Thread: Is Hydaelyn a spherical planet or flat? 4.0 seems to imply that it is flat.

It is spherical. Shown in at least one cs, and I think its mentioned in the Encyclopedia Eorzea.

Originally Posted by LordLucavi

It is spherical. Shown in at least one cs, and I think its mentioned in the Encyclopedia Eorzea.

Okay so what's the explanation for the time thing?

Originally Posted by DinahDemiurge

Okay so what's the explanation for the time thing?

Gameplay mechanics/lore segregation.

My own "flat-Eorzea" wonderings have been more tied to boggling over sailing east across Garlean-infested waters rather than sailing west and around the other side. xD

Originally Posted by Naunet

Gameplay mechanics/lore segregation.

My own "flat-Eorzea" wonderings have been more tied to boggling over sailing east across Garlean-infested waters rather than sailing west and around the other side. xD

There's a much more dangerous continent to the west. I think they confirmed this on some lore panel at some point.

Originally Posted by DinahDemiurge

There's a much more dangerous continent to the west. I think they confirmed this on some lore panel at some point.

Really? Interesting! Do you have a link for a quote or something?

Originally Posted by Naunet

Gameplay mechanics/lore segregation.

My own "flat-Eorzea" wonderings have been more tied to boggling over sailing east across Garlean-infested waters rather than sailing west and around the other side. xD

I think it's more of a scale thing.

In most RPG games, the world isn't round, I believe the term is manifold. Like the most logical shape of worlds like FF4-8 are actually doughnuts. But this is simply because you wrap around west-to-east, and north-to-south. In 3D games, you can actually do a sphere, so there is no need for these doughnut shaped manifold worlds.

However, there is also other logic (like the teleport costs) that suggests that the distance between Ala Mhigo and Gridania is half that of Kugane. Note how only half a day passes between leaving Eorzea and arriving at Kugane. So in terms of world-space, the distance between Kugane and Eorzea is probably the same distance as San Diego and San Francisco. Too far for airships to reach (given how small every one of them we've seen has been so far.)

One thing I miss from V1.0 Eorzea is that there was an actual Ferry movement cycle between Limsa Lominsa and Thanalan/Vesper Bay. It actually used to take several minutes and you had to be on the dock side of the ticket gates to be teleported to the ship when it arrived. V1.0 was far larger, but again, the copy-paste landscapes hurt it more than it helped it.

Based on the map that's in the game (nothing but clouds over the Garlean empire) there is still things around the land mass that we haven't seen.

Originally Posted by DinahDemiurge

Okay so what's the explanation for the time thing?

the same as not having to breathe underwater MAGIC