It's been an interesting couple of weeks in the continent of Eorzea... Perceptive players noticed it unaided, but for the less sharp-eyed among us, the game development team made sure it didn't go undetected: Mysterious PC characters appearing both in cities and in camps around the continent, and letting forth much to say about the bizarre events of late; some amateur reporter's write-up from the Black Shroud ending up on the Lodestone; and all of this matching the blurry outline of that mysterious poem Yoshida quoted on his New Year salute to the player base.
Basically it boils down to this: One of the two mysterious characters appearing randomly around the world announced ominously that before the sunset, on the 6th sun of the 7h moon (one presumes of the current Hydaelyn year), the seventh purification of the Mezaya (pronounced Messiah?) prophecy of old will come to pass. This will usher the 7th umbral era. The sixth purification, the Dusty Tomes say, was by water: torrential rains that flooded the world. The seventh, one gathers from the words of the stranger, will be by fire. However, the second of the two mysterious characters, appearing in cities, warns the peoples of Eorzea about false prophets come to the land.
Now, if the prophecy is true, the date that the sixth sun of the seventh Hydaelyn moon will correspond to, on our Earth Calendar, is Sunday, May 15th... As of this writing (close to midnight on Sunday, May 8 EDT) the in-game clock informs us that this hour corresponds to the afternoon of the 6th sun in the 2nd moon, leaving almost exactly 5 moons to the day of the prophesy.
5 moons = 5 x 8 x 4 suns =160 suns = 160 hours = 6.6 days = Next Sunday afternoon.
This would also make it next Monday, May 16th, on the afternoon, in Japan: Right in the middle of a month in which Yoshida has already announced no update was forthcoming.
So... How many of you think there will be something special/terrible happening that day, and how many think it is a false prophecy?
Is this the vague indication of an update to come on Monday the 15th/16th? Or is it something that has already been added in patch 1.17a?
Or should we listen to Alfgar, the second stranger, and ignore all this, which could very well be pseudo-prophetic muck?
Your thoughts, please...
Portents and Prophecy... for next Sunday??
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05-09-2011, 01:28 PMRutelorPortents and Prophecy... for next Sunday??
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05-09-2011, 01:38 PMBenji
I hope we see some events start to unfold leading up to next Sunday over this week. Would be really awesome.
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05-09-2011, 01:53 PMOnidemon
it is almost mid-mai. The first dungeon is coming, this is what it is all about.
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05-09-2011, 01:55 PMSuzakuCMX
The most awesome thing I can imagine is logging in on whatever day this happens to find a new CGI cutscene with
this song (especially the god in fire part)
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05-09-2011, 01:55 PMRutelorIt very well could be. However, Yoshida specifically mentions, in his last letter, that this won't happen till mid June.Quote:
Originally Posted by Onidemon
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05-09-2011, 01:57 PMSuzakuCMXWhat I recall is that he said the full patch won't hit until June at the earliest but he may or may not be throwing in a 1.17b with some of the content into the middle of May.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rutelor
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05-09-2011, 01:59 PMKilta_Firelotus
All I know is, all the zones I've been in seem to ALWAYS be raining. Or doing some weather event. To date, I've barely been playing this game w/o a weather effect going on. I have yet seen any of these people, Nor been able to do the egg event. I Would assume something is going to happen, and it is tied to the weather. No mmo I've played had weather happening so often.
They wouldn't have such a consent weather going on w/o a purpose. And just because dungeon or battle changes are in mid june don;t mean something big won't happen before then. I think this underlining event is setting the stage, once the stage is set the actions will begin. -
05-09-2011, 02:01 PMStarlordHmm.. All I been doing since this Lovely event Arose was Talking about Thanalan and its mysteries, The Grand Companies arising to Fight the Coming Doom, NPC's Everywhere saying crazy things "Only when the Music in Thanalan is Off" That I can confirm, And also The Weather thats been picking up as of late ( Mostly Rain when the Off and on Event occurs).Quote:
Originally Posted by Rutelor
Everything is Connecting so Easily that whats being said could very well come into Fruition. SE would just give us and Storyline then backlash it with very little to nothing at all. SE is on There Rebound stage and they need to make things right this time around, So I have every feeling to say that something will happen on May 15th ish or maybe its the Next 6th moon 7th sun? But that wouldnt make any since if they are doing this now wouldnt you say; and the fact they are tying this into the Hatching-Tide Event and the 6th moon and 7th sun isnt that far away from the Hatching Tide End date.
So what do I think? I think Something big is going to happen on May 15th.. Why else would the Patch be almost 1/2 a GB? and the Patch notch should very little to be quite honest... They are hiding something thats obviously a "Timed Event" to go off at a certain time.
