4.x raid series

[silentwindfr]

When? Will we really be able to leave eorzea o_O

hyadelyn have 3 continent you know?
- Eorzea, the one we live on.
- Ilsabard, the one the empire come from (normally the biggest one of the three)
- Meracydian, that was while the allagan empire time, the continent owned by the dragon mostly.

ps: Eorzea is the smaller of the three continent by the way.

I'd rather we don't have a primal as the next raid as we seem to be stepping away from Primals.
And have something Garlean as the next raid...

i feel the same, i see raid that will be more like operation against the empire, if not battle against the invading force.... why not see some stuff like:
- first raid, we fight for retake the land next to ala miggho by attacking the base there.
- second raid, we retake ala miggho, begining by the battle outside the city, the battle on the defense, before throught a battle into the street of the town for beat the commanding officier still there.
- third raid, attack of the last bastion of the empire on Eorzea.

and one point they can for one time add this throught the story, since let's be honest the normal mode of the raid are quite accessible now, they can perfectly add it into the MSQ, like this they can add an epic feeling that we are lacking in the msq soo far.

[Lambdafish]

hyadelyn have 3 continent you know?
- Eorzea, the one we live on.
- Ilsabard, the one the empire come from (normally the biggest one of the three)
- Meracydian, that was while the allagan empire time, the continent owned by the dragon mostly.

Hydaelyn is actually even bigger than that, you missed Othard (the continent that Doma is on) and the (largely unexplored) old and new worlds.

As for your warfront raid idea, it sounds interesting but I think it would feel forced in a raid setting. I'd much rather something like that be brand new content (perhaps open world PVP or a PVE equivilent)

[silentwindfr]

Hydaelyn is actually even bigger than that, you missed Othard (the continent that Doma is on) and the (largely unexplored) old and new worlds.

it's not clear, maybe othard is something of the size of Vylbrand or Aldenard, that are both not counted as the main continent of hyadelyn, after they can yes add more area, but soo far the three main continent are Eorzea, Meracydian and Ilsabard.

As for your warfront raid idea, it sounds interesting but I think it would feel forced in a raid setting. I'd much rather something like that be brand new content (perhaps open world PVP or a PVE equivilent)

open world content can't work, we have too many people per server, plus when new content will be release if the area recquire a group new player will be blocked since no one will want to do this sort of stuff anymore. leaving large part of the world unused, that why they didn't bring open world dungeon, for avoid to have place not used or blocking player.

for the warfront i still hope for SE to bring this sort of content under different size of group... it's possible to tailored different size group content with a challenge equal. but i digress, it will be a nice way to make evolve the raiding in FF14 that really need to be changed from it format actual that have reach a point where it look a bit....weird. adding more epic encounter, with maybe randomized boss, i means on a battlefield you don't know what you can meet, adding 2-3 boss for the same location will, naturally add more work, but will increase the replayability of the raid.

ps: for pvp part forget it, since we can't play imperial, remember, then a battlefield where the three grand company fight each other while facing an enemy have 10 times them number is stupid.

[Noxifer]

the 4.x will probably the third war against the empire, and try to reconquers the north east of eorzea... Yoshida did told us that he don't plan to make use leave eorzea before we have it completed, the only part left is the north east, that belong to the empire since the first war. every video at the end of the MSQ of the 3.x serie point in this sense, since we see papalymo and ida that talk about the resistance in ala miggho.

Unless the next expansion deals with the lost HQ of the Students of Baldesion up slightly NW from where we are now. It was an island, right? So... If an island vanishes, you're bound to have a bunch of excess water to investigate in/around. And if they add (as has been rumoured/suspected/hyped) swimming in 4.0, that seems like an excellent combination. It'd also make us focus a bit more on the Ascians, since 2.x story mentions all students who vanished being involved in research on a particular subject, using a term which (as far as I remember) Ascians have also used.

Since that's referred to in 2.x story, it also makes a bit more sense not requiring 3.x completion to access it. If 4.x is to be accessible without completing 3.x, it makes a little less sense to say "well, they talk about this in 3.x, so it must be regarding that".

(Sure, they could add those parts in 3.x as well, but it'd require making more area maps, something I haven't seen them do yet outside of an expansion -- counting ARR as an expansion in this case.)

