Yeah, I'd seen that thread too. There isn't a whole lot of information, especially since there isn't an official timeline from SE. It's all fairly open ended and the players try to read between the lines to piece it all together. I eventually settled for my own character's timeline being a little vague.
From what I can tell, it's currently the end of the Seventh Umbral Era / beginning of the Seventh Astral Era, not the Eighth:
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Seventh_Umbral_Era
Supposedly, we're currently trying to usher in the new Seventh Astral Era, while some big baddie is trying to usher in the Eighth Umbral Era with another grand calamity? Or something like that.
I think that player timeline is largely accurate. I certainly haven't seen anything that discounts it. ARR's release would have been at year 5, but there's nothing that really says how much time has passed since then, which is probably going to be your biggest problem. With a lot of MMO's, time doesn't seem to flow at a RL pace- but that might be the only real option you have to use.
That's my understanding of it- and I admit, this might not be entirely accurate either. It's what I've been able to piece together so far. Frankly I'm as interested in this as you are, so if someone else has a better idea, I'd love to hear it too.
From what I can tell, it's currently the end of the Seventh Umbral Era / beginning of the Seventh Astral Era, not the Eighth:
http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Seventh_Umbral_Era
Supposedly, we're currently trying to usher in the new Seventh Astral Era, while some big baddie is trying to usher in the Eighth Umbral Era with another grand calamity? Or something like that.
I think that player timeline is largely accurate. I certainly haven't seen anything that discounts it. ARR's release would have been at year 5, but there's nothing that really says how much time has passed since then, which is probably going to be your biggest problem. With a lot of MMO's, time doesn't seem to flow at a RL pace- but that might be the only real option you have to use.
That's my understanding of it- and I admit, this might not be entirely accurate either. It's what I've been able to piece together so far. Frankly I'm as interested in this as you are, so if someone else has a better idea, I'd love to hear it too.
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