RPC Census, Part X (Time Warp--CLOSED)

[Kylin]

New census poll time!

 

This is an easy one, though the results may greatly interest many of you. Did your primary character fight at the Battle of Cartenau and get transported 5 years into the future, or did he/she end up staying behind for the five years?

 

For those who are completely new to ARR and are still scratching their heads over the whole "time skip" concept, I'll break it down very simply for you. Basically, there was a big final battle at the end of 1.0 between the Garleans and the Eorzean Alliance. During the battle, Bahamut broke free of Dalamud and wreaked havoc (as seen in the video). As Bahamut prepared to destroy the remnants of the battle, Louisoix cast a powerful spell by invoking the power of Althyk, god of time and space. The spell transported most of those who were at the battle into the future in order to protect them. So any RPers who happened to RP being at the battle were caught in the time jump. Those who were NOT at the battle were left behind.

 

New players are probably mostly 'stay behinds.' That said, it's not completely set in stone and even newbies can RP having been at the battle and warped if they really wanted to, though it could prove to be more challenging.

 

At any rate, did your character get wrapped into the spell's effect and become untouched by time for five years? Or did they stay behind and live out their 'normal' post-apocalyptic lives for the past five years? Share your vote and your thoughts below!

[Desphiria]

I honestly don't know. Is the post-apocalyptic time ARR's setting or no?

[Adelpha]

My character stayed behind.

 

Personally, I've viewed it as a good opportunity to evolve certain aspects of her personality, since a lot has happened in those five extra years. The ensuing RP where she'll finally meet back up with her old associates (who are essentially unchanged from when they entered the time rift) will be interesting, to be sure.

 

I honestly don't know. Is the post-apocalyptic time ARR's setting or no?

ARR takes place five years after the climactic battle, right around the same time that most of the warped characters will emerge from the rift.

[Martiallais]

As it stands right now, Zarek (also being a new character) will live those five years out 'normally'. I'm not entirely sure how much or what the effects were on Ul'dah, but he'll have been in that area, fighting in the coliseum and doing work for the Platinum Mirage up until the point he splits away from them (still working to figure out what that will be and the consequences) as well as just about anything else he could do to try and make some gil.

 

I'm purposely trying to leave it loose and open in case I need to account for some sort of other craziness post-giant dragon attack that hasn't been revealed as of yet. As a mini-plug (of sorts) if anyone else's characters are around and in taht area then, feel free to toss me a message.

[E'irawen]

Technically, I only have one skipper and two non.

 

But seeing as the skipper is my "main" character, I voted that way. BUT LET THE RECORD SHOW. I have two non-skippers.

[Deirdre]

Deirdre took part in the battle but due to certain happenings was not time skipped and lived out the five cycles.

 

My alt did not take place in the battle and also did not time skip.

[Desphiria]

Soo, I guess then that Izaza stayed behind. I never really finished the first one but I DID see that video, even though you said that some new people could have that they were and were warped too but, yeah I think she stayed behind. Cause since I wasn't really there in-game, hehe I can't say how it went.

[Faiz]

I was always on the see-saw about this when it came to the new Ryuki. I wasn't sure if I wanted him at the battle and transported, or at the battle and endured the next five years. It's a pretty big thing, but I don't know exactly how I want to play it out. If he was transported, I'd likely do something (although I find it kind of cheating..) where he suffers from memory loss of the battle and is transported like the bunch. However, if he stayed behind then.. what would he have done? Another thing to take into consideration is his childhood friend, Caysen. If he was transported, what would have happened in the five years Ryuki was missing, 'til the day they reunited?

 

..Head hurts. Could anyone suggest something to go off of, please?

[Averis]

I have a couple 1.0 characters, but I didn't level them very far (highest is 21). On top of that, I like the idea of starting over. I also like the idea of staying behind and dealing with the hardships of a nearly destroyed world. So that's what I'll be doing. My new character is coming along already on (digital) paper. Should be fun.

[Alothia]

Aly got transported. It'll be interesting trying to pick up the pieces after all of that time, and having her try to relate to her old friends after they've been without her for 5 years. Can't wait!

[allgivenover]

My old legacy character is going to become my second character, a midlander Hyur female who time-skipped.

 

My main is going to be a fresh start, it just makes sense because he was pretty much a kid during the Calamity.

[Blue]

While I'm a Legacy member for paying the subscription fee during 1.0, I unfortunately never was able to make a character since my computer couldn't run the game, and I couldn't afford a new one (yeah yeah I only entered the registration code and paid for a game I couldn't play <.< Please insert 'you're so silly' comments here). For that reason all the chars I'll make will not bear the legacy or marks or be able to claim to have participated to the events that took place five years past.

 

So I'm pretty much forced to go for the 'spent those five years normally', but I guess it doesn't really bother me in the end.

[Asyria]

Azy stayed behind, she was never a military type person so big battles aren't something she'd hop in.

Besides I didn't play much back then!

