The Venat Cutscene

[kaynide]

All time travel has already happened and does not change anything. Except for the one time it did.

Game can't even follow its own rules.

I don’t see the problem.

Back to the Future more or less works with loops and changes in the timeline.
Chrono Trigger also does this.

In FFXIV it becomes more plausible in that it took 300ish years of Uber-tech for them to figure out how to even do it.

Not my favorite kind of writing, but in the story it works fine.