(11-18-2015, 08:29 PM)Oli! Wrote: It's worth noting that the reason why Coerthas has snow is because when Dalamud dropped, all the aether in the air dicked-up the climes and made it cold.Good point there as well Olli, we don't really know what the current weather is in any case. Things might have gone to hell there as well for all we know. Ishgard appears to be as mountainous if not more so then Ala Mhigo, hells if we look at the map? Ishgard is build onto a mountain, whereas Ala Mhigo doesn't appear to be as high up as Ishgard. And Ishgard only got the snow due to the calamity!
In other words, it's Magic Snow.
Outside of Coerthas in places that should be roughly the same longitude, it isn't even snowing (Dravania, for instance).
So if we know that climate's are influenced by aether (honestly, what isn't in this setting?) then we can't really use geographical position to get a good hold on what it would be like.
There's some concept art, though.
EDIT: Regarding belly-windows, Ishgard wasn't always the frozen hell it now is, so it might have been a little more sensical to have a belly window once upon a time.
If there's any reason to object to having a belly window, it's because you're fighting dragons and they can stab you.
And same about the belly window.
