I wonder if Ul'dah will still be the main hub in 2.0 or if it'll become a new city.

I hope it's Limsa... but everyone is afraid of Pirate accents, so it might be just a dream. :c

FFXIV content directed all players to Uldah due to the Waking Sands quest. Because there were no chocobos or airships people just settled there and set up their retainers. Since everyone set up their retainers there, it didn't make since to shack up in another town because retainers need face to face maintenance to be a sustainable form of income. As a result all the other players who needed to buy things, ended up there too. Which instantly made the Immortal Flames the most popular GC.....

I think FFXIV: ARR should do its utmost to avoid having one "center of Eorzea" to give players more choice as to what place they want to make their own personal capital of Eorzea. Game systems, particularly the market system, should allow players to be able to access content on a daily basis without having to be physically present in a certain city.

Just wait.

They'll restrict Auction Houses to the city it's in >: D

Cheaper taxes on goods in Ul'dah.

Someone touch wood.

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Originally Posted by Kagato

I hope it's Limsa.

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Unless the city is redesigned from the ground up, and all of those pirates are somehow magically murdered during the time skip, NO.

Why would anyone want to go there, anyways? Ishgard will be the obviously superior choice, since it'll be a completely neutral city.

Ishgard or gtfo.

We'll just loot the masses if they settled in Limsa. Arrr matey!!

It would soon be Ishgard. As progressive content appears, that's where everyone will be to set the margin. As far as I know, the realm will be redesigned (2.0)and there will be collateral damage to the city states, so I wont know if some options (to set up retainers or what-not) will still be there for us like before...

The levequest desk in Ul'dah spawns in around 12 seconds. The other two spawn after several minutes. That's the only reason I am there most of the time. It's like we are herded there.

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Originally Posted by Vingtdeux

Ishgard or gtfo.

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This isn't a city we'll be able to "hang" in like the others -- It's purely battle related content.

a fourth big city (like ishgard or Jeuno in FFXI) would be nice. So it would be none of the starter cities like we have it now with Ul'dah. But i think that people will gather automatically in Ul'dah because of their old behaviour :)

but well lets see how ul'dah will look like in the new version.

They actually designed Uldah on purpose to be a center gathering point because the other two city-states are spread & far apart. I actually had to walk/run from LL to Uldah to Grid(during BETA) and it was easier taking a boat. Getting to Grid sucks!

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

This isn't a city we'll be able to "hang" in like the others -- It's purely battle related content.

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Source przu?

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Originally Posted by HiirNoivl

I think FFXIV: ARR should do its utmost to avoid having one "center of Eorzea" to give players more choice as to what place they want to make their own personal capital of Eorzea. Game systems, particularly the market system, should allow players to be able to access content on a daily basis without having to be physically present in a certain city.

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If you think about it, Ul'Dah is also the center geographically (it's between the other two) and also for a long period of time had the best leves, the best grinding spots (coblyns and friends) in addition to having (I think) the best layout (Limsa is really confusing at first and Gridania is just a pain in the ass as much as I love it).

A world market rather than city based ones and more fleshed out beginner quests (rather than do these two things then go to ul'dah) should fix it.

Damn I use parenthesis (way) too much.

During the beta Gridania would be the city where all people are.

If they could somehow centralize each city's auction house in 2.0, then people could choose to hang out where they like. Otherwise it's going to be like the current game and wherever the bulk of the main story content is, that's where people are going to set up shop again.

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Originally Posted by Jennestia

This isn't a city we'll be able to "hang" in like the others -- It's purely battle related content.

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source?

/10char

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Originally Posted by Colino

If you think about it, Ul'Dah is also the center geographically (it's between the other two).

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Right. At least, Grid has Coerthas. Limsa is a Boat ride to nowhere.

People will still gather regardless of the options, one city will become the "Hub" one way or another.

That's true... the current game makes the "hub" situation more of an issue than it should be. :( Hopefully this will not carry over into 2.0.

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Originally Posted by Molly_Millions

source?

/10char

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I would like the source as well, please :) Also in the PDF it says...

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Redesign of all non-instanced areas for version 2.0.

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Hopefully Gridania won't be as bad now lol.

Was hoping Ishgard(?) would be released, but with that destroyed Im hoping for a new hub of some sort.

Can't be too long before the map opens up a lot. I mean, if the game were released perfect Im sure there would have been a content expansion already. Im expecting a lvl increase and map expansion some time after PS3 goes live.

My source is my head, and my heart.

NO NO NO we have to think after Isghard... gawd... just remember how FFXI was!~ 2 years from now we'll be hanging out on another continent like whitegate D= dealing with blue mages and the such~ and we'll all be crying REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY WHEN EVERYONE HUNG OUT IN ISHGARD!~ (before ppl flip out on me I'm being sarcastic ~_~-b)

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Originally Posted by Grim_Lion

Was hoping Ishgard(?) would be released, but with that destroyed Im hoping for a new hub of some sort.

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If you are referring to the translation a while back that said something along the line of "Ishgard fortress was destroyed" they already released alternate translation in a thread.

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Originally Posted by Fernehalwes

Hello all!

Fernehalwes from the Localization team here.

There's been a lot of speculation regarding the caption of one of the art assets released today, so I wanted to chime in and help try to clear things up.

The caption in question describes the art as 破壊されたイシュガルドの要塞. This has led to translations such as 'destroyed Ishgard fortress'. The problem here is that due to the complexity of Japanese grammar, that is not the only possible interpretation.

The following, while completely different, are both acceptable translations:

[破壊されたイシュガルド](の要塞)
(Fortress of) [destroyed Ishgard]

(破壊された)[イシュガルドの要塞]
(Destroyed) [Fortress of Ishgard]

But wait, there's more!

The の here can either represent the possessive, as in:

イシュガルド[の]
[of] Ishgard

Or it can be used to change a noun into an adjective

イシュガルド[の]
Ishgard[ian]

Considering all these things, as well as the context, probably the best representation of the original Japanese is:

"A destroyed Ishgardian fortress."

I hope that helps a little!

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So Ishgard is still around, it just lost an outpost.

The Ishgardian fortress would be the one beyond the gate in Coerthas I presume. Most people would think it's a city but it still is what it is, a barrier to another region/ continent which we'll see with the progression of xIv 2.0 ARR.

Ishgard released something higher than themselves due to their militarism and arrogance. Somehow their agenda concludes with their plan blowing up in their faces and structures. I wonder if we'll be able to salvage what ever junk was beyond that gate or still need to fight for it (hehe, magi-tech armor yaaawl!).

Oh yeah, I would want to verify that that the region we're in atm is Eorzea of the world of Hydaelyn. I would guess everything pass that will be lv.50+ and no place for noobs. =P

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Hopefully Gridania won't be as bad now lol.

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The structure for main cities is pretty much same

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http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post804494