What kinda GM was this?

[whoopeeragon]

Well, rain again. Nymeia must be wailing her eyes out to be crying this much....Are they trying to turn all of Thanalan into a swamp? At this rate, perhaps even Thanalan will get a massive make-over.

[Hotohori]

If they redo Gridania zones after this storm, it would be nice if they added some monsters to it like Mandragoras or Ochus. It can be explained that prefer to come out only in more moist conditions and be very leafy in design. Also the 12 archons are like our guardians so wouldn't their rebirth be a good thing for us? Maybe our Guardian alignment can actually have some sort of beneficial effects because they were reborn. They did say those would have some sort of bonuses eventually yes?

[whoopeeragon]

They could be reborn, but would they retain their memories of good? Perhaps they'll regain them over time as they age and take up their duties again, but as they're reborn, they can think as a normal person from birth, and who can't say that they'll be influenced by discord and evil? I'm hoping they all stay the 'benevolent' dieties they are in the legends, but who knows in reality...Althyk could be a lecherous old man who laughs at little children.

[Kimsui]

For those who haven't read yet, here is some of the stuff the Ul'dah guildleve issuer is saying:

Totonawa: ...Recently, I overheard a client mention she was finding strange items on the creatures she slew while on levequests. I cannot even begin to fathom what these items might─

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Totonawa: ...Another party of adventurers returned today with tales of crystals drained of their elemental aspect. I shudder to think of what might cause such an unnatural phenome─

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Totonawa: ...Even the weather has proven quite a fickle mistress. One moment the skies are as clear as a mountain spring, the next, they are spewing down ice and stone. I cannot but help to believe this all portends something─

--

Each time she cuts herself off with:

Totonawa: Oh, pardon me! I did not see you arrive.
Totonawa: Ahem! Greetings, adventurer. I deal in the issuing of guildleves for regional levequests.

[Xenor]

What I'd love to see in an MMO is dynamic terrain. For example if you get a lot of rain in Thanalan part of it will flood and new rivers will appear for a while. Then the water drains away and it goes back to normal. Same with snow, have it turn the ground white. Strong winds, where are my fallen trees?! Why does Thanalan lack sand dunes if we get sand storms so often, why don't those dunes move? There's a volcano north of La Noscea, I want to see it erupt every earth year or so and change a bit of the terrain in northern La Noscea!

Maybe technology can't yet achieve this without it being too demanding on the system, I don't know.

[Elexia]

Maybe technology can't yet achieve this without it being too demanding on the system, I don't know.

FFXI does this, not to an extreme extent, but it does have dynamic terrain, especially in Abyssea.

[Xenor]

FFXI does this, not to an extreme extent, but it does have dynamic terrain, especially in Abyssea.

Interesting. What happens with the terrain in Abyssea?


I think people are expecting too much with this event when you think about it. I don't think any of the regions will change. They'd have to redesign the routes and locations for every leve, every gathering node/leve, all the quests, missions and all the mob placements. That's a huge task.

[Elexia]

Interesting. What happens with the terrain in Abyssea?


I think people are expecting too much with this event when you think about it. I don't think any of the regions will change. They'd have to redesign the routes and locations for every leve, every gathering node/leve, all the quests, missions and all the mob placements. That's a huge task.

Mainly shifting miasma streams in Attowha Chasm that's noticable. Outside of Abyssea stuff like the Full Moon Fountain begins to fill up during the full moon and the water changes color based on the day.

[Sephr]

Mainly shifting miasma streams in Attowha Chasm that's noticable. Outside of Abyssea stuff like the Full Moon Fountain begins to fill up during the full moon and the water changes color based on the day.

Eh, dynamic terrain (as far as I know) means more like the changing of the ground and objects itself, rather than effects. By that reasoning I supposed weather would be dynamic terrain <_<

[Mack]

Interesting. What happens with the terrain in Abyssea?


I think people are expecting too much with this event when you think about it. I don't think any of the regions will change. They'd have to redesign the routes and locations for every leve, every gathering node/leve, all the quests, missions and all the mob placements. That's a huge task.

People are mainly expecting Black Shroud to change because Yoshi said that the Black Shroud will change :P