Why is each town so boring?

[Morticous]

FFXI had towns with multiple zones and A LOT more to see, these towns are pretty small.... where does everyone live? XD

[TheVedis]

FFXI at release had just as much as this townwise....with zones that were actualy smaller then what we have now(perhaps a few more though)

[Mack]

FFXI at release had just as much as this townwise....with zones that were actualy smaller then what we have now(perhaps a few more though)

No it didn't.

[TheVedis]

No it didn't.

you obviously werent there then at launch, or are you counting NA launch instead of the true JP launch?

[Morticous]

well ill have to admit that I for one did not play the JP release.

[Kaedan]

They aren't really any smaller. It's just that there aren't zonelines.

I will readily admit that Limsa is relatively lacking in "oh wow" spots, but I personally think the surrounds make up for it (I'm a huge sea/pirates-theme fan). Uldah has some nice places to see and several parts of Gridania are just beautiful.

[TheVedis]

well ill have to admit that I for one did not play the JP release.

alot of what you saw and are probly thinking of came with zilart
selbina, (the town on the other side of the ferry ic ant remember which)
several of the zones attached to them.

alot of stuff you know now, wasnt there, hell MOST of it wasnt there
if you knew what wasnt there at launch, youd probly be boggled trying to figure out how people even leveled lol

[TheVedis]

They aren't really any smaller. It's just that there aren't zonelines.

I will readily admit that Limsa is relatively lacking in "oh wow" spots, but I personally think the surrounds make up for it (I'm a huge sea/pirates-theme fan). Uldah has some nice places to see and several parts of Gridania are just beautiful.

When comparing zones, you gotta compare them more to scale

South Gusta + North Gusta + highlands and its surrounding areas there are around the size of 1 zone in 14s terms


what many see as zones(the full map) are moreso regions then actual single zones, or zones without bounderies as you said

[Kaedan]

When comparing zones, you gotta compare them more to scale

South Gusta + North Gusta + highlands and its surrounding areas there are around the size of 1 zone in 14s terms


what many see as zones(the full map) are moreso regions then actual single zones, or zones without bounderies as you said

I was talking about only the cities, not outside.

[Morticous]

no no no no no.... WHat im talking about is.. the actual towns... lets take bastok for instance, there was an area for AH and Market, an area for NPC housing, an area for NPC workers... Grid is seriously only a tiny bit bigger then windurst waters (or whichever zone it was with all the taru taru housing). Grid is basicly wind waters with the rest of each area smashed in it.