If Vana'diel was real, where would you live?Follow

First of all, apologies for starting a thread that reeks of pure, undistilled, pathetic fanboyism. However, some FFXI friends and I were having this conversation recently, and so I thought it would be an interesting question to pose to the larger Alla community. If Vana'diel was real, and if you had a bankroll that would enable you to purchase any parcel of land -- in any zone -- and put up a house, where would you live?

For my money, I'd split my Vana'diel residency between two places. I'd buy about three acres of the Lufaise Meadows and build a villa on the east side of the waterfall near the zoneline to the Tavnazian Safehold. There would be an ample deck hanging off of the cliff over the canyon, lots of good food and books to pass the time, and (most importantly) a particularly uninhibited harem of Mithra. This would be the place to spend Sunday through Thursday. The runner-up would be a big plot of land to the southeast of the Ephemere in La Theine Plateau, which would offer a lot of the same scenery without the constant white noise of the waterfall in the background.

So if the first place concentrates on peaceful scenery, the second place would concentrate on night life. I would relocate Joachim (the Abyssea Traverser's Stone NPC) to Lower Jeuno, and then augment him with an NPC that provides teleports to all of the Abyssea maws. There would also be teleports to Whitegate, as well as the three starter cities. This would (hopefully) have the effect of returning Lower Jeuno to its "axis of Vana'diel" position that it enjoyed before the release of ToAU. Then, I'd buy up one of the seldom-visited shops on the upper level of Lower Jeuno (I'm looking at you, Gems by Kshama) and turn it into a weekend apartment. With all of the crowds of people, the Merry Minstrel would be a great weekend hangout (albeit a bit crowded) and when the lamps are lit and the bards are kicking the last lampshade-wearing patrons out, it would be a short stumble back.

So where would you live? You can assume that all of the local flora and fauna will be in place, but you can also assume that you (along with your friends and family) are all level 99. I thought about building a nice big house with a deck hanging off the side of Ru'Aun Gardens, but the possibility of having one too many glasses of Tarutaru ale and falling off of the side makes this a risky proposition indeed.

Kazham....where the keep the Mithra.

I'd make sure to live way out of known map... In case you hadn't noticed yet, those adventurers are CRAZY! I mean, seriously... they are slaying gods and dragons alike, travel through time and space to do god knows what, and at the end of the day they barge into your house to give your wive flint stones... I mean, yikes...

Celestial Nexus.

I don't like people. :I

Though the scenery is a bit lacking I'd go with the dungeon in the Chateu. It has the only toilet.

Rulude Gardens. House behind Maat. I like massive views ^^

Throne room of course! Not because I'm one of the many emo DRKs that want to be just like shadow lord, but I would just love to see people try to make it to my front door and ultimately fail (think pesky neighbors or girl scouts). However, I would want to find out the architect who designed the light up transparent floor in the hall of the gods and have that installed all through the throne room...gotta brush up on my billy jean routine XD. Also buying my own maw would be nice...spending too much time in lion's tavern and waking up to a galka the next morning could be one of the many mistakes I could go back and erase...


...yeah I thought about this a bit too much

Definitely in the Empyreal Paradox, cause, well, it's the Empyreal Paradox. By far my favorite battlefield zone and probably one of my favorite zones all in all, and to be able to live there would be pretty spiffy. Especially if I could drop the floor out from beneath people

Edited, Sep 6th 2010 6:46am by Vlorsutes

White gate.

Most RPG towns have more residents that houses they can live in. Where do they all go at night?

Zi'Tah has always been one of my favorite zones, I think I'd build a tree house from above and take stay there. Then I'd import a small group of Opo-opo from Elshimo, cut off their tails, and teach them to wield spears. Idk but for some reason that place + Ro'Maeve reminds me of Endor and the Imperial Base.

Other option I'd probably choose is up in Riverne, even tho it's a mess it still has a great scenery.

In a little hut under a palm overlooking the beach and the water just off the dock in Purgonorgo Isle. Hangin out with the monkeys all day working on my tan and drinking pamama daiquiri all night. Oh ya.

San D'oria. Why?

Windrust is a freaking swamp.
Bastok is depressing.
Mhaura and Selbina are border towns, didnt have even the most basic features for a long while - nomad moogles only got there what? 3 years ago?
Tavnazia is way out of the way of anything. There is no convenient transportation to get there.
Aht Urghan is not just inconvenient to get to, its crowded wit adventurers. That spend the whole day shouting on the streets.
Rabao is a freaking desert.
Norg is a CAVE!

The only other option i could consider is Jeuno.