The general consensus amongst our mumble has been this, more or less.
Lore-wise, it's more or less confirmed that the Crystal Tower was pretty much ripped up out of the ground by Bahamut doing his thing, much like a lot of other new ruins and structures that have appeared.
This is the Crystal Tower.
http://i.imgur.com/NINjk.png
This appears to also be the Crystal Tower (circled), as well as the currently unknown geological mystery that popped up in the past five years.
http://i.imgur.com/gwA74.png
Now, looking at this map of Coerthas, we can kind of piece together where exactly everything is located.
http://i.imgur.com/r9J0e.jpg
It can seem a bit off, but I personally think that's just because the zone lines don't necessarily mean the corresponding zone is directly below that zone line. It could sort of skew off in another direction and what not.
I think at this point the best thing to really do is just wait and see. Speculation is fun and all, but there's really only so much to go on right now.
My personal suggestion would be that if you plan on jumping into the roleplay from day one, having a personality and general background set in stone would be enough to get you going while the lore unfolds and more specific choices could be made. I mean, as long as you're confident in your character, it's not like there's a high chance of your character spilling their life story in the first week (Unless, of course, your character is like that. ;>). Plus a lot of characters tend to just develop on the go. I know with Endemerrin, his background was sort of centered around one specific detail and left somewhat up in the air otherwise, but it wasn't an issue because he lived in the now and it wasn't something that ever came up. It was only once I was confident with the game's lore that I really sat down and hammered it out.
Backstory isn't always important, in my opinion. It's merely something that defines why your character acts the way they act, unless it's involved in some story-driven plotline you have going with other players.
Obviously it's something necessary to character development, but what I'm getting at is you will most likely have plenty of time to flesh it out. Having a general idea of your character to start with is more important than having every single detail of their life fleshed out on day one.
It also might seem a bit daunting to be thrown into a community where there's already characters with two years (well, technically one year lore-wise. But we won't get into that whole mess) of character built up. However, there's also going to be plenty of people in the same boat who are starting new characters. In fact I'm certain those will far outweigh us old folk. I wouldn't really say there's any pressure to having a flawless character detailed out at launch, as there will be plenty of people who just run with things at first to get their groove.
But again, that's just kind of the way I look at it. Obviously there's a lot of other perspectives, and you could just run with what you want for your character.
Sorry, that ended up a lot longer than I expected it to be.
Lore-wise, it's more or less confirmed that the Crystal Tower was pretty much ripped up out of the ground by Bahamut doing his thing, much like a lot of other new ruins and structures that have appeared.
This is the Crystal Tower.
http://i.imgur.com/NINjk.png
This appears to also be the Crystal Tower (circled), as well as the currently unknown geological mystery that popped up in the past five years.
http://i.imgur.com/gwA74.png
Now, looking at this map of Coerthas, we can kind of piece together where exactly everything is located.
http://i.imgur.com/r9J0e.jpg
It can seem a bit off, but I personally think that's just because the zone lines don't necessarily mean the corresponding zone is directly below that zone line. It could sort of skew off in another direction and what not.
I think at this point the best thing to really do is just wait and see. Speculation is fun and all, but there's really only so much to go on right now.
My personal suggestion would be that if you plan on jumping into the roleplay from day one, having a personality and general background set in stone would be enough to get you going while the lore unfolds and more specific choices could be made. I mean, as long as you're confident in your character, it's not like there's a high chance of your character spilling their life story in the first week (Unless, of course, your character is like that. ;>). Plus a lot of characters tend to just develop on the go. I know with Endemerrin, his background was sort of centered around one specific detail and left somewhat up in the air otherwise, but it wasn't an issue because he lived in the now and it wasn't something that ever came up. It was only once I was confident with the game's lore that I really sat down and hammered it out.
Backstory isn't always important, in my opinion. It's merely something that defines why your character acts the way they act, unless it's involved in some story-driven plotline you have going with other players.
Obviously it's something necessary to character development, but what I'm getting at is you will most likely have plenty of time to flesh it out. Having a general idea of your character to start with is more important than having every single detail of their life fleshed out on day one.
It also might seem a bit daunting to be thrown into a community where there's already characters with two years (well, technically one year lore-wise. But we won't get into that whole mess) of character built up. However, there's also going to be plenty of people in the same boat who are starting new characters. In fact I'm certain those will far outweigh us old folk. I wouldn't really say there's any pressure to having a flawless character detailed out at launch, as there will be plenty of people who just run with things at first to get their groove.
But again, that's just kind of the way I look at it. Obviously there's a lot of other perspectives, and you could just run with what you want for your character.
Sorry, that ended up a lot longer than I expected it to be.
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