Quote Originally Posted by Sephrick View Post
There's still the option of the devs going all "Inception" with it and saying 1.x was all our character using the Echo to see the events that led to the Cataclysm. Not saying it's the best idea but it would allow them to have as much of a time lapse from 1.23 to 2.0 as they want without too complicated an explanation.
I know people aren't too keen on this theory, but I honestly wouldn't mind it. I just don't see HOW it would work out. How was Ifrit defeated? How was Garuda defeated? Who cleared Dzemael Darkhold?

If your Echo presence affected the past, that's cool and all, but it's still up for debate on how exactly your echo affects things in the "normal" game world. Some quests show some sort of change or at least memory insertion while others play out as if you were never there.

SE rarely messes up on two things: Storylines and Music. If they go the Inception route, I would hope they have everything accounted for.