One Eorzean minute is somewhere along the lines of 2.5 real life seconds, give or take a few tenths or hundredths of a second. It's supposed to round out to about a full day in Eorzea in one hour of real life time.
The reason, of course, is unlike some other games which tend to divide their player base up by regional or continental servers (I'm looking at you WoW ...), FFXIV's servers are international, and so you wind up with players from all over the world on every server. With that in mind, going with a 1:1 ratio is both impossible and unfair to a certain group of people, since then suddenly the only time you'd ever play is, say, the evening in game. Hope you like being nocturnal.
In the case of role play, you generally are forced to gloss over time. Perhaps you take stock of the time of the day when you first interact with a character who isn't already interacting with anyone else, since you won't end up saying "good evening!" when that other character might have started interacting in the "morning" with someone else. Or you pick time-neutral greetings. In general, you need to be flexible and work with the situation. A little pre-planning can also help if you're really afraid of stepping on anyone's toes, just by simply asking them before approaching if they have an issue with a certain time of day being recognized.
The reason, of course, is unlike some other games which tend to divide their player base up by regional or continental servers (I'm looking at you WoW ...), FFXIV's servers are international, and so you wind up with players from all over the world on every server. With that in mind, going with a 1:1 ratio is both impossible and unfair to a certain group of people, since then suddenly the only time you'd ever play is, say, the evening in game. Hope you like being nocturnal.
In the case of role play, you generally are forced to gloss over time. Perhaps you take stock of the time of the day when you first interact with a character who isn't already interacting with anyone else, since you won't end up saying "good evening!" when that other character might have started interacting in the "morning" with someone else. Or you pick time-neutral greetings. In general, you need to be flexible and work with the situation. A little pre-planning can also help if you're really afraid of stepping on anyone's toes, just by simply asking them before approaching if they have an issue with a certain time of day being recognized.
A friend to the end to depend on you can.
I walk through the sea, swim through the sands.
To the edges of the earth, to your rescue when you hurt,
Only thing I learnt is I'm not Superman.
~Giant Panda - Strings
I walk through the sea, swim through the sands.
To the edges of the earth, to your rescue when you hurt,
Only thing I learnt is I'm not Superman.
~Giant Panda - Strings
