Quote Originally Posted by Orca View Post
If the yellow object IS the tree like structure, (and i cant tell because from some angles it looks similar and from others it doesnt....) i don't think it will have anything to do with the impact events following Bahamuts attack. And i forget but was the tree not part of Coerthas in the roadmap? I have vague memories but i could be totally wrong there. A few things have changed since that first roadmap package we got anyway.
Well I think we may have jumped the gun on some of the ideas about the concepts as a whole. We assumed the original eruption and the LL crater were concepts for the new town designs (which in retrospect since there was not detailed concepts as of yet the Grid Adventurer hall came much later so it was the only conclusion) but if you look at them now and then watch the opening cinematic you can see the angle, view platform, and even the arrangement of for lighting effects mirror them exactly. So it is possible the CG was constructed with out thought of when or where but to escalate the grand new world feeling and they used some artistic renderings of landmarks even though the surrounding area might not be the same when we reach it in game.

Also with the zone lines there will be some distortion between placement of things so lets say that (And I am not intentionally breaking any nda as I have not seen 2.0 Corethas or Mor Dhona in any shape or form this just for explanation purposes) Corethas is broken into 6 zones with a 7th optional for when Ishgard opens. Any land mark that can be see from Ul'dah will not accurately perceive where it is. So you clear the canyon pass of blue fog and go into Mor Dhona and lets say that broken up into 5 zones. Now in Mor Dhona which is northward of Thanalan you might have to look east or west for the same landmark just because the walk able zones are configured as such that you may clear a considerable distance entering it. So the maps until we have the entire one is a persons personal perception of elimination. So the data road maps might have hurt the sense of direction more so then helped.