Maps redesing for 2.0... cities too?!

[Colino]

I would like to have the possibility to enter in some doors finally... some resident houses to visit (with quests inside).

I don't mind that in single player games but for an mmo it just looks weird... Never really like the idea of thousands of people running into random houses.

[Gramul]

I don't mind that in single player games but for an mmo it just looks weird... Never really like the idea of thousands of people running into random houses.

It worked fine in XI.

[Colino]

It worked fine in XI.

It works fine in plenty of games, but XIV's cities are so quiet I feel it'd be really weird.

But in this state the city seems have no residents or citizen houses.. still more weird

Yeah true, they're all quite dead at the moment.

[Tonkra]

Ehm, the pdf's are showing that they also will redesign the cities as well..

seems to be gridania (built on water like Windurst in FFXI?) :


does this belong to gridania (the city) as well?


a small outpost/village:


Limsa Lominsa harbour?


Don't know which city this is supposed to be, thought at first this is Ul'dah but the surroundings are very green, hm. anyone who understands japanese, what is written there?:


seems like a garlean keep (like we receiving in 1.22):

[Zantetsuken]

Ehm, the pdf's are showing that they also will redesign the cities as well..

seems to be gridania (built on water like Windurst in FFXI?) :

No, its a small mill.. Gridania is to the Southeast of there IIRC.

does this belong to gridania (the city) as well?

Those are ruins from outside a dungeon

a small outpost/village:

This will be located NW of Ishgard's gate

Limsa Lominsa harbour?

Probably the closest thing we have to seeing what a remade city will look like (if this is indeed Limsa and not simply an addition to it). The spikes emerging from the ground around Limsa will radically change the cityscape, and it has fewer towers than the current Limsa. I believe the area in the middle of the spikes will feature the new arena.

Don't know which city this is supposed to be, thought at first this is Ul'dah but the surroundings are very green, hm. anyone who understands japanese, what is written there?:

This is a new battleground/dungeon area The japanese refers to 'safe spots' while climbing up.

seems like a garlean keep (like we receiving in 1.22):

This is a large Garlean base, it will be connected to both Thanalan (north) and Coerthas (south)

[bobbygunz]

Ehm, the pdf's are showing that they also will redesign the cities as well..

Nope.

seems to be gridania (built on water like Windurst in FFXI?) :

Not Gridania, but probably nearby.

does this belong to gridania (the city) as well?

Well maybe if you look on the map the picture came from, you could find out.

Limsa Lominsa harbour?

That's the PvP arena near Limsa.

Don't know which city this is supposed to be, thought at first this is Ul'dah but the surroundings are very green, hm. anyone who understands japanese, what is written there?:

That's instanced "dungeon". Says stuff like "safe spot".

In conclusion, no evidence that they are changing current cities. But certainly evidence that they are adding new "hamlet" areas and such.

[Munba]

I don't mind that in single player games but for an mmo it just looks weird... Never really like the idea of thousands of people running into random houses.

But in this state the city seems have no residents or citizen houses.. still more weird