(05-28-2015, 03:41 PM)Ryanti Wrote: I tend to operate with mild vagueness in terms of what the exact dates are. My interpretation is that it is currently year 1 of the Seventh Astral Era. At the same time, I take into account this MMO time bubble. So personally, since Ryanti set himself out in the world at the beginning of 2.0, I generally say that he has been out and about "For a year and some."Â This really got me when they declared the end of the Umbral Era. I remember talking to some people after that and was like, "So that's it? Three leaders from one continent say its over and that's it? Nothing to do with the worlds aether, nothing to do with anything just, "Hey, was won this big military victory, Umbral Eras over everyone!"
I generally tend to think that it is not exactly year 2 yet, but it has been year 1 for 'a while'. This is because I heard it being year 1 a few patches ago but I have not heard of a year 2. Because of the time bubble, my character has done quite a lot in a single year. But that is true for all MMO'S. I find it easier to base time on a vague notion of slowly passing over the RP's I have versus trying to be specific about the years passing.
Speaking of eras, I do think the declaration of the Seventh Astral Era is reminiscent of the 'Mission Accomplished' fiasco IRL. Premature declaration. Seems kind of silly to me that the Dragons rise again at the beginning of an Astral Era. I was a bit surprised when that was declared, I feel like the Umbral Era was way too short.
I feel like maaaaaybe SE kind of jumped the gun on that, like you said very "Mission Accomplished" feel to it.
