Suggestion: Aetheryte Shard at the Ruby Road Exchange

[HakuroDK]

Edited my original topic with the most popular Aetheryte choices.

Didn't add Vesper Bay because, as much as I 100% agree that it needs one, especially when going through the 2.0/2.1 storyline, it's that lack of an aetheryte that is one of the major reasons the Scions move from Thanalan to Mor Dhona. If they have an aetheryte, that part of the story becomes completely contradictory.

Also, while we're at it, place one at Minfilia so we don't have to go zone through two doors. or, a bit more seriously, one at St. Coinach's.

To be honest, it would be nice to remove the zoning from the Waking Sands/Rising Stones to the Solar. Makes very little sense.

[Ultimatecalibur]

To be honest, it would be nice to remove the zoning from the Waking Sands/Rising Stones to the Solar. Makes very little sense.

That is there due to player load problems. They can instance the Solar and Waking Sands/Rising Stones separately if there are to many people. During the early part of 2.0 there were occasions where you could have close to 200+ players in that small room at one time.

[Eirwen]

That is there due to player load problems. They can instance the Solar and Waking Sands/Rising Stones separately if there are to many people. During the early part of 2.0 there were occasions where you could have close to 200+ players in that small room at one time.

But now it's two seperate instances and you are the only player in that small space now, which should allow for the door to the Solar to just be a door. Makes little sense to me otherwise now in 2.4.

[Felis]

But now it's two seperate instances and you are the only player in that small space now, which should allow for the door to the Solar to just be a door. Makes little sense to me otherwise now in 2.4.

They are 2 separate rooms because the story.
1 room that you enter before the garleans raid it, 1 room you enter after this event.

[Lithera]

They are 2 separate rooms because the story.
1 room that you enter before the garleans raid it, 1 room you enter after this event.

More or less this. The game has to check your mission flags when you enter Waking Sands etc to load the proper version of the area. If they were a part of the zone as a whole the game would have to check the flags every time you zone into Western Thanalan which is a traffic increase on the server and more loading time when you zone.