Playable kids in FFXIV

[Iscah]

It has apparently been said that since ARR, only 6month have passed. Dunno wether true or not.

"No time" has passed at all. The whole game operates in a weird time bubble where no matter how much happens and how much time clearly passes between events, the calendar does not progress.

It will always be "five years since the Calamity" even if you could prove from dialogue or events that several years must have passed since the beginning of ARR.

[LyraKuroneko]

"No time" has passed at all. The whole game operates in a weird time bubble where no matter how much happens and how much time clearly passes between events, the calendar does not progress.

It will always be "five years since the Calamity" even if you could prove from dialogue or events that several years must have passed since the beginning of ARR.

edit : weirdly enough you seem to be right.

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This person explain the things to me there.


Edit : this answer one thing though, Alphinaud is forever 16.

[Melichoir]

"No time" has passed at all. The whole game operates in a weird time bubble where no matter how much happens and how much time clearly passes between events, the calendar does not progress.

It will always be "five years since the Calamity" even if you could prove from dialogue or events that several years must have passed since the beginning of ARR.

This isnt exactly true.

Time has passed in the game. The events of ARR and HW take place in approximately a year or so's time period apparently. The 'time bubble' thing doesnt mean no time has passed, but that it's not moving as fast/slow/consistently as we think it is. For the player, its been what...5 years? For ingame time, its been about a year or two at most. The reason for the time bubble thing is it gives devs more space with plot. They dont have to be specific about exact dates and end up contradicting themselves with future lore. All that matters is Things are happening in a chronological order and those things do take time (this isnt like the simpsons where, short of holidays or characters specifically dying, all episodes are almost able to be placed in any order.). Meaning, All of ARR, HW, and SB did not occur in the span of 3 days. There was actual relative time progression in game. It's just not outright mentioned typically for keeping the lore semi cohesive and to prevent devs stepping on their own toes. Better to be vague than to be exact for this thing.

This is important btw, in regards to the OP, because Alphinaud was 16 already by 2.0. If things are moving forward, hes probably closer to 18 at this time. And before the "He dont look any different" Elezen age at a different rate than people apparently. So hes going to remain younger looking longer, despite being actually older.

[Kieren-Dohla]

I'd think all the fetch this or that for npcs , move those boxes over there, and run here and there only to be told to go back to the person you started with for quests, and do the entire tree of HW moogle quests would add up to more than 6 months. ;P

But really think about the far away places you have to travel to the slow way before aetheryte access -- especially The East on a ship that should at least take a month lol

[HeyMcFly]

Unless he has somehow managed to stay 16 since ARR, Alphinaud is older than that now.

Alphinaud is the Ash Ketchum of FFXIV.

[REPROBEAN_CHILD]

Already happened.

This is hilarious

[Neri]

It just kinda weird though, traveling here, hopping there, flying here, drowning uh, swimming to the island over there etc etc. And all those events all in the expand of only 6 months.

[Shougun]

I think that playing as Alpha was a bit different since we were stuck with a lot of limitations, vs getting to play an actual race.

Can't strip Alpha down and use the play dead emote in a shady part of the housing district .... So that wasn't an issue to SE to let us play him (but a race would be).

it's "kid", not "kids".

What? No no no, how else am I suppose to make a proper Mikoshi? (joking of course)

It just kinda weird though, traveling here, hopping there, flying here, drowning uh, swimming to the island over there etc etc. And all those events all in the expand of only 6 months.

I have no real reference to why I think it but I just imagine ourselves as some sort of primal brought forth, so we may be actively helping out in one area at the same time we're in another (many of us, like there are many of other primals).

It then all appears linear to us but we don't have a proper conception of time, it's actually all jumbled. Some days it is a long time since and other days it's not. I'm sure if I looked hard enough I could kill it but that's how I've always got about it all lol, sort of want to see the Tidus concept corrupted into us becoming a problem (like a certain Phoenix but much worse :3).

[Kirajah]

My biggest issue with the "Excuse" (I understand it) Is that Lalafel already look like toddlers and there is no way for them not to, no matter how seriously you play them off.
Lalafel just look like children, From the way they look, to the size, to even the way they walk. What's playing the child Au ra or Mi'quote model, or a more teenagedish character compared with that?

If we really, really can't get younger models, can we at least get some younger faces for males? Especially for Elezen? Like, I seriously WTB Aymeric's face, would fantasia right now if that was an option.

[Anselmet]

Ya, but you can't take Alphinaud out of the Burn to go ERP with a lusty bara-lander on Balmung, now can you op?