Lore Timeline?

[Hezzlocks]

I don't like the idea of this time bubble. Like I said in my last paragraph, it makes absolutely no sense how time could be "stopped" when events clearly have happened. You can't say Gaius got his ass kicked, spent no time thinking about what he was going to do to get revenge on the Ascians, and then spent no time gathering like-minded folk to help him in his cause, and then spent no time getting to the Burn. Time has obviously passed. Screw the calendar year, we all know the game doesn't run on our depiction of time gone by. But you can still say that on a per-person basis, time has passed. If I go do MSQ's 1-25 and then go back and do side quest 1, side quest 1 is more in line with MSQ 1. Likewise, if I'm on MSQ 500 and I go back and do side quest heavensward pre-nidhogg slain and they talk about the dangers of nidhogg, I'm assuming the quest is part of that era. Not a part of the current event the MSQ is on.

Yep, pretty much this. It's just bad writing making it so time doesn't pass at all. You can even use the Echo as a lore reason on why you can jump around periods like that, considering we can use the Echo to go back and fight old enemies again.

At this point the only explanation I'd find acceptable for years not passing is if a single Eorzean year is worth something like 10 of our own, and even that would just be a copout for why time hasn't passed.

Next you're gonna tell me that Revenant's Toll was constructed in a day.