And in 1.20b we'll have...

[AarosLunos]

Contrived storytelling is always frowned upon though and has been one of the biggest complaints against SE's latest works, XIII being the most popular.

However the game, lore and the story arcs are being rebuilt for 2.0. So how is this contrived storytelling exactly? What does it matter if the entire foundation for the game and story will be changing in the near future?

[Jennestia]

However the game, lore and the story arcs are being rebuilt for 2.0. So how is this contrived storytelling exactly? What does it matter if the entire foundation for the game and story will be changing in the near future?

It's not though, they're only fixing the foundation of the game, they're not rewriting the entire storyline -- Only the 7th Umbral storyline is going to be done away with once 2.0 hits.

Since the whole purpose of it was to explain why the world will suddenly be different. (Maps are being redone, so a virtual apocalypse would explain that just well.)

[AarosLunos]

It's not though, they're only fixing the foundation of the game, they're not rewriting the entire storyline -- Only the 7th Umbral storyline is going to be done away with once 2.0 hits.

Since the whole purpose of it was to explain why the world will suddenly be different. (Maps are being redone, so a virtual apocalypse would explain that just well.)

Ok so you're saying essentially that lore can never be changed in any MMO and its always set in stone from release? Are you kidding me? The lore of every MMO in existence has always evolved. So I guess SE can never add any more features because it will disrupt the purity of the original launch content?

[Elexia]

Ok so you're saying essentially that lore can never be changed in any MMO and its always set in stone from release? Are you kidding me? The lore of every MMO in existences has always evolved. So I guess SE can never add any more features because it will disrupt the purity of the original launch content?

Generally lore is never changed in an MMORPG, only the storyline. Lore is background story, unless MMOs these days also blurred what Lore and progressive storylines are.

[syntaxlies]

Generally lore is never changed in an MMORPG, only the storyline. Lore is background story, unless MMOs these days also blurred what Lore and progressive storylines are.

well thm is screwed then.....

[AarosLunos]

well thm is screwed then.....

Heh, people forget that this game is going through dramatic changes apparently. The lore WILL be altered and SE has stated with 2.0 the story and lore WILL change. To what degree no one really knows yet.

[Jennestia]

Heh, people forget that this game is going through dramatic changes apparently. The lore WILL be altered and SE has stated with 2.0 the story and lore WILL change. To what degree no one really knows yet.

SE already stated it's not going to be a "new game", the dramatic changes are the game's foundation -- Yoshida even said quests you have in progress will be reverted to it's starting state at 2.0 if it's not completed by then because of changes to the landscape and cutscene quality.