Revelations from Gamescom 2019

[Bright-Flower]

It's a shame that those who reside on the First lack the same potential as those on the Source by virtue of not being as complete. That really puts a dampener on my desire to role-play a resident of the First. Not because I wish to play a powerful character but it because it indirectly makes them much less relevant in the grand scheme of things.

It does make sense from the perspective of all the excess aether having to go somewhere, at least - and it's not as if we didn't see some on the First put up an excellent fight even faced with the Warrior of Light as an opponent.

First RP is always going to be pretty limited anyway as we go back to the Source or other worlds in future expansions anyway. Unless SE actuall makes an RP friendly means of traveling between worlds.

[Insertusernamehere]

Deleting. Wrong thread :3

[Erendis]

20. In XIV we've seen civilizations influenced by Mayans and Aztecs, by Middle Eastern cultures, by East Asian culture, etc. Are there any real-world influences that we haven't seen implemented yet that you're interested on touching upon in the future?[INDENT]Oda: That will be the case in the future, I think, because when we create new areas or countries we often use real countries and cultures as references. But what culture we pick next will be a big spoiler, so I can’t talk about that.

Do you think Meracydia will be based on Egipt? It is a major civilation they have not touched yet and sun was very important there.

[ShadowMeowth]

Do you think Meracydia will be based on Egipt? It is a major civilation they have not touched yet and sun was very important there.

If they do that I am going to scream a lot because my WoL/D is Meracydian by birth (raised in an island south of Old Sharlayan) and by having her being a Seeker of the Sun (cats), her guardian deity being Azeyma and being a native Meracydian, if Meracydia turns out to be Egypt-based I will have just hit the jackpot.

We do know Sephirot draws quite a bit from old Jewish culture, and Judea was not very far from the lands Ancient Egypt ruled over. That, and the fact Egyptians and Hebrews coexisted for a long time before the whole slavery shabang. There is context for that if it were the case.

[Iscah]

Well, Qarn seems to have some Egyptian influence and it resembles the Meracydian "cathedral" in Azys Lla...

[ShadowMeowth]

Well, Qarn seems to have some Egyptian influence and it resembles the Meracydian "cathedral" in Azys Lla...

Qarn (which definitely has Ancient Egyptian influence) was of Belah'dian origin, if I recall correctly? Which incidentally was a nation whose patron deity was Azeyma... And in Qarn HM there is this puzzle-seal-thing with the sun / moon / star gems...

Crud. Now I want to know more about Belah'dia.

[JeanneOrnitier]

I always envisioned Meracydia as Australia (southern continent that's mostly wasteland) and so its inhabitants as Aboriginals.

[Kesey]

I don't know what the country north of Ala Mhigo is other than it has town called Terncliff.

Terncliff has the Italian seaside villa aesthetic going for it and I'd like to see more of that.

[MrThinker]

I don't know what the country north of Ala Mhigo is other than it has town called Terncliff.

Terncliff has the Italian seaside villa aesthetic going for it and I'd like to see more of that.

Oh that's simple, it's the "region of Ilsabard that has Werlyt as it's capital".

[Enkidoh]

Qarn (which definitely has Ancient Egyptian influence) was of Belah'dian origin, if I recall correctly? Which incidentally was a nation whose patron deity was Azeyma... And in Qarn HM there is this puzzle-seal-thing with the sun / moon / star gems...

Crud. Now I want to know more about Belah'dia.

Qarn wasn't built by Belha'dia, it was already old before Belah'dia was even formed (the description for it in the Duty Finder mentions how it predated "this Sixth Astral Era civilization" and that generations of Belah'dian sultans added more and more of their own embelishments and modifications to the place, suggesting it was definetely at least pre-Sixth Astral Era, possibly even older.

My guess is something around Third Astral Era, aka, around the time of the rise of the Allagan Empire, as Allagan structures have always been part of Thanalan since 1.0, with the 'Royal Allagan Starway' and 'Royal Allagan Sunway' roads still in use in the present day, so an Allagan-era origin for Qarn is as good as any).

Also those minaret-like structures found partially buried in the sand in Southern Thanalan like at Byregot's Strike are very similar to the structures found near the Crystal Tower in Mor Dhona at Saint Coinach's Find, and also, Qarn's structure resembles the other ruins found in Eastern Thanalan around Highbridge and the appropriately named 'Invisible City' soooo... I'll leave you to draw your own conclusions.