![](https://ffxiv-roleplayers.com/mybb18/images/reksio/flecha.png)
(12-12-2013, 06:19 PM)Aysun Wrote: As the back-and-forth in this thread clearly shows, it varies from RPer to RPer. Some might have already decided it's no longer the Umbral era once they completed the storyline. Some are going to wait til 2.1 and assume it's passed. Personally I'm probably going to be waiting until the first major expansion to be released before assuming anything in the current main scenario has happened, unless something blatant in game changes (for example, in 1.0 we could not ignore the passage of time due to Dalamud growing closer).
There will never be a set date IC for everyone, I think. If the exact time period is extremely important to your storylines, then agreeing upon it withing your LS/RP circle would be advantageous, but don't expect the rest of the community to agree on it.
Yes, exactly this. Because everyone's RP experience is distinct! Getting all RPers to agree on a single 'truth' would require S-E stepping out and declaring official canon. The reason that will simple: there already IS a canonical storyline. And it's completely at odds with a roleplaying environment.
It's literally impossible for us to all act as if the Main Story is Our Personal Story. One option I've seen tossed out is the idea of the role of our character being assigned to a Nameless Hero, much like in the Elder Scrolls and some other games. This unique individual would be the one who took our specific role, and did all that stuff.. which would mean that the current time, RP-wise, would be taking place post-content.
The problem with that, of course, is that some of us WANT to have taken part in the main story. I've seen the Grand Companies put forth as another hero figure. Using them allows us to declare that GROUPS of heroic individuals defeated all the evil and so on, which allows us to say, for instance, 'I was part of the Operation Archon strike force'. And equally allows others to say they weren't.
Of course now we come back to the actual topical problem, timeline. Some players want to live pre-Archon, others in post. This, inevitably, will never be something universally agreed-upon. Though personally I find RPing in the pre-final-events stretch to be more realistic from a 'feel-of-the-world' point of view, I see nothing wrong with those who want to do otherwise. The only problem is when worldviews collide, and people are too stubborn to compromise. Then you have long, drawn-out, in-brackets arguments about why no you can't be working for so and so because he's dead or hasn't come back or bla bla bla.
I recommend avoiding story content when dealing with others, unless you know they're on the same page as you. RP is fluid. Entirely oppositional viewpoints CAN mesh together as long as you're clever enough.
The point is to have fun, remember! Not to be RIGHT! Don't get mad at someone because they don't share your opinion! That's a childish thing to do, and we're all adults here ;3