Lore and lore related issues have always been awkward in FFXIV. For the longest time, there were so few lore resources that we all just blindly groped at the darkness hoping that Square wouldn't slam a hammer down and negate our character. Even today there are still a lot of lore questions on what's suitable and not for each race, it's not exactly written out what is acceptable or not.Â
Things have changed in the last five years, there are a lot more resources out there and the dev team are a lot more forthcoming on lore. It's also gotten fucking weird. We've got inter-dimensional travelers, mortals sleeping for thousands of years, magically induced bloodlines, sentient weaponry and enough cross pollination from other Square games that there are two major conflicting viewpoints on lore.Â
The people that use and develop characters from other dimensions or games aren't technically wrong now, though they are odd ducks in the community. The flip side are the traditionalists that prefer a more grounded RP setting in the traditional lore. Neither are technically wrong but both sides kind of give one another the evil eye.
When it comes down to it, live and let live. XIV is the kind of game that under the table politics greatly transform the landscape at the same time a giant themepark opens up. Live and let live, it's an absurd world we play in. Strange things are going to happen, either form the devs or players.
Roll with it. The inter-dimensional hopper is just a loon that can't get used to the Aether. That city folk won't listen to your story about how you want to get home to your world, the ignorance of it all. Spin it, fake it and embrace it because the best stories at the bar come from the strangest places.
Things have changed in the last five years, there are a lot more resources out there and the dev team are a lot more forthcoming on lore. It's also gotten fucking weird. We've got inter-dimensional travelers, mortals sleeping for thousands of years, magically induced bloodlines, sentient weaponry and enough cross pollination from other Square games that there are two major conflicting viewpoints on lore.Â
The people that use and develop characters from other dimensions or games aren't technically wrong now, though they are odd ducks in the community. The flip side are the traditionalists that prefer a more grounded RP setting in the traditional lore. Neither are technically wrong but both sides kind of give one another the evil eye.
When it comes down to it, live and let live. XIV is the kind of game that under the table politics greatly transform the landscape at the same time a giant themepark opens up. Live and let live, it's an absurd world we play in. Strange things are going to happen, either form the devs or players.
Roll with it. The inter-dimensional hopper is just a loon that can't get used to the Aether. That city folk won't listen to your story about how you want to get home to your world, the ignorance of it all. Spin it, fake it and embrace it because the best stories at the bar come from the strangest places.