[ThirdChild_ZKI]

I'd personally love to see something like X's Omega Ruins, or a version thereof for the next raid.

Bring back the sense of exploration, mystery, and danger that Coil had. Possible currently existing locales that can be used:

Gelmorra (Spanning much of the Shroud underground)
The West Shroud (Devastated on the surface, yes, but perhaps underground?)
Sil'dih Ruins
Cartenau (PERFECT location for Omega Ruins, if not Azys Lla)
Amdapor, Nym, and Mhach (Assuming Mhachi lore isn't reserved for Void Ark, there's MUCH lore and mystery to explore there)
The Cieldales Isles (Hullbreaker was just one of them)

Coerthas Central LOWlands might be interesting, assuming it'd be hard/impossible to re-add as a zone (because CCH is generally the lv30-40 area), and also assuming the Eastern High/Lowlands might be reserved for an Ala Mhigan/4.0 expansion.

[silentwindfr]

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the disappearing student was explained already the island was wiped by the asciens, pointless to go check a place where they have use a massive attack for this. we have tons of area with water around limsa. plus they will not have bring the emperor on Eorzea and him admiral ship only for show off... you don't move an emperor without reason... you can be sure that the empire will strike soon. and you can be sure too that the admiral ship is not the only one around.

the war with the empire was tease for long enough, even before hw, they was saying that it's only a matter of time for the empire to come back for take eorzea.

and about the 3.X needed for the 4.X since we will have an increase of level (probably) it will be mandatory to have done the 3.X (that are for now, shorter than 2.X) for get into 4.X, how explained that our character did flee to ishgard at the end of the 2.X and suddenly go somewhere else?

ps: and for yoshida he want to complete Eorzea, and the only really missing part are the north east part, indeed we miss a few area in the other part, but we need to move on, they can be added later. about omega weapon it's only an escuse for justify the pvp frontline, don't read too much into it.

[DragonSlayer45]

No... Scarier, the darkest most terrifying savage boss...



... Palmer

Only if we get to hit him with a truck for a one shot.

[Noxifer]

the disappearing student was explained already

Well, yes. But it wasn't simply destroyed. It was vanished, as far as I remember. Could definitely warrant some research on figuring out where it went (void or something else) and to see if we can bring something of it back (physically or just some of the knowledge from it). I mean, research into that very thing the Ascians seem to want to do? And they get attacked/killed/kidnapped for it? Seems totally worth finding out more about. Who knows, maybe they were starting to figure out ways to stop the Ascians? =)
(And yes, I'm trying to write stuff fairly ambiguously, so as to not spoil people too much who haven't finished those particular storylines. If that makes what I'm saying unclear or confusing, it's... kind of the point. But sorry anyway.)

Of course, it could very well be that both the lost island and Ala Mhigan resistance are part of 4.x, especially since the former would (theoretically) make for a very short expansion story on its own. And having both in an expansion would mean retaining our focus on both Ascians and Empire, something they seem to like us to do ^_~

To return to the actual topic of this thread, having both as part of 4.x would mean one raid could be focusing on one side of it (whether the 8-man or 24-man, assuming they're going with the same pattern), and the other could focus on the other side.

[Sephorai]

ps: for pvp part forget it, since we can't play imperial, remember, then a battlefield where the three grand company fight each other while facing an enemy have 10 times them number is stupid.

Omg if Ff14 pulls a wow and we get Empire vs Eorzian Alliance as factions that you choose when you make a character I will absolutely lose my shit.

[Lambdafish]

ps: for pvp part forget it, since we can't play imperial, remember, then a battlefield where the three grand company fight each other while facing an enemy have 10 times them number is stupid.

So having clever writing give you a difficult decision on whether to liberate ala mhigo or leave it under the control of the imperials isn't an option? 4.0 is a good opportunity to see the lives of people under imperial rule first hand. Ala Mhigo has been under imperial rule for a decade, the country could have benefited from this with technology and better living, and some people might not want independence. This could lead into a mini civil war, in which the player can choose which side they are on. Slightly long winded, but it shows that you don't have to be an imperial to choose a side.

Also... alliance content has been in so many MMOs, FFXI included, and yoshi P even said that open world PVP could be considered if there is enough demand and lore justification.