Will the 3 cities be complete in 2.0?

[Coombah]

Funny you should mention that. Here is an image from the new promotional website under the heading of "Ul'dah":


/starts speculating

That looks amazing... look forward to seeing more!

[Alhanelem]

Grand Company counters and markets will be placed inside of buildings, so instead of teleporting to their areas, you will be able to walk right on in.

Well slap me across the face and call me ugly! That is SWEET- especially for the markets and (hopefully) the airship terminals of uldah and limsa!

[Shougun]

Well slap me across the face and call me ugly! That is SWEET- especially for the markets and (hopefully) the airship terminals of uldah and limsa!

Love having to ask permission to leave. Would be great if they have their own physical docks for each destination (don't shoot me for saying) like FFXI. I really liked that aspect.

[Warlock]

Grand Company counters and markets will be placed inside of buildings, so instead of teleporting to their areas, you will be able to walk right on in.

I'm really happy to hear this i hope Yoshi-P keeps invisible walls and un-accessed places as low as possible... graphics gonna be too beautiful in 2.0 to not be able to see every place current game has too many doors that can't be opened and places you can't reach

[Alhanelem]

Love having to ask permission to leave. Would be great if they have their own physical docks for each destination (don't shoot me for saying) like FFXI. I really liked that aspect.

I was only really bothered by the leave prompt when 'no' was the default.

Having one dock is fine-though its not what happens in practice, it's no different than the same runways at an airport being used for different flights to different places.

[Shougun]

I was only really bothered by the leave prompt when 'no' was the default.

Having one dock is fine-though its not what happens in practice, it's no different than the same runways at an airport being used for different flights to different places.

Yeah but they also have more then one port in the first place :P.

[PSxpert2011]

I haven't been keeping up with every ounce of information, so forgive me if it's been mentioned already. But was it mentioned if cities will be complete in 2.0? I remember reading that they will be tweaked, but I'm referring to the fact that atm, we're teleported to several instances from one location in the cities - market ward, grand company, and other places depending on the city. Do we know if these places are going to have actual locations on the city map?

Idk, but it seems to me like the market ward area was never complete so they went with making it an instance to rush the game out and the other places we're teleported to weren't added till Yoshida took over. That's why I'm asking =x

I'm is 100% positively sure the market wards were designedare and working as intended as this way because of the high capacity it holds and lag it could influence. Serves also as en alternate zone for crafters who need to buy stuff/ craft/ search, etc.

Well slap me across the face and call me ugly! That is SWEET- especially for the markets and (hopefully) the airship terminals of uldah and limsa!

May I slap you and call you "Susie" ? :3

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For those of you with PS3s and have BETA test the "HOME" installation, you'd probably understand the concept of a free roaming mall with shops in there... Why SE no do this I wonder :/

Basically, the retainers would still exist but they don't need to be within the instance or present(only when you summon them to interact). I think the rent-a-market counter is a good touch but only if they're available. Most of us use the search function anyway so of course the market wards really needs redesigning.

[Zantetsuken]

Grand Company counters and markets will be placed inside of buildings, so instead of teleporting to their areas, you will be able to walk right on in.

/joy

This is even better than what I was hoping for~

/thumbsup

[Tonkra]

Grand Company counters and markets will be placed inside of buildings, so instead of teleporting to their areas, you will be able to walk right on in.

market areas wont be instanced anymore? i cant believe this really.. ?

how do you mean that?

[Rane]

Grand Company counters and markets will be placed inside of buildings, so instead of teleporting to their areas, you will be able to walk right on in.

This

is

great

news!


This is GREAT news!
Thank you, Rukkirii!