The Aetherial Wheel

[Nalien]

I always assumed the translation that had Erik putting the tower west was wrong, because if it was in east Mor Dhona then it lines up very nicely with one of the original main scenario quests; I believe it had us laying crystals around the area to the West Shroud zone (where Crystal Tower now is) and having them returned to us unaspected, with the conclusion that something underground was draining them of their aether. The quest was probably going for explaining how messed up all of Mor Dhona is, but damned if it didn't end up acting as a nice allusion to Crystal Tower.

As for the Aetherial Wheel, given how we obtain them I can't see them having any important connection. They're crafted furniture, if there was any connection I'd expect a quest or something... I suppose we might get a passing reference and a Throne Gem might be required to craft them. They could always have just reused the same assets because the ones around the Tomb of Xandes I were "Aetheric Conductors" or some such thing, and given what the Aetherial Wheel is and does, they felt it fitting to reuse them for it.

[finiteHP]

My first thought when I saw the Aetherial Wheel was that giving FCs an item that is used to collect aether is an interesting possible first step toward an certain FC thing that would, I assume, use a large amount of aether...

[Balipu]

My first thought when I saw the Aetherial Wheel was that giving FCs an item that is used to collect aether is an interesting possible first step toward an certain FC thing that would, I assume, use a large amount of aether...

Nice find. I assumed like most here that the wheel simply frees up company credits that will no doubt be diverted to crafting, but yes, Aether can have several uses.

[VoltaAsura]

Once again, I must curse the fact I didn't play 1.0.

It's still up http://seventhumbral.org/

[Balipu]

It's still up http://seventhumbral.org/

I will definitely check it when It will be opearble. At its current state it sounds pretty broken.

[VoltaAsura]

I wouldn't say broken, but there is still a lot of work to be done to get it playable as a game. You can still run around and explore and do a few things though.