Actual lore regarding the current civilizations on Meracydia (potential spoilers)

[aveyond-dreams]

Besides what is already known about Meracydia, I would like to see it represent a clean start for Season 2. Though the Allagans ravaged the continent thousands of years ago, I would like to think that they've since gotten their act together by now.

I'd like to see Meracydia (or at least the part we explore in 7.0?) include locations that give off similar vibes to:



Cornelia Castle, FFI



Castle Fynn, FFII



Castle Baron, FFIV



San d'Oria, FFXI



Sanbreque, FFXVI

If they fail in establishing a strong high/dark fantasy theme early on, they run the risk of repeating one of the major mistakes that led to people failing to connect with the game back in 1.0/ARR - the lack of a dominant fantasy feel to the game, apart from seeing Ishgard far off in the distance, inaccessible for a long time until late into ARR gave us a taste and then opened the doors in Heavensward.

We can save the high technology-style civilizations for 8.0, if not 9.0 or beyond given how long it took us to get to Garlemald in Season 1. That's not a theme or location they should lead with, it should have significant build up prior to that. I also highly dislike the idea of a full-blown "New World" themed expansion or randomly throwing in cultures/civilizations to represent without any logical sense behind it.

Let's start with something strong and consistent and let things proceed naturally from there.