Quote Originally Posted by cutestfox View Post
This is not exactly true, there is a system in place for such a thing; i.e spawning the moonfire tower and other collision during the event
(The collision is always there and present in the zone, but is activated by a flag)
If they really wanted, they'd find a way to spawn the stairs in based on your quest progression
That's not the same thing though. When it exists, everyone can both see and interact with it.

The closest in-game thing to the rebuilt stairs you're proposing is the crystal path that appears late in the final Endwalker zone – but switching to NG+ there reveals that the solid ground is always there from the beginning; the player is kept away from it by lack of flight and a broken teleporter, but if they could get to the platform where the path begins then they would be able to find it and walk on it before it narratively exists.

The whole point of the stairs in Kozama'uka is to connect the upper and lower regions and the damage forces us to take the long way around via Ihuykatumu. It would be kind of silly if people can just walk straight up and find the invisible stairs leading to the top.

Maybe they could manage it with a zone around the base that an NPC stops you if you try to go there, but I'm not sure what the limitations are on those.


Quote Originally Posted by Destati View Post
I think their issue with it could be that people who haven't progressed wouldn't see the stairs, but might see people who have floating in mid-air or something like that. Alternatively the stairs themselves could be there but people wouldn't be able to actually walk up and down them, instead talking to an NPC to "teleport" between places (which would be awful IMO). Really sucks that there's probably just gonna be ugly rubble lying there forever.

EDIT: Another thing they could do is build an elevator of sorts there instead, like in Kholusia.
This, but – besides the cutscene where we ride it – the elevator in Kholusia is one of those places where you just talk to the operator and get teleported to the other end.