Gold/Yellow structure in new ARR Video...

[Molly_Millions]

crystal tower?

[Nuinn]

crystal tower?

@_@ but. . . . but. . . . We can already see the Crystal Tower in the new opening movie D: did you not watch? ._. It's in the background when Behemoth is shown :3

If I remember well, there was talk that the Dalamud getting near caused the Aethers to be "pulled out", as depicted on the artwork Tonkra posted, so perhaps this is an extreme of Aetherite being sucked out the most where Bahamut and Lousioux clashed. Still don't fully understand where Atomos fits in relation to Aetherites though. . . .

I'm willing to bet my subligar that Lousioux is in fact "trapped" there, in some shape and form. A quest line to reveal that, in fact, he's been either turned into Aetherite/and or trapped in Aether crystal :3 At this point, he's too much of a big deal never to appear again, if even as a ghost or an echo.

[Tonkra]

@_@ but. . . . but. . . . We can already see the Crystal Tower in the new opening movie D: did you not watch? ._. It's in the background when Behemoth is shown :3

If I remember well, there was talk that the Dalamud getting near caused the Aethers to be "pulled out", as depicted on the artwork Tonkra posted, so perhaps this is an extreme of Aetherite being sucked out the most where Bahamut and Lousioux clashed. Still don't fully understand where Atomos fits in relation to Aetherites though. . . .

I'm willing to bet my subligar that Lousioux is in fact "trapped" there, in some shape and form. A quest line to reveal that, in fact, he's been either turned into Aetherite/and or trapped in Aether crystal :3 At this point, he's too much of a big deal never to appear again, if even as a ghost or an echo.

The Question is.. there is going to be "Bahamut's labyrinth" and Bahamut as a boss fight maybe also.
So it does mean Bahamut some kind of got imprisoned again? and this labyrinth most likely is in mhor dona then, no?

so maybe this "structure" could be bahamuts labyrinth? or maybe its just something to look at like that structure in 1.0.:

[Nuinn]

The Question is.. there is going to be "Bahamut's labyrinth" and Bahamut as a boss fight maybe also.
So it does mean Bahamut some kind of got imprisoned again? and this labyrinth most likely is in mhor dona then, no?

so maybe this "structure" could be bahamuts labyrinth? or maybe its just something to look at like that structure in 1.0.:

I was wondering about the labyrinth actually, I just imagined it to be more. . . . horizontal(?) o_O but who knows! Perhaps it's where Bahamut & Lousioux are just sleeping, all snuggled up to each other

As for the old odd looking structure in 1.0 Mor Dhona, curious to see if there's anything left of it in ARR. . . .

[Tonkra]

or maybe its just something to look at like that structure in 1.0.:

As for the old odd looking structure in 1.0 Mor Dhona, curious to see if there's anything left of it in ARR. . . .

Im wondering myself..

Before 1.0.


After 2.0. ??


could this be the midgard dragon, which we see on the structure in Mhordona in 1.0.?
well questions over questions.

[Orca]

If the yellow object IS the tree like structure, (and i cant tell because from some angles it looks similar and from others it doesnt....) i don't think it will have anything to do with the impact events following Bahamuts attack. And i forget but was the tree not part of Coerthas in the roadmap? I have vague memories but i could be totally wrong there. A few things have changed since that first roadmap package we got anyway.

I remember for a long time after reading about the tree, i was expecting it in every patch. They talked about it being a mystery that we would unravel quite early on in the dalamud disaster. Nothing came and then information about it completely died down to nothing. I was actually beginning to think they'd scrapped the whole idea or it was one of those little promises they cant fulfill, so they keep hush and hope no one brings it up.

But either way, if the tree was supposed to be introduced /before/ Bahamut razed everything and before Dalamud fell, then it makes sense that its entire concept was based on something else, something other than the actual impact/destruction moment.

Then again, they may have gotten halfway and changed its concept entirely, making it a post impact feature, which might explain why it was never talked about. I can see why SE wouldn't have mentioned it, as a creator i think you'd feel a bit silly announcing something then changing your mind and saying "Actually its not THAT, forget THAT, i had a better idea. Its actually THIS."

[Sakasa]

If the yellow object IS the tree like structure, (and i cant tell because from some angles it looks similar and from others it doesnt....) i don't think it will have anything to do with the impact events following Bahamuts attack. And i forget but was the tree not part of Coerthas in the roadmap? I have vague memories but i could be totally wrong there. A few things have changed since that first roadmap package we got anyway.

Well I think we may have jumped the gun on some of the ideas about the concepts as a whole. We assumed the original eruption and the LL crater were concepts for the new town designs (which in retrospect since there was not detailed concepts as of yet the Grid Adventurer hall came much later so it was the only conclusion) but if you look at them now and then watch the opening cinematic you can see the angle, view platform, and even the arrangement of for lighting effects mirror them exactly. So it is possible the CG was constructed with out thought of when or where but to escalate the grand new world feeling and they used some artistic renderings of landmarks even though the surrounding area might not be the same when we reach it in game.

Also with the zone lines there will be some distortion between placement of things so lets say that (And I am not intentionally breaking any nda as I have not seen 2.0 Corethas or Mor Dhona in any shape or form this just for explanation purposes) Corethas is broken into 6 zones with a 7th optional for when Ishgard opens. Any land mark that can be see from Ul'dah will not accurately perceive where it is. So you clear the canyon pass of blue fog and go into Mor Dhona and lets say that broken up into 5 zones. Now in Mor Dhona which is northward of Thanalan you might have to look east or west for the same landmark just because the walk able zones are configured as such that you may clear a considerable distance entering it. So the maps until we have the entire one is a persons personal perception of elimination. So the data road maps might have hurt the sense of direction more so then helped.

[Nuinn]

Im wondering myself..

Before 1.0.


After 2.0. ??


could this be the midgard dragon, which we see on the structure in Mhordona in 1.0.?
well questions over questions.

Perhaps, but I have my doubts after poking around in alpha >.> hush-hush and all of that. . . . We'll see, but it does look somewhat logical, those 2 pics.

[Forgo]

@_@ but. . . . but. . . . We can already see the Crystal Tower in the new opening movie D: did you not watch? ._. It's in the background when Behemoth is shown :3

If I remember well, there was talk that the Dalamud getting near caused the Aethers to be "pulled out", as depicted on the artwork Tonkra posted, so perhaps this is an extreme of Aetherite being sucked out the most where Bahamut and Lousioux clashed. Still don't fully understand where Atomos fits in relation to Aetherites though. . . .

I'm willing to bet my subligar that Lousioux is in fact "trapped" there, in some shape and form. A quest line to reveal that, in fact, he's been either turned into Aetherite/and or trapped in Aether crystal :3 At this point, he's too much of a big deal never to appear again, if even as a ghost or an echo.

Yeah his body could be there and Odin could be his spirit sent forth into the world to find people to put his body and sould back together? I could see that