Beastman Strongholds

[FilthyDisco]

Big ups Rukkirii! Thanks for confirming this for all the whiners.

[User201109011315]

Popping in to clarify that the Beastman Strongholds will indeed be open world areas and not instanced.

I also wanted to show you guys the bigger images of Zahar'ak. Since the forum software kinda shrunk and further compressed the images, I added direct links under the images of even bigger and higher res shots. Enjoy!

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I think it might be a good idea to post high res pics like those on lodestone every update, because when www.massively.com does news articles on FFXIV, they have to scale up the photos and it ends up reducing the quality and it reflects poorly on the game's graphics. Or maybe that's just massively.com.

[Leonesaurus]

Popping in to clarify that the Beastman Strongholds will indeed be open world areas and not instanced.

I also wanted to show you guys the bigger images of Zahar'ak. Since the forum software kinda shrunk and further compressed the images, I added direct links under the images of even bigger and higher res shots. Enjoy!

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OMG, Thank you so much Rukkirii!! I just noticed the Drake in the cage to the left of the Amalj'aa NM after you blew the images up for us! So awesome!!

[Zanfire]

they kind of seem...small i guess. When i thought of these of course i thought of the FFXI beastmen areas, they were pretty big, lots of detail, had quests/NMs/Missions going with them. These feel like what they look like, some chunk of thanlan closed off by some walls and a few things inside to spruce them up.

I really hope when the map redesign comes they get more elaborate separate zones.

[PrettyPrincess]

they kind of seem...small i guess. When i thought of these of course i thought of the FFXI beastmen areas, they were pretty big, lots of detail, had quests/NMs/Missions going with them. These feel like what they look like, some chunk of thanlan closed off by some walls and a few things inside to spruce them up.

I really hope when the map redesign comes they get more elaborate separate zones.

You know...they're only a few screenshots.

[Firon]

they kind of seem...small i guess. When i thought of these of course i thought of the FFXI beastmen areas, they were pretty big, lots of detail, had quests/NMs/Missions going with them. These feel like what they look like, some chunk of thanlan closed off by some walls and a few things inside to spruce them up.

I really hope when the map redesign comes they get more elaborate separate zones.

Dont kid your self about XI it was the same, Davio was just a chunk of junger forest cut off. I swear if nostalgia was an drug everyone would be addicts.....

[Jennestia]

Dont kid your self about XI it was the same, Davio was just a chunk of junger forest cut off. I swear if nostalgia was an drug everyone would be addicts.....

Only person kidding themselves is you.

http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__...c/cd/Davoi.png

That's a fairly decent size, since all we have to go on is screenshots of what LOOKs like a tiny area, is why people say Davoi is bigger.

I really think people make it a mission to talk down the better FF online whenever it's mentioned.

[Holland]

Dont kid your self about XI it was the same, Davio was just a chunk of junger forest cut off. I swear if nostalgia was an drug everyone would be addicts.....

Actually, The three Beastman strongholds in XI were pretty massive, add to that all the content attached to it to make it even bigger and relevant, I understan they might not start like that, but I hope they add quest and events to them over time.

There is no way anyone can undermine the relevance of the strongholds in XI. Not in size or content.

[Dargoth_Draconia]

they kind of seem...small i guess. When i thought of these of course i thought of the FFXI beastmen areas, they were pretty big, lots of detail, had quests/NMs/Missions going with them. These feel like what they look like, some chunk of thanlan closed off by some walls and a few things inside to spruce them up.

I really hope when the map redesign comes they get more elaborate separate zones.

Actually I don't care if they are separate zones, I would just like a certain part of each zone have a nice big open world beastmen camp something about the size of Ghelsba Outpost from FFXI. Maybe down the road in different zones give them a bigger fortress whether it be in caves or above ground or wherever.

[Felis]

I know it ^^