The reason Minfilia remembers you is because of the Echo, IIRC. Those with the Echo aren't subject to the spell's "flashy thing," it seems. From my play of the main scenario quest for ARR, I largely agree with Ashren Snow's interpretation -- people who know you through adventuring but don't have the Echo don't remember you, since the memory wipe covers essentially the story of 1.x. (This is why the Adventurers' Guilds treat you as someone new.) Those who knew you for other reasons -- friends and family, possibly enemies gained prior to that story -- are probably wondering where in the Seven Hells you've been for the last five years. Whether they believe you when you say you're one of the Warriors of Light when all they remember is you going off to be an adventurer is another matter entirely. 
Oh, and as for the poll? I feel it's clearly intended to be a continuation of the story, and that's coming from someone who played 1.x for all of like a day post-launch.
Oh, and as for the poll? I feel it's clearly intended to be a continuation of the story, and that's coming from someone who played 1.x for all of like a day post-launch.
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