Area Redesign / New Area ScreenPics

[AlexNiculaie]

IIRC they have been hinting that the redesigns will result from ingame events tied to the upcoming era change. I could be misremembering though. I could certainly see the Shroud redesign coming from some sort of disaster; fires or earthquake leveling part of the forest, while floods drown out another.

[Esk]

IIRC they have been hinting that the redesigns will result from ingame events tied to the upcoming era change. I could be misremembering though. I could certainly see the Shroud redesign coming from some sort of disaster; fires or earthquake leveling part of the forest, while floods drown out another.

Just hope it still looks likes a forest, while the layout can be annoying, the look is great I think with the backdrop, especially in a storm.
Just needs to be more open.

[Oscillate_Wildly]

Just hope it still looks likes a forest, while the layout can be annoying, the look is great I think with the backdrop, especially in a storm.
Just needs to be more open.

If they could JUST open it up enough that it resembles Jugner in a way and the forests of San d'Oria closer to Ul'dah. Close knit trees but the ability to walk through them. Thin in some areas, packed and hard to go around in others.

The images look to mark the layout of where the new landmarks are. And I see 4 in one zone now? O: I wonder if that's Mor dhona? And if that includes the keeper as well. Ahhh I'm excited. I wouldn't mind losing a bit of map space if it meant we're getting more diverse areas of the same map, and that in newer expansions we'll get even better ones based around the same concept.

[Jinko]

If they could JUST open it up enough that it resembles Jugner in a way and the forests of San d'Oria closer to Ul'dah. Close knit trees but the ability to walk through them. Thin in some areas, packed and hard to go around in others.

The images look to mark the layout of where the new landmarks are. And I see 4 in one zone now? O: I wonder if that's Mor dhona? And if that includes the keeper as well. Ahhh I'm excited. I wouldn't mind losing a bit of map space if it meant we're getting more diverse areas of the same map, and that in newer expansions we'll get even better ones based around the same concept.

They did say that smaller more diverse zones could be one way to go, especially considering the PS3 memory limitations, sounds good to me

[Oscillate_Wildly]

They did say that smaller more diverse zones could be one way to go, especially considering the PS3 memory limitations, sounds good to me

That's true. A double amount of diverse zones would be nice. Because as nice as the bigger ones are no one really travels up there for a reason other than turning in leves. Such as...Blue Fog is it? With all the aggro it's rough, and if it was worth killing things up there it'd be a nice place to skill up but with the new zones in place there will be more landmarks to explore. So I'm excited for that. 8D

I'd like to see some abnormal maps like castles and buildings added in the future. :Y Even if we cannot fight in them, mini villages spread around similar to hamlets, but which we can enter, would be divine.