Oversight - in-world time zone

[Odstarva]

While looking up at the sky in-world and contemplating our star, I noticed the most peculiar thing...


Othard, being a distant continent, shares exactly the same time as Eorzea...
How is that possible? This has to have been an oversight, right?


I'd expect Othard would at least be 6 hours ahead of Eorzea, it's a bit of an immersion killer when you realize they share the exact same time, even though they are so far apart.

[bass9020]

Its not an oversight. They told us it would be this way and to just imagine it being different times. Everything will always be Eorzea time though.

[Faliandra]

You seriously wanna tell me that THIS is an immersion breaker to you?`

Oh dear.........


Listen, I already got Eorzea Time, Local Time and Server time on the top right of my screen. I dont need another 10 clocks to keep track of during the next expansions.
I also would feel that it could get way too confusing for gatherers to keep track of all different times of the day.

[Odstarva]

So it wasn't an oversight, it was just lazy? I can't possibly imagine it would be difficult - they already have a weather system, they'd just need to set the sun in different positions (wouldn't even need to touch Eorzea Time as a clock, I'd be fine with that).

I don't understand why this wasn't something that was considered. And don't tell me this would take serious development time, it's literally just about setting the direction the light source is coming from.

Listen, I already got Eorzea Time, Local Time and Server time on the top right of my screen. I dont need another 10 clocks to keep track of during the next expansions.
I also would feel that it could get way too confusing for gatherers to keep track of all different times of the day.

See, just because you're in a different continent doesn't mean time of where you left off has changed - you'd still only need Eorzea Time to figure out when nodes spawn and when. That doesn't change, you can still coordinate everything on a single measuring unit.

[Aronys]

No, it is an oversight, as they said that due to the distance, Othard and Eorzea will be in different time zones. Gamerescape even confirmed it during their media tour.
https://twitter.com/gamerescape/stat...36026701975552

[ErryK]

No, it is an oversight, as they said that due to the distance, Othard and Eorzea will be in different time zones. Gamerescape even confirmed it during their media tour.
https://twitter.com/gamerescape/stat...36026701975552

Not an oversight, just priorities.

Q24: The Aldenard region, where the adventures up until now have taken place, and Othard, the region including Doma, are very far apart. Will there be different time zones, similar to real life?

A24: From a lore perspective, there are time zones; however, we have Eorzean time ("ET") as the local time, so please think of ET as that area's local time when you teleport to that zone. Basically, don't worry too much about it!

[Odstarva]

Not an oversight, just priorities.

I understand. And I also don't.

I just don't comprehend why this would be a difficult thing to do, I mean heck, even with rain and wind in combination the game calculates where the water goes - again really small details that aren't ever important in the big picture but they are all there!
It just boggles my mind that they clearly went the extra mile for some things and let this one slip.




I'll stop posting now.

[Rakiria]

I just don't comprehend why this would be a difficult thing to do

Look, it's not difficult, it would just hurt the gameplay, even if only in a minor way, and not benefit immersion enough. So they actively decided against it, it's not a "oh yeah let's just not do that" it's a "this might cause more problems than it's worth, so not doing it will be the smarter move."

Alternatively, the world is flat.

[MuseTraveller]

Are we seriously complaining over aspect that would normally make gathering nodes harder but was skipped for our own convenience?

[Rymm]

Are we seriously complaining over aspect that would normally make gathering nodes harder but was skipped for our own convenience?

It wouldn't be the forums without someone complaining about something or other.