Aetheryte Plazas

[Alerith]

It's my understanding that with 2.0, the cities themselves aren't changing much. The one thing I would request or at least hope they consider changing, is the Aetheryte Plazas.

Everyone has seen the original 1.0 trailer, where the trio of Elezen, Miqo'te and Hyur were in what appeared to be the adventurer's guild getting some levequests. In the center of this area was a large crystal, reminiscent of our current Aetheryte.

I would like to see the city Aetherytes moved to make such a location. Currently they are tucked away into a corner of each city. Not really a centralized location. I'm not saying put them in the Adventurer's Guild, but take Ul'dah for example:

The current Aetheryte is on the edgewall of the city. The middle of the city would make a fabulous place for the crystal, and it could even be increased in size. Don't get me wrong, the fountain is neat and all, but the Aetheryte would fit so much better there. It's a central location in the city.

If the Aetheryte Plazas could be something more than they are now, like a centralized hub for people to gather at, I think that would really add to the feel of the game.

Just a thought, considering 2.0 will allow more than 40 characters to be loaded onscreen.

[Limonconcon]

yea let the devs waist their time on that, plis...

[Ventus]

yea let the devs waist their time on that, plis...

Way to be the cancer of this forum and give us all your "contribution"

On the subject now: yes! That would definitely be something I would like to see and I feel like it would add a lot of life to the cities. It's a shame more won't be immediately done after 2.0 =(.

[Gerrr]

yea let the devs waist their time on that, plis...

Who pooped in your cornflakes?

Something that I have always wished was more similar to the movie is the lightbox table used to display the leves. Right now we have the hideously boring list of leves. Why not zoom in to the lightbox and show us them laid out like the cards they are supposed to be?

[Dragon]

It's my understanding that with 2.0, the cities themselves aren't changing much. The one thing I would request or at least hope they consider changing, is the Aetheryte Plazas.

Everyone has seen the original 1.0 trailer, where the trio of Elezen, Miqo'te and Hyur were in what appeared to be the adventurer's guild getting some levequests. In the center of this area was a large crystal, reminiscent of our current Aetheryte.

I would like to see the city Aetherytes moved to make such a location. Currently they are tucked away into a corner of each city. Not really a centralized location. I'm not saying put them in the Adventurer's Guild, but take Ul'dah for example:

The current Aetheryte is on the edgewall of the city. The middle of the city would make a fabulous place for the crystal, and it could even be increased in size. Don't get me wrong, the fountain is neat and all, but the Aetheryte would fit so much better there. It's a central location in the city.

If the Aetheryte Plazas could be something more than they are now, like a centralized hub for people to gather at, I think that would really add to the feel of the game.

Just a thought, considering 2.0 will allow more than 40 characters to be loaded onscreen.

Excellent idea. I always felt the center of Ul'dah should've contained an aetheryte and the middle of Gridania's adventurer's guild itself should contain an aetheryte (and I'd bet that's how it was supposed to be, as the idea makes me think of that intro video).

yea let the devs waist their time on that, plis...

Let the devs decide what to waste their resources and time on.

[Starlord]

I agree with this! Thought I would get that in before catching some zzz's Night ya'll!

[Hysterior]

yeah I also think Aetheryte should be more central

[Asiaine]

Immersion wise, yes, great idea.
Server/Load wise, could be a problem. It would drastically increase the population in that one location.

Things would need to be moved around (i.e., the adventurer's guild moved out of that location to somewhere else).

[Alerith]

Immersion wise, yes, great idea.
Server/Load wise, could be a problem. It would drastically increase the population in that one location.

Things would need to be moved around (i.e., the adventurer's guild moved out of that location to somewhere else).

Perhaps the new Aetheryte Plaza could double as the Adventurer's Guild when the update comes? At the least, you could put the Levequest counter there.

Then simply change the Hourglass, the Mizzenmast and the Roost to regular Inn/Tavern locations.