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    Time and Distance.

    Is it just me, or does this game try so hard to immerse you in the world that there's too much to keep track of? Time in this game is measured by bells.. How long is a bell? is it a minute? and hour? a day!? Distance in this game is measured in Yalms, how long is a yalm in relative terms? A quick search on the wiki defines a yalm as 3 fulms.. What the hell is a "fulm"!? The lore is a bit over-complicated if you ask me, I can barely read the sign posts in the game, or even the name of the map I'm on because the Erozean handwriting is so insane it makes words hardly legible. All that aside, I love the game and I know this is but a small speed bump on the greater scheme of things, but sometimes less is more.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snickerzbar View Post
    Is it just me, or does this game try so hard to immerse you in the world that there's too much to keep track of? Time in this game is measured by bells.. How long is a bell? is it a minute? and hour? a day!? Distance in this game is measured in Yalms, how long is a yalm in relative terms? A quick search on the wiki defines a yalm as 3 fulms.. What the hell is a "fulm"!? The lore is a bit over-complicated if you ask me, I can barely read the sign posts in the game, or even the name of the map I'm on because the Erozean handwriting is so insane it makes words hardly legible. All that aside, I love the game and I know this is but a small speed bump on the greater scheme of things, but sometimes less is more.
    ilms, fulms, yalms, malms

    inches, feet, yards, miles
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mezolitik View Post
    ilms, fulms, yalms, malms

    inches, feet, yards, miles
    ...Kilometers, centimeters, milimeter, decimeter... XD
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    Bells: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_bell or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock
    I'm not certain which is the same as FFXIV bells.


    Yalms:http://wiki.ffxiclopedia.org/wiki/Distance
    Same as what Mezolitik indicated.
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    Last edited by Pseudopsia; 11-29-2013 at 01:33 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Snickerzbar View Post
    Is it just me, or does this game try so hard to immerse you in the world that there's too much to keep track of? Time in this game is measured by bells.. How long is a bell? is it a minute? and hour? a day!? Distance in this game is measured in Yalms, how long is a yalm in relative terms? A quick search on the wiki defines a yalm as 3 fulms.. What the hell is a "fulm"!? The lore is a bit over-complicated if you ask me, I can barely read the sign posts in the game, or even the name of the map I'm on because the Erozean handwriting is so insane it makes words hardly legible. All that aside, I love the game and I know this is but a small speed bump on the greater scheme of things, but sometimes less is more.
    But that's how Final Fantasy's always been. That's why this game series has stood the test of time when many games couldn't manage to put out a sequel. In any case mmo's are a world we can escape to, so I say bring on more immersion!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mezolitik View Post
    ilms, fulms, yalms, malms

    inches, feet, yards, miles
    Thanks for clearing that up Mezolitik, But would it really have hurt the game if they just used inches,feet,yards, and miles!?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Linadae View Post
    But that's how Final Fantasy's always been. That's why this game series has stood the test of time when many games couldn't manage to put out a sequel. In any case mmo's are a world we can escape to, so I say bring on more immersion!
    And a 300+ page dictionary to go along with it! lolfml
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snickerzbar View Post
    Thanks for clearing that up Mezolitik, But would it really have hurt the game if they just used inches,feet,yards, and miles!?
    IMO, yes. Not much. but it does add flavor. Hyur are basically humans and Elezen are basically elves, but the game uses its own terminology to make things feel a little less generic. It does this in much the same manner that TV shows like Farscape and Battlestar Galactica use their own terms for measurements (as well as their own expletives, but that's mostly to avoid censorship.)
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    That wiki article is right. FFXIV is using the old nautical timing system where the ship's bell would mark the hour. The game also uses onze, ponze, and tonze for ounce, pound and ton.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Snickerzbar View Post
    Thanks for clearing that up Mezolitik, But would it really have hurt the game if they just used inches,feet,yards, and miles!?
    Apparently it would. I mean look how big of a deal you are making out of it?
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