Anyone Else Feel, That the World is Too Pretty?

[Airget]

Well the damage is known if you played 1.0, for one the destructive force was so devastating to Coerthas that it changed a once green land, to one of a colder/winter climate. The connected points to Gridania and Coerthas show off a very ravaged piece of territory that is pretty much on the border of their homeland. The enemy forces made their camp in the uldah area that was ravaged by the calamity, the connecting areas between ulda/mor dhona are very much lacking life, very dead dark zone.

So the sights of the destructive force are there, for the rest of the areas, they repaired, rebuilt, if I'm not mistaken it has been 5yrs since the calamity and honestly in 5yrs time it's easy to recover.

Think of natural disasters that have occurred irl, and how much time it took them to recover. A lot can be repaired in 5yrs time.

[PapesseLudovique]

Well the damage is known if you played 1.0, for one the destructive force was so devastating to Coerthas that it changed a once green land, to one of a colder/winter climate. The connected points to Gridania and Coerthas show off a very ravaged piece of territory that is pretty much on the border of their homeland. The enemy forces made their camp in the uldah area that was ravaged by the calamity, the connecting areas between ulda/mor dhona are very much lacking life, very dead dark zone.

So the sights of the destructive force are there, for the rest of the areas, they repaired, rebuilt, if I'm not mistaken it has been 5yrs since the calamity and honestly in 5yrs time it's easy to recover.

Think of natural disasters that have occurred irl, and how much time it took them to recover. A lot can be repaired in 5yrs time.

Perhaps, but that doesn't really have the same emotional impact.

[Arrak]

For a planet ravaged by a global calamity? It's only been what, five years since Bahamut laid waste to the world?

Bahamut's Coil cutscenes. A bunch of aether was forced into the world when Dalamud fell... which was believed to be Bahamut losing his physical form and reverting to aether. But...

[waycool]

It may be only five years, but that's Eorzea time. Do we have any idea on on how long a year on Hydaelyn is?

[Sephirah]

It may be only five years, but that's Eorzea time. Do we have any idea on on how long a year on Hydaelyn is?

Just going off the bithdays of characters, there are 6 astral/umbral moons in a year, so 12 months. And months in character creation are normal 30-31 day months. Of course, no clue how much actual time passes in these months.

[Arrak]

Well, lore-wise, it makes sense that there are hyper-lush, visually unique places after the Calamity because Dalamud forced a lot of Aether to the surface of Eorzea. And it's causing all sorts of changes, kind of like global warming. Lore-buffs, is that right?

According to one of the cutscenes in Bahamut's Coil, Asaille (dunno her name) tells you that the planet underwent a very fast regeneration thanks to an influx of aether after the Battle of Cartenau. It was originally believed to have been caused by Bahamut losing his physical form. However, that might not be the case...

[Seig345]

Perhaps, but that doesn't really have the same emotional impact.

Then your complaint is that the game puts you down 5 years after the calamity, and not 5 months. 5 years was plenty of time for the continent to have recovered to the point it has.

In FFVI, god statues were pushed out of alignment, tearing continents apart and ruining the world's balance of life. in FFXIV, one elder dragon attacked. He didn't tear it up, and he didn't come down to destroy the continent, he was imprisoned, and therefore reasonably pissed off, and took it out on anything near by before going wherever he went for that Coil thing; he didn't take a giant elder primal plow and dig up every inch of the continent.

They didn't have to radically change the entire world's layout for 2.0, just explain some of the necessary changes. Gridania's been considerably changed in its layout. Just look at Old Gridania; there's several pathways now filled with rubble. The CNJ and Btn guilds, along with the amphitheater, all used to be accessed by paths that led off from the northwest corner of the city. now the theatre is practically in the center, and the CNJ and Btn guilds have been moved considerably southward.

In fact, the entire Black Shroud area is one giant gaping wound. The fact that you can see the sky at all is a sign of a huge change. It was called The Black Shroud because you were under 100% canopy within the entirity of the wood's borders. When Dalamud was nearing and the imperial airships were buzzing about, you could only hear the noise above, otherwise everything actually looked the same. You could hardly even tell if it was night or day. Gridania was the only place you could see the sky, since there were clearings enough for there to be a gap in the canopy. Limsa and Ul'dah are actual structures, which can be rebuilt or repaired. Trees, not so much, even with the aether, as made evident by the current state of the shroud.

[neverendingxsin]

I wish there was more snow

[Sixmp]

I think the way the world looks is deliberate. Possibly something in the storyline at some point. Things i have seen here and there kinda lead me to suspect something...

[L33K]

first world problems. =P