Favorite City?

[Kurgon]

Being a career Bastokan and having played through the 3 starter areas I've developed certain opinions on which I prefer. I was curious what everyone else was feeling on this matter.

Favorite City Layout: Ease of learning, how time consuming is getting around, vendor locations, etc.
1. Gridania
2/3 Limsa Lominsa, Ul'Dah are kind of tied. Both have a lot of stair running, one has pirates the other a Colosseum. Tough call.

Favorite looking environment surrounding city: Picturesque sunsets and whatnot.
1. Ul'Dah
2. Gridania - beautiful but very similar looking.
3. Limsa Lominsa

Favorite environments to traverse surrounding city: Minimal amount of invisible walls, enjoyable to run through, etc.
1. Ul'Dah
2. Limsa Lominsa
3. Gridania - from my experiences just way too corridor-ish

Favorite variety of creatures around the city. Could change once I get further out.
1. Ul'Dah
2. Limsa Lominsa
3. Gridania

Favorite opening to the game:
1. Gridania
2. Ul'Dah
3. Limsa Lominsa

Favorite introductory quest line:
1. Gridania - head over heels, imo, The Color of Sin had the best story and cutsceens of the three.
2. Ul'Dah
3. Limsa Lominsa

Where do you plan on starting at launch:
1/2. Currently Ul'Dah and Gridania are tied
3. Limsa Lominsa

 

[Dancingweapon]

Not looked at Gridania yet, plan to later. Right now I'm loving Ul'dah though!

 

[Eilistrae]

Even though I'm currently playing in Gridania, I have a feeling I'm gonna play in Ul'dah on the official release. Reason being, I really think I'm going to like that story line the most... ALSO, the zones outside Ul'dah remind me so much of Sarutabaruta/Tahrongi Canyon etc., and I like that a lot

 

[Romper]

So is Girdania the Windurst? Or what? Can we draw some connections?

 

[Kurgon]

Gridania as a city is closest to Windy but environment wise I'd say Ul'Dah is closer.
Ul'dah as a city is closest to Sandy but the environment is a mix between Jungles and Sanctuary.

 

[Twinzero]

I wonder if the dislike for for Lominsa branches off from the over-use of it in alpha and beta.

I do have to say Ul'Dah is my favorite city though, I really like the area and atmosphere there. I think The Black Shroud (Gridania)'s area is way too narrow and I don't quite like it as much. Lominsa though, I really am also fond of, and the story-line there is actually really cool I think. Seems like it could get really interesting!

Gonna be hard to chose Ul'Dah or Lominsa for release for me.

 

[Rips]

Not sure what I'm going to pick yet to be honest. Probably not Lominsa. I love the outside area of Ul'dah though and it's music.

 

[Icewolf]

I'd say I want to start in Ul'dah, and thats where I currently am. Have started in all area's as well. But wondering how fishing friendly Ul'dah is, doesn't seem to have much water and no fishers guild. And I want to be a fisher its fun.

 

[Kurgon]

I'd say I want to start in Ul'dah, and thats where I currently am. Have started in all area's as well. But wondering how fishing friendly Ul'dah is, doesn't seem to have much water and no fishers guild. And I want to be a fisher its fun.

Perform the fishing Fieldcraft Leves. That should show you a couple fishing locations.

Edit: I just noticed people fishing in the fountains around Ul'Dah.

 

[Rips]

Fishing seems tough to me. Is it still that 1/5 chance of landing a fish or did they change it in an update?

 

[Reya]

Ul'dah for life!

 

[Isanien]

If you are in the Limsa area, do you get to see the sea at all if you leave the city?

 

[Begen]

I'm going with Gridania. I really enjoy the scenary and forest atmosphere, quiet, peaceful and lush. I also think the story line will be more interesting than the others from my point of view. Ul'dah looks kind of interesting though, saw a video on youtube with the run down of Ul'dah, saw some fountains that looked amazing. Final decision would be Gridania though.

 

[Aselus]

I like gridania personally because I like corridor type areas, I like finding interesting pathes and running with obsticles, gives me a feeling that the world is not barren (which is my problem w/ Limsas Zones)

I'd say Gridania = windy city + Sandy zone
Ul'dah = WG city + Windurst/bastok zone
Limsa = Sandy/Selbina?(pretty original city not like anything in XI) + La Theine/Konshtat zone

^_^ I <3 forests though, swear i can just sit in zi'tah forever and a half.

 

[Thelona]

^_^ I <3 forests though, swear i can just sit in zi'tah forever and a half.

Same here!!

Zi'tah and yuhtunga/yhoator were my favorites in XI,

I haven't even played in uldah yet, just seen its opening cut-scene, but the gridania intro is BYFAR the best, and I'm already in love with the city and forest, everything is beautiful,

also, moogles are BAD ASS!

 

[Reya]

Speaking of cities. Does anyone know if it is easy to travel to the other starting cities from your starting city? This will be a big factor for me at launch. I may have to start off in LL D:

 

[Eilistrae]

I hear there is a lot of aggro dodging and dancing, much like traveling to Jeuno for the first time lol

 

[Dancingweapon]

It was actually very easy. A little long. Me and Justin ran there with NO agro at all. Didn't have to really enemy doge either. Once you get to a town, go to the crystal there and you can then teleport there at a later date. Easy!

 

[Reya]

Thanks guys!