5 years to the future

[Kiote]

Come on people! Everyone knows that when you travel in to the past and alter the course of time, you end up creating multiple dimensions of the same world that ultimately result in the creation of Abyssea and the total destruction of a good MMO.

[Alaltus]

I know it hasn't been confirmed we were teleported 5 years into the future.

Just that ARR takes place 5 years in the future.

But in any case, I showed the video to someone with zero knowledge and she asked me why didn't the elvaan send us to the past to prevent Dalamud's falling.

I drew a blank.

Why didn't we get ported to the past in order to prevent it?

I think that Dalamud falling was inevitable, no amount of time traveling could stop it without disasterous consequences even if it were an option. If you killed Nael in the past ignoring paradox issues, you dont know Bahamut wouldn't find another to replace him. If you go back and stop Bahamut's creation chances are the future is changed so greatly that everyone in the present would be erased from existence. That and fighting a flying baby Darnus would be more comical than compelling =P

[JusticeReborn]

I know it hasn't been confirmed we were teleported 5 years into the future.

Just that ARR takes place 5 years in the future.

But in any case, I showed the video to someone with zero knowledge and she asked me why didn't the elvaan send us to the past to prevent Dalamud's falling.

I drew a blank.

Why didn't we get ported to the past in order to prevent it?

For what it's worth:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ure-%28Why-%29