What ever happened to the Roaming primals?

[KyahAlmasy]

Didn't we see Ifrit in Thanalan being fought by a large group of people in the original Benchmark for ARR, but then never heard anything more about it? I'm terrible with keeping up with updates, but has there been any word on this? Or was the concept dropped completely.

[Whiteroom]

I think Yoshi may have commented on this recently. Something about thinking it might not fit with new players yet. I'm not 100% though and on my phone so don't take my word on it. He may have mentioned that it was still in the cards though.


Would love to see it, and stronger than S ranks by a long shot though.

[Exodus-E]

They once stated that it was still being considered, but they had to find a way to give it a story justification first.
Other than that, we got nothing on it thus far (just like the Egi glamour system; although, that one is the most "likely" one to come out first).

[Kotemon]

They once stated that it was still being considered, but they had to find a way to give it a story justification first.

As long as its not replicating the way Abyssea explained the roaming and avatars or the KI pops. I can see a fate chain as the most likely plot device. However given the level of the 2.x areas.

[Nalien]

As long as its not replicating the way Abyssea explained the roaming and avatars or the KI pops. I can see a fate chain as the most likely plot device. However given the level of the 2.x areas.

I don't think they'd be in 2.0 areas at this point. Potentially all of the beast tribe areas have room for expansion into their own region, places like Paglth'an for the Amalj'aa (there is a gate at the back of Zahar'ak that could lead right there). Imagine a whole zone in the theme of their strongholds; A much better place to put a wandering Primal. Both thematically and logistically. Stuff them in 2.0 areas and you've got new players seeing Leviathan long before the story introduces him. Have an entire expansion add regions for the beast tribes and you've got the perfect setting.

Interestingly, somewhere like Mount O'Ghomoro (for the Kobolds) was intended as a zone back when concept maps for zones were being made up. Upper and Outer La Noscea were all one map, too, but as you zone in on the left side (around X13Y19) there is a blocked pathway which the concept map labeled as "New Volcano Zone", or something similar. Then you've got that Ixali gate in Coerthas that leads up the mountain, just up from Natalan. Definitely room for them to give us such zones, although Sylphlands might be a bit tricky, and lord knows what they'd do for the Sahagin, I'd imagine they'd just get an island somewhere.

[Zohar_Lahar]

Interestingly, somewhere like Mount O'Ghomoro (for the Kobolds) was intended as a zone back when concept maps for zones were being made up. Upper and Outer La Noscea were all one map, too, but as you zone in on the left side (around X13Y19) there is a blocked pathway which the concept map labeled as "New Volcano Zone", or something similar. Then you've got that Ixali gate in Coerthas that leads up the mountain, just up from Natalan. Definitely room for them to give us such zones, although Sylphlands might be a bit tricky, and lord knows what they'd do for the Sahagin, I'd imagine they'd just get an island somewhere.

Sahagin have an underwater city.

[Kaisha]

There was a giant turtle in Central Shroud as well in that benchmark. I wouldn't take anything in there with a grain of salt.

[Colorful]

It went the way of Egi glamours, the addon API, sieges on Ishgard, and many other features it seems.

[KyahAlmasy]

It went the way of Egi glamours, the addon API, sieges on Ishgard, and many other features it seems.

What bothers me about that, is that they used it so heavily when they were promoting ARR, to even incorporate it into the benchmark. Feels like they were intentionally false advertising on that front, which is sort of a slap in the face to their playerbase.

[PArcher]

What bothers me about that, is that they used it so heavily when they were promoting ARR, to even incorporate it into the benchmark. Feels like they were intentionally false advertising on that front, which is sort of a slap in the face to their playerbase.

Look at the HW benchmark. No 8-man fight against Nidhogg and adds (yet), but when we encounter Bismark...we don't get eaten, as it is implied there.

And ts no "slap in the face"; plans change, things that seem like amazing ideas become a nightmare to implement properly, if it can be made to work at all.