A Realm Reborn is 5 Years Ahead?

[Kagato]

There was a sylph NPC who said that the Aetherial flow made plant life grow faster.

I missed that detail.

Alright. I'm less anal about it then. Carry on. *slinks away*

[Inaaca]

Only 5 years?

No, no, no. Wrong. Unless trees grow as fast as the common weed, there's no way that The Black Shroud is going to become a new forest after only 5 years after a MOON crashes into the planet. Also cities. Entire cities rebuilt after 5 years? Unless every person in all of Eorzea dropped everything and built the new cities from the ground-up for 24/7 in day/night shifts, no way are entire cities going to be rebuilt in 5 years. Especially Limsa, which is levitated above rocks and water.

While having only a 5-year skip is fine since our favorite NPCs will probably survive (Merlwyb and Hildebrand), it just makes no sense from a geological standpoint.

Yes, a lot can happen in 5 years, and assuming they could rebuild civilizations in 5 years, that doesn't excuse the plant life. Have you seen those trees? They look like they've been growing for over 100 years.

As far as I can tell the moon hasn't crashed yet, and we're trying to stop it. Don't forget that it may not crash at all.

[Kagato]

As far as I can tell the moon hasn't crashed yet, and we're trying to stop it. Don't forget that it may not crash at all.

The moon crashing is the in-game reason why environments on A Realm Reborn is going to look drastically different. It's going to crash.

[Aztecguy82]

Not crashing, that would destroy everything and everyone.

The moon crashing is the in-game reason why environments on A Realm Reborn is going to look drastically different. It's going to crash.

[Kagato]

Not crashing, that would destroy everything and everyone.

Which is exactly what is happening. Remember? That was Nael Van Darnus' entire goal. We just fail to stop it.

[Rane]

There's also something that the Wandering Minstrel said about another world similar to our own...? I think it's another "Eorzea" we get sent to, only 5 years into the future.

I completely agree with you, Hiir. I think 2.0 will take place in an alternate dimension of sorts.

We may not know the whole truth for quite a while, however. Yoshida said that 2.0 will begin with many unanswered questions as to what really happened in the calamity that brought us to the new Eorzea. A Realm Reborn will have three main story threads, one of which will reveal the answers to those questions. So I'm not expecting to really understand what happened until well after 2.0's release. I imagine that the story won't be complete until several patches into 2.0.

Here is what the Wandering Minstrel said before he was replaced with another NPC in patch 1.23a.


"Many a night, when I stare up into the boundless heavens, I will oft catch a glimpse of a world not quite our own...
Different, yet eerily similar. Is this the Void, or is it something else?

I suppose time will tell..."


Incidentally, everyone should try talking to the NPC now standing where the Wandering Minstrel used to be. I know many of us have already.

[Mieck]

Heyyyyyyyyy.....

We had a French Elvaan in our 11 linkshell that we called Dhalmel.
True story.

[Starlord]

We had a French Elvaan in our 11 linkshell that we called Dhalmel.
True story.

>.< I'M HAVING A RACE/SEX CHANGE!!!! >.< *cries in corner* .

[Vydos]

Which is exactly what is happening. Remember? That was Nael Van Darnus' entire goal. We just fail to stop it.

From the trailer to see I expect only small fragments of meteors and those weird blades to hit the planet not Dalamud itself. And remember, Nael's goal is to wipe eorzea of the map. If it would hit, we wouldn't even have an eorzea to play on. Something will happen that will prevent Dalamud from crashing as a whole but it will still have laid enough destruction in its path.

[Sav]

So, you hate things that look like humans?

You look Time Lord.