Live 7th Umbral Era world changes of 1.23 (a surprise inside)

[Punainen]

Alright, just to help in theorycraft, ive put these together:



and



Does this show any sort of logic? lol

Hmmm... Well if you go by the individual maps as opposed to the world map, they vaguely form a circle with Mor Dhona in the middle. But that could be sheer coincidence.

[Punainen]

I demand Byregot symbol in OP Post !! (coz he's my Deity)

Also, If the Main NPC (Thancred, etc) and Circle of Knowing (Louisoix, Urianger) doesn't that make them:

-Louisoix - Thaliak the Scholar
-Urianger - Rhalgr the Destroyer
-Papalymo - ??
-Yda - ??
-Thancred - ??
-Y'shtola - ??
-Gerolt - Byregot the Builder ??

Hmm, if you wanna run with this theory, Mayhaps the twins from the Miner's quests (and in the beginning CS for Uldah) are Nald and Thal.

[Rutelor]

I don't think the decision to release the game was his to make.

On the contrary, this seems to confirm that it was. I have always assumed it was obvious to everybody that much of the storyline leading to the 7UE, and the advent of Dalamud, was planned from the beginning. Its details seems too consistent with early aspects of the narrative, and even the opening cinematic scene, at launch, had hints of the disaster to come. Tanaka himself mentioned some obscure references to the disaster, and scant hours after his assumption of Tanaka's Mantle, Yoshida released the prophecy verses, as a teaser to elicit our interest, so that we knew the game's best part was yet to come. I highly doubt he and his team came up with the entire fleshed out scenario in such a microscopically short time.

I think Tanaka's mistake was to assume the eternal timelines and the glacial pace he had tamed his audience in FFXI to begrudgingly accept as part of the deal, were going to be swallowed whole by a global audience well into the 4th generation of MMOs. I think he really, really thought that people were, once again, going to be satisfied with just the basics, and this would buy his time to slowly continue developing his large master plan. We were supposed to repeat his meager 4 levequests for two years, while he perfected his game.

McQuaid (Everquest & Vanguard), Garriott (Ultima Online & Tabula Rasa), and Tanaka (FFXI and FFXIV), they all had the same nemesis: Their own legendary status had them convinced that they could really controll the cycles of an industry which accelerates at almost gory pace and that, Saturn-like, sinks its hungry fangs on its own children. Hiriomichi Tanaka, I've always felt, was far too revered, especially by his own company, that he would've been surely granted 2 more development years if he had really pressed the case for them. On the contrary, I will continue to guess, he felt bound by his word and his own status to keep the timeline he had established, thinking the audience that adored him would give him the slack he needed to complete his game.

R

[Rutelor]

Congratulations, Dhalmel and everybody else that contributed to this, while the rest of us was trying, with only intermittent success to kill Nael van Darnus, and that Cyclop in Skirmish.

The work all of you have done today, restores my faith in the community, and shows these forums at their best. This is what our potential as a player base really is. Enough with the trolling, and lets focus on this increasingly toothsome game of ours.

R

[Dhalmel]

Mine too! :3 But if we get the chance to change it, I MAY switch to Oschon.

image limit in one post.

[Mug]

Congratulations, Dhalmel and everybody else that contributed to this, while the rest of us was trying, with only intermittent success to kill Nael van Darnus, and that Cyclop in Skirmish.

The work all of you have done today, restores my faith in the community, and shows these forums at their best. This is what our potential as a player base really is. Enough with the trolling, and lets focus on this increasingly toothsome game of ours.

R

Yes! Thank you for the hard work /bow

I really love things like this. Part of what made FFXI so special to me were these small, but carefully put details in the landscape you had to look twice to notice, so naturally, I'm quite excited by this.

It's going to be interesting to find out their purpose. Can't wait!

[Atoli]

I'm SO sad right now..why are you people so fast?!
I LOVE exploration, I wanted to participate in finding them...but you already found all of them *cries uncontrollably*

My life in Eorzea has no longer any meaning....
I'll try to find out what we can do with them but..*wipes away tears*
Damn you fast people.

You are still awesome.

[Judge_Xero]

Awesome OP and everyone else. That's exciting.

Just had a few questions about this as well.
Did the Collectors Edition come with a map showing where the constellations are that represent the Gods?
and...
does it happen to match up to where those rocks were found?

[Holy_Dragoon]

Mine did not come with a map =(

[Enyce]

I have got to say I am pretty stoked lol! I have so many thoughts I don't know where to start. From inception of 2.0 to now, I can say the ride has been a thrill. The 7th UE story really showcases FF style of story telling.. and the fact that Yoshi-P and the crew decided to let the player base "experience" the major change to the game by creating a story line that the player bases gets to enjoy is in my opinion TOP NOTCH.

For me, Sail or Sink... GREAT JOB YOSHI-P!