Everyone is the protagonist of their own story, and people are telling many different stories. Each story mixes however many elements of the MSQ as on wishes. That can be all, or that can be none, up to the individual. That is the way it is.
As far as what the game itself assumes, that is not hugely convoluted. The game assumes there is only on Warrior of Light, as in THE Warrior of Light, the dude running running through MSQ and doing the things. There are, however, many Warriors of Light, meaning people who have the Echo and were were poofed away to the future when the stuff hit the fan at the Battle of Carteneaux. (There are also people who have the Echo and were not at the Battle of Careneaux at all, and other people discovering they have it a stuff moves on).
The game assumes your character is THE Warrior of Light. That your character runs around and does the things. That they are a member of the Scions, and work with other Scions to do all the things. That is where the party up people come in, that is your character's place in the story as an individual playing the game. Now, how much of that you RP? Purely up to you.
Personally, my character does not run around doing the MSQ stuff. (For the most part.) He does have the Echo, and he does his own thing as he figures out what having it means. Sometimes there are elements of the MSQ he is concerned about (Oppression in Ishgard, the plight of the Heretics and the people in the Brume, for instance). Other times he is not concerned. He is way more concerned with other problems in the world that the Scions seem to not to be focusing on. Yar.
As far as what the game itself assumes, that is not hugely convoluted. The game assumes there is only on Warrior of Light, as in THE Warrior of Light, the dude running running through MSQ and doing the things. There are, however, many Warriors of Light, meaning people who have the Echo and were were poofed away to the future when the stuff hit the fan at the Battle of Carteneaux. (There are also people who have the Echo and were not at the Battle of Careneaux at all, and other people discovering they have it a stuff moves on).
The game assumes your character is THE Warrior of Light. That your character runs around and does the things. That they are a member of the Scions, and work with other Scions to do all the things. That is where the party up people come in, that is your character's place in the story as an individual playing the game. Now, how much of that you RP? Purely up to you.
Personally, my character does not run around doing the MSQ stuff. (For the most part.) He does have the Echo, and he does his own thing as he figures out what having it means. Sometimes there are elements of the MSQ he is concerned about (Oppression in Ishgard, the plight of the Heretics and the people in the Brume, for instance). Other times he is not concerned. He is way more concerned with other problems in the world that the Scions seem to not to be focusing on. Yar.
