Distances and Travel Times

[Anonymoose]

I dunno how true the one year bubble statement is now, given that there's a NPC (Yomogi, under "what kind of place is this") in the Doman Enclave after you liberate Doma who specifically states that it's been a year or so since the failed Doman rebellion, which was around... 2.2-ish?

This line has been driving me up the wall since 4.00 dropped, because it doesn't mesh with anything. Doma? Still 25 years ago. Ala Mhigo? Still 20 years ago. Silvertear Skies? Still 15 years ago. Not one single mention of relative time in Stormblood accommodates this alleged year, and yet they say it over and over. I thought maybe I could skew it the other way - that maybe Solus died longer ago than we thought and Gaius, being rogue, just didn't get word. Except, no, the lore book pins Solus's death to the present year (5 7UE / 1 7AE). The discrepancy is driving me batty.

And Gerolt's disciple once said it's been two years since the master crafter received a commission

I believe we were able to encircle that one with logic and all-but-prove that it was a meta joke about the real world time that players had invested into Gerolt's quests, as it is just about exactly two Earth years from Jalzahn's first appearance to Gerolt referencing the start of the Zodiac Weapon arc. Gerolt and co. really like to make fun of your masochism.

[Mysterysword]

This line has been driving me up the wall since 4.00 dropped, because it doesn't mesh with anything. Doma? Still 25 years ago. Ala Mhigo? Still 20 years ago. Silvertear Skies? Still 15 years ago. Not one single mention of relative time in Stormblood accommodates this alleged year, and yet they say it over and over. I thought maybe I could skew it the other way - that maybe Solus died longer ago than we thought and Gaius, being rogue, just didn't get word. Except, no, the lore book pins Solus's death to the present year (5 7UE / 1 7AE). The discrepancy is driving me batty.

To be honest, I kind of disregarded that, or wrote it off as the Domans rounding up. They might even be using an entirely different calendar, since the Eorzean calendar is based on the Twelve, who are mostly unknown in Othard. I wouldn't be surprised if Domans and Hingans counted their years based on the reigns of their current rulers, just like how China and Japan did (and Japan still counts their years according to the reign of their Emperor).

As for distances, though, I wish I could estimate how far north of the equator each region is, based on climate, but then we have Coerthas, which is supposedly near the Hydaelyn equivalent of the Mediterranean, but is locked in an eternal winter thanks to Bahamut. The Twelveswood is also an evergreen forest, I'm assuming, but on Earth, it seems that it would be too far north.