Just what we need, another outsider...

[Zojha]

Be lenient - that person is sitting there, be it day day or night, wind, rain or hail, at the aetheryte, never talking to anyone but himself and passing "outsiders". He hasn't slept in over 2 years. Most likely, he simply isn't up to date with things.

[Anzaman]

Most likely, he simply isn't up to date with things.

Aye, some NPC's seem to miss most of the news.

Still remember how I did everything in Skyrim before going to join The Companions, one NPC started explaining how he has "never heard of this outsider" - I mean, sure it's kinda hard to recognize me, but o' well.

[Zojha]

Aye, some NPC's seem to miss most of the news.

Meanwhile the common guards in Falkreath know you're the new archmage of Winterhold not two minutes after you've been made such.

I like to think that there are very intricate information networks spread through the gaming world that control the information flow and some NPCs are purposely kept out of the loop to make them look bad. In FFXIV, it's likely controlled by the monetarists.
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