Time speculation

[ExKage]

My assumption about the time bubbles were that each #.X series was its own time bubble. I could be very wrong but I feel like with a story-driven game such as FFXIV, that would have been the direction. From the start of 2.0 - 2.55, X amount of time had passed. A few days to a few weeks later, 3.0 comes. Everyone in Heavensward is in a new time bubble.

[Kaiser-Ace]

My assumption about the time bubbles were that each #.X series was its own time bubble. I could be very wrong but I feel like with a story-driven game such as FFXIV, that would have been the direction. From the start of 2.0 - 2.55, X amount of time had passed. A few days to a few weeks later, 3.0 comes. Everyone in Heavensward is in a new time bubble.

Since I like this theory lets take it back to 2.0's beginning. We start at the 5th anniversary of The Battle of Carteneau Flats, my guess is from then to around Praetorium is around two weeks-ish (No way in hell Operation Archon was planed an executed in a matter of hours), Then with that being the longest the other patches are things that could have all been accomplished in two days at most. so Times 5 that's 10 days.

So by my estimate were about 24-30 days in, or an ingame month give or take, and then it takes about (Maybe) a week to get word back from Ishgard putting us in around the 2nd month of our adventure approaching the third by the time Heavensward ends.

[ExKage]

New thoughts! Do fortnight and sennight use in-game use the Earth moonphases or Hydaelyn's? Sennight is a 'week' but Eorzea uses 8 days considering the moon phases and that there are 8 phases of 4 nights/days. Is Fortnight 14 days or is it 16?

[Amiaze]

Do fortnight and sennight use in-game use the Earth moonphases or Hydaelyn's??

It would use Hydaelyn's. There are a few times that a fortnight has been mentioned as the amount of time needed to do something, so at the very least, you've been adventuring for several months now.

My head-canon is that every major fight/dungeon eats at least a full day, or perhaps even 2-3 if it's an incredibly long one. I personally don't think we went through the entire Aetherochemical Research Facility in any short amount of time. And there are many times where Minfillia or others suggest you "take a break" after defeating a primal and the like, so you're likely down a day or two afterwards.

None of the NPCs have mentioned anything such as, "It's been a year since you joined The Scions, hasn't it?", so I'm just shooting for 6-9 months.