Comprehensive Lore Database?

[Anonymoose]

That lore disc was a good format. Timelines with links and sub links. Then you can add a character list with links to more detailed info on each one. And I dont see how this would be a mess <...>

Most definitely that, indeed, does not fall under the "would become a mess," umbrella. However, the Lodestone PR previews and In Case You Missed Version 1 Bluray are pretty broad strokes. Once you collect spoon-fed flavor text, how do you build upon it without also having to expand upon the format? It'd be a shame for a lore compendium to stagnate at Eorzea 101. The world setting and backstory are massive just beneath the surface.

What you and I are suggesting aren't all that different, imho. You're essentially designing the lore directory I mentioned above; a portal of basics and introductions with links like [TIMELINE] [ATLAS] [FACTIONS] etc. that act as gateways leading downward into the specifics via a page structure that already exists, infusing those pages with things you learn by playing the game and looking for the truth.

People who don't know much have a place to start that's not overwhelming, but you don't end up excluding the people who dig past "Merlwyb Bloefhiswyn is the Admiral of Limsa Lominsa" until they find that <GENERATE RANDOM MERLWYB FACT> Bloodshore is named for a battle between the fleet of Captain Mistbeard and the pirates of the League of Lost Bastards under Captain Bloefhis, puzzling out that Merlwyb convinced her own father's greatest enemy to surrender his arms to her and lead Limsa into a necessarily more sophisticated age side by side with her. And then you keep theories on a separate page until Truth shows up because theory is fun, but canon or bust.

Sounds more like different layers of the same idea than ideas that are at odds to me (aside from the it should be official part, since most of what SE puts out is PR for people thinking about buying the game unless it's specifically an accompanying product, such as the artbook).