The mystery of the missing Region

[Sephrick]

Yeah but I kind of doubt XI was released with everything missing, no explanation on how to do anything, and had to be fundementally changed to succeed xD

What does that have to do with the OP?

We all know how broken the game still is even today. Later in the thread the OP uses the XI maps as an example of a "complete" zone lay out. But that's not true.

[DeadRiser]

What does that have to do with the OP?

We all know how broken the game still is even today. Later in the thread the OP uses the XI maps as an example of a "complete" zone lay out. But that's not true.

Who cares really... you people are making every little thread into some HUGE deal like it's going to break the game. Why can't you just not comment on the thread if you disagree with it instead of chunking your views down everyones throats? Mostly hinting that towards Betel

[Sephrick]

Who cares really... you people are making every little thread into some HUGE deal like it's going to break the game. Why can't you just not comment on the thread if you disagree with it instead of chunking your views down everyones throats? Mostly hinting that towards Betel

How about you take your own advice?

The point of a discussion forum is to discuss. Those that disagree are mainly just pointing out that a developer doesn't need to account for every square inch of the world map. It should be understood that we visit only the areas relevant to our gameplay.

[BruceyBruceyBangBang]

Yeah but I kind of doubt XI was released with everything missing, no explanation on how to do anything, and had to be fundementally changed to succeed xD

All that bickering and you were dead wrong to begin with. FFXI had a horrible launch too. It just wasn't an international launch.

[DeadRiser]

All that bickering and you were dead wrong to begin with. FFXI had a horrible launch too. It just wasn't an international launch.

Blah blah blah, shut up. It's over and done with. Who give a sh*t anymore. Way to beat a dead horse... etc.

[OMEGA_HACK]

the main difference is what the zone's names imply:

A sanctuary implies a tucked away safe haven from the rest of the world. (Hence the name Sancutary of Zi'tah) And also there are mountains that tuck it away in that little alcove of a zone. Unlike The Black Shroud which is supposedly taking up the vast majority of the the Eastern shore line in Eorzea. That alone should say there should be a middle ground between the two zones being plains-like with the vista of the massive trees of the Black Shroud in the distance.

Oh and the note about "new" zones in WotG...those were later added just so they could say "new zones" in this expansion, it wasn't like there were missing zones in the same sense of what is going on here. Those new zones were merely alternate routes that fit side by side with the existing zones' layout. But I guess if you want to call them missing from release you'd be correct because they were not there, but you are wrong in the sense that they were missing and were later added to 'fix' a zone layout problem.

Its just funny that people can say that its all fine, when there are a lot things that were purposely written on the world map that are not in the game. My main concern wasn't the fact that the missing zone is a problem NOW, but to better examine the world map and make the NEW MAPS fit accordingly...instead of this jumble mess we have now.

[Sephrick]

the main difference is what the zone's names imply:

A sanctuary implies a tucked away safe haven from the rest of the world. (Hence the name Sancutary of Zi'tah) And also there are mountains that tuck it away in that little alcove of a zone. Unlike The Black Shroud which is supposedly taking up the vast majority of the the Eastern shore line in Eorzea. That alone should say there should be a middle ground between the two zones being plains-like with the vista of the massive trees of the Black Shroud in the distance.

Oh and the note about "new" zones in WotG...those were later added just so they could say "new zones" in this expansion, it wasn't like there were missing zones in the same sense of what is going on here. Those new zones were merely alternate routes that fit side by side with the existing zones' layout. But I guess if you want to call them missing from release you'd be correct because they were not there, but you are wrong in the sense that they were missing and were later added to 'fix' a zone layout problem.

Its just funny that people can say that its all fine, when there are a lot things that were purposely written on the world map that are not in the game. My main concern wasn't the fact that the missing zone is a problem NOW, but to better examine the world map and make the NEW MAPS fit accordingly...instead of this jumble mess we have now.

You're assuming there's a layout problem in XIV, which there isn't.

We simply travel northwest of the "missing" zone, bypassing it entirely. In the mock up in the OP, it's assumed that all zone lines are a direct connection, which isn't true. It's assumed we travel beyond what we see. It was like that in XI as well.

[grandm]

i agree with sephrick, there is nothing in the missing areas, you get a loading screen instead of a 5-10 min walk through a baron zone, its not a design flaw its an option for future development

[Picoman]

Lol i had a similar thread going a long time ago, its still something that interests me but since the 2.0 announcement i am happy with whats happening to the current zones.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-New-World-Map

Got as far as this http://bit.ly/qEnDZD image, lol.

[Zenaku]

They rebuilding all the maps so i don't see a issue coming 1.20 patch.