Bearing the name “Materia,” this new data center holds five new worlds for players to choose from: Bismarck, Ravana, Sephiroth, Sophia, and Zurvan. Curiously, the majority of the worlds are named after the deities (and primals introduced in Heavensward) of the Meracydian continent. For those familiar with the geography of Final Fantasy 14, Meracydia’s status as the land down under makes this an inspired choice.
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A talented fan in the Final Fantasy 14 community with the name Scion-7-Dawn showed their own appreciation for bringing Materia into the fold by drawing the region of Oceania as a map inspired by the game’s art style. The map features Australia and New Zealand – with all its major landmarks such as Uluru faithfully depicted as hypothetical areas in the game.
Some Oceanian players have reacted to the post with friendly banter, pointing out the accidental absurdity of Australia’s capital of Canberra being depicted as a small, random place such as Xelphatol, with New Zealand’s Wellington bearing the same fate. There has been a recent trend of fans recreating real world locations using a game’s particular art style, such as one World of Warcraft fan drawing the American states.
Overall, the launch of Oceanian servers has been met with resounding relief and praise from the players who live in the region, citing that for the first time in years they could connect to a data center and have their connection quality listed as “excellent.” It is the first step in Square Enix’s plan to expand their server capacity, with the next stage entailing an expansion of European and American data centers, as well as introducing cross Data Center travel.
To help populate the new servers, Square Enix has introduced incentives to Final Fantasy 14 players who utilize the free transfer to the Materia data center, such as two weeks of subscription, a million gil, silver, and gold Chocobo feathers, and more. Not that the Oceanian players need the extra incentive, as the vast majority have eagerly flocked to the new worlds in a rush to claim clever character names and premium housing plots.
Final Fantasy 14 is now available on PC, PS4, and PS5.
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