Oh what a wonderful world!

[Septimus]

I agree with sept. The new places look like they have 'cities' everywhere. Look at this expantion and its one city on the map.

If the current maps had included towns and minor cities I might be more likely to believe it.

Plus if they have the Mithran homeland and don't bother to add in one town or city for the Galkas, I'm going to be very very cross...

A Galka Nudist colony?

Well, if that's what Square wants to add, then it would be a suitable compromise in my opinion. Plus it would give Tonko and me a place to AFK.

[divisortheory]

Actually I do very distinctly remember that they said in an interview that male mithras would be revealed someday. But when asked about female Galka, they said "no such thing exists."

[Popsiclestick]

Far Western Continent looks awwwfully familiar....

Looks alot like eastern Asia to me (aka China lol)...

Looks like a skewed North America.. Take America, turn it clock wise, shink South America and push it towards Florida

Likewise, Aht Urghan looks like Europe, on a much smaller scale. Lamia's island looks like Britain pushed Northwesternly, and western Europe looks shrunked. Areas where Turkey and the Mideast seems closely where the Aht Urghan empire is. What would be Russia-China looks shrunken and twisted counter-clockwise. The Indonysian islands looks enlarged and scattered to the far east part. Australia looks like it pushed where Africa should be with New Zealand in teh far south east corner of the Far East.

Africa looks like it takes up the southern continents and fragmented a bit.

Antarctica is, well, who knows what that looks like but it appears to be the west of the Island of Tsahya. However, what I claimed that looks like antarctica looks like the reversed version of South America, and what is in that map as the Great Southern Empire.

[Khamsin]

Far Western Continent looks awwwfully familiar....

Looks alot like eastern Asia to me (aka China lol)...

The other "unreleased" continents feel somehow familiar, too...

I just fear that if the world does become that big one day, that there may be a greater possibility of two or more HNMs with worthwhile loot popping at once. It's already bad enough when Faf, Cerb, Tiamat, and Khimaira are all due at once, though that's usually an easy choice. When Faf isn't due, the choice is much harder.

Are you actually complaining about the possibility of two mobs with good loot popping at the same time in different parts of the world? I suppose this could be a joke, lol.

While it sounds ideal on the surface, we can pretend that everyone will just split up and each take our own HNM and be happy, you know what will really happen.

The best HNMs will still be camped by every HNMLS except maybe one or two that decide to take a cheap shot at one of the ignored ones. They'll only leave to go to the next camp when they lose claim on the first.

There could be 15 HNMs with worthwhile loot by the time all the expansions are done, and everyone's still going to be in Aery waiting for a chance at claim while the rest are already waiting yellow. Once Fafhogg is claimed, the rest will teleport out and it'll be a race to see who can get to the next camp first, and pull prematurely causing a wipe so the next LS can take it and have their HNM stolen by the first LS who causes them both to wipe while a third LS arrives and take it during rage before they're ready and wiping at 1% so some random guy can Mijin Gakure it to death for all the loot.

[SassiAsura]

I agree with sept. The new places look like they have 'cities' everywhere. Look at this expantion and its one city on the map.

If the current maps had included towns and minor cities I might be more likely to believe it.

Plus if they have the Mithran homeland and don't bother to add in one town or city for the Galkas, I'm going to be very very cross...

Galkas lived in altepa region, they got evicted by ants. Plus they get "reincarnated" so they may never have a continent of their own again. right?

[Minions]

Would be awsome if they added this much content...prolly would attract alot of people back to the game since they wouldn't be camping the same old shit.

[Septimus]

AFAIK whats left of the our homeland is actually already on the map. Kuzotz region?

Yeah, but a group of Galkas could have found caves that lead to the lands of the south or west while another group went to the east to what is now Bastok. They could have formed a colony that exists to the current times, where they spend their days frolicking on the beech and working without shirts...

Someone put me in charge of expansion development, now!

[Isildur]

I dont believe its a new map, in fact i think some developers released it to a group which had it circulated into an expo that happened some time i dont know when. Anyways i dont think i'll be playing long enough to see that entire thing, the rate SE is releasing content is far too slow for that whole map to be in circulation in like a 2-3 year span. And im going to pass out from sleep deprivation now....good discussion going on though!

[Sady]

I agree with sept. The new places look like they have 'cities' everywhere. Look at this expantion and its one city on the map.

It's fake, the map of the far east is incorrect which would then suggest the other pieces of the map are incorrect.

Just currious, how do you know this?

Edit:

Looks like a skewed North America..

Ahhh, I see it now! Good observation! It's true that alot of this looks like a bastardized RL world map.

[SassiAsura]

Maybe that's why the patch is late! They'll release it all in one big mega update and be done with it.

Instead of more boring chocobo crap.

[Minions]

I agree with sept. The new places look like they have 'cities' everywhere. Look at this expantion and its one city on the map.

It's fake, the map of the far east is incorrect which would then suggest the other pieces of the map are incorrect.

Just currious, how do you know this?

Edit:

Looks like a skewed North America..

Ahhh, I see it now! Good observation! It's true that alot of this looks like a bastardized RL world map.

The map looks prettycorrect to me, keep in mind if this was from designers that ideas CAN and WILL vary a little.

