Open the gates of Ishgard!

[KiriA500]

I am SO sick of people saying this for every stupid decision a company makes.

Well, not to be that guy about it, but some people honestly need to just deal with it.

[Ryujin_Ketu]

Ishgard will be in 2.0 and probably rebuilt or under process of being rebuilt. They already said there will be massive scaled content in Ishgard for 2.0^^ So there IS hope! :]

[Babydoll]

More souls await!

I thought the same thing lol VP ftw

[Yumi_Hibiki]

I am not convinced at all that Ishgard wont be available as a city,

first of all: the pic states "ishgard fortress" not city, not castle, you know what else is an ishgard fortress? Dzemael Darkhold

second: Neither the Architecture nor the surroundings of the concept art looked even close to the Ishgard we have now

third: Ishgard is in the concept maps for ARR even marked as "Revitalized Ishgard" so even if it was damaged in dalamuds descend it was rebuild in the time we are in time stasis between 1.0 and ARR

and last but not least: there is a large scale PVE event planned for ishgard involving the dragon war

people need to calm down and look at the facts we already have before flipping out over new information that gets misinterpreted

[SirEdeonX]

Okay, Fernes answered it in another thread:

Hello all!

Fernehalwes from the Localization team here.

There's been a lot of speculation regarding the caption of one of the art assets released today, so I wanted to chime in and help try to clear things up.

The caption in question describes the art as 破壊されたイシュガルドの要塞. This has led to translations such as 'destroyed Ishgard fortress'. The problem here is that due to the complexity of Japanese grammar, that is not the only possible interpretation.

The following, while completely different, are both acceptable translations:

[破壊されたイシュガルド](の要塞)
(Fortress of) [destroyed Ishgard]

(破壊された)[イシュガルドの要塞]
(Destroyed) [Fortress of Ishgard]

But wait, there's more!

The の here can either represent the possessive, as in:

イシュガルド[の]
[of] Ishgard

Or it can be used to change a noun into an adjective

イシュガルド[の]
Ishgard[ian]

Considering all these things, as well as the context, probably the best representation of the original Japanese is:

"A destroyed Ishgardian fortress."

I hope that helps a little!

[Gramul]

Well, not to be that guy about it, but some people honestly need to just deal with it.

...why? We're taking about FFXIV, so why sweep issues about it under the rug?
If something bothers someone, let's talk about it. Facilitate discussion to reach a reasonable response, either from the plaintive or square. I mean, that's what these forums where made for. So square can learn what bothers people and what they like.

Every time I see someone use a stock response to an issue to protect square or their personal satisfaction with the game, I get a little disappointed. It doesn't bother you so it shouldn't bother everyone else? Come on. Some things may be a non issue to you, but that doesn't mean you should get so upset with people trying to help the game. If you have an issue with what someone says, read it over and discuss it with them. Don't just throw out a standard "get over it". If they respond poorly to that, then it might not be a discussion worth having, then you can just walk away.

[Yumi_Hibiki]

Okay, Fernes answered it in another thread:

thank you for sharing, that's exactly what i was thinking as well

hope gramul can settle down now since i really kinda felt bad for him here, i can totally understand the disappointment if it was true, but its obviously not

[Ramesses]

I am not convinced at all that Ishgard wont be available as a city,

first of all: the pic states "ishgard fortress" not city, not castle, you know what else is an ishgard fortress? Dzemael Darkhold

second: Neither the Architecture nor the surroundings of the concept art looked even close to the Ishgard we have now

third: Ishgard is in the concept maps for ARR even marked as "Revitalized Ishgard" so even if it was damaged in dalamuds descend it was rebuild in the time we are in time stasis between 1.0 and ARR

and last but not least: there is a large scale PVE event planned for ishgard involving the dragon war

people need to calm down and look at the facts we already have before flipping out over new information that gets misinterpreted

Yep, you coined it perfectly Yumi, thank you!

[Kallera]

So we'll still be cleaning up Ishgard's mess?! Halone's not one for tying up loose ends, is she?

Explains the dragon problem at least. How organized do they have to be to keep am entire kingdom busy?

[Coombah]

OPEN UP THE GATES!