why are monsters invading the cities?

[Fated]

who gives a hoot

[Elexia]

why? o_o;

I saw a screenshot of freaking nael attacking too. How does this fit into the storyline?

Sadly it doesn't. If they spawned garlean troops it would tie a lot closer to the ending of the storyline that transitions into ARR much better, something you'd honestly expect. Garleans are constantly flying overhead the city, shocktroops invading is much more logical than 720 Darnus attacking.

It's the finale of the UE and we still get lore updates (and have) even after Rivenroad, so there is still some story left to be told, but so far we only get spawned monsters.

[EinSoFZ]

Since the servers aren't saving anymore does the reason really matter? I guess at this point we can just enjoy the game while it lasts since we're transitioning to 2.0 and everything will be different from story to everything else. Just enjoy the monsters.

[Jinrya-Geki]

It's all still Canon, Atomos is summoning all these creatures through time/space.

Just because he is dead in our world, doesn't mean he is dead in others. Atomos simply goes to a time he was still alive and copy and pastes him back to life. It explains all the monsters and Naels that attack the city.

[Punainen]

It's all still Canon, Atomos is summoning all these creatures through time/space.

Just because he is dead in our world, doesn't mean he is dead in others. Atomos simply goes to a time he was still alive and copy and pastes him back to life. It explains all the monsters and Naels that attack the city.

THIS. Final save doesn't necessarily mean the end of the storyline. They wouldn't bother changing the weather and stuff if the storyline was over.

[Majidah]

THIS. Final save doesn't necessarily mean the end of the storyline. They wouldn't bother changing the weather and stuff if the storyline was over.

this sounds more accurate if you ask me

Naels Aether appeared to be absorbed by Dalamud (you know, when he falls backwards after you defeat him and explodes into all that stuff that you watch float into Dalamud) - it merely appears to be a copy of him, rather than the original.

Whatever it is that is coming down with the moon, it is bringing forth all kinds of evil, and it is probably going to kill us all - notice that where ever Garleans have tread before since Dzemael Darkhold, everything they do seems to bring a trail of voidsent with them.

Whatever happened the last time they tried to pull Dalamud down destroyed an entire city in the Garlean Empire, around ten years back or so - who isn't to say that whatever powers causing it don't rip voidsent through into the world, clearly Dalamud didn't hit them last time round.

As to why they are attacking the cities, well if you haven't noticed they have been getting closer and closer patch after patch - and we still have an aetheryte crystal in each of our cities.

Also, this is 'canon', this is the reason that we are going to be sent to the future of "A Realm Reborn".

[Alaltus]

It's all still Canon, Atomos is summoning all these creatures through time/space.

Just because he is dead in our world, doesn't mean he is dead in others. Atomos simply goes to a time he was still alive and copy and pastes him back to life. It explains all the monsters and Naels that attack the city.

Its just as possible Atomos has nothing to do with any of this and is simply interested in harvesting the aetherytes for his own reasons(or whatever it is that he is doing to them), the voidsent creeping through the cracks that process creates. After all theres nothing really giving him a motive to create Nael van darnus' to attack Uldah since he's been going about his business pretty much unfased this entire time he didnt set out to attack adventurer's only ones that are a threat to his continued feasting(or whatever).

Far more likely the entity causing the current attacks is related to Dalamud itself since not only voidscent and Nael van darnus' are attacking but also monsters of all kinds when by all accounts they should be fleeing. Either monsters are being possessed by some sinister evil or they are being attracted to Dalamud which Uldah happens to be in the path of. As was said earlier Nael's essence was seen entering Dalamud so its not so far fetched that Dalamud is related to the sudden appearance of Nael clones.

[Jinrya-Geki]

Its just as possible Atomos has nothing to do with any of this and is simply interested in harvesting the aetherytes for his own reasons(or whatever it is that he is doing to them), the voidscent creeping through the cracks that process creates. After all theres nothing really giving him a motive to create Nael van darnus' to attack Uldah since he's been going about his business pretty much unfased this entire time he didnt set out to attack adventurer's only ones that are a threat to his continued feasting(or whatever).

Far more likely the entity causing the current attacks is related to Dalamud itself since not only voidscent and Nael van darnus' are attacking but also monsters of all kinds when by all accounts they should be fleeing. Either monsters are being possessed by some sinister evil or they are being attracted to Dalamud which Uldah happens to be in the path of. As was said earlier Nael's essence was seen entering Dalamud so its not so far fetched that Dalamud is related to the sudden appearance of Nael clones.

It's similar story to how Atomos was following Ex-Death.

FF5- Atomos
FF6- The World is going to be destroyed and remade.
FF7- They using Dalamud as Meteor
FF8- Time Compression, to us the player only.

Atomos confuses me, cause you figure at one point in time Aetheryte energy would be the most abundant, yet he comes to our time where it is the least. The unanswered question is why.

[Alaltus]

It's similar story to how Atomos was following Ex-Death.

FF5- Atomos
FF6- The World is going to be destroyed and remade.
FF7- They using Dalamud as Meteor
FF8- Time Compression, to us the player only.

Atomos confuses me, cause you figure at one point in time Aetheryte energy would be the most abundant, yet he comes to our time where it is the least. The unanswered question is why.

It is a mystery, but perhaps its not the aetheryte energy which he desires but the lack of it? if that makes any sense at all. Like maybe a byproduct of aetheryte energy having been spent. In which case it would be buffet time for him. Or for some reason Atomos is tampering with the aetherytes in preparation of Dalamud or the contents within. Landing lights maybe? =P

[Kitensa]

I personally think that Atomos isn't completely devouring the aether at each node, more-so temporarily taking it so that it can re-insert it after Dalamud hits (maybe trying to avoid the risk of it being destroyed?). It would sort of explain why the nodes we have now are gonna be completely different to the ones we have in 2.0. Iunno, that's just me theorising. Who knows what the truth is at the moment