[Dec Request] Make all areas seamless overtime.

[DamianFatale]

Since we know that Kugane is supposed to be one of the first seamless city state zones, can we get upgrades for the old areas in time? I would love it if Gridania, Uldah, Linda Lominsa, and Ishgards zones became one respective zone in each of their cities. It would also be great if they worked on each of the original countries zones as well. At the very least, I would like to see the maps reworked to allow flying. I know they would have to remake them from the ground up. Lastly, if possible, id like the zones of each respective land to be combined however possible. I could definitely see why this wouldn't be completely possible, but maybe If SE at least combined several zones into one, it would be much better. Drastically reducing the amount of zones, while adding flying to them, would make the game feel way more realistic, and cool. Note: The title is supposed to say Dev request but auto correct got me. I wish I could at least edit the title once for grammar issues.

[Ama_Hamada]

I do wonder if they can go back to being 1.0 with the server upgrade? can we walk the limsa bridge again? can we have boat rides? etc

[BigRed5392]

they said they couldn't based how they coded it. i rather keep it as is, instead of large empty zones, that 1.0 had. even HW zones were pretty empty. I think kugane is seamless because it is 1 floor, if it is based on traditional japanese. most everything was ground floor. Only manors and temples were larger.

2.0 areas are the way they are because of needing to come out in 2 years, everything we see in 2.0 places is built from the ground up.

[Starkbeaumont]

we skip certain parts of the landscape when we travel through eorzea, so you would also have to fill those parts if you reworked everything. I also can't seethe gain for SE here, as you'd lprobably loose ppl that can play the game cause of accessability.

for flying in old zones. imo it would be enough if they'd speed up our mounts. just compare how long it takes you to fly throught western coerthas or to ride through central coerthas.

[DamianFatale]

I have to disagree with most of you. I think SE needs to make the game consistent. If other areas have flying, so should the 2.0 zones. If Kugane has only one combined zone, then so should the older cities. Upper levels have absolutely nothing to do with it. I could however see the non city zones being more complicated, but I would like some of them combined for less loading times. I don't see how they'd be empty, because everything that's already there would remain. The fact that we're getting swimming in some 2.0 areas means that flying is likely possible. Maybe not in 4.0, but it could happen in a patch, or maybe in 5.0. Another thing I'd like is more aetherites for a few places that are annoying to travel to. Not all places, but a few.

[Texa]

Yoshi already said they'd rather spend time and money on making new zones and new content versus reworking old areas for flight and such. I think the only exception is adding swimming to a couple of places.

[ZioSerpe]

Nevar forget

[Violyre]

Nevar forget

Kill it. Kill it with fire.

[Serilda]

Commercially speaking, doing it just to make things match isn't a strong argument. I'm sure everyone would appreciate it in a world with unlimited resources but this wouldn't add much value for most people. A whole expansion with no new maps to allow for reworking of old ones? It wouldn't be popular, especially after having done something similar already to turn the game around for ARR. People would expect new maps for an expansion now. And remaking the game's maps is such a massive task that it's a big ask for a free patch release, especially when it wouldn't increase subscriptions in any meaningful way.

[alimdia]

Why? Why waste dev time on old city states? What exactly is gained from making new and old gridania one single zone? You still can't really see anyone who goes past the tunnels.