Reflooding the Tempest?

[axemtitanium]

Are we ever going to be able to let the Ondo have their water back? They seem pretty chill about it, all things considered, but there's a bunch of questlines about how lack of water is making them extremely endangered. Since there are quests down there and you need to preserve the ability to walk around and have gameplay in the Tempest, are the Ondo screwed forever because we got Bismarck to blow out all their water?

[Iscah]

Time as shown in the game doesn't progress in the way that time within the story does. We won't ever see the Tempest flooded but it will happen. We're told that the bubble is temporary and will fade in time.

[Cilia]

Like Emet-Selch's phantasmal Amaurot, it's a temporary effect that will disappear with time.

Alas, it's liable to remain indefinitely for gameplay purposes.

[Morningstar1337]

I doubt it will happen for a year at least...and that'd be a year after the story ends to boot.Sames for the Replica of Aumarot

EDIT: I mgiht eb proven wronf by he fending though, as the effects seemed to be immediate, but that doens't explain oneof the post 5.0 MSQ dungeons though.

[Enkidoh]

Never? It's classed as an open-world zone, so for gameplay purposes it will remain intact indefinetely as it needs to be for players who have just reached that area to access. There's not going to be any major changes to it to refect G'raha Tia's comment in the ending that Bismarck's air bubble and the "lights of the phantom Amaurot" will fade in time.

Same with Vauthry's fake heaven and the giant Talos in the background of Kolhusia will eventually fall back to earth as well in time as the aetherial incantations placed on them wind down as time passes, but you'll never see it happen as it's too far in the future for the purposes of gameplay.

[axemtitanium]

I get that it's "never" for gameplay reasons. Just kinda crappy thing to do to a whole civilization already on the brink of extinction from the Flood. Maybe they could do player phasing such that part of the Tempest becomes a swimming zone to show that it's slowly coming back.

[Iscah]

I get that it's "never" for gameplay reasons. Just kinda crappy thing to do to a whole civilization already on the brink of extinction from the Flood.

But that's the thing. It's "never" for gameplay. Just like Ishgard's main street has never been cleared of rubble and people back in ARR areas have never moved on from whatever it is they were doing when you first arrived in the town.

Time as viewed in the game is, quite simply, weird. You're seeing a snapshot of a place at a particular moment in time, unless the plot moves a specific thing forwards.

Even on the occasions where the game world is altered, physical objects and rules remain in place so everyone you can see is functioning in the same space you're in. You couldn't have a swimming zone for some players where others see dry land or open air.

[Gula]

But that's the thing. It's "never" for gameplay. Just like Ishgard's main street has never been cleared of rubble and people back in ARR areas have never moved on from whatever it is they were doing when you first arrived in the town.

Time as viewed in the game is, quite simply, weird. You're seeing a snapshot of a place at a particular moment in time, unless the plot moves a specific thing forwards.

Even on the occasions where the game world is altered, physical objects and rules remain in place so everyone you can see is functioning in the same space you're in. You couldn't have a swimming zone for some players where others see dry land or open air.

I like that after Stormblood, the Refugees in Pearl Lane react to being able to go back home, but... they never will. Instead of lying on a filthy rug, now the woman's standing on it : D

[Frizze]

Just kinda crappy thing to do to a whole civilization already on the brink of extinction from the Flood.

I dont know. I kinda dont trust the ondo(or any other sahagin). There are a few in-game reasons for this, but i havent spent enough time thinking about it to have a working theory(let alone one i could easily explain). Just a vague distrust. And as a tribe i dont trust, im fine with them being at less then full strength.

[Gemina]

I dont know. I kinda dont trust the ondo(or any other sahagin). There are a few in-game reasons for this, but i havent spent enough time thinking about it to have a working theory(let alone one i could easily explain). Just a vague distrust. And as a tribe i dont trust, im fine with them being at less then full strength.

The Sahagin are probably one of the most trustworthy beast tribes out there. Especially in comparison to the Sylphs, Moogles, and Pixies. The Sahagin just don't have a face that looks like you can trust them, and are basically walking, talking piranhas so I get it lol.

They care so much for their brood and good relations between them and "finless ones". They are the only beast tribe I can recall at this time that have actually rescued and returned those not of their kin back to safety. Other BT's like those adorable Sylphs are more than happy to accept the fates of those who enter the Shroud without any intervention.

TBH, I think the more cute a beast tribe is, the more likely they are to kill you in your sleep. Friggin' Pixies will just turn some random passerby into a leafman just for kicks, effectively killing that person.