Where Dalamud lands...

[NadienKirisame]

Careful, there are people on this forum who will vilify you for trying to explain anything in a fantasy setting with science. I do agree with Dalamud not making planetfall for pretty much the same reason however.

Not sure if it will really hit or not however the empire did drop Dalamud once already and destroyed the Bozja Citadel completely. So it may hit or the force of it getting close can wipe out a large area? I would think maybe it gets close then fires off a large blast... but then they said they brought it down before and could not control where it landed... meaning it hit...

The cat is bemused =-.-=

[Deltara]

These final fantasy stories always involve nature vs technology. gaia vs man, lifeforce vs using the lifeforce to power factories and weapons.

Dalamud is the technology (and the garleans). The natural world is made up of aether and primals and the twelve, right?

Most likely Cid will find a way to use the aether (lifestream~~) to stop dalamud, possibly damaging the lifestream in the process, disrupting the land, etc etc.

[Ruisu]

There are a lot of guesses out there that Dalamund won't exactly fall, but it'll distort the land mass due to the lifestr-I mean Aether and whatnot. The screenshots of those aetherytes ascending upwards kinda give that idea, in a way. Sorta.

Also supposedly Crystal Tower is right underneath Silvertear Falls or whatever that is in the middle of Mor Dhona.

[Vanguard319]

Not sure if it will really hit or not however the empire did drop Dalamud once already and destroyed the Bozja Citadel completely. So it may hit or the force of it getting close can wipe out a large area? I would think maybe it gets close then fires off a large blast... but then they said they brought it down before and could not control where it landed... meaning it hit...

The cat is bemused =-.-=

These final fantasy stories always involve nature vs technology. gaia vs man, lifeforce vs using the lifeforce to power factories and weapons.

Dalamud is the technology (and the garleans). The natural world is made up of aether and primals and the twelve, right?

Most likely Cid will find a way to use the aether (lifestream~~) to stop dalamud, possibly damaging the lifestream in the process, disrupting the land, etc etc.

Exactly, you could argue that Aether is a form of energy. It can't be created, it can't be destroyed, but it can be converted into other forms, like elemental magic or meatbags. They even play with the mystical/rational mindsets in the monk quests. It's like the people who take offense at scientific thought to explain things in a fantasy setting never heard of Clarke's third law.

[Rydin]

Its all very confusing....
Sounds like we need a thread just dedicated to deciphering the lore....

I believe the intention is for Dalamud to fall

In the quest "two vans are better than one," Legatus Gaius Van Baelsar reminds Legatus Nael van Darnus of a past tragedy where they couldn't control where Dalamud landed.... and Darnus responds that he is in possession of Allagan artifacts that will lead him to another artifact that will indeed control where Dalamud will land...
This conversation is VERY important... because they also reference meteor....

You guys can call me stupid for this.... because I can't figure it out.... but I can't tell if the Legati are using "Meteor" and "Dalamud" as interchangeable terms of if they are truly 2 different phenomenon
Watch this video of the quest
click here

[RolandDebreton]

*Spoilers from story*


As was stated before it was a machine created by Allag. It is currently being sent aetheric energy from crystals by the Empire, the net result is in some way to use the ancient magic of Meteor. My guess is that this floating satalite machine, Daladmud, is going to be a device that gathers energy allowing the spell to be cast. While a machine on the planet, mentioned by Cid (one he thought destroyed) will be used to control the effects of Meteor. The spell will be cast, the machine will be used to amplify it (not actually being the Meteor. Meteors will destroy parts of Eorzea, but the player in a CS necessary to transition from 1.X client to 2.0 will step in the way and stop it from being completed. Thus, allowing us to save part of Eorzea from total destruction.

[lord_Niax]

I hope demolishes uldah

I do not want to go to the other citys, they suck

[Rydin]

*Spoilers from story*


As was stated before it was a machine created by Allag. It is currently being sent aetheric energy from crystals by the Empire, the net result is in some way to use the ancient magic of Meteor. My guess is that this floating satalite machine, Daladmud, is going to be a device that gathers energy allowing the spell to be cast. While a machine on the planet, mentioned by Cid (one he thought destroyed) will be used to control the effects of Meteor. The spell will be cast, the machine will be used to amplify it (not actually being the Meteor. Meteors will destroy parts of Eorzea, but the player in a CS necessary to transition from 1.X client to 2.0 will step in the way and stop it from being completed. Thus, allowing us to save part of Eorzea from total destruction.

Yes but in the CS I just linked... Baelsar essentially says We shouldn't do meteor... have no way of controlling where Dalamud will fall...
Its all kind of confusing

[Alerith]

Now that... I can definitely see that
If indeed the Garleans are behind this whole ordeal...
And they are very anti-primal... anti-beats tribe
It hit some of the Beast Cities that aren't in game yet....
A major striking point would be Paglth'an, the Amal'jaa city
which borders Thanalan on the east


Ifrit is the biggest threat right now

Why does Eorzea look like a jacked up Africa?

[Rydin]

Why does Eorzea look like a jacked up Africa?

Better question... Why is Ul'dah Johannesburg?