[6souls]

current

world map:

[Aviendha7]

Ok, so

it's not an EXACT match to the world map of our current continents. Presuming it is real, I think what's so

intriguing about this and what's got us analyzing it so much is-

*There are too many key similarities for

it to be sheer coincidence*

Even if its not exact, it may very well be related somehow. I think Sotek may

be on to something with the idea that it's a particular construct of sorts. That's the direction I'd lean in.

Perhaps its some temple built with the layout shaped like Quon and Mindartia? That's entirely feasible and not

historically unprecedented (by SE, rl religious buildings, or other fantasies).

My point is that I

wouldn't completely write this off because the maps are not 100% exact.

-Avi

.:Sotek:. :


I thought Mhaura(sp?) was the nearest port to the area in ToAU...

Acording to that it isnt

:|

My guess is that island is:
[img] http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/ahturhgan..._zhayolm_02.jpg[/img]
/points at the land mass in the

background.
When you look at it (even tho your looking at a side view and a birds eye view) The look kinda

similar

I got bored ;

[Doyler]

6souls I

meant an In game world map showing where exactly 'sea' is and other areas like that bar dynamis and Promyin

(spelling. Its not called emtpiness region btw.)

[ankira]

Just to

let u guys know its already been comfirmed that this is a map of all the New ToAU areas. They are gonna have a

separate map then those of the western countries and if u look closely u can see the position of 3 cities towards

the bottom middle. Look at our current region map and the TOAU one and you'll see that theirs a circle of lines

surrounding each city

[Rfsancho]

Someonher :
Well I don't know if it's picture quality or how it actually looks but this is the

only problem I have with the picture..

[IMG] http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/5773/huh20oo.jpg[/IMG]

As you can see, it looks as if there is a

line running down the enlarged pitcures of the "current continent." I don't know if that is a mistake or what,

but it just red flagged me.

Anywho, that was a good idea Phedre. I really hope that the new continent is

that big, but I'm thinking that the map is of the ToAU areas only. Guess we'll have to wait and see..

ZOMG Vanadiel has secret islands too!!!!
[IMG] http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a314/Rfs...o/world-map.jpg[/IMG]
lawl

[adennak]

Seems

pretty clear to me, actually. . . the current map isn't a map of the entire globe. We're used to seeing maps

that way, but it wasn't always the case. In fact, early cartographers would rarely attempt to map the entire

known world (especially when said world had never been explored by their culture). Our map is, for all intents and

purposes, what a map of "the world" would have looked like to a European in the 1400s. This new map is just the

other hemisphere, and possibly not even all of it.

[Kaisha-in]

Someonher :

phunk :
Well, SE has said that we're only 1/4 in the game or

something along the lines of that. So I imagine I'll be playing FFXI for the next decade. Hell, look at EQ I,

that game is still running strong.

Where was this said?

It was in one of the

dev. interviews pre-CoP I believe. But that being said, CoP itself wasn't really large world-map wise, as it

added to the existing regions.
(well, and Lumoria)

[Aya]

Kaisha-in :

Someonher :

phunk :
Well, SE has said that we're only 1/4 in

the game or something along the lines of that. So I imagine I'll be playing FFXI for the next decade. Hell,

look at EQ I, that game is still running strong.

Where was this said?

It was

in one of the dev. interviews pre-CoP I believe. But that being said, CoP itself wasn't really large world-map

wise, as it added to the existing regions.
(well, and Lumoria)

You forgot Tavnazian Archipelago and

Movalpolos... They got their own and new regions.

[Caedeia]

[img] http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/5539/worldmap2ay.jpg[/img]

[magusalley]

Here's the S.E. interview: http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/general.f...scussion/54628-

new.aht.urhgan.info.famitsu.html#post551932

region menu will change a lot. Aht Urhgan region map

revealed... separate map to rest of VD.

Vanadiel is not on this map...like others have

said before. This is the region map of Aht Urghan.

[phunk]

magusalley :
Here's the S.E. interview: http://www.ffxionline.com/forums/general.f...iscussion/54628

-new.aht.urhgan.info.famitsu.html#post551932

region menu will change a lot. Aht Urhgan region map

revealed... separate map to rest of VD.

Vanadiel is not on this map...like others

have said before. This is the region map of Aht Urghan.

Vanadiel is the name of the world FFXI takes

place in xD.

[1]

take a tip

from the guy that said he played it last summer @ SE in Japan and you guys said it was bullshit.
take a tip

from the guy that said the 3rd job to be announced would be related to the mannequins and forum trolls tried to

say bullshit. ( i wasn't allowed to say puppetmaster at the time)

That world map is a new world map. None

of that shit you see is the Vana'diel you know until Tuesday.

Arapago Island chain is not Vanadiel, its

home of the Corsairs.

-Holla.


That map is all the new content. The current map and new map are 2

seperate maps.

but the map looks upside down cause West Aht Urghan is on the East side of the map, oh wait

thats only half of it wait and see.

[magusalley]

Vanadiel is the name of the world FFXI takes place in xD.

XD... Oh come on you know what

I mean. If I have to be that specific let me be then. -.- I mean really people should be able to infer these

things, but w/e.

The map is not a map of the Quon and Mindartia continents. It is a map of the

regions in Aht Urghan.

[Magnumriver]

The area outlined for sure is not Vana'diel. I am 99.9% sure that is Arrapago Reef (where the

city of Nashmau is located). There will be a a seaport on that island that will go south to Al Zahbi (99.9% sure

it is the area highlighted in Japanese on the east part of the map. Also you will notice there is water above and

below where I think Al Zahbi is on the map... there will be a southern port that goes to Mhuara. The Peninsula to

the West of Al Zahbi... 99.9% sure that will be the Mamool Ja Savagelands. That island above the Savagelands that

is also highlighted in Japanese... 75% sure that is a volcano and around there is the Troll hometown. I might

photoshop up this map and see what I can do =)

Update: My photoshop below (Now I'm 95%+ sure the it is

Mount Zhaylolm on that island):

[Rfsancho]

According to your map the new ships will be like in james bond, can go both on land and on water

[Magnumriver]

The

blue dots are all on water. Al Zahbi has 2 ports, one to the North going to Nashmau and one South going to

Mhuara. They are not side by side... there is land between the 2 ports.