That Volcano in La Noscea

[Dhalmel]

Is there a official name for it? If not what would you think it would be called.
Gurgu Volcano like from FF1? Will we be able to access this volcano before 2.0?

Yes this useless thread is useless, but standing around in Uldah for a PT has had me ponder on the current world of Eorzea.

[Minya]

it's where the world has it's period B)

[Alicia_WM]

O'ghomoro (similar to U'ghamaro Mines)

[Belial]

The current world has something I found mind blowing.

You get on the ferry from the Western Thanalan dock. You're out at sea, while everything looks the same, the compass shows you moving West the whole time until you reach Limsa. But wait! You end up on La Noscea's South Western side, where Limsa's docks reside! Which means when you see Limsa, you're seeing it as if you were facing in an Eastern direction!

"Pfft, the ship just sailed around the island.". Shouldn't we be able to at least see the island as we're moving around it to Limsa then? What ship would take such a wide around turn that we'd never see the island until we move back at it dead on? Or is my compass broken? Did a wizard do it?

Real world directions making sense in a game world? Mind blown. Of course it could just be laziness.

I think it just comes down to the current dev team have to work with something that was strung together for a force boot out the door, so there's probably lots of little bits and pieces to things that need polishing, much like many of the mechanics and systems in game are undergoing.

[Dhalmel]

it's where the world has it's period B)

Thank You/

[TheFatHousecat]

In alpha I was saying how that volcano would be just like Ifrit's Cauldron in XI. NOOOPE.

But in 2.0 it appears as if it'll get some cool use, so we'll see what's done.

[OMEGA_HACK]

yeah I was bummed out there were no 'fire' or 'ice' zones of any kind in the game...I know they said it was a southern continent but mountains can be cold, and that volcano is certainly hot! But it seems like this might be changing in 2.0 so, woot?

[Madruk]

Pretty sure the volcano is just a random coincidence of copy pasta'ed hills stacked on top of each other.

[Meow_Zedong]

Let me drop some lore on ya:

The place is called O'ghomoro Volcano (not sure on the spelling). It is the homeland to both the Kobolds and the Hellsguard Roegadyn. They both have settlements inside the volcano and fight over the territory for religious reasons. The Kobold see it as the resting place of their Primal God (Titan), while the Roegadyn believe the Volcano houses a portal to Hell, and they've pledged to guard it and make sure a certain mighty Demon (Titan) never comes through.

One of the entrances to the Volcano is U'ghamaro Mines, and presumably, the mines were going to be an instanced dungeon where you fought Titan as the boss. Titan was going to be the first Primal battle and his model has been in the game since launch, but they decided to postpone the Titan battle because they thought it would be insensitive to Japanese players still recovering from the earthquake.

Hope that answers your question, and then some.

[TheFatHousecat]

WHY IS IRON LAKE NOT A LAKE OF MOLTEN IRON?