The remaining half of Eorzea?

[Petori]

There are currently 3 towns and 5 zones in game. However the CE map clearly shows 6 towns and 10 zones. We lack the following:

Ishgard
Ala Mhigo
Sharlayan
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O'Ghomoro
Dravania
Gyr Abania
Paglth'an
Xelphatol

So we currently only have half of Eorzea available. I'm really disappointed about this and would like to know if there are any plans when/if these areas will be implemented. I really think these areas should have been there since release.

[Khalus]

More like 15 other major zones, and not to mention in La Noscea alone I found 3 zones that go no where, with an NPC standing nearby. And in Thanalan I found 2-3 areas that are like caves in the ground, but are also blocked by an invisible wall. I'm sure there are several in the Black Shroud and the last 2 zones as well. {More than likely those are being reserved for dungeons and future content, but its just blah having so many areas blocked off, when there should have been something there already...}

[Adol]

I'm really disappointed about this and would like to know if there are any plans when/if these areas will be implemented.

They are most likely saving these areas for the release of an expansion.

[SydeBeheln]

They said they don't plan to open them until they have the game structurally where they want it. I can agree with that, I don't want them having to go and redo the zones before they get the basic xp algorithms and mob placement figured out in the zones we already have.

[Wolfie]

I hope they don't leave these for an expansion, but it's going to be a long, long time before the rest of Eorzea is fleshed out. Keep in mind that they still have to redo a lot of the game's core and it's a bad idea to add content before the game core is done.

[Quoc]

I find it sad that I paid for a game that has half the world inaccessible.

[SydeBeheln]

I find it sad that I paid for a game that has half the world inaccessible.

do noted. Which is the reason why 85% of the people who purchased this game (especially the CE) are disappointed. It makes it easier for me if I look at it from a basis that FFXIV is still in it's beta phase, and we are all the testers.

[Petori]

More like 15 other major zones

Wow that's even worse ><.

I agree that fixing the game system is #1 priority but I'd like to know if they are even working at this at the moment. Do they have any idea how will they make these zones or do they need to start from nothing? I don't know about you but I wouldn't like to wait another year for these zones to pop.

[Rane]

While I'd like to see these towns/zones as well, I'd be really disappointed if I walked in and they contained the same copy/paste environments that the other zones do.

If these zones are completely finished, then it might make sense to implement them even if they aren't so great. However, I would guess that they were never completed. If any work was put into these zones before Yoshida's team took over, I would imagine that they were on their way to being as bland and repetitious as the current areas. In that case, I would rather the new team re-work them from the ground up rather than spend time finishing what was started. Given the circumstances, I wouldn't expect the new zones to open up until the current zone redesign is finished (which won't be for a very long time, unfortunately).

I don't mean to discount how the OP feels, however. I, too, get curious when I see that map, and I'd really like to explore those areas. And I agree that you shouldn't release a game with half of the vanilla version world completely closed off. It's incredibly disappointing.

But what's done is done, I suppose. I just hope that when we finally do have the ability to explore the rest of Eorzea, the new zones are done right.

[Griss]

More like 15 other major zones, and not to mention in La Noscea alone I found 3 zones that go no where, with an NPC standing nearby. And in Thanalan I found 2-3 areas that are like caves in the ground, but are also blocked by an invisible wall. I'm sure there are several in the Black Shroud and the last 2 zones as well. {More than likely those are being reserved for dungeons and future content, but its just blah having so many areas blocked off, when there should have been something there already...}

I do think that all of the areas you mention are in fact dungeon entrances/placeholders.