Dalamud in 1.22b

[Rydin]

It can't be that big or else ALL of Eorzea would be destoryed by it. By "destroyed" I mean totally wiped out, not terraformed or altered but destroyed, no life remaining in the region.

My best guess is its about the size of Ul'dah(the whole city not just what we can explore) MAYBE abit bigger. the thing is it was built for a purpose and that purpose may be the reason its drawing the aether from Eorzea as it aproaches.

I think that's a good guess... It's small enough that the empire feels like if it was dropped on Eorzea then they wouldn't feel any adverse effects way up there in the Northeast

[Keith_Dragoon]

I think that's a good guess... It's small enough that the empire feels like if it was dropped on Eorzea then they wouldn't feel any adverse effects way up there in the Northeast

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

[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.

[Rydin]

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

Well it is true that I have stood at the Garuda node many times and said "I see dead people"
haha....

[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.

[Rydin]

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.

You know, I've never heard anyone mention this (And if someone has, sorry for not giving you credit)
But I don't know how I overlooked the possibility that the impact is not the intended result
Dalamud, being man made, could bery likely be a bomb.... a BIG bomb....






ok... joking about it being the bomb MOB, but so serious about it being intended to blow up upon impact

[Keith_Dragoon]

You know, I've never heard anyone mention this (And if someone has, sorry for not giving you credit)
But I don't know how I overlooked the possibility that the impact is not the intended result
Dalamud, being man made, could bery likely be a bomb.... a BIG bomb....






ok... joking about it being the bomb MOB, but so serious about it being intended to blow up upon impact

LOL

Another thing mentioned before is maybe they sealed Odin inside of that mechanism and launched his ass into space. Cause in 2.0 he is supposed to be a roaming storm of pissed off primalness.

It would make sense and explain why the aether of Eorzea is being drained into Dalamud seeing as thats the "lifeblood" of the primals and they thrive on that.

[Rydin]

LOL

Another thing mentioned before is maybe they sealed Odin inside of that mechanism and launched his ass into space. Cause in 2.0 he is supposed to be a roaming storm of pissed off primalness.

It would make sense and explain why the aether of Eorzea is being drained into Dalamud seeing as thats the "lifeblood" of the primals and they thrive on that.

I've always loved Odin... that would be awesome

[Alkar]

LOL

Another thing mentioned before is maybe they sealed Odin inside of that mechanism and launched his ass into space. Cause in 2.0 he is supposed to be a roaming storm of pissed off primalness.

It would make sense and explain why the aether of Eorzea is being drained into Dalamud seeing as thats the "lifeblood" of the primals and they thrive on that.

Or maybe Odin is sealed inside the Crystal Tower that's supposed to show up soon. After all it's the tomb of a king and Odin has been a king in FF history.