Maybe I'm overthinking things a bit, but how much of your Warrior of Light's story is part of the continuity? For the record, I don't have much experience in MMOs, so having a character representing "me" is what brought on this question.

For example, commonly players in the story mode Titan fight fall off and die. A lot. So do any of these deaths "count" in the context of the story? As another minor example, say your character takes up crafting, and through some miscalculation you've botched the craft. Is this canon? What about any role-play activity your character engages in with other characters? Does this become part of your character's story?

I'm getting the feeling I'm being dense with some of these questions, but I guess I'm just trying to get a sense of what continuity is like in an MMO versus, say any of the other Final Fantasy titles I've played.