Coerthas: Then and Now

[Andaeron]

When I say the scale has changed, I don't mean that they took the landscape and shrank it into a smaller area, I mean that they have changed the distances between key landmarks. Either they have removed the Eastern Lowlands (as if they never existed), or we are to believe that we skip the entire area (that is roughly the size of the Central Highlands) when we zone. It's like how we don't have to walk the length of the bridge into Limsa (or Gridania, for that matter- how many 2.0 players even know that Gridania is surrounded by water?).

Or put another way, if today 3.0 was announced and they said they were redoing the map, and that from now on when you zoned out of Gridania through Blue Badger Gate you ended up in the South Shroud near Buscarron's Druthers, wouldn't you wonder where Bentbranch went? And wouldn't the shroud feel that much smaller? THAT is what I mean by "loss of scale."


Come to think on it, the entire La Noscean map has the same problem. There are zone lines that take you from one side of the island to the other, with nothing in between.

[Zephyr-Umbra]

how many 2.0 players even know that Gridania is surrounded by water?).

I'd wager not many of us, my mind is blown from that single comment. As someone who prides themself on being a lore enthusiast and likes to adventurer about areas seeing how they pan out in the bigger scope of things. I honestly had little to no idea this was the case. I'd love for SE to allow us to revist the days of old that was 1.0, as some of us never got the chance to bask in it's glory, and reading this thread has only made me somewhat sad that i'll never get to see my favorite area. -Coerthas- exactly as it was before hand. Such a visually beautiful and lore rich area of the game, hopefully one day we'll get to scale that mighty citidal that has long eluded players for years.

[Grayve]

(or Gridania, for that matter- how many 2.0 players even know that Gridania is surrounded by water?)

It is?! I had no idea. Mind. Blown.

[gornotck]

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If they're paying attention, it's visible. You can see the Jadeite Flood to the south, that big lake to the east. In Central, you can see the Jadeite Flood to the north, just as you leave Gridania.

[dragonflie]

I won't mention the name, but someone made a FF14 1.0 emulator, so if any of you are interested for mostly exploring the old world, look it up.