why are monsters invading the cities?

[Jinrya-Geki]

Its just as possible Atomos has nothing to do with any of this and is simply interested in harvesting the aetherytes for his own reasons(or whatever it is that he is doing to them), the voidscent creeping through the cracks that process creates. After all theres nothing really giving him a motive to create Nael van darnus' to attack Uldah since he's been going about his business pretty much unfased this entire time he didnt set out to attack adventurer's only ones that are a threat to his continued feasting(or whatever).

Far more likely the entity causing the current attacks is related to Dalamud itself since not only voidscent and Nael van darnus' are attacking but also monsters of all kinds when by all accounts they should be fleeing. Either monsters are being possessed by some sinister evil or they are being attracted to Dalamud which Uldah happens to be in the path of. As was said earlier Nael's essence was seen entering Dalamud so its not so far fetched that Dalamud is related to the sudden appearance of Nael clones.

It's similar story to how Atomos was following Ex-Death.

FF5- Atomos
FF6- The World is going to be destroyed and remade.
FF7- They using Dalamud as Meteor
FF8- Time Compression, to us the player only.

Atomos confuses me, cause you figure at one point in time Aetheryte energy would be the most abundant, yet he comes to our time where it is the least. The unanswered question is why.

[Alaltus]

It's similar story to how Atomos was following Ex-Death.

FF5- Atomos
FF6- The World is going to be destroyed and remade.
FF7- They using Dalamud as Meteor
FF8- Time Compression, to us the player only.

Atomos confuses me, cause you figure at one point in time Aetheryte energy would be the most abundant, yet he comes to our time where it is the least. The unanswered question is why.

It is a mystery, but perhaps its not the aetheryte energy which he desires but the lack of it? if that makes any sense at all. Like maybe a byproduct of aetheryte energy having been spent. In which case it would be buffet time for him. Or for some reason Atomos is tampering with the aetherytes in preparation of Dalamud or the contents within. Landing lights maybe? =P

[Claustrum]

It's all still Canon, Atomos is summoning all these creatures through time/space.

Just because he is dead in our world, doesn't mean he is dead in others. Atomos simply goes to a time he was still alive and copy and pastes him back to life. It explains all the monsters and Naels that attack the city.

Atomos is the devourer of realities. He doesn't much care about sending things from one world to another, though his coming seems to open rifts between realities which some creatures are capable of punching through. Atomos is probably just here for a meal.

That's my take on it, anyways.

[Kallera]

Atomos is the devourer of realities. He doesn't much care about sending things from one world to another, though his coming seems to open rifts between realities which some creatures are capable of punching through. Atomos is probably just here for a meal.

That's my take on it, anyways.

The Final Fantasy Version of Superboy Prime.

[Kitensa]

I personally think that Atomos isn't completely devouring the aether at each node, more-so temporarily taking it so that it can re-insert it after Dalamud hits (maybe trying to avoid the risk of it being destroyed?). It would sort of explain why the nodes we have now are gonna be completely different to the ones we have in 2.0. Iunno, that's just me theorising. Who knows what the truth is at the moment

[Loony_BoB]

My big hope in all of this is that we get attacked by an army of inanimate objects, like barrels or something. A legion of barrels slowly approach out of the horizon and storm Ul'dah, destroying all in their wake with high powered attacks like "Being A Barrel"

[Anima]

lol, would love to see mime / chest-trap type enemies.

On reply to previous posts;

Maybe Atomos and Dalamud is connected somehow, Atomos being able to produce / Copy a being of Dalamud's essence.

or maybe this is just like FFVII where Atomos is trying to drain all Aether energy because he sensed "Dalamud" awakening which triggered the end of an era, therefore Atomos trying to kill and absorb everything then dissapears to the void for awhile with everyone's aether with him, after the cataclysm he would then return and re-spread the Aether all around Eorzea ?

It all comes down to some questions which we do not know the answer to;

What is Dalamud ? What were the Allagan Empire ? What is the purpose of Atomos ? Who are the Twelve? and What is the 7th Umbral Era ? (the 6th was said to be the last) well, there might be more, but I might've forgot.

Then again, our world is small, this is only Eorzea, not even Hydaelyn, not even the 3-4 other continents, not even all the other islands around the planet and that's just the "known" area 0.0 What about the known unknowns and unknown unknowns, etc

[Felis]

why? o_o;

I saw a screenshot of freaking nael attacking too. How does this fit into the storyline?

it is his raged ghost

[Rak_Boy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEBRT...ature=youtu.be

[Empyrean]

This patch has ruined all the fun of this event. "Powerful but killable" was fun to deal with. "Ten minutes in and we've removed 5% of its health" is not. I think this vanguard we were killing just got bored and committed suicide because all 100 of us were killing it too slow. It just died at 90% HP. Square, you seem to have seriously overestimated the number of people who have stuck around. 4 level 90+ centuirons and a nael are not funny.