Quote Originally Posted by Nayukhuut View Post
They've tried to tie things together and mesh them as well as they can, often succeeding, but the original Echo might simply be a case of they didn't like that direction of it and decided to change it moving forwards.
It's a bit ironic, considering that using the Echo as it was used in 1.0 probably would have rectified the vast majority of issues surrounding Elpis, depending on the specifics. For example, say all the setup was the same, but instead of taking a portal to the past in CT WoL instead Echoes back through Elidibus' (now recovered) memories and you play as him for that entire section, watching everything go down and seeing everyone's memories get erased without having to escape it yourself.