(12-12-2013, 05:47 PM)Twinflame Wrote: This is actually kind of my point. And by 'kind of' I mean 'exactly'. But you shouldn't RP that the story elements of that patch are complete and finished until the next patch is released to continue the story, which is when SE completes and finishes them. Otherwise you're disallowing other people you come in contact with to make those events a plot point in their own RP, because to you, they are in the past.
But...why?
Why does me setting my character story in the aftermath of the first part of the storyline completely preclude another person using those events as a plot point in their own RP?
I don't control anyone else's RP. Â I can't tell someone, "You can't use that because it hasn't happened yet," and I also can't tell someone, "You can't use that because my RP has already used that and I'm not going to share."
Especially in the case of characters who are not a direct part of the main storyline at all, I don't see why there has to be any conflict. Â It's not like this comes up in average conversation, and if there ever was a conflict (i.e. one player is using info up to Point A, while the other player is using info up to Point B), couldn't you just...you know...gloss over it? Â I mean, it's happy pretend fun times. Â Can't we just find a way around it instead of saying, "You must RP in this manner or you can't include others"? Â o_O
(12-12-2013, 06:19 PM)Aysun Wrote: As the back-and-forth in this thread clearly shows, it varies from RPer to RPer. Some might have already decided it's no longer the Umbral era once they completed the storyline. Some are going to wait til 2.1 and assume it's passed. Personally I'm probably going to be waiting until the first major expansion to be released before assuming anything in the current main scenario has happened, unless something blatant in game changes (for example, in 1.0 we could not ignore the passage of time due to Dalamud growing closer).
I know this is off-topic, BUT...is anyone else still confused about whether it's supposedly an Astral or Umbral Era? Â And how can someone just declare an Umbral Era "over"? Â I mean, it seems like we have a lot more conflicting to do, and I thought conflict was the hallmark of an Umbral Era (whereas an Astral Era was a period marked by general peace).
Quote:There will never be a set date IC for everyone, I think. If the exact time period is extremely important to your storylines, then agreeing upon it withing your LS/RP circle would be advantageous, but don't expect the rest of the community to agree on it.
Yeah, but I also think people can be flexible in their actual RP actions, too. Â If, for instance, I'm playing that Ultima is rampaging around eating Primals and you, as you've said, aren't really counting any of the current storyline events in your RP, I don't see why that would preclude us from interacting solely on that point alone. Â As long as everyone is willing to be flexible, I mean.
(12-12-2013, 06:39 PM)raindrops Wrote: This. I generally play from before the Ultima Weapon ultimatum was made (or at least before it became widespread knowledge that something was going down,
Another random side question: Did the Ultima Weapon ultimatum ever become common knowledge? Â I'm still curious...
Quote:because I like the conflicts that the stalemate of sorts between the Eorzean Alliance and the Garlean Empire can cause and I want a chance to play in that environment before updating. Personally I feel like we've not had much of a chance to see how the announcement of peacetime has changed the world yes, and I'm hoping 2.1 gives us more insight on that. Once we hit 2.1 I'll probably update to however things start out in 2.1, and so on.
But honestly, if someone played from a different point I'd probably switch to accommodate that whenever I was playing with them and then switch back. It's bad form in a consistency sense, I know, but making sure everyone has fun is more important than that.
Those are other good points, and I'm actually really excited to see how the Garleans react to what has happened (or if the Empire itself will react at all, as opposed to the Garleans already in Eorzea, who appear somewhat cut off from their home?). Â But, I don't think that it's bad form to just gloss over the time period differences. Â Like you said, having fun is the most important thing and something as petty as a time period conflict shouldn't keep people from RPing together.
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