Prepare to have your mind blown

[Zantetsuken]

Pshhhh.. Imposter. ↑

The Real Deal ↓

[Alerith]

[Rydin]

Also, recently I got around to being able to run the game with higher graphics. I decided to actually look close as I could to the moon.

Does anyone else notice the red spikes protruding from it? >.>

Yes.. it has a highly reactive photosphere

[Delsus]

I know this is a hypocritiacal post because its off topic.

But can we get back on topic now, the Gilgamesh pics are starting to litter the thread and people will miss the speculation posts.

[Rydin]

I know this is a hypocritiacal post because its off topic.

But can we get back on topic now, the Gilgamesh pics are starting to litter the thread and people will miss the speculation posts.

sure... I don't think people realize that meteor has never been about gravity, it's about a different major force... Magnetism

[Delsus]

sure... I don't think people realize that meteor has never been about gravity, it's about a different major force... Magnetism

Some compound in Dalamud could attract aether it can be easily explained in the lore, and gravity would not force aether through the ground, it would pull the planet to Dalamud until they slammed together, Physics 101 {do you need it?}

Aether-Magnetism will force aether through the ground towards Dalamud and explains everything that is going to happen, and the formation in Corthas could be to do with a reaction from the aether and Dalamud coming into contact.

This explains everything, how does gravity explain aether coming through the ground, or the fact something the size of a small moon slamming into the world doesn't destroy all life on Eorzea?

I'm suprised my thoery has not had many replies yet.

[Rydin]

Some compound in Dalamud could attract aether it can be easily explained in the lore, and gravity would not force aether through the ground, it would pull the planet to Dalamud until they slammed together, Physics 101 {do you need it?}

Aether-Magnetism will force aether through the ground towards Dalamud and explains everything that is going to happen, and the formation in Corthas could be to do with a reaction from the aether and Dalamud coming into contact.

This explains everything, how does gravity explain aether coming through the ground, or the fact something the size of a small moon slamming into the world doesn't destroy all life on Eorzea?

I'm suprised my thoery has not had many replies yet.

The magnetic properties of Aether...
I feel you Del....

how about this....
Aether is the life energy of everything... and as such.. concentrated aether is compelled to seek out other forms of concentrated aether
if you poured pure liqiud Aether on the ground... and poured more aether 20 yalms away... they would eventually come together...
You can exploit this phenomenon by either creating a moon filled with Aether... or filling an already existing moon with Aether....
And thereby cause planetary bodies to come crashing down

Being that Aether is likened to Creation energy... it is also possible that any Aether inside a moon could give birth to any number of aetherytic beings....

[Delsus]

The magnetic properties of Aether...
I feel you Del....

how about this....
Aether is the life energy of everything... and as such.. concentrated aether is compelled to seek out other forms of concentrated aether
if you poured pure liqiud Aether on the ground... and poured more aether 20 yalms away... they would eventually come together...
You can exploit this phenomenon by either creating a moon filled with Aether... or filling an already existing moon with Aether....
And thereby cause planetary bodies to come crashing down

Being that Aether is likened to Creation energy... it is also possible that any Aether inside a moon could give birth to any number of aetherytic beings....

Link me to proof that my thorey is impossible, its more logical and you have yet to show me evidence that it cannot happen, where as you are saying its gravity, which doesn't explain how the aether is being affected by it (and only the aether) also take into account my other thorey of the path of the twelve using the echo to protect people (with the aid of the twelve) and the resulting Dalamud-Aether reaction only scars Eorzea instaid of killing all life.

This is a very Final fantasy way to do it, remember Holy and Meteor in FFVII its exactly the same except tied to the lore of FFXIV, and not a "Ohai a moon just landed on my and I lived"

[Zantetsuken]

I think most people agree that it is the proximity of Dalamud to the planet that causes the terrain upheaval.

Be it gravity, magnetism, or aether-magnetism.

I also think that it's safe to assume that Dalamud does not crash into the planet from what we've seen. Apparently, at the 11th hour, something will intervene. It may be the twelve, or the Aether, or the Crystal Tower, Atomos sending it back in time, or w/e.. but something stops it from destroying the planet.

What happens after that is completely up in the air - we don't have any clue how our characters, and all the key NPCs from from 7th Umbral era get transported to the new Era, but we are 99% sure it will happen*

So you see the conundrum.. Post 2.0 world looks like it has lots of history to it, but somehow our current characters as well as npcs, quests, missions, and dungeons all end up in it.

Which means some sort of time/dimension manipulation, and that makes me think Atomos may be involved...

*Note: It's unlikely, but it may be that the PCs and NPCs of this era do not appear in the next one. After all, we do get a reroll (ie new adventurers), so it could be that the new world we enter is centuries later than the one we left. However, I consider this a very slim possibility because Yoshi has mentioned work on porting many of the current cut-scenes over to the new engine -- meaning that they are keeping many of the current missions and quests, and likely NPCs as well.

[Rydin]

Link me to proof that my thorey is impossible, its more logical and you have yet to show me evidence that it cannot happen, where as you are saying its gravity, which doesn't explain how the aether is being affected by it (and only the aether) also take into account my other thorey of the path of the twelve using the echo to protect people (with the aid of the twelve) and the resulting Dalamud-Aether reaction only scars Eorzea instaid of killing all life.

This is a very Final fantasy way to do it, remember Holy and Meteor in FFVII its exactly the same except tied to the lore of FFXIV, and not a "Ohai a moon just landed on my and I lived"

I was agreeing with you...

I don't think people realize that meteor has never been about gravity

I was saying how Aether-magnetism would definitely make sense....