Letter from the Producer LIVE Part XXVII Lore Discussion

[CyrilLucifer]

Forgive me for taking a joke seriously, but we haven't really encountered a lot of appropriate moose habitat in Eorzea yet, so they might! Coerthas is a bit too cold due to the aether shift and the Shroud is definitely too warm. Alternatively, they could have previously existed somewhere in Coerthas and the Calamity killed them all off. Large mammals have more trouble recovering from mass extinction events.

I mean, I guess the Forelands are moose habitat, but it seems like if they were there, the chocobos outcompeted them with faster breeding (and maybe a little help from the Spoken races and Dragons; a moose is a nice meal after all). So it leaves some hope in the future. Don't give up!

I'll take an Elidibus minion, please.

[Grayve]

Very fun to read up on the stuff I didn't understand in the stream. I'm super stocked for more Minfillia and Scions and Dragonsong War stuff in 3.2. And while not a an Au Ra, those tantalizing hints of an older tribe and gods being similar in the past..... Damn it, there is so much about this world I want to know.

And a lore book.... Now I have to seriously see if I can get to Vegas.

[ExKage]

My goal for 2016. Get ticket to NA fanfest again. Weather the merchandise line (again). GET LORE BOOK SIGNED.

[Wolfman88]

Are we going to get a third playable clan for Au Ra? Are other races getting a third clan?

[myahele]

Are we going to get a third playable clan for Au Ra? Are other races getting a third clan?

I'd love for this to be the case. Especially since it's not too much of a stretch to have multiple clans/tribes per race since they all adapt to their environment.

Duskwights and Dunesfolk being the "newest" clan since they can be traced: Duskwights residing solely underground post Gridania; Dunesolk adjusting to the desert once Lalafells (Plainsfolk) settled there.

[Theodric]

The WoL is problematic as as a vehicle for storytelling as it's the sort of thing better suited to a single player game. In an MMO where the WoL is everybody's character then it's hard to have the WoL do much at all or deviate/react in a way that isn't completely on rails. It's why I think we need to band together and push for the 'WoL' plot point to be wrapped up and cast aside in favour of a greater emphasis upon the 'strong and seasoned adventurer' angle instead.

[Kosmos992k]

The WoL is problematic as as a vehicle for storytelling as it's the sort of thing better suited to a single player game. In an MMO where the WoL is everybody's character then it's hard to have the WoL do much at all or deviate/react in a way that isn't completely on rails. It's why I think we need to band together and push for the 'WoL' plot point to be wrapped up and cast aside in favour of a greater emphasis upon the 'strong and seasoned adventurer' angle instead.

I don't see that happening in FFXIV, the Warrior of Light is as fundamental to the lore of Eorzea as the mother crystal herself is. If this wasn't a FF game, then perhaps I could see that happening. But in a FF game, casting aside the Warrior of Light in favor of a seasoned adventurer would just cheapen our characters - IMHO.

[AskaRay]

The WoL is problematic as as a vehicle for storytelling as it's the sort of thing better suited to a single player game. In an MMO where the WoL is everybody's character then it's hard to have the WoL do much at all or deviate/react in a way that isn't completely on rails. It's why I think we need to band together and push for the 'WoL' plot point to be wrapped up and cast aside in favour of a greater emphasis upon the 'strong and seasoned adventurer' angle instead.

Well for all intents and purposes the MSQ IS a single player game.

[MilesSaintboroguh]

The WoL is problematic as as a vehicle for storytelling as it's the sort of thing better suited to a single player game. In an MMO where the WoL is everybody's character then it's hard to have the WoL do much at all or deviate/react in a way that isn't completely on rails. It's why I think we need to band together and push for the 'WoL' plot point to be wrapped up and cast aside in favour of a greater emphasis upon the 'strong and seasoned adventurer' angle instead.

As others have said, the WOL is a special snowflake and is cast as such so that they can do things on a grander scale. Branding them as a generic adventurer (which is what they kinda are at the start of 2.0) wouldn't make the story any better due to the fact that we'd be an even bigger blank slate without anything to go on since the WOL story is "finished". The Main Story is basically a single player game anyway with some multiplayer sprinkled in.

[WhiteArchmage]

OMFG, I leave the forums for a long weekend and Ferne makes a huge lorepost? Excuse me while I go have a loregasm over there...

Anyway, this brings a lot more questions than answers and by the twelve I can't wait to drag a party while I read lore tidbits/admire the scenery explore the Antitower, among other things. Also lots of fun speculation about the connection between Azim and Azeyma that I'll save for another post, so, if you'll excuse me...

LORE BOOK!!! AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

ahem.