Where is New World / Meracydia? Is there a map?

[Theozilla]

If/when FFXIV eventually travels to Meracydia, I’ll be curious to see if Meracydia will end up being inspired by/more a Southern-half of Africa analogue or inspired by/an Australia analogue, or maybe even a mix of the two. IIRC FFXIV has sesame seeds originating from Meracydia, and in the real world most species of sesame are native to Africa, so I feel like that’s some evidence for the Africa analogue.

It will be interesting to see as unlike The New World which is obviously an analogue to The Americas, Meracydia is a little more ambiguous in its inspiration/intended analogue.

[Cleretic]

If/when FFXIV eventually travels to Meracydia, I’ll be curious to see if Meracydia will end up being inspired by/more a Southern-half of Africa analogue or inspired by/an Australia analogue, or maybe even a mix of the two. IIRC FFXIV has sesame seeds originating from Meracydia, and in the real world most species of sesame are native to Africa, so I feel like that’s some evidence for the Africa analogue.

It will be interesting to see as unlike The New World which is obviously an analogue to The Americas, Meracydia is a little more ambiguous in its inspiration/intended analogue.

The thing I'd be most interested in is seeing if and how the few things we do know about Meracydia survived. The main cultural knowledge we have about it is the Warring Triad, so that's a good four Astral Eras old. Are there still people who love Sephirot and Sophia down there, or have they moved on?

[YianKutku]

If/when FFXIV eventually travels to Meracydia, I’ll be curious to see if Meracydia will end up being inspired by/more a Southern-half of Africa analogue or inspired by/an Australia analogue, or maybe even a mix of the two. IIRC FFXIV has sesame seeds originating from Meracydia, and in the real world most species of sesame are native to Africa, so I feel like that’s some evidence for the Africa analogue.

It will be interesting to see as unlike The New World which is obviously an analogue to The Americas, Meracydia is a little more ambiguous in its inspiration/intended analogue.

The meme-posting a while back about Meracydia was that since it was described as almost entirely a blasted wasteland populated by incredibly dangerous wildlife, that makes it one-for-one to Australia.

More seriously, I think it's going to be a mix of various inspirations, but will include at least one Australia reference (probably Mad Max related), because Koji Fox is world lore co-creator and he does stuff like that.