1.0 Screenshots Thread?

[TheRogueX]

Hey everybody. I'm new to the game as of 2.0 and think the game is beautiful, but everything I'm seeing from 1.0 fascinates me. I feel like I missed out on something, and find myself wishing I would have bought one of the 1.0 CEs that sat at Best Buy for months before the game shut down. One thing I can't really find a lot of online, though, are good screenshots that show what the zones looked like before Dalamud. That's where you legacy players come in!

Post some screenshots for me! I want to see places that have changed, specifically, but screen shots of any area, including the major cities, would be awesome. I appreciate it!

[LlenCoram]

Let's see... I'll only post a couple. The rest I'll upload to an imgur album that you can check out .

The very first screenshot I ever took. This was early launch of 1.0, and there was a funny bug where people's names wouldn't display.


Sometimes would people fall into the ground too. This was Camp Bearded Rock, the first camp immediately outside Limsa Lominsa. It's about where the first river/stream is outside the Zephyr gate now.


Speaking of the gate, this is what it used to look like. No stonework for us. Just a natural arch.


The now-aetheryte plaza in Limsa Lominsa used to be just a pretty showpiece on the lower decks:


The upper decks were quite a bit different too. This is where the event NPCs would stand. It was a bit of a ways down from the old Aetheryte plaza, and is now just about where that pub is, near the centrepiece of the Aftcastle. Maelstrom HQ in 2.0 actually sits in midair between this point and the Adventurer's Guild.


Old Maelstrom HQ. LL used to have northern and southern islands. The N. islands were perpetually closed off, while the S. islands housed Maelstrom HQ and the market wards. No Tempest gate for us! The city only had one exit, and you had to run the entire bridge.


The old Coral Tower, which has always always housed the Musketeer's Guild. The Marauders just moved in after the calamity:


Taking the ferry...


... To the old Vesper Bay (that chocobo teased us for months by the way):


I'll let others add more .

[TheRogueX]

Wow! Thank you very much! Limsa looked so much different! And the Aetheryte looked... so small. lol

[Estellios]

Unfortunately all the Aetheryte camps looked like that, a little hut with 2-3 NPCs, a fence, and the small crystal.

Have an end of the world image:




This is where Camp Horizon is now, the watery part on the way to Vesper bay was a lower area underneath the main section that looked like everywhere else in Thanalan in 1.0. I'm glad they made that area its own thing in ARR since I always liked how it looked.

[KupoNuts]

Taking the ferry...

This looks amazing. Wish we could see the actual transport in 2.0.

[Edellis]

Man, 1.0 was like one really big pretty....terrain texture...

[Estellios]

This looks amazing. Wish we could see the actual transport in 2.0.

It looks good till you see the water in motion, kinda like someone splashing their feet in a pool since the water was all one big flat texture. My friend would always make fun of it, it looked like the boat wasn't moving at all.

[Nepenthe]

I unfortunately lost all of my old screenshots.

Despite not playing too much 1.0 (it got quite boring, I did play again a month before the end though) those pictures give me a nostalgic feeling. As far as LL goes, I remember a lot less structures. It sort of reminded me of British Isles in terms of the stones and varieties and green and such. All of the camps in the game were bland however, and fences were probably the hardest boss in the game! There were tunnels and caves strewn throughout the map and I remember one zone you would go underground to get to -- that was pretty cool. Leves were a pain in the butt to find because of it sometimes, though. Without jump I'd get stuck a lot too.

Gridania was a nightmare! It was huge, with windy paths everywhere.

I remember Blackbrush and Drybone felt very close together; there was also no rail system that I can recall. I remember a deep valley somewhere to the west with an Oasis at the bottom and some narrow cliffs above you could walk on, as well as a leve that was there. I didn't get a high enough level to explore the iconic desert area with the beastmen though. Or Mor Dhona and Coerthas. I do remember Coerthas wasn't encased in snow.

[rageguy]

I miss 1.0. Back then Camp Drybone was packed with people running around killing random monsters, none of this FATE stuff. Back then Uldah had a lot of people afk-ing because that was how you sell stuff, people had to click on your character to see what you have for sale. Back then, the music was awesome. Oh and lots of people grinding Efts at Treespeak, shouting "party please" to look for a grinding party.

Oh and also riding the ferry. Waiting at the dock for a specific time, then getting on the ferry, chatting with people too.

Sadface.

[Cinna]

This makes me miss 1.0. I didn't get to play for long but I remember enjoying it a lot. I also remember being one of the only people in my group of friends who enjoyed it.

/sadface