Thread: 2.0 town maps the same? Placement the same?

Most of whats coming out of 2.0 looks great, but the one thing i dont understand after it being the by far #1 complaint (changing the poorly designed world) is why the citys are gonna stay the same (correct me if im wrong...because i hope to be).

Although i find Uldah to be just fine, the other 2 IMO need some re-adjustments. They are a bit oversized and spread out, which is likely part of why noone wants to be there on purpose.

The other thing is i dont think the placement is being changed, which once again will make everything stay the same where all the people gather at Uldah. FFXI IMO had got it done pretty well with spreading the starter citys out wide enough from each other and the main eventual gathering town (Jueno) that staying in your main city made sense (among other things).

Will 2.0 end up playing out the same way with the overcrowded Uldah? will the oversized other citys stay exactly the same? It might not be a huge thing, but it will be kind of sad to see those other places barely being used yet again do to bad map location design and not making any changes at all to the citys (who wouldnt like a new city with a more convient layout?)

In the new trailer, Ul' Dah gets hit by some meteors from dalamund. So I doubt it's not gonna get at the very least some cosmetic changes. Also they already said they will be adding new pathways and easier ways to get around in 2.0.

Hopefully we get some sort of Cross City chat so we can hear the same shout in every city, that way 1 city isn't overcrowded all the time.

Originally Posted by Zanfire

Most of whats coming out of 2.0 looks great, but the one thing i dont understand after it being the by far #1 complaint (changing the poorly designed world) is why the citys are gonna stay the same (correct me if im wrong...because i hope to be).

Although i find Uldah to be just fine, the other 2 IMO need some re-adjustments. They are a bit oversized and spread out, which is likely part of why noone wants to be there on purpose.

The other thing is i dont think the placement is being changed, which once again will make everything stay the same where all the people gather at Uldah. FFXI IMO had got it done pretty well with spreading the starter citys out wide enough from each other and the main eventual gathering town (Jueno) that staying in your main city made sense (among other things).

Will 2.0 end up playing out the same way with the overcrowded Uldah? will the oversized other citys stay exactly the same? It might not be a huge thing, but it will be kind of sad to see those other places barely being used yet again do to bad map location design and not making any changes at all to the citys (who wouldnt like a new city with a more convient layout?)

They just need to give all 3 cities equal/very near equal travel times to Ishgarde which if they design content/maps right will most likely be the next city everyone congregates at like jeuno.

I just don't want to have NPC's labeled "job X's items" standing around. I like the store fronts and the layouts. Besides, we have the aethergates

@ Zhyrios
But thats not uld'dah? why do you assume that these pictures show Ul'dah? these are just ruins.

Originally Posted by Tonkra

@ Zhyrios
But thats not uld'dah? why do you assume that these pictures show Ul'dah? these are just ruins.

Eh? Cause its what SE shows to be uldah on the new Website?