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05-09-2011, 02:02 PMJoekingAll this rain, wheres Noah and his damn ark.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilta_Firelotus
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05-09-2011, 02:05 PMAlzelia
1.17 and 1.17a together were more than half a GB
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05-09-2011, 02:08 PMStarlordThats just as bad then... LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by Alzelia
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05-09-2011, 02:17 PMKilta_Firelotus
I've been to grid, coerthas, ul'dah, LL (can't get to moh dhona (sp) but all this areas when I was exploring was raining, thundering or doing a weather effect. Wind or sandstorm. I have yet really played when the weather was "clear". Since even before this game launch I've had this feeling that the empire is the least of our worries. It isn't SE style to reveal the true bad guy so early. (least the games i've played) There is always a twist. Like take example of ff11. Sure you do fight the shadow lord and knew of him. But it turned out that the shadow lord was just a puppet or decoy to the real enemy.
off topic, one ga,e I can't wait for after seeing the demo is final fantasy vs 13. The fantasy based on reality as they call it. In the demo you see a picture That you actually see in ff11. Go to the galleries in the temple in Kazam or in the storage chamber in the secaruim. Or it was used in another game. I know I;ve seen it prior the demo. -
05-09-2011, 02:21 PMNeptune
Numerology leads nowhere...
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05-09-2011, 02:29 PMRutelorLOL, I know what you mean... I feel like a member of one of those Bible-based Millenialist Sects, all of which sold their homes, lands, and belongings, and sat on the fields to wait for the end of the world in 1914. All this because of their calculations, based on murky numbers in their religious scriptures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neptune
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05-09-2011, 02:31 PMJoekingFrom the scriptures of Yoda to Luke:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rutelor
“[Luke:] I can’t believe it. [Yoda:] That is why you fail.” -
05-09-2011, 07:19 PMAlexiaKidd
Didn't he say something about the vanguards of the Public Companies tackling the new dungeon Ahead of us in mid May in the last letter.
Edit - just checked the letter and yes it does say that.
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Come mid-May, the vanguards of the Grand Companies will be the first to brave Eorzea’s newly discovered dungeons. Their preliminary reports will be made available on the Grand Companies page on the Lodestone, so be sure to check it out!
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05-09-2011, 07:34 PMMagistratI thought that the size of those patches (both nearly exact same size) was because they made most cliffs in starter areas walkable and they needed to update all the maps for that. Probably just fixed minor issues in the maps in 1.17a.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alzelia
another thing about previous patches:
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05-09-2011, 07:39 PMAyerc
Where are the Mayans when you need them?!
They didn't have to fix the maps. To fix the cliffs, they adjusted the difference in Z distances registered as an impassible barrier. I honestly think most of the patch size was due to changes not yet "turned on" such as foundations for the new battle systems and some dungeon layouts.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magistrat
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05-09-2011, 10:51 PMCatapult
Sixth sun of the seventh moon may actually refer to July 6th in the real world. We can't be entirely sure at this point.
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05-10-2011, 01:57 AMEekiki
Get Tom Hanks on the case right away! :)
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05-10-2011, 01:59 AMAkira_Tenshi
People need to read that later again even if they split the patch it would still come in June. Read it carefully people.
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05-10-2011, 02:39 AMGramulQuote:
Originally Posted by Akira_Tenshi
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...805-02-2011%29Quote:
1.18 is going to be relatively bigger than previous patches. This means that balancing is going to take more time than usual, and so we’re anticipating a somewhat longer period between patches. Even if we break off some of the content and release it ahead of time in a 1.17b patch (which me might!), 1.18 will still go live sometime in mid-June at the earliest. Sorry for that.
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05-10-2011, 02:41 AMNuru
They "might" release 1.17b in May, depending on how quickly they can get things done, without having to consider working on some of the other complaints we have here in the English Forums.
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05-10-2011, 03:06 AMshots
Maybe the one who says it's true is saying the content is coming the other saying that they ( SE ) are false and its not coming. Maybe it is there sick way of screwing with us to make us thinks it's coming and if it is it will. However, if it isn't and they can't get the content done then they can fall back and say oh well I guess the false prophets were right no content is coming. SE's way of covering there ass incase they can't roll the content out in time...
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05-10-2011, 03:08 AMSynthesis
If chocobo will not hop in on next sunday, nothing can surprise me.
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05-10-2011, 05:12 AMNeptunelol. there's one going right now. they think the end is may 21.Quote:
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05-10-2011, 05:59 AMRutelorYes, I also considered that, but the whole thing is written in reference to Hydaelyn chronology, so I think it's not likely.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catapult
But who knows...!
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05-10-2011, 06:30 AMGramulWell, shoot. That's the day before by 22nd birthday.:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Neptune
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05-10-2011, 06:32 AMStarlordLol, nothing is going to happen, God knows when he wants us to go not when Man-kind says so lol..Quote:
Originally Posted by Gramul
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05-12-2011, 04:02 PMArkhamNativeAmbiguity
Prophecy is best when it's vague. "The 6th sun will have set and the 7th moon shine in the sky" could mean anything, including:
- the 7th of any Eorzean month. These occur about every 37 Earth hours.
- the end of the 6th day of any 7th Eorzean month. These occur about every 19 Earth days.
- the 7th of any Earth month.
- the end of the 6th day of July.
- the last sun of the 6th Astral Era sets and the first moon of the 7th Umbral Era shines in the sky (i.e. at night, the start of every day). This occurs whenever SE wants it to. :D Plus it's a Gods/Twelve thing, so they don't even have to wait until the end of an Eorzean year.
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Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
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-- Yeats, ca. 1920