to just always make it with an air pocket so we can move and battle normally.

If we end up with more underwater exploration all I'd really like is more things to look at lol. We know Square can do massive underwater areas but leave them basically lifeless (which I wonder if it's a constraint to still make things work on older PCs/console). I'd rather not have more exploration if they can't somehow go beyond what they did with the Ruby Sea. Outside of Beast Tribes, I have almost no reason to return (i.e. I like to run around Elpis a lot because the environment is gorgeous) and that's kinda sad.

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Originally Posted by LianaThorne

We know Square can do massive underwater areas but leave them basically lifeless (which I wonder if it's a constraint to still make things work on older PCs/console).

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They actually said that, because of the graphics update, they will be able to add more objects to the environment. So it is a limitation of the Minimum and Recommend specs that they confine themselves to. By increasing those self-imposed limitations, they will be able to place more things on the screen.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

Remember us. Remember that we once lived. ...remember Amaurot?

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amourat isnt an underwater city. its a city thats under water. there is kinda a difference. an underwater city ususally implies an entire civilization living there

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The Tempest even contained some of the First's version of Sahagin.

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but thats no reason why we shouldnt go see there homeland on the source

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That would be every Dragoon armour ever.

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?? dragoon armour has spikes and thats about it lol.not fish or marine styled at all

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Originally Posted by LianaThorne

If we end up with more underwater exploration all I'd really like is more things to look at lol. We know Square can do massive underwater areas but leave them basically lifeless (which I wonder if it's a constraint to still make things work on older PCs/console). I'd rather not have more exploration if they can't somehow go beyond what they did with the Ruby Sea. Outside of Beast Tribes, I have almost no reason to return (i.e. I like to run around Elpis a lot because the environment is gorgeous) and that's kinda sad.

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elips / amourat are inspired by ancient greece, possibly even in reference to atlantas since it did have insane tech advancement and it did sink the bottom of the sea. idk unless we find more greek places we may not see that archetecture again. and yes that saddens me too

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Originally Posted by sindriiisgaming

amourat isnt an underwater city. its a city thats under water.

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there is kinda a difference. an underwater city ususally implies an entire civilization living there

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Depends if you consider summoned creatures as real. In any case, there is Sui-no-Sato and to a lesser extent, Tamamizu.

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?? dragoon armour has spikes and thats about it lol.not fish or marine styled at all

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The scales that are usually on it. They always look kinda like the ones on fish.

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Originally Posted by Merrigan

Yeah, would like an underwater city. But a lot of changes would be necessary (underwater combat, in particular, unless the city is an exclusive zone).

Otherwise, I'd like some really mountainous areas. The flight would have to be quick to unlock so as not to tire players, but we haven't really seen any so far.

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Considering this game's absolute refusal to allow any sort of verticality at all in fights, I cant see swimming combat ever being a thing as thats essentially the same thing.

I've been saying for a long time that we should have a city built over the water, similar to furni from legend of Dragoon. If you're unfamiliar with it, give it a quick Google search and check it out. (It's from '98 so don't expect super high quality pics lol) furni has people using a little rowboat / canoe to get around town for the most part, and residents/shops have docks in the lower part of the buildings, with several floors above that. If xiv took this idea, along with yours, and made it look something like the city in the very beginning of thaleia it would be a great vibe for sure.

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Originally Posted by Gordita

I've been saying for a long time that we should have a city built over the water, similar to furni from legend of Dragoon. If you're unfamiliar with it, give it a quick Google search and check it out. (It's from '98 so don't expect super high quality pics lol) furni has people using a little rowboat / canoe to get around town for the most part, and residents/shops have docks in the lower part of the buildings, with several floors above that. If xiv took this idea, along with yours, and made it look something like the city in the very beginning of thaleia it would be a great vibe for sure.

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I could get behind this, a city built on water would be amazing if done right.

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Originally Posted by Gordita

I've been saying for a long time that we should have a city built over the water, similar to furni from legend of Dragoon. If you're unfamiliar with it, give it a quick Google search and check it out. (It's from '98 so don't expect super high quality pics lol) furni has people using a little rowboat / canoe to get around town for the most part, and residents/shops have docks in the lower part of the buildings, with several floors above that. If xiv took this idea, along with yours, and made it look something like the city in the very beginning of thaleia it would be a great vibe for sure.

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Uh.... Limsa Lominsa? (Really, what you just described is quite literally Limsa Lominsa).

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Uh.... Limsa Lominsa? (Really, what you just described is quite literally Limsa Lominsa).

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Il Mheg as well. I think the difference is what they referenced has water partially inside the bottom floor of the building and it seems to overall be built on shallow water rather than an ocean.

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Originally Posted by Jeeqbit

They actually said that, because of the graphics update, they will be able to add more objects to the environment. So it is a limitation of the Minimum and Recommend specs that they confine themselves to. By increasing those self-imposed limitations, they will be able to place more things on the screen.

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Somewhat looking forward to that at least, the ARR zones are still my gold standard for zone design in this game. Because they were smaller in scale they just had a lot more small details added to them, for example houses not just being big blocks with wallpaper doors on them.

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Originally Posted by Oizen

Considering this game's absolute refusal to allow any sort of verticality at all in fights, I cant see swimming combat ever being a thing as thats essentially the same thing.

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I somehow doubt the game can even deal with the Z-axis when it comes to combat. It only kinda worked in E4S because Titan was a giant static wall boss.

Im guessing... they mean a grand civilization sitting in water rather than under, so like merfolk? Otherwise yeah weve already seen "underwater" places tons of times. Feel like a big issue with a major zones in water would be the lack of combat.

If it'd be anything like IS underwater areas HECK NO, hurts my eyes AND makes me sick.

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

Uh.... Limsa Lominsa? (Really, what you just described is quite literally Limsa Lominsa).

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I figured someone would say this but I was unable to edit my post as I'd used my daily limit for posts lol
The idea I have is not like limsa , but more of a city that is built out in the middle of open water, not accessible by land. With both underwater aspects as the op suggested and a city built on the surface of the water, using little rowboats in place of aetheryte shards to get around town. Could be a pretty neat idea to expand on , and could make for a really pretty water city

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Originally Posted by Remolia

hello, how are u? Im under de water, pls help me

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