Time marches on for me and many other RPers. There is an event in game called Heavensturn around New Years that signals a new year in Eorzea too. Game timelines never match up perfectly with storyline, but from what I've been seeing most people do this:
2.0/ARR launched in August. That was Year 5 of the 7th Umbral Era. Five years since the Calamity. Some RPers referenced it as 1577 due to the 5 year passage of time, though technically since it was a new Era we should have started counting again. Spoiler alert, as John said, the end of the 2.0 storyline ushered in the 7th Astral Era, so we should start counting over again. But damn that's confusing.
There's the problem of not everyone in the community acknowledging the events of the storyline as occurring until x time. Or not at all! So some people may be still playing as it is still the 7th Umbral Era, and some might not.
And of course, time marches on. Another year has come now (hello 2014!), so now it has been 6 years since the Calamity, and it is "1578" in 6th Umbral years.
What I'm saying is.. don't get too hung up on your Eras and years. It's not going to agree with SE's timeline, and it's going to vary from RPer to RPer, and it is maddening. I try to avoid it myself and just go along with the "now its been 6 years since the Calamity" thing.
2.0/ARR launched in August. That was Year 5 of the 7th Umbral Era. Five years since the Calamity. Some RPers referenced it as 1577 due to the 5 year passage of time, though technically since it was a new Era we should have started counting again. Spoiler alert, as John said, the end of the 2.0 storyline ushered in the 7th Astral Era, so we should start counting over again. But damn that's confusing.
There's the problem of not everyone in the community acknowledging the events of the storyline as occurring until x time. Or not at all! So some people may be still playing as it is still the 7th Umbral Era, and some might not.
And of course, time marches on. Another year has come now (hello 2014!), so now it has been 6 years since the Calamity, and it is "1578" in 6th Umbral years.
What I'm saying is.. don't get too hung up on your Eras and years. It's not going to agree with SE's timeline, and it's going to vary from RPer to RPer, and it is maddening. I try to avoid it myself and just go along with the "now its been 6 years since the Calamity" thing.
