Regarding Ishgard

[Wobi]

I was discussing with a friend what we read about on the official forums about Ishgard being released after the battle changes are implemented. We came to the conclusion that Ishgard may be the place where you sign up for the 4 and 8 man dungeons/raids. Something that works similar to assault or campaign ops (possibly Einherjar) where upon completion of the mission objectives you would earn currency that could be used to purchase unique items. In addition there would be gear drops obtainable through chests that drop upon completing the zone. (This could also be part of the Grand Companies as well)

Much of that is mere speculation, we also considered that similar to Jeuno, the ability to use airships and chocobos could be tied to quests/objectives in Ishgard and the delay of it's release has bottlenecked the content that ties in with the city.

Companies however appear to focus on the 3 main city states so I imagine there release will be relatively unhindered but also intrinsically weaved into the upcoming battles changes as SE believes them pertinent to enjoying the upcoming content as quite a large percentage of the current and absent player base is generally unhappy with the current system.

I'm curious as to everyone else's thoughts on this matter. Thank you for your time

[gifthorse]

I imagine Ishgard to be similar to the other cities: a levequest counter and a market ward and some space to craft.

Apparently Ishgard is waging a war with the dragons so perhaps we could see something like that (a war against dragons). And apparently it's run by some crazy church man who's in love with the fury and enlists/drafts soldiers from the nearby hamlets.

Anyways.

I was also thinking that perhaps Airships and Chocobos had been put on hold until the release of Ishgard. Similar to Jeuno, there might be related Airship and Chocobo quests that can only be done in Ishgard and this has therefore meant that we couldn't have one without the other.

[Munba]

I think Ishgard will be a 'normal' city but with some exceptions compared to the other cities, maybe. I was thinking that it could not have a levequest counter but only sidequests and special ones. A city that could be attacked by dragons sometimes (because its high position and its preliminay story) and you'll have to counterattack them. Maybe also some sort of missions given to you by a new order resident in the city. In any case, i really don't think it'll be a quiet city..

[Ilethius]

In the .dat files wasnt there a bit of information about a guild being located in Ishguard, that would pretty much quash your dungeon/raid theory. Never played FFXI so can't comment on what Jeuno was but I would think Ishguard is going to be a larger more advanced version of the current city states. I think you might be right about the chocobo's/airships, I also think Ishguard might have something to do with Hamlet defense battles too. Hopefully we might get some more info as the weeks pass.

[Boricua]

In the .dat files wasnt there a bit of information about a guild being located in Ishguard

Certain Faction Leves that have you complete them in Coerthas state that the issuing guild is the "Ishgard Adventurer's Guild", so there is without doubt at least one guild there.

[Zenaku]

They going to add 1 dungeon in each city this been said in a interview. Each city would have a Dungeon i'm guessing this would be low level and Ishgard being the level 50 dungeon.

[gifthorse]

I think Ishgard will be a 'normal' city but with some exceptions compared to the other cities, maybe. I was thinking that it could not have a levequest counter but only sidequests and special ones. A city that could be attacked by dragons sometimes (because its high position and its preliminay story) and you'll have to counterattack them. Maybe also some sort of missions given to you by a new order resident in the city. In any case, i really don't think it'll be a quiet city..

Ishgard has a levequest counter, trust me.

[Munba]

I hate those counters, you know lol.

[gifthorse]

There are already Ishgard leves in the game's data files, and lest we forget the guildleve camps dotted around Coerthas which are likely not just there for decoration.

EDIT: Oh, apprently the Ishgard leves in the .dat files are actually doable already. lol.

[YUGON]

I don't know about content, but I was thinking that maybe Chocobos will be released and related to Companies.
Since you are going to join the Companies, and like it seems on that quest on Gladiator's Guild in Uldah, some "citizens" will form the Companies, it would be nice that Chocobo stables owners let us ride Chocobos (after some quests and all), being that his way to help the Companies and fight for Eorzea.