Thread: Tips for Threads Based on Version 1.0

Version 1.0 left a lot of open doors behind. Characters that we were told were important are gone, mysteries begun were never solved, and some old stories seem to have been stripped and rebuilt for A Realm Reborn. This leaves Square Enix with a few options when it comes to these instances.

• Tell us to forget it happened.
• Let Ferne answer the unanswered in the forums at his leisure
• Use unfinished lore from 1.0 quests as the background for ARR sidequests

If SE were to do either of the latter, we should make it easier on them by making broadly focused, clearly labeled threads and using those to come up with the questions required to close the book on that section. If Ferne drops by on a quiet day and wants to close some old chapters, he can; if there are answers coming in ARR, he can let us know; or, he can take our notes back to the Lore Lead and say, "Hey, I've got a list of things we can use to flesh out some sidequests!" I propose we just use the names of the story arcs as thread titles and SOMEWHERE in that thread (preferably the OP) keep a list of the at-present-unknown.

[Version 1.0] Lominsan Introduction
[Version 1.0] Path of the Twelve Arc
[Version 1.0] Alchemist Arc
Etc. Etc.

I'll continue logging all the lore we lost over at GE, starting with the easiest cases to close. Perhaps we may get some answers yet?

Very much agree Moose. Hopefully they already have most of our unanswered questions at the top of a list somewhere, even if its just a post-it :{.

Originally Posted by Orophin

Bad news, many loose ends are going to stay just that.

The bad news is more or less that some strong story arcs will be abandoned for progress and convenience, which is not to say progress and convenience are not good reasons to do so. Trimming the fat doesn't always mean only trimming the things you don't like. However, I hate loose ends and plot holes that do not serve the purpose of meaningful ambiguity. Though the bestiary project has thoroughly monopolized my attention as of late, I continue to rebuild Version 1.0s questlines and transcripts in summary form. Many answers are there to be found upon close examination.

What of those that aren't? If SE addresses it in the game, awesome, we'll add the answers to the summaries as if we knew all along and close the book. If they don't, we'll keep discussing the open ends here. Hopefully, if we ring that bell long enough, a bored dev will one day say either "So, I looked into it, and though we won't be addressing it, what was going on was X." or even "That event is no longer canon, sorry about that."

Make no mistake, though, I will take those story elements out of the trash and complete them myself if I have to. We'll just use gigantoad DNA to fill in the holes in the code, what could go wrong?

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Originally Posted by Enkidoh

I guess that means we'll never find out about things like what happened to Khrimm and Fye in the Gridania storyline sadly (or the 'secret mission' his parents were prepared to sacrifice their very lives in Gridania and to abandon their son to the elementals for).

The transcripts / summaries are still in spreadsheet / raw form, but I think I actually found the answers to those. Please look forward to it? ; ;

Originally Posted by Grayve

Disappointing. As a new player in 2.0, I regret missing out on all the lore the vets got to enjoy. There doesn't seem to be a resource that tells us about the stories that shaped the world we missed out on, just the occasional veiled hint or half nod.

Gonna be a while, but I'm working on it. Solo project, atm. ><