(12-24-2014, 11:35 PM)Aaron Wrote:(12-24-2014, 08:03 PM)Jazz Egi Wrote:Considering that real ants can span -large- areas as a colony just to search for food.(12-20-2014, 02:05 PM)Aaron Wrote: Considering if you start at Ul'Dah and go into Central Thanalan right of the bat to see there's ants bigger than you that are hostile.Â
I'd say Eorzea is pretty dangerous.Â
Ain't even talking bout the BIGASS Morbols in Gridania.
I would surmise that the thickness of horrific monsters is more MMO mechanic than actuality. Â Consider that in the real world apex predators can have solo territory measuring tens or hundreds of miles and often fight eachother for dominance. Â Would a dozen morbols just loaf around in the open like that? Â Probably not unless its some sort of spawning patch like in Aurum Vale. Â On the other hand, a single morbol is more akin to the one in that cinematic than the ones you shovel through in Gridania.
Furthermore, the world is almost certainly far larger than its ingame presence. Â Monsters are likely less common than bandits on the main roads, so commoners are probably more likely to be accosted by their fellow man or beastman.
And Cutters Cry isn't too far from Ul'Dah where one could be sure there's no worry.
The ants would probably be a huge problem regardless. One colony can number in the thousands.
Strange that the ants don't seem to get much quest coverage as the huge danger you would expect them to be. Its a miracle there are any refugees alive in Thanalan if they are pound for pound as tough as real ants. Maybe they are stupid, or territorial?