[Septimus]

I just fear that if the world does become that big one day, that there may be a greater possibility of two or more HNMs with worthwhile loot popping at once. It's already bad enough when Faf, Cerb, Tiamat, and Khimaira are all due at once, though that's usually an easy choice. When Faf isn't due, the choice is much harder.

Are you actually complaining about the possibility of two mobs with good loot popping at the same time in different parts of the world? I suppose this could be a joke, lol.

While it sounds ideal on the surface, we can pretend that everyone will just split up and each take our own HNM and be happy, you know what will really happen.

The best HNMs will still be camped by every HNMLS except maybe one or two that decide to take a cheap shot at one of the ignored ones. They'll only leave to go to the next camp when they lose claim on the first.

There could be 15 HNMs with worthwhile loot by the time all the expansions are done, and everyone's still going to be in Aery waiting for a chance at claim while the rest are already waiting yellow. Once Fafhogg is claimed, the rest will teleport out and it'll be a race to see who can get to the next camp first, and pull prematurely causing a wipe so the next LS can take it and have their HNM stolen by the first LS who causes them both to wipe while a third LS arrives and take it during rage before they're ready and wiping at 1% so some random guy can Mijin Gakure it to death for all the loot.

Or maybe they will work on making the new HNMs instanced so that we don't have to bother with camps anymore.

Hey, who put those wings on that pig?

[Starr]

I just fear that if the world does become that big one day, that there may be a greater possibility of two or more HNMs with worthwhile loot popping at once. It's already bad enough when Faf, Cerb, Tiamat, and Khimaira are all due at once, though that's usually an easy choice. When Faf isn't due, the choice is much harder.

You want 120+ Aery's and 100 sky LS per server? I know I don't. I hope the game does get this big but with them saying they're not releasing any more jobs you could have them all at 75 by the time they release this many expansions and it might get a bit boring.

[klvino]

I agree with sept. The new places look like they have 'cities' everywhere. Look at this expantion and its one city on the map.

It's fake, the map of the far east is incorrect which would then suggest the other pieces of the map are incorrect.

Just currious, how do you know this?

We've had at least two expansions provide information about the empire of the far east. The empire of the far east is not Aht Urghan. It would bring the major city count in the Far East to two cities, not only one which is what is displayed on the map. The Empire of Aht Urghan as a major city on it's eastern front, that'd be one city. The Empire of the Far East, which Tenzen is from, which is at war with Aht Urghan, would be the second city. They neglected that small detail, but still chose to sprinkle a large number of major cities all over the map lets you know this is just a "wishful thinking" map and not based on solid in-game lore or details released by S-E.

[Sidanoir]

Um I see two cities in the far east...

[Lordender]

You want 120+ Aery's and 100 sky LS per server? I know I don't. I hope the game does get this big but with them saying they're not releasing any more jobs you could have them all at 75 by the time they release this many expansions and it might get a bit boring.

this shit already happens on carbuncle, NA time when nidhogg is expected there is like 150-200, 120+ for fafnir with people in aery. SE made it so easy to level up when ToAU came out that theres mass overcrowding everywhere.

[Minions]

Um I see two cities in the far east...

I see two dots too @_@

[klvino]

Um I see two cities in the far east...

Look again, half of that map is called Near East, which is the current Aht Urghan. The other half of that map is called Far East, which is showing the eastern city of Aht Urghan. They've kindly left off the other empire in the Far East of the map that they're at war with.

[Judai]

I agree with sept. The new places look like they have 'cities' everywhere. Look at this expantion and its one city on the map.

It's fake, the map of the far east is incorrect which would then suggest the other pieces of the map are incorrect.

Just currious, how do you know this?

We've had at least two expansions provide information about the empire of the far east. The empire of the far east is not Aht Urghan. It would bring the major city count in the Far East to two cities, not only one which is what is displayed on the map. The Empire of Aht Urghan as a major city on it's eastern front, that'd be one city. The Empire of the Far East, which Tenzen is from, which is at war with Aht Urghan, would be the second city. They neglected that small detail, but still chose to sprinkle a large number of major cities all over the map lets you know this is just a "wishful thinking" map and not based on solid in-game lore or details released by S-E.

Aht Urghan is the Near East. The Far East is the part that hasn't been added and is sectioned off on the map posted.

I recal them talking about adding the Mitha homeland to the south and the Gigas land to the north at one time. Looks and sounds real to me.

[Priran]

I agree with sept. The new places look like they have 'cities' everywhere. Look at this expantion and its one city on the map.

It's fake, the map of the far east is incorrect which would then suggest the other pieces of the map are incorrect.

Just currious, how do you know this?

We've had at least two expansions provide information about the empire of the far east. The empire of the far east is not Aht Urghan. It would bring the major city count in the Far East to two cities, not only one which is what is displayed on the map. The Empire of Aht Urghan as a major city on it's eastern front, that'd be one city. The Empire of the Far East, which Tenzen is from, which is at war with Aht Urghan, would be the second city. They neglected that small detail, but still chose to sprinkle a large number of major cities all over the map lets you know this is just a "wishful thinking" map and not based on solid in-game lore or details released by S-E.

Al Zahbi is described as the Empire of Aht Urhgan's east capital.

Also, there is only one dot on that map in the far east, half of that square is labeled near east.