Prepare to have your mind blown

[Delsus]

Thats a plausible explanation for the map revisions.

Even little things like the Chained-down floating Aetheryte point would point to this.

Still, it can't be the full explaination as the main cities are going to be rebuilt, there will be trains, new towns, ruins and lots of other stuff that can't appear overnight.

Here are the options I see:

20+ years pass between Dalamud's impact and 2.0, Players 'wake up' in the future somehow
-or-
The present we see is actually an echo and players are really living in the 2.0 future.
-or-
Dalamud is sent back in time before it hits (Atomos?) and it alters the present day as a result.

In my opinion, the 3rd option may end up being the most likely. Any alternative would require the replacement of all NPCs quests and cutscenes in the game.

I prefer my thorey of Dalamud attracting aether only, because if it was the gravitational pull the pull of the planet will be greater than the pull of Dalamud, because the planet is bigger, therefore it would be impossible.

My thorey allows the pieces to fit together with no anomolies, please read it and tell me if anything is missing.

[Rokien]

I prefer my thorey of Dalamud attracting aether only, because if it was the gravitational pull the pull of the planet will be greater than the pull of Dalamud, because the planet is bigger, therefore it would be impossible.

My thorey allows the pieces to fit together with no anomolies, please read it and tell me if anything is missing.

Well, we don't know the density of the moon itself, I'm pretty sure if our moon got right up in us, there would be some crazy things happening. It already morphs the world already, our moon does.

[Delsus]

Well, we don't know the density of the moon itself, I'm pretty sure if our moon got right up in us, there would be some crazy things happening. It already morphs the world already, our moon does.

All it does is pull tides in and out, along the surface of the earth, it could never pull things off the surface of the earth.

Its obvious Dalamud is smaller than the planet, with the detail we can see it in it must be close (atleast as close as earth's moon is) also if it was the gravitational pull in the pdfs we got the little hut next to the crystal would be affected as well, which leaves me to believe Dalamud affects only aether.

We also don't know much about what aether is exactly and we know even less about Dalamud, therefore it is entirely possible that if aether comes into contact with Dalamud it will cause some reaction with the possibility to change the face of Eorzea, whether its some form of explosion or perhaps an infection of the aether akin to what kadaj was trying to do in advent children by infecting the lifestream with Jenova cells.