Melody Posted February 28, 2017 Share #1 Posted February 28, 2017 Hi everyone! Just returned to the game after a year (or so) long break and was wondering about a few things. #1 I stopped playing right after the MSQ updated with Nanamo's..."death". How much time has passed in the MSQ between then and the most current quests? #2 - Is there a proper name for a "year"? I was reading earlier today on break that a year = 12 moons, but didn't see anything that called out an alternate term for the year itself. #3 - How have you all been? Link to comment
Ferus Ironlash Posted February 28, 2017 Share #2 Posted February 28, 2017 Hi everyone! Just returned to the game after a year (or so) long break and was wondering about a few things. #1 I stopped playing right after the MSQ updated with Nanamo's..."death". How much time has passed in the MSQ between then and the most current quests? #2 - Is there a proper name for a "year"? I was reading earlier today on break that a year = 12 moons, but didn't see anything that called out an alternate term for the year itself. #3 - How have you all been? 1. Off the top of my head, I don't think explicit timeframes are given in the MSQ. Personally, I headcanon it as the same amount of time passing IRL and in-game. 2. Think they're referred to as cycles. 3. Eh, 5/10. Could be better, could be worse. Link to comment
Unnamed Mercenary Posted February 28, 2017 Share #3 Posted February 28, 2017 Hi everyone! Just returned to the game after a year (or so) long break and was wondering about a few things. #1 I stopped playing right after the MSQ updated with Nanamo's..."death". How much time has passed in the MSQ between then and the most current quests? Not particularly long. Maybe a few weeks? Sounsyy has a good write up based on the dev team's explanations. TLDR: There are stacked time bubbles/time compression effectively. But many RPers also RP out days as well. There is not good logistical method to rectify it. #2 - Is there a proper name for a "year"? I was reading earlier today on break that a year = 12 moons, but didn't see anything that called out an alternate term for the year itself. They say years in game. A lot of RPers also use "cycle" but that's technically fanon. #3 - How have you all been? Good! Glad to see you back as well! edit: some time sources Official Forums - Current-Eorzean-Timeline Recent-ish write-up by Sounsyy with lot of references Link to comment
Melody Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted February 28, 2017 1. Off the top of my head, I don't think explicit timeframes are given in the MSQ. Personally, I headcanon it as the same amount of time passing IRL and in-game. 2. Think they're referred to as cycles. 3. Eh, 5/10. Could be better, could be worse. That's kinda how I was feeling about it, but I like to make sure of things before I go around saying something wrong. >.>' Thank you for the input! I hope your 5 goes up to a 8 or 9 soon. ^.^ Link to comment
Sounsyy Posted February 28, 2017 Share #5 Posted February 28, 2017 #1 - How much time has passed in the MSQ between then and the most current quests? Officially, less than a year. Here's a pretty in-depth post on the timeline. #2 - Is there a proper name for a "year"? I was reading earlier today on break that a year = 12 moons, but didn't see anything that called out an alternate term for the year itself. Most Eorzeans just use "year." Occasionally you'll see "twelvemoon." NPCs have used a combination of "years," "summers," and "winters" to describe their age. This post has a list of Eorzean units of time and measurement that you might find helpful! Hope this helps! ^^ edit: oh hey Franz beat me to it! lol Link to comment
Melody Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted February 28, 2017 Not particularly long. Maybe a few weeks? Sounsyy has a good write up based on the dev team's explanations. TLDR: There are stacked time bubbles/time compression effectively. But many RPers also RP out days as well. There is not good logistical method to rectify it. They say years in game. A lot of RPers also use "cycle" but that's technically fanon. Good! Glad to see you back as well! I forgot that Sounsyy is always the one to go to for those things. I'll have to look for that write-up, but it seems like I'm probably gonna be sticking with whatever feels more realistic. Thanks for the info! Good to see you again! >w< Link to comment
Melody Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share #7 Posted February 28, 2017 #1 - How much time has passed in the MSQ between then and the most current quests? Officially, less than a year. Here's a pretty in-depth post on the timeline. #2 - Is there a proper name for a "year"? I was reading earlier today on break that a year = 12 moons, but didn't see anything that called out an alternate term for the year itself. Most Eorzeans just use "year." Occasionally you'll see "twelvemoon." NPCs have used a combination of "years," "summers," and "winters" to describe their age. This post has a list of Eorzean units of time and measurement that you might find helpful! Hope this helps! ^^ edit: oh hey Franz beat me to it! lol Woops! Well now I don't have to go digging! Thank you Sounsyy! Link to comment
Ferus Ironlash Posted February 28, 2017 Share #8 Posted February 28, 2017 #1 - How much time has passed in the MSQ between then and the most current quests? Officially, less than a year. Here's a pretty in-depth post on the timeline. Oh damn, I'm wrong and an idiot. This is really helpful though, thanks. Link to comment
Gegenji Posted February 28, 2017 Share #9 Posted February 28, 2017 Well there's a name I haven't seen a while. The questions got mostly answered already, so I'll just leave a "hello" and a "welcome back" here instead. Link to comment
Melody Posted March 1, 2017 Author Share #10 Posted March 1, 2017 Well there's a name I haven't seen a while. The questions got mostly answered already, so I'll just leave a "hello" and a "welcome back" here instead. Aw! Thank you for saying hi anyway! >w< I've missed everybody. <3 Link to comment
Branson Thorne Posted March 1, 2017 Share #11 Posted March 1, 2017 Highly doubt you remember me, but used to be Manasas Reed, joined y'alls FC but then had to leave because our play hours were to far off. Either way, welcome back to the game! Link to comment
Videra Posted March 1, 2017 Share #12 Posted March 1, 2017 Hello, and welcome back to Eorzea! And the game itself, for that matter. And if you ever need help with anything along the lines of lore questions, content, etcetera, you'll probably find the best results here! As for the last question. Eh. Nine out of ten, could be worse, certainly. Link to comment
Melody Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share #13 Posted March 2, 2017 Highly doubt you remember me, but used to be Manasas Reed, joined y'alls FC but then had to leave because our play hours were to far off. Either way, welcome back to the game! Of course I remember Reed!! It may have been a while ago, but we were a small FC with good memories. TvT And yeah, play hours were far off for a lot of RL-drama-ish sort of reasons. =_= But everything is now worked out for the hell-of-a-lot better! Thank you for saying hi. Maybe we can meet up in-game again sometime. Link to comment
Melody Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share #14 Posted March 2, 2017 Hello, and welcome back to Eorzea! And the game itself, for that matter. And if you ever need help with anything along the lines of lore questions, content, etcetera, you'll probably find the best results here! As for the last question. Eh. Nine out of ten, could be worse, certainly. Thank you very much! It's been nice to be back. ^^ Currently I'm only lvl 52 on Melody so doubtless will be asking for help at some point or another. Nine out of ten is totes not bad at all. Glad you are doing good. Link to comment
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