Is this the "Aetherial Wheel?"

[Darki]

An Atetherial wheel was mentioned at the FFXIV fan festival shown here:


But they didn't go into detail what it is or even what it relates to. But I do have one theory:


This is the only thing I can come up with. The primals which bacillary run on aether are all element themed. This can apply to players as elemental attacks, defense, crafting ect.

But what do you guys think? Have a different theory?

[Archulak]

As far as i remember they briefly touched on this during the livestream and said it would be the start of FC crafting.

[Shamo_Lomenzo]

Wasn't aetherial wheel something to do with Free Company crafting?

We already know it won't be something like you mentioned where certain elemental attacks have advantages over certain enemy types because CNJ/WHM and THM/BLM would be excluded from some fights since they don't have access to all of the elements.

[EdwinLi]

It is basically FC Quests

A bunch of task that will require FC members to work together to complete these task for FC rewards.

[kog985]

No, please don't destroy my hype about FC crafting!!!

[Fensfield]

Given the rumours about it being the first in a series of components towards a shot at an airship?

I think it is, quite literally, the drive-wheel all of FFXIV's airships have. Weirdly they don't spin since the 2.0 rebuild, but they're on the underside at the front of the inter-city airships (and they certainly did used to rotate. Kind of irritating that they don't now, actually). The Agrius (the massive, crashed Garlean one in Mor Dhona) had them all over it's top-side meanwhile, and those flight-capable walking towers of theirs (the 'Dreadnaughts') have them mounted at the back where the legs join the body/tower.

Fairly certain it's a key feature of all ceruleum-driven machina.

... Not that it wouldn't be wonderful to have the elemental system back -.-

[HumsterMKX]

Imagine this....

Airships need Elemental Materia to Fly...

[WellFooled]

Given the rumours about it being the first in a series of components towards a shot at an airship?

I think it is, quite literally, the drive-wheel all of FFXIV's airships have

In the live letter they showed off some screenshots of FC crafting where the item being crafted was a house. It looked like the end result of the craft was a new roof for the free company estate. It looked pretty far into development so my bet is that it was a preview of this wheel we're getting in 2.5.

I think instead of the first item in free company crafting, this wheel is instead the first of multiple features for free company crafting.

[Rijo]

Hey all, anyone know if making the wheel we get an excellent does it make a difference? thanks

[Zetsumei_Tsunarashi]

Excellent progress just means the next stage of the project will require less materials than normal.