A Realm Reborn is 5 Years Ahead?
I don't think this has been mentioned anywhere else before. Sorry if it has. Taken from Square Enix's TGS 2012 line-up:
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• FINAL FANTASY® XIV: A Realm Reborn™
Platform: PlayStation 3 system, Windows PC
Release Date for North America: TBD
Set in the realm of Eorzea, 5 years after the devastating attacks from the Garlean Empire and the catastrophic events of the Meteor, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn presents an adventure for players around the world to undertake epic quests and battle with familiar FINAL FANTASY monsters as they work together to help forge the fate of Eorzea.
I figured that it would be much further into the future, to explain how the landscape was so drastically different.
The good news is that our favourite NPCs (GC Leaders, Cid, etc) are more likely to all still be alive and well. I wonder if they'll adjust the story to make those of us from 1.0 "remembered", or if everyone has forgotten about us in our 5 year absence.