Maps redesing for 2.0... cities too?!

[Agoven]

I wished NPCs lived in the city and moved about...and the children played in the streets...to this day there's only one NPC that is memorable to me...Ul'dah's Ococo juggling...

Remember your other games...I want the streets full like The Last Remnant! Which by the way was an SE game...so understated...it's one of SE's best games...too bad it didn't get the attention it deserved.

[bobbygunz]

We had a talk with Yoshida about this, and he let us know that the three city-states won't be completely redesigned from the ground up after the launch of 2.0. However, areas that caused a lot of frustration or weren't very convenient might have some changes made to them.

That's good to hear because the designs of the cities are very good already, except some places in Gridania seem a bit rushed (jagged edges everywhere).

[Wynn]

I happen to really like Ul'dah and Limsa. Gridania, however, can burn to the ground for all I care.

[Zyph]

I'm from Grid and I don't really like it. Remake ploz.

Parody of whiny entitlement or actual whiny entitlement? Poe's Law?

[Hyrist]

I, for one, LIKED Windurst's design. Once it became functional to be there (shared auction house, region/maw teleports) I never left.

I don't know what it is about other people, but I prefer to have a city I can actually explore, not take 3 seconds to walk to one section, take 2 to get to the other, and spend absolutely no travel time at all. I think expecting that is asking a bit too much of Square Enix and really suffocates any room at all for creative design.

I am appreciative that they're taking consideration for some of the more bothersome areas, but I'm glad that I'll still recognize the city I've spent time in when 2.0 rolls around.

[Fear]

I was looking forward to city redesigns

[Payadopa]

I think the NPC distribution could be better. Some areas in Gridania just feel lifeless. And I usually like Gridania's atmosphere. But serene and empty don't equal each other.

[syntaxlies]

We had a talk with Yoshida about this, and he let us know that the three city-states won't be completely redesigned from the ground up after the launch of 2.0. However, areas that caused a lot of frustration or weren't very convenient might have some changes made to them.

what a shame. I think i remember them saying grid would see the most changes before.

[Zahak]

San d'oria was so amazing *bagpipes*

[Onidemon]

what a shame. I think i remember them saying grid would see the most changes before.

Maybe there is a chance they will redesign cities in the future just not for 2.0's launch.... we can only hope.