QoL: Aetherites in needed locations.

[Cyrusskorrey]

I meant to post this ages ago when there was talk about Idyllshire getting an aethernet. but here is a list of locations and places i personally feel there should be
some kind of AetherPlaza or Aethernet.

2.x Zones
Limsa Lominsa (Net)
- Naldiq & Vymelli's Smithery (Blacksmith/Armorer Guilds)

North Shroud (Plaza)
- Hyrstmill (Gregot the Smith)

Ul’dah (net)
- Sapphire Avenue Exchange (Market board area)

Western Thanaland (Plaza)
- Vesperbay (The waking sands)

Coerthas Central Highlands
- Whitebrim Front (Plaza)

3.x Areas

Idyllshire (net)
- Entrance
- Freewalks Roundspot
- The Garden

Closing: this is just a suggestion for the goers of the forum to chat about.

please enjoy. and see you in my next topic

[Maleficent]

I meant to post this ages ago when there was talk about Idyllshire getting an aethernet. but here is a list of locations and places i personally feel there should be
some kind of AetherPlaza or Aethernet.

2.x Zones
Limsa Lominsa (Net)
- Naldiq & Vymelli's Smithery (Blacksmith/Armorer Guilds)

North Shroud (Plaza)
- Hyrstmill (Gregot the Smith)

Ul’dah (net)
- Sapphire Avenue Exchange (Market board area)

Western Thanaland (Plaza)
- Vesperbay (The waking sands)

Coerthas Central Highlands
- Whitebrim Front (Plaza)

3.x Areas

Idyllshire (net)
- Entrance
- Freewalks Roundspot
- The Garden

Closing: this is just a suggestion for the goers of the forum to chat about.

please enjoy. and see you in my next topic

For the interim, here are a couple of options I use:

For Ul'dah MBs, port to the adventurers guild aethernet, then head to the left exit.

For Vesperbay, port to Limsa Lominsa, port to Arcanist's Guild, then take the ferry.

Saves the long walk. For everything else, there's chocobo! *Kweh*

[bass9020]

Fine as is we need less not more.

[basketofseals]

I'd like to point out that the lack of aetheryte is actually something the Scions discussed. It was one of their reasons for moving in fact. Apparently local governments don't really like the Scions, so they try to inconvenience them passive aggressively or something like that.

[Enkidoh]

Basketofseals is correct - the lack of an aetheryte at Vesper Bay is actually part of the game's lore and storyline, viz a viz, the reason an aetheryte was never installed there was because Minfilia refused to accept bribes from Lord Lolorito, hence he thumbed his nose at them in turn by instead of an aetheryte erecting an ostentatious statue of himself there, metaphorically placing his own ego over the good of the realm.

Gameplay wise though, there really isn't that much of a massive need to get there (the Scions after all move to Revenant's Toll) - mounts are fast enough and the distance from Horizon isn't that far.

[DamianFatale]

The lore is easy to rewrite.

[Cinno]

The lore is easy to rewrite.

If you're just going to rewrite the lore, whats the point of establishing it in the first place? It's there for a reason.

On the topic of this thread, honestly Its fine the way it is... in fact i'd agree there's too many aetherytes. The final fantasy world feels so small because we never have to actually go in it.. We teleport to whatever town we need to go to, handle our business, then teleport to the next down and take care of stuff there.

Honestly better suggestion, lets just get rid of all the areas as a whole. Just have the city states, and closed off towns we can teleport to. That's almost no different than what we have now.

[Paladinleeds]

The lore is easy to rewrite.

It could be, but retconning will come with a heck of a backlash. I mean look at Sonic '06... ok admittedly it also got slammed for its gameplay (which I found no major faults with personally, but hey ho, that's just my experience), however it also got puked on over the fact it retconned every piece of Sonic lore that had been built up over the years. Even had the game been good gameplay wise people would still have slammed it over it retconning everything. Sure your sites like Metacritic might not give two hoots, but there'll be plenty of people reviewing who do take the lore into account. Then consider Sonic isn't even a story driven game, whereas Final Fantasy is. That'd create an even bigger backlash that I think would doom FFXIV.

[Jetstream_Fox]

Fine as is we need less not more.

What is the point of having less aetherites? I truly don't understand the reasoning behind it, all it does is warp players to one designation.

[Paladinleeds]

What is the point of having less aetherites? I truly don't understand the reasoning behind it, all it does is warp players to one designation.

And I think therein lies the crux of the issue. It makes the world feel a lot smaller than it actually is. Because you just teleport everywhere and it becomes a "Teleporting Simulator" per se. Whereas riding a chocobo, even the porter chocobos, or even flying around the map, the place still looks huge and properly world-like, and to be honest, I agree with the viewpoint that flying/chocoboing everywhere makes the world seem bigger.