New Yoshi-P Interview: DT Bozja equivalent, MBs in all hubs, gil sinks, etc.

[KisaiTenshi]

I dont really understand why they are surprised that limsa is the de-facto main city, it has a market board and retainers right next to the main atherirte, has quick inn access, Grand company, you can travel from there to other worlds.

None of the new cities has that in any combination, they all frankly suck, if they dont design it better people are not going to use them.

Well, the way to fix that is to, quite literately move the Aetheryte plaza to be in line with Ul'dah, Gridania and Ishgard where their Aetheryte plaza's are not near the market board.

Alternate option, disable all crafting within 15 yalms of any Aetheryte or Marketboard outside of housing. It's a minor nuisance to be in the Aetheryte plaza and constantly hear the bang-bang-bang sounds from crafting, but it creates the very situation where players basically just zone-in and start crafting right in front of the markeyboard/aetheryte because laziness.

It's just kind of baffling that they re-created the 1.0 market stalls problem with the introduction of cross-world servers.

[Ayalu]

Moving the market board further away could do the trick indeed.
But it would also be a very unpooular move.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Everything the devs do these days is unpopular. At least this could actually solve a problem.

[DaveFishnomer]

Well, the way to fix that is to, quite literately move the Aetheryte plaza to be in line with Ul'dah, Gridania and Ishgard where their Aetheryte plaza's are not near the market board.

Alternate option, disable all crafting within 15 yalms of any Aetheryte or Marketboard outside of housing. It's a minor nuisance to be in the Aetheryte plaza and constantly hear the bang-bang-bang sounds from crafting, but it creates the very situation where players basically just zone-in and start crafting right in front of the markeyboard/aetheryte because laziness.

It's just kind of baffling that they re-created the 1.0 market stalls problem with the introduction of cross-world servers.

Yes, lets take something good to make it fit in line with the other bad places, OR make the bad places fit inline with the good place

[Kaurhz]

Well, the way to fix that is to, quite literately move the Aetheryte plaza to be in line with Ul'dah, Gridania and Ishgard where their Aetheryte plaza's are not near the market board.

Alternate option, disable all crafting within 15 yalms of any Aetheryte or Marketboard outside of housing. It's a minor nuisance to be in the Aetheryte plaza and constantly hear the bang-bang-bang sounds from crafting, but it creates the very situation where players basically just zone-in and start crafting right in front of the markeyboard/aetheryte because laziness.

It's just kind of baffling that they re-created the 1.0 market stalls problem with the introduction of cross-world servers.

You're solving a minor nuisance by creating a significant nuisance by limiting where people can and cannot craft, and if I am honest 15 Yalms is not actually significant at all. It's, what? The equivalent of 2 stalls.

That said, they would honestly be better slightly expanding/reworking Ul'dah and Gridania to be more in-line with Limsa. They have done the same for housing in the past when they added swimming.

[Daralii]

You're solving a minor nuisance by creating a significant nuisance by limiting where people can and cannot craft, and if I am honest 15 Yalms is not actually significant at all. It's, what? The equivalent of 2 stalls.

That said, they would honestly be better slightly expanding/reworking Ul'dah and Gridania to be more in-line with Limsa. They have done the same for housing in the past when they added swimming.

Ul'dah's aetheryte plaza always felt kind of weird. The city's focus is almost entirely on commerce, but the plaza is tucked away in a side room away from the commercial areas.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Ul'dah's aetheryte plaza always felt kind of weird. The city's focus is almost entirely on commerce, but the plaza is tucked away in a side room away from the commercial areas.

It does make a bit more sense being right next to the Grand Company for defense, though. Gridania's is also adjacent to the Twin Adders. Limsa is the standout there.

[Daralii]

It does make a bit more sense being right next to the Grand Company for defense, though. Gridania's is also adjacent to the Twin Adders. Limsa is the standout there.

Haven't the Flames always been kind of an outlier compared to the other GCs? I vaguely remember them largely having their power suppressed in the city itself by the Syndicate so that the Brass Blades could operate unimpeded.

[TheMightyMollusk]

Haven't the Flames always been kind of an outlier compared to the other GCs? I vaguely remember them largely having their power suppressed in the city itself by the Syndicate so that the Brass Blades could operate unimpeded.

To my understanding, the Flames are the standing army and the Brass Blades are the police force. And there's a lot of tension between them, at least in part because the Blades are so openly corrupt that finding one officer that isn't on the take (Fufulupa) was a plot twist in the Ul'dah starting quests. There's also the Stone Torches, but they tend to be forgotten about. Far as I remember, they're more like private security for the mining guild.

In Limsa, the Maelstrom is the army and the Yellowjackets are the police, with the Rogues' Guild operating behind the scenes. In Gridania, the Gods' Quiver and Wood Wailers are the normal peacekeepers who work together as the Order of the Twin Adder. Ishgard has the Temple Knights filling both roles, although in the machinist quests in Stormblood they've begun employing the machinists as a home guard while the Knights are off with the rest of the Alliance. Ala Mhigo still relies on the Resistance, and while Doma has samurai and shinobi, I don't recall them being given an actual name as an armed force.

[Kaecilius]

I am surprised Old Sharlayan didn't rival Limsa with how convenient that place is, honestly.

I honestly would prefer to hangout in Sharlayan over Limsa, but the game doesn't allow for world transfer from any Aetheryte other than the starting cities, which is really really bad if you like doing Hunts.