Quote Originally Posted by Clover_Blake View Post
For example, I imagine that the Estinien from the DRG quests doesn't treat you like the Estinien from the end of HW would. Also, I could be wrong because I haven't paid attention to the DRG quests, but if I'm not mistaken, Estinien is supposed to carry one of the eyes with him, whereas the eyes are in a different place even before SB. That alone is a huge change that suggests that you aren't playing in the same timeline. The eyes case would be equal to any death, right?
That's correct, Estinien has "the Eye" with him during the ARR quests - at this point, as far as they are aware, they only have one of Nidhogg's eyes and he still has the other. Also the war against the dragons is a plot point, but talked about in terms of the 'mythical' version that the Ishgardians have believed for centuries and not the truth that we uncover in the course of Heavensward MSQ.