"Five years into the future" (Why?)

[JusticeReborn]

I keep reading people's interpretation of the final cutscene being that Louisoix teleported "the adventurers" five years into the future. Now, I know that 2.0 is supposed to be five years later, but is there any actual evidence to support what thus far seems to merely be speculative fan theory that Louisoix used time magic? I've heard he's associated with "the god of time and space," but what's to simply say he didn't warp them to a safe location elsewhere -- it could even have simply been in an airship, as we saw the Imperials in one above during the finale. It could be Ishgard -- imagine if we start 2.0 there! Or any number of locations.

I guess I'm wondering why there is such a widespread assumption that the adventurers were warped through time itself to five years later. Has this been confirmed by Yoshi or anyone official, or is this all just purely speculation at this point?

[Sol_Aureus]

Probably because in the "The Fate of Eorzea" trailer they say "Yet the bravest among us were spared; sent beyond the reach of time, where we remained. Until now."

[KaplanHomahru]

Probably because in the "The Fate of Eorzea" trailer they say "Yet the bravest among us were spared; sent beyond the reach of time, where we remained. Until now."

This.

http://youtu.be/frIJ5CubG1U

[Akira_Tenshi]

Ishgard wont be open at the launch of ARR. We know the game is set 5 years in the future but how we get there isn't quite clear, though I imagine it has something to do with the gods.

[Elexia]

Highly doubt Old/New Gridania exists anywhere else outside of Eorzea and if you have played any game with any form of time travel there's obvious footprints that you're in a different time in the same land. What happened between those 5 years is anyone's guess.

It's been long confirmed since TGS that ARR takes place 5 years after the 7th UE events.

[rina_inverse]

(Why) Not?

[Bowen]

From "The Fate of Eorzea" trailer:

... Yet, the bravest among us were spared. Sent beyond the reach of time, where we remained... until now.

Edit:
I'm too slow. D:

[Fated]

Okay, he actually teleported them to the inn room because it's impervious to outside carnage.

Happy?

[AdvancedWind]

Because if they sent us to the past, the world would have to be the same copy pasted mess

[Laume]

I suppose you're right. The setting for ARR is just 5 years after, there's no guarantee that we were teleported to 5 years after. Since we can change our character name and model, there's no guarantee that we're coming back as the same person. Thaliak, however, is not the god of time, but the god of wisdom and rivers. We could have just been teleported out of the battle so that when the time comes, we can get a second chance to save the lands. And it's just taken 5 years to rebuild to a point where we could. With that said, we don't know what caused bahumut to stop killing everything and allowed the land to live for 5 years. Not to mention the descriptions of the previous umbral eras are a bit hazy. I guess there's no way to tell until 2.0 comes out.

Oh, and I wondered if Louisox had a direct hand in atomos. After all, the only thing I know of that can send people beyond space and time is atomos.

Look at the bright side, at least it's not 10 years after:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HhidoWzm8M
(sorry, that song keeps going through my head when I hear "5 years after")