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    Patch day and occasional repairs in Idyllshire and Hinterlands

    One of the things I have enjoyed in FFXIV is how certain new areas are built up over time to reflect posterity in certain regions.

    There are two things I would like to see leading up to 4.0, but wasn't sure whether they were being considered:

    1: the outer gates of idyllshire are crumbling into the cliffs below, and look as if they used to have doors. Please eventually repair them to like-new status.

    2: The Aetherial network of Sharlayan was destroyed some time ago. Perhaps with an influx of npcs to the region, they can be seen repairing or replacing them soon?
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    They are already establishing the Aetherial network in Idylshire. I doubt that will be spread out to the Hinterlands because A) there would be game mechanic reasons for not doing it and B) from a lore perspective the majority of the Hinterlands is not secured territory and both protecting the network and insuring it wasn't used as a back door into Idylshire for nefarious purposes would difficult.

    I suspect we will see a lot of repairs in 3.3 though. In just 2 patches the area has had massive repairs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
    A) there would be game mechanic reasons for not doing it
    I get B, but A? The rest of the aethereal Networks transport between two Zones with only Idylshire's entirely being in one zone.
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    Anyone got pictures of what Mor Dohna looked like over the patches? Missed out on seeing that place be built up.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yasuhiro View Post
    Anyone got pictures of what Mor Dohna looked like over the patches? Missed out on seeing that place be built up.
    http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...Toll-Expansion
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    Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
    I suspect we will see a lot of repairs in 3.3 though. In just 2 patches the area has had massive repairs.
    What's even more mind-boggling is that the crews aren't just doing repairs, but are also performing land reclamation! I'm fairly certain the goblin furnace near the aetheryte crystal sits on land that wasn't there in 3.0. And judging by the scaffolding, I suspect we may see new built-up spaces near the vegetable plots.

    Makes me wonder when the crews would get around to reinforcing the pillar that the entire town stands on. Idyllshire is getting increasing top-heavy.
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    Thank you!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Morningstar1337 View Post
    I get B, but A? The rest of the aethereal Networks transport between two Zones with only Idylshire's entirely being in one zone.
    Because the Hinterlands is a open world rather than city zone. The Aethernet system is so you can move around settlements easily. Installing instant teleportation systems in a open world map is unnecessary (because of flight) and undermines the sense of space in the in a zone.

    Quote Originally Posted by TinyRedLeaf View Post
    What's even more mind-boggling is that the crews aren't just doing repairs, but are also performing land reclamation! I'm fairly certain the goblin furnace near the aetheryte crystal sits on land that wasn't there in 3.0. And judging by the scaffolding, I suspect we may see new built-up spaces near the vegetable plots.

    Makes me wonder when the crews would get around to reinforcing the pillar that the entire town stands on. Idyllshire is getting increasing top-heavy.
    Yeah I know but then again with what that settlement sits on to begin with I would think it madness to live there.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
    Because the Hinterlands is a open world rather than city zone. The Aethernet system is so you can move around settlements easily. Installing instant teleportation systems in a open world map is unnecessary (because of flight) and undermines the sense of space in the in a zone.
    Edit: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...etheryte/page2

    Camate's response is the best that we will get presumably
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    Last edited by Lambdafish; 05-24-2016 at 10:06 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lambdafish View Post
    Edit: http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...etheryte/page2

    Camate's response is the best that we will get presumably
    Thats a very old answer, and it has already being solved.
    He was talking about the aetherites that can transport us to the outside of the town.
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