I wonder if Ul'dah will still be the main hub in 2.0 or if it'll become a new city.

[Grim_Lion]

Was hoping Ishgard(?) would be released, but with that destroyed Im hoping for a new hub of some sort.

Can't be too long before the map opens up a lot. I mean, if the game were released perfect Im sure there would have been a content expansion already. Im expecting a lvl increase and map expansion some time after PS3 goes live.

[Gidonoidon_Sur]

My source is my head, and my heart.

[ShinigamiKayla]

NO NO NO we have to think after Isghard... gawd... just remember how FFXI was!~ 2 years from now we'll be hanging out on another continent like whitegate D= dealing with blue mages and the such~ and we'll all be crying REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY WHEN EVERYONE HUNG OUT IN ISHGARD!~ (before ppl flip out on me I'm being sarcastic ~_~-b)

[Ryans]

Was hoping Ishgard(?) would be released, but with that destroyed Im hoping for a new hub of some sort.

If you are referring to the translation a while back that said something along the line of "Ishgard fortress was destroyed" they already released alternate translation in a 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!

So Ishgard is still around, it just lost an outpost.

[PSxpert2011]

The Ishgardian fortress would be the one beyond the gate in Coerthas I presume. Most people would think it's a city but it still is what it is, a barrier to another region/ continent which we'll see with the progression of xIv 2.0 ARR.

Ishgard released something higher than themselves due to their militarism and arrogance. Somehow their agenda concludes with their plan blowing up in their faces and structures. I wonder if we'll be able to salvage what ever junk was beyond that gate or still need to fight for it (hehe, magi-tech armor yaaawl!).

Oh yeah, I would want to verify that that the region we're in atm is Eorzea of the world of Hydaelyn. I would guess everything pass that will be lv.50+ and no place for noobs. =P

[Felis]

Hopefully Gridania won't be as bad now lol.

The structure for main cities is pretty much same

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...l=1#post804494