The Calamity happened in 1572 of the 6th Astral Era and ushered in the 7th Umbral Era. ARR starts 5 years after that, so at launch, the year in game was 5 of the 7th Umbral Era (year numbering resets in each era).
After that, how time progresses gets a little squishy and depends on the players involved and how they deal with the events of the MSQ. Those who've completed the MSQ might say it's either year 1 or 2 of the 7th Astral Era; those who haven't, who don't RP as if its events have happened, or who are particularly dour or anti-establishment (given how it's declared
) might still say it's year 5 or 6 of the 7th Umbral Era. Whether it's been a year or not depends on whether a player feels years advance in game in lockstep with real life, or whether they advance in "comic book time" (i.e., when the devs say the year changes to serve their plot).
So, in short, about the only thing you can definitively say among all RPers is that we're at least 5 years past the Calamity.
EDIT: For me, I follow the MSQ and real time, so I RP that we're in year 2 of the Seventh Astral Era.
After that, how time progresses gets a little squishy and depends on the players involved and how they deal with the events of the MSQ. Those who've completed the MSQ might say it's either year 1 or 2 of the 7th Astral Era; those who haven't, who don't RP as if its events have happened, or who are particularly dour or anti-establishment (given how it's declared
) might still say it's year 5 or 6 of the 7th Umbral Era. Whether it's been a year or not depends on whether a player feels years advance in game in lockstep with real life, or whether they advance in "comic book time" (i.e., when the devs say the year changes to serve their plot).So, in short, about the only thing you can definitively say among all RPers is that we're at least 5 years past the Calamity.
EDIT: For me, I follow the MSQ and real time, so I RP that we're in year 2 of the Seventh Astral Era.
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