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Most people I've seen in the game (and in my own personal oppinion) choose to RP as having been born and raised somewhere on Hydaelyn.
Sure, the races sorta match up. But there are a decent amount of differences as well.
Roegadyn are gendered and have no tails.
Miqo'te (there's no u) do not have fur. The males are generally free to roam and hunt as well. Yeah, they're rarer, but it's a very different society.
Lalafell aren't all stuck with the weird brown nose thing.
So....yes, the games look similar, probably have related elements, but are not the same worlds. They're connected through the void, as SE has said every Final Fantasy title is, but for the most part, the average RPer isn't from another world. Isn't generally a Warrior of Light. And many are not even Echo-enabled people. (There are people who have the Echo / RP the main scenario quests. But this is a little less common around the people I happen to RP with.)
I wouldn't call it lore-bending, since we know it -is- feasible, but I would put it under far-fetched. The lore behind how your character might've had a certain job or class in FFXI doesn't map to how it would work in FFXIV.
On a side note, why must your character be from FFXI? To me, that feels like you want to disregard the FFXIV story and lore, which could possibly be what others thought as well.
Sure, the races sorta match up. But there are a decent amount of differences as well.
Roegadyn are gendered and have no tails.
Miqo'te (there's no u) do not have fur. The males are generally free to roam and hunt as well. Yeah, they're rarer, but it's a very different society.
Lalafell aren't all stuck with the weird brown nose thing.
So....yes, the games look similar, probably have related elements, but are not the same worlds. They're connected through the void, as SE has said every Final Fantasy title is, but for the most part, the average RPer isn't from another world. Isn't generally a Warrior of Light. And many are not even Echo-enabled people. (There are people who have the Echo / RP the main scenario quests. But this is a little less common around the people I happen to RP with.)
I wouldn't call it lore-bending, since we know it -is- feasible, but I would put it under far-fetched. The lore behind how your character might've had a certain job or class in FFXI doesn't map to how it would work in FFXIV.
On a side note, why must your character be from FFXI? To me, that feels like you want to disregard the FFXIV story and lore, which could possibly be what others thought as well.