FFXI plausable?

[fallenintoshadows]

Me and a friend were talking about how plausable some aspects of ffxi would be if it was real, we came up with some stupid ideas to cover things that were unexplained.

Gobbie bags: you can carry like 60 items, weapons, anything but you dont actually have anything on your character! we figured a small bag that had infinite space inside it, lol my friend compared it to Mary Poppins bag! XD

Chocobo Rentals from Crags: Only ever one choco but everyone can rent! The npc could have a whistle and there could be loads of chocos running around, when she needs to rent one she blows on the whistles and a choco comes running D:

Mog Houses: how can so many MH fit into a small town? Like JP capsule hotels! o.O


We were doing loads of things like that but somethings we couldnt make excuses for like, sudden weather changes, in la theine it could be raining but you move like a metre into VD and its all sun!

Just wondering if you guys could think up excuses for some things or point out somethings you can't explain XD

[Ziero]

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I'll try my best

Gobbie bags: you can carry like 60 items, weapons, anything but you dont actually have anything on your character! we figured a small bag that had infinite space inside it, lol my friend compared it to Mary Poppins bag! XD

Other then 'magic' and 'goblin secrets' there really is no plausible answer to this.

Chocobo Rentals from Crags: Only ever one choco but everyone can rent! The npc could have a whistle and there could be loads of chocos running around, when she needs to rent one she blows on the whistles and a choco comes running D:

I can see that working. Though it would be cool if you'd see random NPC chocos near the Choco lady.

Mog Houses: how can so many MH fit into a small town? Like JP capsule hotels! o.O

This one's easy. The open areas of the cities are all business areas mainly with some scattered housing. The Mog Houses are like apartment complexes or large hotels. For instance you'll notice while running into the Jeuno MH that there is a large central tower in the middle of it all, those are all the 'apartments'. Similar things happen with Bastok and Sandy etc. The areas of the cities we can explore are small, but the housing in them is much larger.

We were doing loads of things like that but somethings we couldnt make excuses for like, sudden weather changes, in la theine it could be raining but you move like a metre into VD and its all sun!

That happens in Florida all the time to be honest. You're just driving along, hit a massive thunder storm and then go right through it. If you look back you can still see the storm, but ahead of you it's all sunshine and lollipops. Though FFXI uses a bit more extreme version of this concept, but the change is so drastic because we don't get to see the actual transition areas while zoning.

[Legal Fish]

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Me and a friend were talking about how plausable some aspects of ffxi would be if it was real, we came up with some stupid ideas to cover things that were unexplained.

Wouldn't that conversation end in about 30 seconds... when the word "magic" is brought up? Anyway, realism is sacrificed for gameplay (and design). Best not to think about it.

But, I guess this thread gives me an opportunity to speak about the size of Vana'diel and it's core.

The Middle Lands don't seem too large, compared to Europe which they are suppose to represent. I'd say, at best, being somewhat generous, roughly the length of Germany to Algeria. I honestly believe that the size of (the planet) Vana'diel almost half the size of Earth.

What would that mean? Shorter horizons... well we can't notice this, and less gravity. Much less gravity actually. This would make the Vana'diel we know impossible. Unless the core had more mass.

Which is why I cooked up the theory of an "Mythical Metal Core". I believe, to offset the size of the planet(assuming it is smaller), Vana'diel's core is a heavier metal than Iron. Adaman, Gold, and Orichalcum all work very well. All of these metals are natural and are much heavier than Iron.

[fallenintoshadows]

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Wouldn't that conversation end in about 30 seconds... when the word "magic" is brought up? Anyway, realism is sacrificed for gameplay (and design). Best not to think about it.

We were trying not to use the excuse: "Cause it's magic!"

[Murphie]

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I think what he meant was that the conversation would end when you attempted to come up with plausible explanations for the magic in the game. Not that you'd write off everything as being magic.

[Akashimo]

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I want to know how plausable would NMs would be with all the campings.... Does a time dilation vortex open at the spawning point and when the mob is almost dead? And for BCNM, would the orbs just trigger the same thing?

I wonder, for fomor and shadow/spector mobs, what could/would they say if we try talking to them o.o

[Feba]

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One I was thinking about, how come our characters are able to fall hundreds of feet (or more, see ulegrand range) and land without even the smallest injury or shock, yet we can't climb or jump over a two foot high ledge?

[Akashimo]

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One I was thinking about, how come our characters are able to fall hundreds of feet (or more, see ulegrand range) and land without even the smallest injury or shock, yet we can't climb or jump over a two foot high ledge?

I guess bulky mussles and bone structure made for landing and running and restricts getting height.

[Mhurron]

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One I was thinking about, how come our characters are able to fall hundreds of feet (or more, see ulegrand range) and land without even the smallest injury or shock, yet we can't climb or jump over a two foot high ledge?

It's magic.

[Murphie]

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In other MMOs that's not so much the case, but it is strange that FFXI is like that. :p

[Feba]

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It's magic.

I won't accept that answer until someone gives me float, dammit.

[Legal Fish]

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I wasn't really implying "because of magic" for everything, though I sure that's a viable deus ex machina for a lot of it.

The reason you only see one chocobo at the Crag is because of graphic(and space) limitations. Another thing: Vana'diel, in game isn't proportionate with itself. For example: All of Aht Urhgan we see now can roughly be fit into a single region like Gustaberg in terms of mass... easily two regions.

[Akashimo]

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I look forward to the day where Vana'deil becomes a holodeck program on the U.S.S. Voyager =P

[Rostum]

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I honestly believe that the size of (the planet) Vana'diel almost half the size of Earth.

Looks fairly big to me!

[Legal Fish]

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That's fake...

and if it was real, would prove my theory that Vana'diel is smaller than Earth.