Dalamud in 1.22b

[Irishwars]

From the V2.0 outline

One day, a massive
geological anomaly
suddenly appears from
deep within the ground.

I wonder when that will come? Next patch?

[syntaxlies]

From the V2.0 outline

One day, a massive
geological anomaly
suddenly appears from
deep within the ground.

I wonder when that will come? Next patch?

pretty sure that's referring to crystal tower, at least in part, since lore has them buried completely underground. also, im guessing 2.0

[Majidah]

as close as it is now the earth would already be feeling the gravitational effects, BUT ITS JUST A GAME i remind myself

also npcs would actually look up and take notice :P

[Andvari]

also npcs would actually look up and take notice :P

pff, I don't know what you guys are talking about, my NPCs are still going on about their day, I'm not worried!

[Keith_Dragoon]

pff, I don't know what you guys are talking about, my NPCs are still going on about their day, I'm not worried!

THEY AINT NEVER SCURRED! :P

[Fingerbox]

Two ( I think ) of the npcs in the Adventurer's guild in Limsa Lomisa mention that the moon is getting "bigger and redder" or something to that extent.

Also that stuff about the new GC quests is revealing. I haven't had a chance to do them yet so perhaps I can work that into my prediction of how the story will turn out.

[Colino]

From the V2.0 outline

One day, a massive
geological anomaly
suddenly appears from
deep within the ground.

I wonder when that will come? Next patch?

That's referring to the crystal tower... Which is funnily already in the dats (but it's underground).

[Rydin]

Yep and big enough to cause enough damage to the surrounding areas. (bye bye shroud)

Hell, the damage might be caused by it's Aether draining being dispersed in one huge pulse after crashing down causing weird geological abnormalities like the floating islands in the 2.0 concept and the big lava looking spike thingy.

/speculation

Here is my question.... (And speculated answers)
Where (or how) could a meteor hit somewhere in Eorzea, and have an impact that damages (or just reforms) all of the zones, yet doesn't damage any of the cities

It could possibly be that someone (Maybe Cid or Circle of Knowing) or some thing (Maybe the primals, paragons or Ascians) is able to create magic barriers.... but it is so difficult that the barriers can only cover the cities

Another possibility is that Dalamud is blown into smaller pieces before it lands... and those pieces land all over the place

Yet another possibility is that Dalamud is destroyed but not before the Strong Aetherial Interaction between it and the earth causes large scale terraforming

One more theory is that Dalamud is diverted somewhere unpopulated... but the impact as well as aetherial interactions cause irreparable damage to the continent

[syntaxlies]

Here is my question.... (And speculated answers)
Where (or how) could a meteor hit somewhere in Eorzea, and have an impact that damages (or just reforms) all of the zones, yet doesn't damage any of the cities

It could possibly be that someone (Maybe Cid or Circle of Knowing) or some thing (Maybe the primals, paragons or Ascians) is able to create magic barriers.... but it is so difficult that the barriers can only cover the cities

Another possibility is that Dalamud is blown into smaller pieces before it lands... and those pieces land all over the place

Yet another possibility is that Dalamud is destroyed but not before the Strong Aetherial Interaction between it and the earth causes large scale terraforming

One more theory is that Dalamud is diverted somewhere unpopulated... but the impact as well as aetherial interactions cause irreparable damage to the continent

or the cities are damaged and we return as spirits 100 years later but we dont know we are already dead til the end.

[Keith_Dragoon]

Here is my question.... (And speculated answers)
Where (or how) could a meteor hit somewhere in Eorzea, and have an impact that damages (or just reforms) all of the zones, yet doesn't damage any of the cities

It could possibly be that someone (Maybe Cid or Circle of Knowing) or some thing (Maybe the primals, paragons or Ascians) is able to create magic barriers.... but it is so difficult that the barriers can only cover the cities

Another possibility is that Dalamud is blown into smaller pieces before it lands... and those pieces land all over the place

Yet another possibility is that Dalamud is destroyed but not before the Strong Aetherial Interaction between it and the earth causes large scale terraforming

One more theory is that Dalamud is diverted somewhere unpopulated... but the impact as well as aetherial interactions cause irreparable damage to the continent

A large ammount of Ather dispersal upon impact in a non populated place, could cause climate changes, adverse geological formations and such. the towns may be altered ever so slightly but it could be the way they are built with the exception of gridania. If that place is unchanged I dunno how to explain that.

Dalamud has some kinda function other then just crash and burn, that could be what causes the destruction instead of the impact itself.