Originally Posted by
Ameela
That's fair and all but my main point is that 2.0 and 1.0 characters have completely different backstories, at least when it comes to your status at the start of ARR.
One's a green adventurer whose feats come to match those of the warriors who fought during the Calamity, thus earning the title of Warrior of Light, while the other is just a Warrior of Light the whole time, simply forgotten by time (and some magic stuff).
I kind of look at the events of 1.0 the same way I do at stuff like the battle for Doma or Ala Mhigo, they're important events but we don't necessarily need to experience them as our character, especially when they aren't supposed to be there in the first place they just give context to the story currently unfolding.