In fact, I might just end up RPing as if I was new. As in, she wasn't actively adventuring and stuff "5 years ago" (instead spending her time leading a doubl-life between her smithy and the Ul'dah rooftops and dark alleys).

[Folken]

In summation...

 

 

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Yes. Ship did the time warp.

[Eva]

Time-skipped.

 

Trying to even fathom how much Eva would have changed over five years naturally was way, way too daunting a challenge for me.

 

Really looking forward to the struggle and trying to scrape things back together after the 5 year nap. :angel:

[Dycize]

As a "newcomer" to FF14 (I did play 1.0 for a short while... can't remember why I stopped), I intend to make a character who grew up during the tough times that were the 5 years after the calamity.

Plus, having read up on the events that happened during 1.0... Well, it's going to be an interesting brainstorming. Like, how would it be for a really young character to be granted the Echo? What kind of values would have a character who witnessed the whole continent almost getting entirely blown up by a primordial dragon coming out of what used to be a moon?

And so on and so on. It's not very common for "post-apo" settings to allow people to actually live the apocalypse (well, it's not exactly there... but close). I can see the appeal of doing that even for legacy characters. And it shows on the poll so far!

[Nova]

 

New players are probably mostly 'stay behinds.' That said, it's not completely set in stone and even newbies can RP having been at the battle and warped if they really wanted to, though it could prove to be more challenging.

 

 

My main character did the time warp. If I make any other characters they will have stayed behind. 

 

I do have a question if you don't mind my asking. I have seen a few people say that playing a 2.0 character as having done the time jump could be challenging, but I don't understand how it could be more challenging then writing a any back story for a 2.0 character (depending on how in depth you want to get). I'm only asking cause I don't want to write a whole back story and find I over looked something really important.

[Averis]

I do have a question if you don't mind my asking. I have seen a few people say that playing a 2.0 character as having done the time jump could be challenging, but I don't understand how it could be more challenging then writing a any back story for a 2.0 character (depending on how in depth you want to get). I'm only asking cause I don't want to write a whole back story and find I over looked something really important.

 

This would probably be a good topic for a new thread.

[Hyunseo]

My character stayed behind. ARR and FFXIV is a completely new concept to me. I still need to learn the lore and learn how to properly RP in it, so I think it might be best to RP Dhesi'a as someone who was left behind.

 

In being left behind, however, and maybe even a little oblivious to the happening in the past, would be a good thing for new players. The game is a continuation of the story is set up to where new characters can now follow in the footsteps of the forgotten heroes of yesteryore. So, really, even though it might not sound as fun not holding the same glory as those who were transported, new players are put up to the test of fitting their boots a little.

[Nova]

I do have a question if you don't mind my asking. I have seen a few people say that playing a 2.0 character as having done the time jump could be challenging, but I don't understand how it could be more challenging then writing a any back story for a 2.0 character (depending on how in depth you want to get). I'm only asking cause I don't want to write a whole back story and find I over looked something really important.

 

This would probably be a good topic for a new thread.

 

Your right, I always feel shy about starting new threads. Think I will do that though.

 

I now return you to your regularly scheduled thread topic.

[Kari Illderthane]

Kari is a 2.0 time skipper! she used to be a thief betrayed them after seeing suffering she caused which at one point she too was in the same position started to try and make it people thought the best way would be to fight the war.

[Trickery]

My main is going to time skip. He seems like the type of person that would've been in the thick of things, so the time warp would've been the only thing that could've saved his ass from a Bahamut BBQ.

 

I have a Miqo'te alt that's going to have been left behind. Part of her back story is that she was at the battle, but she was too young at the time to be part of the main forces, so she mostly stayed back quite a ways from the front lines and helped with supplies.

 

Twist is that her entire clan WAS part of the battle and got hit with the time skip that she was out of range from. This left her with a convoluted version of the "Foggy Memory Syndrome" that causes her to think that she's always been alone and has wrecked havoc on her memories in general, since so much of them up to that point had involved her clan, and twisted a lot of her personality. So, something like a weird version of amnesia, except instead of just forgetting her memories, it's like her past was just brutally and thoroughly maimed, leaving her with all sorts of fun psychological effects.

 

Should be a good time!

[Black]

My main will definitely be a time-skipper. In fact, this fits very well with what I had in mind when I started on v1.0 with him, in that he already had some bits of "missing time" or "amnesia" when he got into port.

 

Not sure about my alts...If I get to them. I am sorta siding on "Time-skip" (I actually had one alt in v1.0) but I wouldn't mind having another alt with a different background that actually lived through those five years of re-construction. It would make for a different character and personal story.

[Valan]

Beam me up, Mr.Louisoix

 

 

I said everything.8-)

[Lizzo]

None of my characters will have gone through the time skip. The majority of them were out at sea at the time, while one was too green to have fought. Another will have been at the battle, but fled after seeing his unit wiped out, escaping the field minutes before the warp took place.