(02-26-2013, 03:26 PM)Bernini-Martini Wrote: That leaves new characters stuck with a backstory of "life really, really sucks," like they grew up in FFXI-Abyssea and are now joining the 'real world,'Â doesn't it?
Not exactly.
As far as new characters know, six years ago it became impossible to ignore the mess going on with the Empire. Five years ago the moon fell, and while we still don't know the scope of Bahamut's rage, it's safe to assume that it was a day of immense destruction. Houses were leveled, climates were changed, regions were destroyed, and a huge amount of the world was ripped apart in the blink of an eye. The impacts were large and far-reaching.
However.
After the end, while things got worse than they had been, they obviously were not unlivable. All three city-states yet stand. We've seen from official screenshots that settlements are all over, that people have expanded and built beyond the walls of Ul'dah and the spires of Limsa. For all the losses endured, life has gone on, albeit with the sense that what Bahamut wrought could happen again.
So everything isn't crap. It's worse, but it's not bleak. Even if Eorzea did lose many of its adventurers on that day as far as the general population knows...
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