Anyone Else Feel, That the World is Too Pretty?

[PapesseLudovique]

Well, lore-wise, it makes sense that there are hyper-lush, visually unique places after the Calamity because Dalamud forced a lot of Aether to the surface of Eorzea. And it's causing all sorts of changes, kind of like global warming. Lore-buffs, is that right?

I do wonder, though, where is that battlefield shown in the opening movie?

The planet is called Hydaelyn

Yeah but nothing in the story hints that aether repaired the damage. Just references to how bad it was. But even if there is an explanation, the problem is that we're told, not shown. It doesn't have a real impact, if the player never sees the suffering, or effects of the calamity and why we need to prevent it from happening again. That's literally an example of saying "a wizard did it." Like, yeah we had an end of the world scenario go down. But before the player shows up, all the wizards quickly turned it back into the planet it was before, so it looks pretty much the same. But you should have seen it then!

Also,
The Battle of Carteneau, fought in the Carteneau Plains in Mor Dhona.
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Battle_of_Carteneau