To Louisoix

[Alerith]

Or....follow me here.....we play the game in two timelines.

The first is successful 1.0, where you halted Dalamud and prevented the 7th Umbral Era.

Then there's what we saw in the trailer, where you DIDN'T succeed.

A pair of cavernous maws connect the worlds.

BAZINGA.

[RoyalSibby]

Yeah like what all the other peeps said. Traveling back in time would cause a Paradox or an alternate timeline which either changes nothing or screws everything over. Halting our age and sending us into the future, basically cryogenically freezing us and thawing us later if you want to think about it that way, since time is relative makes a lot more sense. It's a space time sort of thing. Maybe he cast teleport, threw us in a gravity chamber (since the more gravity is placed on you, the faster time goes by around you) and had a timer on when it teleports back. Look into Einstein's relativity.

I had a hard time understanding that. My brain is only so strong. XD

On-Topic: ITS ABOUT F-ING TIME THAT WE GOT HELP IN GAME! In most games, We would've died there, Then the NPCS would be like. "Oh. This adventurer Died... We shouldve helped.. But didnt. Teehee!"

[SirOleas]

>_> I think everyone is assuming he has control over this ability.

It could just be something that accidentally happens.

[Aryden]

As others here have already mentioned, going backwards in time would create a paradox in which events that we have experienced already in game might never happened at all if we went back and stopped them. If that was the case, everything we have experienced thus far would be erased, but since we have knowledge of it, it means we haven't gone to the past to change it.

To be honest, time travel is an easy way out in terms of story development. I understand that they had to do something to move forward with the game, but it is still a let down.

Other things that bother me with the future of the game include:

1) What the heck happened to my companion? I know she was a little freaky and spent too much time in the Miner's Guild, but where has she been?

2) The voice in the opening CS/mission who gently reminded us to "think....feel..." So what the heck was that about?

3) The power of the Echo. Yeah...powerful stuff right there. Didn't do much good did it. And that little organization we belong to that helps us understand our power...didn't do anything. Sad.

There are plenty of other nuances with the story and lore that bug me, but I just thought I would toss those out there. I hope in 2.0 they answer more questions than they create. And don't come at me with the whole "that was a different director/producer" crap. Fix the lore. Build a culture. Create an environment.

/gets off soap box

[Mudd]

To me it sounds like he placed us in stasis, or some form of Purgatory. Not so much cast us forward in time..

[Valmonte]

To me it sounds like he placed us in stasis, or some form of Purgatory. Not so much cast us forward in time..

That's what I'm thinking trapped in the flow of the aether, it would also make the most sense considering our other enemy Oversized Helmet Bad Guy Number 2, has attempted on multiple occasions to stop the flow of aether by binding the aetherite Crystals and destroying the aether nodes.

[Emulord]

Thanks for your sacrifice Louisoix, each breath I'll take in the fresh air of the new Eorzea land will be dedicated to you, you who relentlessly helped me level my DoH jobs.





Well, he was getting on the veeeeeeery old side anyways...

[Colino]

There is a theory that the past can not be changed, and sending us back would result in us potentially dieing, causing the 7th Umbral Era all over again while another set of adventurers dealt with the "current situation" (vague for spoilers on purpose)

Exactly.

It's just like how the echo allows us to "see" the past, but not interact with it or change it in any way. So sending us back would be pointless.

[neorei]

Louisoix with the power of dalmund and knowledge of primals......................he will become odin.

[Nel_Celestine]

Quick, to Louisoix's time travel machine!