Quote Originally Posted by Lady View Post
I apologize, in no way did I intend to call Yoshi-P a liar...
No, no need to apologize. I was only trying to establish a point and wasn't trying to accuse you in any way.


While, Im not looking to support my argument, I find it interesting to note that no matter what we did, we couldn't stop dalamud from decending....
I suppose the big difference for me is, in the firsthand experience situation, you're in the thick of everything, your blood and sweat went into protecting Eorzea from harm, and people respect you for your efforts. When you return from that after 5 years, people are expecting you, and you know you were there to the end and you can take pride in that and use it as a jumping off point.

Whereas in the Echo situation, you wake up and realize that oh..it was just one long flashback dream.. Not only would that be more complicated to technically explain from a storytelling standpoint, but it also feels far less rewarding to the player, realizing that the value of all your efforts have been diminished. The events all may have actually happened, but it also turns out that you, as a player, weren't actually there like you thought, and your efforts never actually mattered. Personally, learning all this upon entering ARR would take the wind out of my sails very quickly.