In-game refs. to lands not on the Vanadiel map (spoilers)

[Atreides]

Acutally on Kazam island there is still parts you can not explore. Think about that little part with a gate right as you leave city to the right, and that gate that is gaurded in city, that to this day you can't access.

It's pretty obvious that the path just to the west of the kazham gate in yuhtunga jungle leads to the blocked off area west of the gate in kazham itself. It was probably intended as an entrance/exit for chocobo rental or something and then never implemented.

[Sonomaa]

It's pretty obvious that the path just to the west of the kazham gate in yuhtunga jungle leads to the blocked off area west of the gate in kazham itself. It was probably intended as an entrance/exit for chocobo rental or something and then never implemented.

Im actually thinking its a catacombs area, remember there are tons of little caves and natural depressions. And the island itself is of a volcano, so you can assume it has areas to go deeper inside it. Noting the massive underground system near the temple of ugg and den of rancor.

[Dethsbane]

Hey the world isn't flat... its round... so... there should be more on the other side!

[Septimus]

It's pretty obvious that the path just to the west of the kazham gate in yuhtunga jungle leads to the blocked off area west of the gate in kazham itself. It was probably intended as an entrance/exit for chocobo rental or something and then never implemented.

Nope. It is the dungeon where they keep all of the male mithras locked up for snu-snu.

[Septimus]

But anyway, after finishing the CoP storyline, I don't think that Phoenix will ever be released as an avatar. I don't want to spoil it for people, but unless they get creative with an explanation that would allow Phoenix to be summonable, I doubt that it will happen. (Also Phoenix seems to be a can of whoop-ass so fighting him to win him as an avatar would be hard, if you fought in the last CoP battle you know what I mean.) But if they did make Phoenix summonable, I would be very tempted to play SMN; because I'm a total bitch for the Phoenix.

I think that the next expansion will involve Tenzen's land, but may not involve him. During the CoP storyline he is still be on our continents, so unless you didn't start it or ended it he could not be involved for continuity’s sake. CoP talked about his land a lot, I think it was to set up the future storyline.

And Blue Mage yes, please.

[layoneil]

SE doesn't give a crap about continuity. guess who still shows up in my San d'Oria missions after i've beaten Zilart.

they're going to design the Far East after CoP Missions because if they want to keep continuity they have to put in the mess that is the Emptiness over there for people that haven't beaten CoP and take it out for people that has. that would be way too much work so i think we will only see the "after".

regardless, they will probably let everyone do the missions, i certainly wouldn't mind if the missions for the next expansion are not available if you haven't beaten CoP but i doubt they would do that.

[KerriganofAsura]

oh and another spoilerific thing I just remembered

Mission 7 of CoP features the return of Emiline (sister of Aldo)...
yet by the end of the game the to never get together...
perhaps this will be the focus of a future quest or storyline?
cause I mean...from the looks of things, they are the two MAIN characters seeing how the entire opening movie is based on them..
which also brings up the storyline of aldos current sister...
who the f@ck is she?!?!
Also will we see Lion again or Zeid?

[Atreides]

yeah, it would be nice if we could clear that last ZM from our mission log >_>

[DeliriumII]

the last ZM in the log is there to make us think they might add something and so we will keep playing.

[Stevius]

Nope. It is the dungeon where they keep all of the male mithras locked up for snu-snu.

Death by snu-snu, I never thought I'd go this way...but I always hoped.

[Rupertt]

Hey the world isn't flat... its round... so... there should be more on the other side!

Haha... I was thinking the same thing. It's not like the map of Vana'diel is one of those maps that look like "/\/\/\/\/\/" to show the entire world on a flat surface... So I guess there is a whole other side.

[Septimus]

SE doesn't give a crap about continuity. guess who still shows up in my San d'Oria missions after i've beaten Zilart.

they're going to design the Far East after CoP Missions because if they want to keep continuity they have to put in the mess that is the Emptiness over there for people that haven't beaten CoP and take it out for people that has. that would be way too much work so i think we will only see the "after".

regardless, they will probably let everyone do the missions, i certainly wouldn't mind if the missions for the next expansion are not available if you haven't beaten CoP but i doubt they would do that.

Even though we beat you-know-who, it does not mean the emptiness is no longer a threat. (You can still do ENMs and to into Prom[tab]s after you finished CoP.) It could be that a whole different threat is using the Emptiness as a cover or distraction, or what looks like the Emptiness is something else entirely. Anyone with the slightest bit of imagination can whip up a few dozen stories based off of what we know. (I know I could, but most of them would involve a city of lonely Galkas and the Red Mage who arrives to comfort them.)

I think the biggest problem with the CoP missions is that they did not require people to be at least the Rank 6 in a country to do them, so you had a lot of worthless "We don't know what happened to so-and-so" stuff, when I knew damn well what happened to him. I would have set it so to do the initial chapters you could be any rank, but once you got up to the higher levels you needed specific rank in at least one city. (Stopping at Rank 6 so you understand what happened to the expedition to the north, making the introduction of the Star of Taznavia much more relevant.)

[GundamCloud]

interesting need to get to work on CoP missions i'm such a lazy bard *yawns* but i have to agree i would love to see blue mage and btw i also still play the original EQ. graphics are dated but it's still fun :D

[Aerandir]

If the next expansion will give us access to Tenzen's home land, they better make a big, new city with a huge palace for the emperor and stuff. I want a new city and not some crappy underground safehold.

[Sonomaa]

If the next expansion will give us access to Tenzen's home land, they better make a big, new city with a huge palace for the emperor and stuff. I want a new city and not some crappy underground safehold.

with an auction house and hopefully an airship port and mog houses, full deal, god that would be so shiny, take some of the stress off jeuno

[Octavious]

And a GD chocobo stables....I can't tell you how much i want a Choco in lufaise/Misreaux...it's so damn big.....

[Heian]

take some of the stress off jeuno

<Yes, please>

Eventually they will have to add more lands and countries. Hopefully sooner than later, but I am guessing that it will be around the sametime as the XBOX360 release.